AN140166 – Meat Industry (Other Than Export) Award - State 2002

5.2 WAGE RATES

5.2.1 Weekly wage rates

Classification level	Award rate per week
	$
Level 7 employee	602.80
Level 6 employee	578.20
Level 5 employee	538.30
Level 4 employee	527.00
Level 3 employee	512.20
Level 2 employee	504.85
Level 1 employee	484.40

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.

5.2.2 Juniors

The wage rate to be paid to any junior shall be calculated by applying the appropriate percentage, according to age appearing hereunder, to the rate for the particular task performed.

Age	Percentage of relevant adult rate
	%
16 years	50
17 years	60
18 years	75
19 years	85
20 years	100

Junior rates shall be calculated in multiples of 10 cents with any result of 5 cents or more being taken to the next highest 10 cent multiple.

5.2.3 Division and District Allowances

Employees employed outside the Eastern District of the Southern Division shall be paid the following amounts in addition to the wage rates prescribed by clause 5.2.1 for the Division or District in which they are located:

	Adults	Adults	Juniors	Juniors
	Per Hour	Per Week	Per Hour	Per Week
	$	$	$	$
Northern Division, Eastern District	0.0275	1.05	0.0140	0.53
Northern Division, Western District	0.0855	3.25	0.0430	1.63
Mackay Division	0.0235	0.90	0.0120	0.45
Southern Division, Western District	0.0275	1.05	0.0140	0.53

These amounts are payable for all purposes of this Award.

5.2.4 Protective clothing

Each employer shall provide protective clothing, including waterproof aprons and/or boots, to employees working under dirty, greasy or wet conditions:

Provided that a payment of $2.68 per week in lieu of the supply of protective clothing shall be made to the following types of employees where they are required to provide and wear such protective clothing:

(i) employees in country slaughteryards;

(ii) meat carters from abattoirs and/or country slaughteryards to shops; and

(iii) in smallgoods factories and ham and bacon factories - table hands, fillers (including hands employed in the beef-loaf department), cookers (including brawnmaker and fat-renderer), machine operator, labourers (washing down), salters, car washers, smoke-house attendants and employees in press shoulder department:

Provided further that where such protective clothing is supplied by the employer clause 5.2.4 as to the payment of $2.68 per week shall not apply.