| MA000070 PR729329 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
DETERMINATION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.285—Annual wage review
Annual Wage Review 2020–21
(C2021/1)
CEMETERY INDUSTRY AWARD 2020
[MA000070]
Cemetery operations | |
JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT |
MELBOURNE, 25 JUNE 2021 |
Annual Wage Review 2020–21.
A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2020–21 on 16 June 2021 [[2021] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:
1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 14.1 and inserting the following:
Classification |
Minimum weekly rate
|
Minimum hourly rate |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
772.60 |
20.33 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
825.20 |
21.72 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
853.60 |
22.46 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
899.50 |
23.67 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
946.50 |
24.91 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
972.20 |
25.58 |
2. By deleting the words “1 November 2020” in clause 14.7(b) and inserting “1 July 2021”.
3. By deleting the amount “$33.35” appearing in clause 16.2(b) and inserting “$34.18”.
4. By deleting the amount “$18.43” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(i) and inserting “$18.89”.
5. By deleting the amount “$40.37” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(ii) and inserting “$41.38”.
6. By deleting the amount “$10.53” appearing in clause 16.2(d) and inserting “$10.79”.
7. By deleting the amount “$78.11” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(i) and inserting “$80.06”.
8. By deleting the amount “$93.90” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(ii) and inserting “$96.25”.
9. By deleting the amount “$156.21” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iii) and inserting “$160.11”.
10. By deleting the amount “$78.11” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iv) and inserting “$80.06”.
11. By deleting the table appearing in clause 16.2(f) and inserting the following:
Age of grave since last burial (years) | ||||
5 but less |
10 but less |
25 but less |
more | |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ | |
per occasion |
78.26 |
58.47 |
38.68 |
19.79 |
12. By deleting the amount “$47.39” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(i) and inserting “$48.57”.
13. By deleting the amount “$23.70” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(ii) and inserting “$24.29”.
14. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.1 and inserting the following:
|
|
Ordinary hours |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate1 | ||
|
|
100% |
250% |
$ |
$ | |
| Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
21.23 |
53.08 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
22.62 |
56.55 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
23.36 |
58.40 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
24.57 |
61.43 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
25.81 |
64.53 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
26.48 |
66.20 |
15. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.2 and inserting the following:
|
|
Monday to Saturday |
Monday to Saturday |
Sunday |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate1 | ||||
|
|
150% |
200% |
200% |
250% |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ | |
| Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
31.85 |
42.46 |
42.46 |
53.08 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
33.93 |
45.24 |
45.24 |
56.55 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
35.04 |
46.72 |
46.72 |
58.40 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
36.86 |
49.14 |
49.14 |
61.43 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
38.72 |
51.62 |
51.62 |
64.53 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
39.72 |
52.96 |
52.96 |
66.20 |
16. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.3.1 and inserting the following:
|
Ordinary hours |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate 1 | ||
|
125% |
275% |
$ |
$ | |
| Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
26.54 |
58.38 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
28.28 |
62.21 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
29.20 |
64.24 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
30.71 |
67.57 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
32.26 |
70.98 |
| Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
33.10 |
72.82 |
17. By deleting the amount “$877.60” appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting “$899.50”.
18. By deleting the table appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting the following:
Allowance |
Clause |
% of standard rate |
$ |
Payable |
Industry allowance1 |
16.2(b) |
3.8 |
34.18 |
per week |
Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of 2 to 6 employees |
16.2(c)(i) |
2.1 |
18.89 |
per week |
Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of more than 6 employees |
16.2(c)(ii) |
4.6 |
41.38 |
per week |
First aid allowance |
16.2(d) |
1.2 |
10.79 |
per week |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days or less |
16.2(e)(i) |
8.9 |
80.06 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days to 7 years and arterially embalmed and sealed in approved container |
16.2(e)(ii) |
10.7 |
96.25 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days to 7 years and not arterially embalmed and sealed in approved container |
16.2(e)(iii) |
17.8 |
160.11 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for more than 7 years |
16.2(e)(iv) |
8.9 |
80.06 |
per body |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—5 to 10 years |
16.2(f) |
8.7 |
78.26 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—10 to 25 years |
16.2(f) |
6.5 |
58.47 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—25 to 50 years |
16.2(f) |
4.3 |
38.68 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—more than 50 years |
16.2(f) |
2.2 |
19.79 |
per occasion |
Excavation allowance—first body |
16.2(g)(i) |
5.4 |
48.57 |
for first body |
Excavation allowance—each additional body from the same grave |
16.2(g)(ii) |
2.7 |
24.29 |
per additional body |
B. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 2021. 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 July 2021.
PRESIDENT
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