1. Go to https://www.fairwork.gov and identify the award provisions for:

a. Leave including shift workers

b. mandated breaks between shifts

c. maximum allowed shift hours

d. standard, overtime and penalty pay rates

Responses

1. leave including shift workers

2. mandated breaks between shifts

3. maximum allowed shift hours

4. standard, overtime and penalty pay rates

2. You employ 3 chefs. John is casual, Jack is part-time and Chenelle is employed full time. They all arrive for the morning shift. After 1 hour a storm hits the restaurant and the power goes off. The manager informs staff that they shall clean up and leave as power will be off at least for 2 days. After 1.5 hours all staff leave. What is their pay entitlement for that day?

3. What are the leave provisions for the following instances?

• carers

• compassionate reasons

• illness or injury

• jury service

• long service

• maternity or paternity

• rehabilitation of injured workers

• study

4. One requirement of a business is to maintain and administer rostering records. Go to www.fairwork.gov.au and guides, and download the file >Pay slips and record keeping>Weekly time and wage records template

a. Complete the timesheet using the following information:

Joseph (Level 6 cook (tradesperson) grade 5) – will be working from 15.30 – 22.00 on Mon, from 6.00 – 14.30 on Thurs, Fri and Sat and from 13.30 – 22.00 on Sun.

b. Complete the payslip including superannuation info (any fund) and tax (tax calculator template attached)

c. Attach the documents to this assessment.

5. What are the requirements for time and wage records? How long must these records be kept?

6. What is the importance of rosters for efficiency in an organization and how can a roster be used to control staff costs?

7. Provide 3 examples for benefits for using a social and cultural skill mix in the hospitality industry:

8. Provide 3 examples for different religious and cultural  beliefs of staff commonly working in the TH&E industry and how these religions potentially need to be accommodated for when preparing rosters:

2. Assessment 2-Assignment

PART A

Your Tasks

All relevant information relating to awards and award conditions must be sourced from the following :

1. You are required to develop the roster for the week commencing 16 January 2017 to 22 January 2017, using the spreadsheets provided.

Note:The information provided below includes a 30 minute meal break for each staff member.

You will need to use the Roster spreadsheet to develop this staff roster on the first Tab.

Mark (Front Office grade 1) – will be working from 13.30 – 22.00 on Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sun and from 13.30 – 20.00 on Sat.

Tom (Front Office grade 1) –will be workingfrom 6.00 – 14.30 on Mon, Tues, Wed and Sun and from 6.00 – 12.30 on Saturday.

Jordan (Front Office grade 1) – will be workingfrom 22.00 – 6.30 Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri and from 24.00 – 6.30 on Sat.

Sam (Front Office grade 2) – will be working from 15.30 – 22.00 on Mon, from 6.00 – 14.30 on Thurs, Fri and Sat and from 13.30 – 22.00 on Sun.

Shelly (Front Office grade 2) – will be working from 13.30 – 22.00 on Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs and from 13.30 – 20.00 on Fri.

Darren (Front Office grade 3) – will be working from 22.00 – 6.30 on Mon, Fri, Sat and Sun and from 24.00 – 6.30 on Tues.

Scott (Front Office Supervisor) will be working from 6.00 – 14.30 on Mon, Tues, Wed and Sun and from 6.00 – 12.30 on Thurs.

Margaret (Front Office Supervisor) – will be working from 15.30 – 22.00 on Tues, 13.30 – 22.00 on Wed and Sat, 12.30 – 21.00 on Thurs and from 6.00 – 14.30 on Fri.

2. Once you have developed the roster based on the above information, transfer the roster on TAB Part A and:

a. Check if each employee has at least two rostered days off in the week. Highlight these days in grey colour.

b. Calculate the weekly wages for each of the staff.

c. Calculate work hours for the week for each staffmember.

d. Locate the correct hourly rate for each staff member based on their award including penalty rates which apply for specific times during weekdays and for Saturdays and Sundays.

e. Calculate the wages for each staff member for the week for this roster.

f. Calculate the total Wages for the week.

g. Determine if the wage budget of $7200.00 for the week is being met. By how much is it over or under?

Part B

You are required to troubleshoot a short notice staff incident which does require you to investigate and find a solution for replacement of staff, determine the associated impact on budget and the legal aspects to be considered based on the legislative provisions for shifts, breaks, overtime etc. on the Fair Work website:

It is Saturday afternoon on the 18th January at 14.30 hours. Sam leaves work due to symptoms of gastro and the supervisor tells her to stay home until she is well again.

a. Identify the existing staff who could be contacted to cover for Sam’s shift on Sunday from 13.30 – 22.00 and calculate their entitlements to enable you to do a comparison and evaluation.

b. Calculate the wage entitlement for a casual to cover Sam’s shift Sunday from 13.30 – 22.00 at award level “Front Office Level 3”.

c. How is the wage budget of $7200.00 affected if no existing staff can cover the shift of Sam, and a casual for this shift at Front Office Level 3 would be employed?

d. What would be the cheapest option for the business to cover Sam’s shift given your findings in a,b and c?

Would you choose this option?

Which aspects do you need to consider in terms of job role/level and adequate breaks?

3. Assessment 3-Project

PART A

You are required to develop a roster for a given period as outlined to you by your trainer below.

Once you have established the shift/rostering requirements you are required to interview each staff member and identify any special social, religious, family or other requirements to be considered for the purpose of the roster period.

Where any special request have been made, document these in the table overleaf and obtain a signature for the relevant staff member to verify your communication provisions.

Your roster must ensure:

a) Adequate skill mix supported by award/grade listed for each staff member on the roster

b) Effectiveness of rostering times to keep overtime and allowances to a minimum

c) All shift allowances according job roles and details provided to you (e.g. tool allowance, split shift allowance etc. as these apply)

d) Provisions of meal breaks in line with legislation

PART B

You are required to develop another roster for a given period as outlined to you by your trainer below. If this is concurrent with the roster developed in Part A, identify 5 options for economical approaches e.g. combining workplace tasks ; staggering start and finish times or similar.

Your colleagues have told you that the roster during period 1 was insufficient in terms of staff mix and numbers to handle Friday and Saturday nights due to the high frequency and variance of different meals ordered If you work in a different department apply this issue in that area). Reflect this in your next roster by including 1 additional level 1 or 2 and 1 additional staff at level 3 during the evening service (or e.g. check out/reception – during the morning shift).

Once you have established the shift/rostering requirements you are required to interview each staff member and identify any special social, religious, family or other requirements to be considered for the purpose of the roster period.

Where any special request have been made, document these in the table overleaf and obtain a signature for the relevant staff member to verify your communication provisions.

Your roster must ensure:

a) Adequate skill mix supported by award/grade listed for each staff member on the roster

b) Effectiveness of rostering times to keep overtime and allowances to a minimum

c) All shift allowances according job roles and details provided to you (e.g. tool allowance, split shift allowance etc. as these apply)

d) Provisions of meal breaks in line with legislation