Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Ambulance Service [1999] QIRC 185 (1999) 161 QGIG 794

794 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 27 August, 1999 ################################ffl######################################################################################## QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COY!MfSSJON Workplace Relarions Act 1997 - s.127 - application fo( varia11o n Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Wor kers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees Ai'iD Queensland Ambulance Ser vice (No. BJ 43 of 1990) AMBULANCE SERVICE EMPLOYEES' AWARD-STATE COMMISSIONER BLOOMFIELD VARIATION 21 July 1999 This matter coming <m for hearin g before the Comrnission at Brisbane on 7 July and IS Sep1ember 1998 and 5 February, 25 June and 2 J Juiy I999, this Commission dOlh order that the said Award be varied as follow.s a.s from 1he fifth day of July, 1999:- By dektwg clause 4.1 (Hours of Work) and insertin g the following in lieu thereof:- "4.1 HQu.-S of Work (1) The ordinary workin g hour.s of employees shall not excc:ed an average of thirty-eigh1 hou(s per week a nd shall be worked in ac corda nce wi1h a roster agreed upon between the Que e nsland Ambulan ce Service and the Union. A copy of this roster shall be posted up in a conspicuous place acce.ssible to employees: Provided that, in emerg ency circumstances, employees may be required to temporarily work additional and/or altered shifts, subject to the provisions of clause 4.2 he reof: Provided furtho;.r, 1ha1 any such alteration may, by mutual agreement be1ween the Queen sland Ambulan ce Service a nd the Unio n, be made 10 operate for such period as they may dete rmine. (2) All employees shall be eniirled to days offal the ratio of at least Iwo days off for every five worked. For the purpose of this subclauu, a day shall mean 1he period from mid11ighr to midnight, These days off m11sr be grouped to provide a minimum of two co11sec11tive days in any fortnight pay period. Altema/ively. one day in one week and three days during rhe followrng week shall satisfy the provisions of this s11bda11 se. (3) The method of impleme ntation of t he 38 Hou r Week shall be by agreement betwee n the Qu een.�land Ambulance Service and the Union as rc<.-orded in a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties.". Dated thi� twenty-firs! of July, 1999 By the Commission, (L.S.) E. EWALD, Industrial Registrar. Operative l)ate: 5 July 1999 Variatio n -38 Hour Week Released: 17 August J 999 ###########################1/#############################################################J/#ffl############################# 27 August, 1999 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 795 -- 1 of 1 --