MA000096 PR546804

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DETERMINATION



Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

Item 6, Sch. 5—Modern awards review

Modern Awards Review 2012—Apprentices, Trainees and Juniors
(AM2012/135)

DRY CLEANING AND LAUNDRY INDUSTRY AWARD 2010
[MA000096]

Dry cleaning and laundry services

JUSTICE BOULTON, SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT
SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT HARRISON
COMMISSIONER ROE

SYDNEY, 14 JANUARY 2014

Transitional review of modern awards - apprentices, trainees and junior rates - common matters - consequential variations - correction.

A. The determination issued by the Fair Work Commission on 22 November 2013 [MA000096 PR544174] is corrected as follows:

1. By deleting item A.2 and inserting the following:

“2. By deleting clause 14.4 and inserting the following:

14.4 Wages of apprentices

(a) The following wage rates will apply to apprentices and school-based apprentices who commenced their apprenticeship before 1 January 2014. School-based apprentices will be engaged in accordance with Schedule D—School-based Apprentices.

Year of apprenticeship

% of Dry Cleaning Employee Level 5

   

1st year - First six months

45

   

1st year - Second six months

50

   

2nd year

60

   

3rd year - First six months

75

   

3rd year - Second six months

90

(b) The following wage rates will apply to apprentices and school-based apprentices who commenced their apprenticeship on or after 1 January 2014. School-based apprentices will be engaged in accordance with Schedule D— School-based Apprentices.

(c) The above percentages will be calculated in multiples of $0.05, amounts of $0.02 and less being taken to the lower multiple and amounts in excess of $0.02 being taken to the higher multiple.

(d) The minimum rate for an adult apprentice who commenced on or after 1 January 2014 and is in the first year of their apprenticeship must be 80% of the rate for Dry cleaning employee Level 5, or the rate prescribed by clause 14.4(b) for the relevant year of the apprenticeship, whichever is the greater.

(e) The minimum rate for an adult apprentice who commenced on or after 1 January 2014 and is in the second and subsequent years of their apprenticeship must be the rate for the lowest adult classification in clause 14.1 or the rate prescribed by clause 14.4(b) for the relevant year of the apprenticeship, whichever is the greater.

(f) A person employed by an employer under this award immediately prior to entering into a training agreement as an adult apprentice with that employer must not suffer a reduction in their minimum wage by virtue of entering into the training agreement, provided that the person has been an employee in that enterprise for at least six months as a full-time employee or twelve months as a part-time or regular and systematic casual employee immediately prior to commencing the apprenticeship. For the purpose only of fixing a minimum wage, the adult apprentice must continue to receive the minimum wage that applies to the classification specified in clause 14.1 in which the adult apprentice was engaged immediately prior to entering into the training agreement.

(g) An employee who is under 21 years of age at the expiration of their apprenticeship and thereafter works as a minor in a dry cleaning classification will be paid not less than the adult rate of that classification.”

B. This determination comes into operation on the first full pay period commencing on or after 1 January 2014.

SENIOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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