Paragraph 1.2 Availability for Work

Unless otherwise specifically instructed by the employer or his representatives each operative shall present himself for work each weekday at the usual starting time of the shop, job or site and shall there remain available for work throughout the normal working hours. Decisions as to when, during the normal working hours, work is to be carried out, interrupted on account of weather conditions or otherwise and resumed, and as to whether some or all of the operatives shall work at any particular time shall be made by the employer or his representative and shall be implicitly observed.

If in the shop or on the job or site, work is not available for an operative in his own occupation, he shall hold himself ready and willing to perform work in any other suitable building industry occupation or at any other job, site or shop where work is available.

In cases where abnormal weather conditions interrupt work over a period, suitable arrangements, appropriate to the circumstances of each case, may be made by the employer by which operatives shall register or establish that they are available for work on each day.