Paragraph 1.1 Guarantee
A building trade operative shall be guaranteed his guaranteed minimum weekly earnings comprising the current basic rate for the normal working hours prescribed in NWR 6.1 of each pay week as defined in NWR 5.2 of the period of employment, whether work is or is not provided by the employer and regardless of temporary stoppages through inclement weather or other causes beyond the control of the parties.
The guarantee is subject to the following conditions.
that throughout normal working hours the operative is available for work within the meaning of NWR 1.2
the guarantee does not apply to weeks of annual holiday under NWR 10
the guarantee is reduced proportionately for any payweek in which:
the operative is engaged after the commencement of the payweek;
the operative’s employment terminates before the end of the payweek;
the operative is absent for part of normal working hours due to certified sickness or injury; or
the operative is absent for one or more days of winter, Easter, summer or recognised public holiday.
that where on a job or in a shop collective action is taken by any operatives employed under this agreement, the employer shall at all times use his best endeavours to provide continuity of work for those operatives who are not involved in the dispute and who remain available for work. If, because of the industrial action taken, the employer cannot provide such continuity of work, the provisions of the rule relating to guaranteed time payments shall be suspended until normal working is restored.