The Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 6) Order 1977

Availability for Work

19.—(a) An operative shall be fit for work and free from any intoxicating liquor, complete with tools, protective and personal clothing, and in all respects capable of travelling to any job and executing satisfactorily and safely the work to be executed according to his instructions.

(b) Unless otherwise specifically instructed by the employer, an operative shall present himself for work each normal working day at the usual starting time of the job or site, and shall there remain available for work throughout the normal working hours.

(c) 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 man in charge of the job and shall be implicitly observed.

(d) If 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 occupation or at any other job, or site, where his employer provides alternative work.

(e) 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 an operative shall register or establish that he is available for work on each day.