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Inclement Weather Calendars

Under Clause 21.7 of the NBCIA employees are entitled to payment for ordinary time lost due to inclement weather, for up to 32 hours in every period of 4 weeks.

Employees are credited with 32 hours at the start of each 4 week period.

However, if an employee commences work during a 4 week period, then their entitlement is calculated in accordance with the calendar.

An Example:
An employee commences work on 16th January 2006. From the Inclement Weather 2006 calendar it can be seen that they would only be entitled to 16 hours pay for time lost due to inclement weather occurring in the 4 week period ending 29th January 2006.

Thereafter they would be credited with 32 hours at the beginning of each 4 week period

DEFINITION OF INCLEMENT WEATHER
From standard CFMEU EBA

The parties agree that should any site and / or section of a site be affected by inclement weather which shall mean the existence of rain or abnormal climatic conditions (whether they be those of hail, snow, cold, high wind, severe dust storm, extreme high temperature or the like or any combination thereof) by virtue of which it is either not reasonable or not safe for Employees exposed thereto to continue working whilst the same prevail on that site or section of the site, affected, employees can be transferred to another section of that site, or another site, for productive work.