20.         Ordinary hours of work and rostering
21.         Breaks
22.         Overtime and penalty rates


20.      Ordinary hours of work and rostering

20.1                The ordinary hours of work are 38 hours per week to be worked within rostered hours in five full days, or four full days and two half days, Monday to Saturday.

20.2                No employee will be required to work after twelve noon as part of the ordinary hours in any week on the two days rostered as the employee’s two half days off.

20.3                A roster setting out the five days or the four days and two half days to be worked in any one week, Monday to Saturday, by each employee must be posted up on Monday of the preceding week.

20.4                By arrangement with the employer, stablehands may agree to change their rostered half days off in any week; this must be in writing.


21.      Breaks

21.1                One 15 minute break, to be counted as time worked, must be allowed during the morning period of each working day to each individual employee at a time to be arranged by the employer in consultation with the employees.

21.2                For all employees rostered to work more than six hours, one 30 minute, unpaid meal break is to be taken between hour five and hour six of the shift at a time arranged by the employer following consultation with employees.

22.     Overtime and penalty rates

22.1        All work performed in excess of or outside the ordinary hours prescribed byclause  20—Ordinary hours of work and rostering, of this award must be paid at 150% of the relevant minimum wage calculated hourly for the first three hours and 200% for the rest of the overtime.

22.2                An employee required to work on a Sunday must be paid for all such work at 200% of the relevant minimum wage per hour for a minimum of three hours.

22.3                An employee may elect to take time off in place of payment for overtime. The overtime payment otherwise payable will be reduced by an amount calculated at the ordinary time rate for the time off.

22.4                An employee directed to stand by in readiness to work outside the ordinary hours or to do watch keeping or guard duties outside the ordinary working hours will, until released, be paid at overtime rates for all time so engaged.