AP781451CRV - Federal Meat Industry (Processing) Award 2000

PART 4 - WAGES AND RELATED MATTERS 

14. CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES OF PAY

14.1 Weekly wage rates

[14.1 substituted by PR907718 PR920233 PR935552 PR948993; PR960889 ppc 05Aug05]

Employee classification level	Award rate per week
	$
Level 6	578.20
Level 5	551.60
Level 4	538.30
Level 3	527.00
Level 2	512.20
Level 1	484.40

14.2 The six wage levels have been agreed and set as a result of the minimum rates adjustment process. The levels have been set on the following basis:

14.2.1 Level 6 - 100%

This is the tradesperson rate that will apply only to a slaughterer with tradesperson qualifications or general butcher with tradesperson qualifications.

14.2.2 Level 5 - 95%

This rate will apply to an employee who performs the task of a Class 1 slaughterer as described and defined, a solo slaughterer, bed and cradle slaughterer, boner, grader, skin classer.

14.2.3 Level 4 - 92.3%

This rate will apply to an employee who performs the task/s as described for a Class 2 Slaughterer as described and defined, slicer, an operator of rendering machinery or sawyer.

14.2.4 Level 3 - 90%

This rate will apply to an employee who performs the task/s as described for a Class 3 Slaughterer as described and defined, a boning room trimmer and a boning room employee using a knife for cleaning or preparing meat immediately prior to packing.

14.2.5 Level 2 - 87%

This rate will apply to any other employee other than a Level 1 employee including learner slaughterer.

14.2.6 Level 1 - 81%

This rate will apply to an employee who is new to the industry and who is undergoing on the job training for an initial trial period of at least three months.

14.3 Choosing the appropriate level for each employee

The wage levels in this award have been structured so as to comply with the Minimum Rates Adjustment (MRA) Principles of the Commission. The procedure in classifying employees by employers, as a result of the MRA process, is set out in Appendix A. That Appendix contains Table A - Previous timework classifications and Table B - Previous tally classifications. The implementation is occurring over two stages. For Table A employers it is 1/10/2000 and 1/2/2001. For Table B employers it is the date the award is made in clause 4 - Commencement date of award, and 1/2/2001.

14.4 Junior rates

Juniors may be employed at the following percentage rates of the adult rate of pay for the appropriate classification in which they are employed:

Under 17 years	50 percent
17 to 18 years	60 percent
18 to 19 years	75 percent
19 to 20 years	85 percent.

14.5 Safety Net Review - May 2003

[14.5 inserted by PR907718 ppc 03Aug01; substituted by PR920233 PR935552 PR948993; PR960889 ppc 05Aug05]

The rates of pay in this award include the arbitrated safety net adjustment payable under the Safety Net Review - Wages June 2005 decision [PR002005]. This arbitrated safety net 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 above-award payments include wages payable pursuant to certified agreements, currently operating enterprise flexibility agreements, Australian workplace agreements, award variations 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 National Wage Case principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.