AN120058 – Boarding House Staff (Independent Schools) (State) Award 2004
(i) The minimum weekly rate of pay for employees shall, subject to the other provisions of this award, be calculated by dividing the salaries set out in Table 1 - Wage Rates, of Part B - Monetary Rates, by 52.14.
(ii) Classifications
An employee shall be initially appointed to the appropriate level as determined by the employee's skills and duties required to be performed in the position, as set out below:
(a) A Level 1 position is one where the employee undertakes basic duties to assist the person in charge of the boarding house in the daily routines involving the care of students and the general functions of the boarding house.
(b) A Level 2 position is one where the employee carries out the duties of a Level 1 employee but while actively on duty may deputise as required from time to time for the person in charge of the boarding house.
(c) A Level 3 position is one where the employee is responsible for the management of a boarding house and has a significant concern for the welfare of the students. Duties include the maintenance of effective communication with the parents of students and the supervision of other staff covered by this award in the boarding house.
(d) A Level 4 position is one where the employee is responsible to the Principal of a school for the overall supervision of the recreational and personal general welfare of all students and has overall responsibility for the administration of two or more boarding houses.
(iii) Part-time Employees
Part-time employees shall be paid at the same weekly rate as a full-time employee with the corresponding classification but in that proportion which the number of hours for which the part-time employee is rostered to work bears to the number of hours for which a full-time employee at that boarding house is rostered to work.
(iv) Casual Employees
Casual employees shall be paid:
(a) at the same weekly rate as a full-time employee with the corresponding classification but in that proportion which the number of hours rostered to be worked by the casual employee bear to the hours rostered to be worked by the full-time employee at that boarding house; plus
(b) 25 per cent of that amount (inclusive of payment in lieu of annual holidays required to be paid under the Annual Holidays Act 1944).
(v) The hourly rates for part-time and casual employees shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent, any amount less than a half cent in the result to be disregarded.
