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Pastoral — 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates — verified source table 12

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Pastoral — 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates — verified source table 12
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44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates / Day workers / Saturday—ordinary hours worked by agreement150percentage factorpercent
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Penalty rate % ordinary hourly rate

Official source section: 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. Table context: 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. (g) The employer must keep a copy of any agreement under clause 43.9 as an employee record. (h) The employer must keep a record of the number of overtime hours worked by the employee, when those hours were worked and an updated record of the employee’s time off instead of payment for overtime balance. (i) An employer must not exert undue influence or undue pressure on an employee in relation to a decision by the employee to make, or not make, an agreement to take time off instead of payment for overtime. (j) An employee may, under section 65 of the Act, request to take time off, at a time or times specified in the request or to be subsequently agreed by the employer and the employee, instead of being paid for overtime worked by the employee. If the employer agrees to the request the clause 43.9 will apply, including the requirement for a written agreement under clause 43.9(c) for overtime that has been worked. [Note varied by PR763232 ppc 01Aug23] NOTE: If an employee makes a request under section 65 of the Act for a change in working arrangements, the employer may only refuse that request on reasonable business grounds (see section 65A(3) of the Act). (k) If, on the termination of the employee’s employment, time off for overtime worked by the employee to which clause 43.9 applies has not been taken, the employer must pay the employee for the overtime at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked. NOTE: Under section 345(1) of the Act, a person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation about the workplace rights of another person under clause 43.9. 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates For work performed by piggery attendants on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following rates apply: Exact source row: Saturday—ordinary hours worked by agreement | 150 1 Provision in substitution for and not cumulative upon shift rates in clause 42.2—Rates for shiftwork. 45. Payment for public holidays [Varied by PR747352] 45.1 A piggery attendant who is a day worker required to work on a public holiday will be paid 250% of the ordinary hourly rate for a minimum of 3 hours and up to the usual rostered hours. For time worked in excess of the ordinary rostered hours overtime rates will apply. 45.2 A shiftworker required to work on a public holiday will be paid 200% of the ordinary hourly rate for a minimum of 3 hours and up to the usual rostered hours. 45.3 By agreement between an employer and the employees, time off instead of payment for public holidays may be accrued for public holiday work. That is, the employee will receive ordinary time payment for the hours worked on the said holiday and accrue time to be taken at a mutually agreed time. [45.4 inserted by PR747352 ppc14Nov22] 45.4 Hours of work performed immediately before or after a part-day public holiday, that form part of one continuous shift, are counted as part of the minimum payment/engagement period in clause 45.

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44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates / Shiftworkers / Saturday1150percentage factorpercent
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Penalty rate % ordinary hourly rate

Official source section: 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. Table context: 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. (g) The employer must keep a copy of any agreement under clause 43.9 as an employee record. (h) The employer must keep a record of the number of overtime hours worked by the employee, when those hours were worked and an updated record of the employee’s time off instead of payment for overtime balance. (i) An employer must not exert undue influence or undue pressure on an employee in relation to a decision by the employee to make, or not make, an agreement to take time off instead of payment for overtime. (j) An employee may, under section 65 of the Act, request to take time off, at a time or times specified in the request or to be subsequently agreed by the employer and the employee, instead of being paid for overtime worked by the employee. If the employer agrees to the request the clause 43.9 will apply, including the requirement for a written agreement under clause 43.9(c) for overtime that has been worked. [Note varied by PR763232 ppc 01Aug23] NOTE: If an employee makes a request under section 65 of the Act for a change in working arrangements, the employer may only refuse that request on reasonable business grounds (see section 65A(3) of the Act). (k) If, on the termination of the employee’s employment, time off for overtime worked by the employee to which clause 43.9 applies has not been taken, the employer must pay the employee for the overtime at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked. NOTE: Under section 345(1) of the Act, a person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation about the workplace rights of another person under clause 43.9. 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates For work performed by piggery attendants on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following rates apply: Exact source row: Saturday1 | 150 1 Provision in substitution for and not cumulative upon shift rates in clause 42.2—Rates for shiftwork. 45. Payment for public holidays [Varied by PR747352] 45.1 A piggery attendant who is a day worker required to work on a public holiday will be paid 250% of the ordinary hourly rate for a minimum of 3 hours and up to the usual rostered hours. For time worked in excess of the ordinary rostered hours overtime rates will apply. 45.2 A shiftworker required to work on a public holiday will be paid 200% of the ordinary hourly rate for a minimum of 3 hours and up to the usual rostered hours. 45.3 By agreement between an employer and the employees, time off instead of payment for public holidays may be accrued for public holiday work. That is, the employee will receive ordinary time payment for the hours worked on the said holiday and accrue time to be taken at a mutually agreed time. [45.4 inserted by PR747352 ppc14Nov22] 45.4 Hours of work performed immediately before or after a part-day public holiday, that form part of one continuous shift, are counted as part of the minimum payment/engagement period in clause 45.

