AN170096 – Silviculture and Afforestation Award
(a) Meal Breaks
On each day Monday to Friday there shall be a cessation of work of not less than 30 minutes duration within the first 5 hours for employees to take a meal break.
PROVIDED that, by agreement between the employer and the employees and the union, the meal break may be shortened to not less than 20 minutes with a consequential adjustment to the daily time of cessation of work.
(b) Delayed Meal Breaks
An employee who is required to defer a meal break prescribed by subclauses (a) hereof shall, for the duration of such deferment, be paid at single time in addition to the appropriate rate.
(c) Overtime crib Breaks
(i) An employee working overtime shall be allowed a crib time of twenty minutes without deduction of pay after each four hours of overtime worked if the employee continues work after such crib time.
(ii) Unless the period of overtime is less than one and a half hours an employee before starting overtime after working ordinary hours inclusive of time worked for accrual purposes in Part V - Hours of Work, Penalty Payments and Overtime, Clause 1 - Hours of Work and Clause 5 - Call Outs of this award shall be allowed a meal break of twenty minutes which shall be paid for at ordinary rates.
(iii) An employer and employee may agree to any variation of these provisions to meet the circumstances of the work in hand provided that the employer shall not be required to make payment in respect of any time allowed in excess of twenty minutes.
(d) Tea Breaks
(i) Two tea breaks of 7-1/2 minutes duration shall be allowed to employees without deduction of pay on each day or shift.
(ii) The times for taking such tea breaks shall be set by agreement between the employer and employees concerned.
(e) Extension of Breaks
The duration of any break prescribed by this clause may be extended by agreement between the employer and employees concerned.
PROVIDED that the employer shall not be required to pay for any such extension.
