DETERMINATION

Fair Work Act 2009
s.156—4 yearly review of modern awards

4 yearly review of modern awards—plain language re-drafting—facilitative provisions altering span of hours
(AM2016/15)

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AWARD 2020
[MA000069]

4 yearly review of modern awards –plain language re-drafting –facilitative provisions altering span of hours clauses –remove ambiguity.

A. Further to the Full Bench decision [[2021] FWCFB 3426] issued by the Fair Work Commission on 16 June 2021,the above award is varied as follows:

1. By deleting clause 13.2(e) and inserting the following:

(e) The spread of hours in clause 13.2(d) (7.45 am to 5.15 pm) may be moved up to one hour forward or one hour back by agreement between an employer and:

(i) the majority of employees at the workplace;or

(ii) the majority of employees in a discrete section of the workplace.

Different agreements may be reached with the majority of employees in different sections of the workplace.

2. By updating the cross-references accordingly.

B. This determination comes into operation from 1 July 2021. In accordance with s.165(3) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2021.

PRESIDENT

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