AN140293 – Tanning Industry Award - State 2004

PART 5 - WAGES AND WAGE RELATED MATTERS 

5.1 WAGES

5.1.1 Subject to clause 5.2, the minimum rates of wages payable to employees will be as follows:

Wages

The minimum rates of wages payable to employees shall be as follows:

Classification and Relativity	Per Week
	As from 1/9/05
	$
Group 1 (78%)	484.40
Group 2 (82%)	501.10
Group 3 (87.4%)	523.60
Group 4 (92.4%)	544.50
Group 5 (100%)	578.20

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.

5.1.2 Junior employees

The minimum weekly wage rates payable to juniors will be calculated as follows, such amount to be calculated in multiples of 10 cents with any result of 5 cents or more being taken to the next highest 10 cents multiple:

Age	Percentage of minimum adult rate
	%
Under 16 years	50
16 and under 17 years	60
17 and under 18 years	70
18 and under 19 years	80
19 and under 20 years	90

Except where otherwise provided, employees under the age of 20 years will be paid as follows:

A weekly rate of pay at the abovementioned percentage of the aggregate of -

(a) the minimum adult weekly rate of pay as prescribed in clause 5.1.6 for the class of work performed; and

(b) the industry loading as prescribed in clause 5.4.1 plus a further amount of 50c,

The aggregate proportion of juniors (other than those employed as Strainers or strippers) to adults will not exceed 2 juniors to 5 adults or any fraction of 5.

There will be no limitation to a number of juniors who may be employed as Strainers or strippers.

No junior under 19 years of age will be employed rolling, striking or setting out crop leather and/or hide leather in tanpits or lime jobbing on hide leather and/or lifting from drums or paddles hides of side leathers or in charge of splitting machines and shaving machines.