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AN140062 – Clay Products Industry Award - State 2003

5.2 WAGE RATES

5.2.1 Clay brick and paver section

The minimum rates of wages payable to adult employees shall be:

(a) Level

Award Rate

 

Per Week

 

As From 1/9/05

 

$

1

496.90

2

509.40

3

523.60

4

544.50

(b) Leading Hand shall mean an employee appointed as such and shall be paid the following additional payments:

 

Per Week

 

$

Leading hand in charge of up to 10 employees

20.90

Leading hand in charge of over 10 employees

23.10

5.2.2 Pottery section

(a)

 

Award Rate

   

Per Week

   

As From 1/9/05

   

$

Level 1

Probationary employee/trainee

495.80

     

Level 2

Junction stickers and pressers, terracotta ware pressers or throwers clay market in charge, dipper, or spray gun operator or printer, turner, jolly or jigger hands, pottery handle or finisher, all other adult labour not elsewhere classified, sorting and packing ware, sagger maker, storeperson, sanitary ware and hollow ware pressers

506.90

     

Level 3

Mould, model and die marker, thrower of large ware (over 27.3 litres), pottery caster (more than 3 months experience)

509.70

(b) 'Leading hand' shall mean an employee appointed as such and shall be paid the following additional payments applicable for all purposes of the Award:

 

Per Week

 

$

Leading hand in charge of up to 10 employees

20.90

Leading hand in charge of over 10 employees

23.10

NOTE: The rates of pay in this Award are intended to include the arbitrated wage adjustment payable under the 1 September 2005 Declaration of General Ruling and earlier Safety Net Adjustments and arbitrated wage adjustments. [Disputed cases are to be referred to the Vice President.] This arbitrated wage adjustment may be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this Award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the Award. Such payments include wages payable pursuant to certified agreements, currently operating enterprise flexibility agreements, Queensland workplace agreements, award amendments to give effect to enterprise agreements and overaward arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

Increases made under previous State Wage Cases or under the current Statement of Policy, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated wage adjustments.

5.2.3 Divisional and District parities -

Employees working in the Divisions and Districts prescribed in clause 1.6 of the Award shall receive the following amounts in addition to their weekly wage.

 

Per Week

 

$

Northern Division, Eastern District

1.05

Northern Division, Western District

3.25

Mackay Division

0.90

Southern Division, Western District

1.05

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