An updated pamphlet for station staff is attached.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: A guide for station staff

DUTIES, NOTICE, CHANGES

• You must be provided with 28 days notice of duties and rest days.
• Your rest days cannot be changed without your agreement.
• Your manager cannot contact you outside of work without your permission.
• Duties are divided into rostered weeks and cover weeks.
• Rostered duties will be worked at any station on your roster.
• Cover duties may be worked at any station in the area or cover group.
• Rostered start and finish times can be varied by up to 2 hours with 7 days notice.
• Staff must be asked before any changes are made.

COVER WEEKS AND DUTY TIMINGS

• Duty changes of more than 2 hours will be mutually agreed wherever possible.
• Before any change with less than 10 days notice, management must use spares or mutually agreed changes.
• If these options are exhausted, a shift may be moved by more than 2 hours if there is between 48-24 hours notice.
• This can only happen once in a month rolling period and can be without mutual agreement.

WORKING HOURS

• You must not work more than 5 hours without a meal break.
• You cannot be required to work more than 10 hours, or 12 hours if on a Sunday.
• You must have 12 hours rest between duties.
• You cannot be required to work more than 7 days in a row, or 8 to facilitate a long weekend.
• A Deferred Meal Relief (DMR) is paid only when your meal break is delayed.
• The 30 minute meal break must be taken later in the shift and within five hours of your start time.

OVERTIME AND HIGHER GRADE WORKING

• Hours worked in excess of contractual hours will be paid at the overtime rate.
• You must not work more than two shifts of up to 18 hours in any 28 day rolling period.
• Overtime should not be cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.
• Working a whole shift at a higher grade, you will be paid the rate for that grade.
• Off roster Higher Grade Working (HGW) is by mutual agreement only.
• Over established (OE) staff should work to a stand alone OE roster or shadow a line on the established roster.