QLD Questionable RDO use

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Oscar028

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Are employers allowed to use your RDO’s whenever they want? EG quiet in yard sent home 2 hours early would pay rdo hours for that, working a normal shift Monday but a shift at night (not normal hours) tues, wed, thurs and then would pay rdo for Friday even though need 10 hour break and would be outside normal hours.
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What Modern Award or EA applies to you?
 

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Mobile crane hiring award 2010
Universal Cranes pty Ltd and CFMEU union collective agreement 2013-2016
 

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Are employers allowed to use your RDO’s whenever they want?

For the award/EA mentioned - no.

RDO's are supposed to be by agreement, failing agreement, taken with the next scheduled industry RDO.