MA000078  PR718896
FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DETERMINATION


Fair Work Act 2009

s.285—Annual wage review

Annual Wage Review 2019–20
(C2020/1)

BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD 2020
[MA000078]

Publishing industry

JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT CATANZARITI
DEPUTY PRESIDENT ASBURY
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON
MR FERGUSON
PROFESSOR WOODEN
MS LABINE-ROMAIN

MELBOURNE, 26 JUNE 2020

Annual Wage Review 2019–20.

A. Further to the decision issued by the majority of the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2019–20 on 19 June 2020 [[2020] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:

1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 14 and inserting the following:

Employee classification

Minimum weekly rate
(full-time employee)

Minimum hourly rate

 

$

$

Editors

   

Level 1—upon commencement

916.00

24.11

Level 1—after 6 months

973.70

25.62

Level 2—Grade 1

1024.90

26.97

Level 2—Grade 2

1050.40

27.64

Level 2—Grade 3

1102.00

29.00

Level 2—Grade 4

1160.00

30.53

Level 3—Grade 1

1215.10

31.98

Level 3—Grade 2

1270.50

33.43

Level 3—Grade 3

1415.10

37.24

Publicists

   

Grade 1

989.10

26.03

Grade 2

1048.90

27.60

Grade 3

1120.80

29.49

Grade 4

1179.40

31.04

Grade 5

1319.90

34.73

Grade 6

1466.20

38.58

Grade 7

1612.30

42.43

2. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.1 and inserting the following:

Employee classification

Ordinary hours

First 8 hours of overtime

After 8 hours of overtime

 

% of minimum hourly rate

 

100%

150%

200%

 

$

$

$

Editors

     

Level 1—upon commencement

24.11

36.17

48.22

Level 1—after 6 months

25.62

38.43

51.24

Level 2—Grade 1

26.97

40.46

53.94

Level 2—Grade 2

27.64

41.46

55.28

Level 2—Grade 3

29.00

43.50

58.00

Level 2—Grade 4

30.53

45.80

61.06

Level 3—Grade 1

31.98

47.97

63.96

Level 3—Grade 2

33.43

50.15

66.86

Level 3—Grade 3

37.24

N/A

N/A

Publicists

     

Grade 1

26.03

39.05

52.06

Grade 2

27.60

41.40

55.20

Grade 3

29.49

44.24

58.98

Grade 4

31.04

46.56

62.08

Grade 5

34.73

52.10

69.46

Grade 6

38.58

N/A

N/A

Grade 7

42.43

N/A

N/A

3. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2 and inserting the following:

Employee classification

Ordinary hours

 

% of minimum hourly rate

 

125%

 

$

Editors

 

Level 1—upon commencement

30.14

Level 1—after 6 months

32.03

Level 2—Grade 1

33.71

Level 2—Grade 2

34.55

Level 2—Grade 3

36.25

Level 2—Grade 4

38.16

Level 3—Grade 1

39.98

Level 3—Grade 2

41.79

Level 3—Grade 3

46.55

Publicists

 

Grade 1

32.54

Grade 2

34.50

Grade 3

36.86

Grade 4

38.80

Grade 5

43.41

Grade 6

48.23

Grade 7

53.04

B. This determination comes into operation on 1 November 2020. In accordance with s.286(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 November 2020.

PRESIDENT

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