Bus drivers often work what is known as a split or broken shift, working the morning and evening peaks with an extended unpaid break in the middle of the day. Tranzurban had interpreted each shift as a separate work period, but Tramways Union successfully argued a work period should be counted from first sign-on to last sign-off.
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Bus drivers often work what is known as a split or broken shift, working the morning and evening peaks with an extended unpaid break in the middle of the day. Michael Loftus of the Employment Relations Authority wrote in his decision that the union’s argument was “far more persuasive”.
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