| Restrictions | OK |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Employment Relations Authority - Auckland |
| Reference No | AA 414/04 |
| Determination date | 20 December 2004 |
| Member | L Robinson |
| Representation | R Alchin ; A Drake |
| Location | Auckland |
| Parties | New Zealand Dairy Workers Union Inc v New Zealand Dairy Foods Ltd |
| Summary | DISPUTE - Interpretation, application and operation of collective agreement (CA") - Day shift employees worked rostered shift pattern 4 days on Monday to Thursday, 3 days off Friday to Sunday - Respondent proposed that 6 of 12 day shift employees work Tuesday to Friday - Applicant alleged respondent required employees' consent to proposal - Whether proposal permitted under CA - CA did not give any employee any particular entitlement to work on specifically identifiable days of week - Equally followed that no employee had right or entitlement to specifically identifiable days off work - Entitlement was to rostered hours of work by shifts - Subject to limits prescribed in CA respondent could roster ordinary hours over any days of week as it pleased - Proposal was not change of shift pattern but rostering of employees within and in compliance with existing shift pattern of 4 days on 3 days off - CA clauses concerning changing roster and shift patterns not operative in current situation - Question answered in favour of respondent" |
| Result | Question answered in favour of respondent ; Costs reserved |
| Number of Pages | 9 |
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