46. Stand By, Recall to Duty and 10-hour Break

46.1 A Trades and Services Staff member required to hold himself/herself in readiness to work after ordinary hours shall until released be paid standing-by time at the ordinary rate of pay from the time which he/she departs the premises of the University after he/she is told to hold himself/herself in readiness.

46.2 Where a Trades and Services Staff member is recalled to work overtime after leaving the University (whether notified before or after leaving the University) and he/she returns to the University to perform overtime, he/she shall be paid for a minimum of four hours' work at the appropriate rate(s) except:

• where it is customary for the staff member to return to the University's premises to perform a specific job outside his/her ordinary working hours or where the overtime is continuous (subject to a reasonable meal break) with the completion or commencement of the Trades and Services Staff member's ordinary working hours;
• where overtime is worked on a Saturday and/or Sunday and it is not continuous with ordinary working hours;
• the Trades and Services Staff member shall not be required to work the full three hours if the job he/she was recalled to perform is completed within a shorter period; and
• where more than one overtime attendance is involved in a four-hour period, the above minimum payment provision shall not operate to increase the overtime payment beyond that which would have been payable had the employee remained on duty from the time of commencing one attendance to the time of ceasing a subsequent attendance.

46.3 A Trades and Services Staff member will be given at least a 10-hour break (plus Reasonable Travelling Time) from completion of overtime duty without loss of pay for scheduled or ordinary duty commencing during such a break.

46.4 If a Trades and Services Staff member is not given a 10-hour break (plus Reasonable Travelling Time) then he or she will be paid double time until he or she has a 10-hour break.

46.5 The University may require a staff member to work reasonable overtime and the staff member will comply with the requirement, provided that the primary care-giving responsibilities of the staff member shall be taken into account.