MA000070  PR740754
FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DETERMINATION


Fair Work Act 2009

s.285—Annual wage review

Annual Wage Review 2021–22
(C2022/1)

CEMETERY INDUSTRY AWARD 2020
[MA000070]

Cemetery operations

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

MELBOURNE, 28 JUNE 2022

Annual Wage Review 2021–22.

A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2021–22 on 15 June 2022 [[2022] 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
(full-time employee)

Minimum hourly rate

 

$

$

Cemetery Employee Class 1

812.60

21.38

Cemetery Employee Class 2

865.20

22.77

Cemetery Employee Class 3

893.60

23.52

Cemetery Employee Class 4

940.90

24.76

Cemetery Employee Class 5

990.00

26.05

Cemetery Employee Class 6

1016.90

26.76

2. By deleting the year “2021” in clause 14.7(b) and inserting “2022”.

3. By deleting the amount “$34.18” appearing in clause 16.2(b) and inserting “$35.75”.

4. By deleting the amount “$18.89” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(i) and inserting “$19.76”.

5. By deleting the amount “$41.38” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(ii) and inserting “$43.28”.

6. By deleting the amount “$10.79” appearing in clause 16.2(d) and inserting “$11.29”.

7. By deleting the amount “$80.06” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(i) and inserting “$83.74”.

8. By deleting the amount “$96.25” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(ii) and inserting “$100.68”.

9. By deleting the amount “$160.11” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iii) and inserting “$167.48”.

10. By deleting the amount “$80.06” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iv) and inserting “$83.74”.

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
than 10

10 but less
than 25

25 but less
than 50

more
than 50

 

$

$

$

$

per occasion

81.86

61.16

40.46

20.70

12. By deleting the amount “$48.57” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(i) and inserting “$50.81”.

13. By deleting the amount “$24.29” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(ii) and inserting “$25.40”.

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

22.32

55.80

    Cemetery Employee Class 2

23.71

59.28

    Cemetery Employee Class 3

24.46

61.15

    Cemetery Employee Class 4

25.70

64.25

    Cemetery Employee Class 5

26.99

67.48

    Cemetery Employee Class 6

27.70

69.25

15. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.2 and inserting the following:

     

Monday to Saturday
–first 2 hours

Monday to Saturday
–after 2 hours

Sunday

Public holiday

 

% of ordinary hourly rate1

     

150%

200%

200%

250%

 

$

$

$

$

    Cemetery Employee Class 1

33.48

44.64

44.64

55.80

    Cemetery Employee Class 2

35.57

47.42

47.42

59.28

    Cemetery Employee Class 3

36.69

48.92

48.92

61.15

    Cemetery Employee Class 4

38.55

51.40

51.40

64.25

    Cemetery Employee Class 5

40.49

53.98

53.98

67.48

    Cemetery Employee Class 6

41.55

55.40

55.40

69.25

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

27.90

61.38

    Cemetery Employee Class 2

29.64

65.20

    Cemetery Employee Class 3

30.58

67.27

    Cemetery Employee Class 4

32.13

70.68

    Cemetery Employee Class 5

33.74

74.22

    Cemetery Employee Class 6

34.63

76.18

17. By deleting the amount “$899.50” appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting “$940.90”.

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

35.75

per week

Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of 2 to 6 employees

16.2(c)(i)

2.1

19.76

per week

Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of more than 6 employees

16.2(c)(ii)

4.6

43.28

per week

First aid allowance

16.2(d)

1.2

11.29

per week

Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days or less

16.2(e)(i)

8.9

83.74

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

100.68

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

167.48

per body

Exhumation allowance—body buried for more than 7 years

16.2(e)(iv)

8.9

83.74

per body

Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—5 to 10 years

16.2(f)

8.7

81.86

per occasion

Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—10 to 25 years

16.2(f)

6.5

61.16

per occasion

Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—25 to 50 years

16.2(f)

4.3

40.46

per occasion

Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—more than 50 years

16.2(f)

2.2

20.70

per occasion

Excavation allowance—first body

16.2(g)(i)

5.4

50.81

for first body

Excavation allowance—each additional body from the same grave

16.2(g)(ii)

2.7

25.40

per additional body

B. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 2022. 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 2022.

PRESIDENT

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