AP781451CRV - Federal Meat Industry (Processing) Award 2000
The following sets out the conditions under which superannuation is to be implemented by the employers bound by this award.
20.1 The fund
For the purpose of this clause, all reference to the fund shall mean:
20.1.1 The Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust established and governed by a trust deed dated 11 July 1986 as may be amended from time to time and includes any superannuation scheme which may be made in succession thereto.
20.1.2 The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund established and governed by a trust deed dated 3 April 1981, amended from time to time, and includes any superannuation scheme which may be made in succession thereto.
20.1.3 Such other superannuation scheme established and conforming to the Commonwealth Govemment's operational standards for occupational superannuation funds as at 1 July 1987 and agreed to by the union as at 3 November 1988 or otherwise approved by the Commission.
20.1.4 Choice of funds
20.1.4(a) Providing each fund set out in 20.1.1 and 20.1.2 remain an approved and complying superannuation fund, each employee upon engagement shall be given information regarding both funds and within one month shall nominate either fund as the fund to which the employer contribution shall be paid.
20.1.4(b) Employees employed as at the date of making of the award, shall be given information regarding both funds set out in 20.1.1 and 20.1.2 and shall within three months nominate either fund as the fund to which the employer contribution shall be paid.
20.1.4(c) The employer shall pay to the Trustees of the fund thus nominated on behalf of each employee who is a member of such approved fund a contribution in accordance with the requirements of this award.
20.1.4(d) A respondent employer shall contribute to the fund in respect of each employee such contributions as required to comply with the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 and the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992 as amended from time to time.
20.1.4(e) All contributions and employee advice details shall be forwarded monthly to the appropriate fund.
20.1.4(f) All contributions shall be clearly identified on the employee's pay slip.
20.2 Contributions to superannuation
20.2.1 A respondent employer shall contribute to the fund in respect of each employee, whether engaged as full-time, part-time, daily hire, part-time daily hire or casual, an amount equal to 8 per cent of the ordinary time earnings earned by the employee during the ordinary hours of work in any week.
20.2.2 The contribution made on behalf of an employee working under an incentive payment system in accordance with clause 16 - Payment by results shall be no more than the ordinary time earnings set out in 16.8.
20.2.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two clauses, a casual employee shall not qualify for such contributions until one calendar month after the casual employee has been first engaged and remains in the employment of the employer or continues to seek regular employment as a casual for a period of one month, or has been re-employed after the one month initial period of employment with the employer whereupon the employer shall make on behalf of such employee contributions, as defined herein, from the date of first engagement based on the aggregate ordinary time earnings within the one month period. Provided that payments need not be made on behalf of a casual employee whose ordinary earnings during the said calendar month do not exceed $50 in any one week.
20.3 Cessation of contributions
As an employee's eligibility for contributions to the fund to be paid on his or her behalf will cease on the last day of employment with the respondent employer, the respondent employer shall not make any contributions to the fund in respect of any period beyond that last day of employment.
20.4 Contributions to fund
For the purposes of this clause, contributions on behalf of employees shall be made to a single fund defined in 20.1 on the following basis:
20.4.1 The Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is to apply in respect of the contributions on behalf of the employees of those respondents who were, as a result of their agreement with the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, making occupational superannuation contributions to the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund as at 3 November 1988;
20.4.2 The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund is to apply in respect of the contributions on behalf of the employees at a particular establishment who are eligible to receive occupational superannuation pursuant to this clause where a majority of those employees decide to have the contributions made to the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund and the employer of those employees consents thereto provided that a once only request for the employer to consider giving consent must be made within six months of 3 November 1988.
20.4.3 A fund which was operative on 3 November 1988 and which conformed to the relevant guidelines established by the Commonwealth Government may also be utilised for the purpose of making contributions as required by this clause.
20.4.4 In all other cases, the relevant contributions are to be made to the Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust.