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44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates / Shiftworkers / Sunday—continuous shifts (where the major portion of the rostered shift is on a Sunday)200percentage factorpercent
Headers and context

Penalty rate % ordinary hourly rate

Official source section: 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. Table context: 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. (g) The employer must keep a copy of any agreement under clause 43.9 as an employee record. (h) The employer must keep a record of the number of overtime hours worked by the employee, when those hours were worked and an updated record of the employee’s time off instead of payment for overtime balance. (i) An employer must not exert undue influence or undue pressure on an employee in relation to a decision by the employee to make, or not make, an agreement to take time off instead of payment for overtime. (j) An employee may, under section 65 of the Act, request to take time off, at a time or times specified in the request or to be subsequently agreed by the employer and the employee, instead of being paid for overtime worked by the employee. If the employer agrees to the request the clause 43.9 will apply, including the requirement for a written agreement under clause 43.9(c) for overtime that has been worked. [Note varied by PR763232 ppc 01Aug23] NOTE: If an employee makes a request under section 65 of the Act for a change in working arrangements, the employer may only refuse that request on reasonable business grounds (see section 65A(3) of the Act). (k) If, on the termination of the employee’s employment, time off for overtime worked by the employee to which clause 43.9 applies has not been taken, the employer must pay the employee for the overtime at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked. NOTE: Under section 345(1) of the Act, a person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation about the workplace rights of another person under clause 43.9. 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates For work performed by piggery attendants on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following rates apply: Exact source row: Sunday—continuous shifts (where the major portion of the rostered shift is on a Sunday) | 200 1 Provision in substitution for and not cumulative upon shift rates in clause 42.2—Rates for shiftwork. 45. Payment for public holidays [Varied by PR747352] 45.1 A piggery attendant who is a day worker required to work on a public holiday will be paid 250% of the ordinary hourly rate for a minimum of 3 hours and up to the usual rostered hours. For time worked in excess of the ordinary rostered hours overtime rates will apply. 45.2 A shiftworker required to work on a public holiday will be paid 200% of the ordinary hourly rate for a minimum of 3 hours and up to the usual rostered hours. 45.3 By agreement between an employer and the employees, time off instead of payment for public holidays may be accrued for public holiday work. That is, the employee will receive ordinary time payment for the hours worked on the said holiday and accrue time to be taken at a mutually agreed time. [45.4 inserted by PR747352 ppc14Nov22] 45.4 Hours of work performed immediately before or after a part-day public holiday, that form part of one continuous shift, are counted as part of the minimum payment/engagement period in clause 45.

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  • Verified literal source records from 44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates. This group contains printed percentage factors. Original value strings and source row/column identities are preserved. These records are source evidence, not a standalone wage calculation or an approval to use a monetary amount for an employee. Read the complete linked source and the row context; clause/stage numbers and percentages are not relabelled as money.

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Pastoral Award 2020 — FWC Award text hosted by the Fair Work Ombudsman

FWC · MA000035 · Clause 44

44. Saturday and Sunday penalty rates

For work performed by piggery attendants on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following rates apply:

For time worked: | Penalty rate % ordinary hourly rate

Day workers |

Saturday—ordinary hours worked by agreement | 150

Shiftworkers |

Saturday1 | 150

Sunday—continuous shifts (where the major portion of the rostered shift is on a Sunday) | 200

1 Provision in substitution for and not cumulative upon shift rates in clause 42.2—Rates for shiftwork.

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Pastoral Award 2020 — FWC Award text hosted by the Fair Work Ombudsman ↗
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