AN120221 – Funeral Industries (State) Award 2005
(i) The rates of pay shall be the minimum to be paid to weekly employees in the classifications as set out in Table 1 of Part B of this award.
(ii) Casuals
(a) Casuals may be employed in any of the classifications in subclause (i) of this clause, and shall be paid one thirty-eighth of the weekly rate for the appropriate classification plus 15 per cent.
(b) Casual employees are also entitled to be paid 1/12th of the employees ordinary pay, as defined in the Annual Holidays Act 1944 to pay for the employees’ annual holiday entitlement.
(c) All sums payable to casual employees shall be paid to them at the termination of their engagement.
(iii) Juniors
(a) The minimum weekly rates of pay to be paid to juniors shall be the following percentages of the minimum rate of pay for the appropriate classification as set out in subclause (i) of this clause:
Percentage | |
% | |
18 years and under 19 years |
48 |
19 years and under 20 years |
60 |
20 years and under 21 years |
72 |
21 years and over |
100 |
(iv) Relieving Manager
An employee relieving a resident manager on annual leave or on days off if required to reside on the premises shall be paid a weekly wage at the rate of a resident manager, a living-away allowance as set out in Item 1 of Table 2 except as provided for in subclauses (xi), (xii) and
(xiii) of Clause 4 - Rosters and Days Off Duty, of this award.
(v)
(a) A Resident Manager who is required by his/her employer to perform the general cleaning of a business section of head office or branch premises outside the employee’s normal rostered hours shall be paid a cleaning fee at the rate as set out in Item 2 of Table 2.
(b) Such payment shall not apply to the cleaning of flower petals and like from a chapel and vestibule after a funeral service.
(c) Work shall not be considered to have been performed for the purpose of this clause unless a claim therefore is made in the daily or weekly time sheets or otherwise within fourteen days after the performance of such work.
(vi) Each Resident Manager shall, for the due performance of the employee’s duties, reside at the premises of which the employee is manager and shall be provided therewith quarters which include necessary floor coverings and blinds and with fuel and lighting.
(vii) An employee shall carry out all duties, as directed by the employer, which are within the limits of the employee's skill, competence and training.
(viii) Part Time Work
(a) An employee may be engaged on a part time basis. A part time employee shall mean a weekly employee engaged to work regular days and regular hours, either of which are less than the number of days or hours worked by a full time employee.
(b) A part time employee is entitled to a minimum start per occasion of 3 continuous hours, except:
(i) where the employer and the employee concerned agree that there shall be a start of 2 continuous hours on 2 or more days per week, provided that:
1. a 2 hour start is sought by the employee to accommodate the employee’s personal circumstances, which must be specified, or
2. the place of work is within a distance of 5 kilometres of the employee’s place of residence
(c) A part time employee may work up to 38 hours per week without the payment of overtime.
(d) A part time employee will be paid per hour 1/38 of the weekly rate of pay prescribed for a full time employee of the same classification contained in Table 1 of Part B Monetary Rates of this Award.
(e) Any hours worked by a part time employee outside the ordinary hours of work as set out in Clause 1, or in addition to the 38 hours per week shall be paid at overtime rates.
(f) Subject to this clause, all the provisions of the award shall apply to a part time employee on a pro rata basis
