Part 2 – Cleaners

2.1 Application

Part 2 applies to cleaners and canteen workers only.  Each clause will apply to both groups except where one group only (e.g. cleaners) is specified.

2.2 Wages

Minimum wages shall be:

2.2.1 Between 1 September 2006 and 2 January 2007 rates of pay are:

• weekly wage $457.82
• hourly wage $11.45

2.2.2 From 3 January 2007 rates of pay are:

• weekly wage $471.55
• hourly wage $11.79

2.3 In-Charge Allowance

A cleaner placed in charge of other cleaners, or a canteen worker placed in charge of other canteen workers, shall receive the following additional payment:

• 3 - 9 other workers - 34 cents an hour
• 10 - 19 other workers - 54 cents an hour
• more than 19 other workers - 78 cents an hour

2.4 Firelighting Allowance

It is recognised that the preparation, setting and/or lighting of fires is not part of the duties of a cleaner.  However, where a caretaker or part-time caretaker is not employed and a cleaner is requested to carry out additional duties associated with firelighting, and the cleaner agrees, the cleaner shall be paid a daily allowance at the appropriate rate specified.

• cleaner’s firelighting allowance $1.36 per day

2.5 Hours of Work

2.5.1 Forty hours shall constitute a week's work to be worked on five days of the week (which wherever possible will be consecutive), Monday to Sunday inclusive. Not more than eight hours shall be worked in any one day without payment of overtime. Should a worker be required to work on a sixth or seventh day in any one week, he/she shall be paid overtime in accordance with clause 2.6.

2.5.2 As far as possible the hours of work shall be continuous from the time of starting work save for the intervals for meals which shall not be more than one hour or less than 30 minutes. No worker shall be required to work for more than four and a half hours without a meal.

2.5.3 A rest period of ten minutes in each period of four hours' work shall be granted.

2.6 Overtime

All time worked in excess of the daily and/or weekly ordinary time hours of work provided for in 2.5 above shall be regarded as overtime and paid for at ordinary time rate and one quarter.

2.7 Grandparented Cleaners’ Retiring Leave

2.7.1 Except as provided by 2.7.2 below, a full time cleaner who had either completed ten or more years service or was 50 years of age or more, as at 15 February 1993, is entitled to qualify for Retiring Leave as outlined in clause 3.10.

2.7.2 A permanent part-time cleaner who met either criteria outlined in 2.7.1 above, and was a full-time cleaner as at 15 February 1993 but subsequently had his/her hours reduced as a result of clause 6.1 of this agreement, shall also remain entitled to qualify for the Retiring Leave based upon his/her average weekly hours set over the five years immediately preceding the date of retirement.