# The Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 25) Order 1989, Schedule 2: MATERIAL PROVISIONS OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT


Each operative shall be guaranteed 39 hours employment in each pay week paid at the appropriate standard rate of wages and calculated in the following way: 8 hours per day for four days from Monday to Thursday and 7 hours on Friday, provided always that he is available for work during the normal working hours for each day.
In any week in which a public holiday falls, the period of guarantee shall be reduced in proportion to the period of public holiday.
In the event of work being temporarily stopped due to inclement weather, shortage of work or any other cause, the guaranteed payment shall be made provided always that the operative maintains himself on site for working; that he is willing and able to perform satisfactorily such alternative work that he may be reasonably given and that he complies with the instruction of the employer as to when during normal working hours work is to be carried out, interrupted or resumed. (Where stoppage of work continues for one complete payweek see `Temporary Lay Off Procedure below'.)
If an operative fails to keep himself available for work at any time during the normal working hours, unless otherwise instructed, he shall be deemed not to have kept himself available for any portion of the day.
An operative shall not be entitled to guaranteed payment for any time during a pay week in which his work is interrupted by virtue of a trade dispute involving himself or other operatives on his particular site, who are employees of the same employer or associated employer.
Should any dispute arise over the payment of the Guaranteed Week provisions which is not capable of solution through the Conciliation Procedure (outlined in Appendix A), the operative shall have the right to present his complaint to an industrial tribunal in accordance with S.18(4)(b) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1575/schedule/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/guarantee-payments-exemption-no-25-order-1989/schedule-2
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