AN160222 – Motor Vehicle (Service Station, Sales Establishments, Rust Prevention and Paint Protection), Industry Award No. 29 of 1980

11. – WAGES

(1) (a) The following shall be the minimum rate of wages payable to employees under this award from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1st July 1998.

	Minimum Weekly Rate of Pay	Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay
	$	$
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 1	359.40	9.4579
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 2	376.10	9.8974
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 3	398.60	10.4895
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 4	419.50	11.0395

Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay does not include additional payments that may be required pursuant to Clause 12. - Additional Payments for Ordinary Hours, nor does it include any loading applicable pursuant to subclause (4) hereof.

Provided that any increase in rates of pay flowing from implementation of the Minimum Rates Adjustment principle, may be absorbed into any existing overaward payment, insofar as that overaward payment is not being used for the purposes of absorption of Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments.

(b) The following shall be the minimum rate of wages payable to employees under this award from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1st November 1998.

	Minimum Weekly Rate of Pay	Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay
	$	$
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 1	373.40	9.8263
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 2	383.10	10.0816
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 3	405.60	10.6737
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 4	426.50	11.2237

Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay does not include additional payments that may be required pursuant to Clause 12. - Additional Payments for Ordinary Hours, nor does it include any loading applicable pursuant to subclause (4) hereof.

(c) The following shall be the minimum rate of wages payable to employees under this award from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1st March 1999.

	Minimum Weekly Rate of Pay	Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay
	$	$
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 1	373.40	9.8263
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 2	390.10	10.2658
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 3	412.60	10.8579
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 4	433.50	11.4079

Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay does not include additional payments that may be required pursuant to Clause 12. - Additional Payments for Ordinary Hours, nor does it include any loading applicable pursuant to subclause (4) hereof.

(d) The following shall be the minimum rate of wages payable to employees under this award on and from 7 July 2005.

	Weekly Rate of Pay	Arbitrated Safety Net – 1999; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005	Minimum Weekly Rate of Pay	Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay
	$	$	$	$
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 1	373.40	111.00	484.40	12.75
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 2	390.10	111.00	501.10	13.1895
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 3	412.60	111.00	523.60	13.7816
Motor Vehicle Industry Employee Level 4	433.50	111.00	544.50	14.3316

Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay does not include additional payments that may be required pursuant to Clause 12. - Additional Payments for Ordinary Hours, nor does it include any loading applicable pursuant to subclause (4) hereof.

(2) The rates of pay in this award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.

These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.

Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.

(3) Junior Employees:

Junior employees shall be paid the following percentage of the Level 2 wage rate, inclusive of supplementary payments and arbitrated safety net adjustments, having regard to the age of the employee.

Under 16 years of age	40%
At 16 years of age	50%
At 17 years of age	60%
At 18 years of age	70%
At 19 years of age	80%
At 20 years of age	90%

(4) Casual Employees:

A casual employee shall be paid 20% in addition to the rates of pay prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause.

(5) Leading Hands:

An employee appointed by the employer as a leading hand shall be paid the following amount, in addition to the ordinary rate of pay, for all purposes of the award:

		Rate Per Week
		$
(a)	If placed in charge of not less that three and not more than ten other employees	22.50
(b)	If placed in charge of more than ten and not more than 20 other employees	34.60
(c)	If placed in charge of more than twenty other employees	44.80