Telstra Corporation General Conditions Award 2001
AP806392 - Telstra Corporation General Conditions Award 2001
20.1 Subject to this clause, an employee will be paid a meal allowance, in addition to any applicable overtime, in the following circumstances:
20.1.1 after the completion of his/her ordinary hours of work for the day is required without a break for a meal to perform extra work up to the completion of or beyond the meal period next occurring after the completion of those ordinary hours;
20.1.2 is required, after the completion of his/her ordinary hours of work for the day, to perform work after a break for a meal which occurs after that completion and is not entitled to payment for that break; or
20.1.3 is required to perform extra work after 2.00 p.m. on a Saturday after a meal break and is not entitled to payment for that meal break; or
20.1.4 is required to perform work on a Sunday or public holiday (in addition to their normal weekly hours of work) extending beyond a meal break and is not entitled to payment for that meal break;
20.1.5 is required to perform work prior to the commencement of their ordinary hours of work will be granted a break for a meal but will not be entitled to payment for the break.
20.2 The allowance will be paid at the rate set out in Item 1 of Schedule C.
20.3 An employee who is required to perform any of the work specified in 20.1.2, 20.1.3 or 20.1.4 will not be paid a meal allowance unless they have satisfied his/her manager that he/she cannot reasonably be expected to return to his/her home or lodgings for a meal between the time at which work ceases before the meal and the time at which he/she is required to commence duty after the meal.
20.4 For the purposes of clause 20.1.1 a meal hour will mean the following periods:
