AP792378CRV - Pastoral Industry Award 1998
[35 corrected by Q6829 from 29Jun98; varied by R9225 T0650; renumbered as 33 by PR900617 from 12Dec00]
33.1 At the commencement of shearing, the employer or the employer’s agent shall appoint a certain day upon which the employer shall in each and every week, if so required, pay to the employee, or on the employee's order, the amount due over and above one week's earnings.
33.2 The employer may deduct from wages due to an employee the charge for combs and cutters and other requisites obtained from the employer.
33.3 Where the employee so requires, the employer shall render to the employee a detailed statement of his or her account up to date on the day before the anticipated completion of the shearing or crutching.
33.4 Wages will be reckoned to the end of the day upon which the employee finishes work.
[33.5 varied by PR904450 PR924413 PR939622; PR952724 ppc 31Oct04; PR964200; PR976745 PR979066; PR984305 ppc 01Oct08]
33.5 This subclause shall apply only to an employee who ceases work before the completion of the operations.
Subject to subclause 33.7 of this award, the employer shall pay all monies due to the employee within two hours' working time of such leaving or discharge. If the employer keeps the employee waiting at or about the property or place of work for such payment for a time exceeding such two hours, the employer shall pay the employee for such excess time, not exceeding one week at the rate of $138.49 per day.
Subject to subclause 33.7 of this award, at Cut-Out the employer shall have the employees' accounts prepared and shall commence making payments of monies due under this award within three hours (excluding the ordinary breaks between runs) of the cut-out, or within four hours of the cut-out if it occurs in the last run of the day. The payment shall be completed with reasonable dispatch.
The rate is calculated as the old rate x the new shearers rate per 100 divided by the old shearers rate per 100.
[33.6 varied by PR924413 PR939622; PR952724 ppc 31Oct04; PR964200; PR976745 PR979066; PR984305 ppc 01Oct08]
33.6 If the employer keeps the employee waiting for such payment for a time exceeding such three hours (or four hours as the case may be) the employer shall pay the employee for such excess time between the cut-out and the commencement of making payments at the rate of $138.49 per day.
The rate is calculated as the old rate x the new shearers rate per 100 divided by the old shearers rate per 100.
[33.7 varied by PR904450 from 12Dec00]
33.7 Subclauses 33.5 and 33.6 of this clause shall not apply to any employer:
(a) who cannot so pay the wages because of circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the employee, proof of which shall be upon the employer; or
(b) who is requested by the employee to pay otherwise.
36. OVERNIGHT STAYS
[36 deleted by PR900617 from 12Dec00]
