AT805114CRV - Federal Meat Industry (Retail and Wholesale) Award 2000 [Transitional]
PART 4 - WAGES AND RELATED MATTERS
15. CLASSIFICATION LEVELS AND WEEKLY RATES
15.1 Weekly wage rates
[15.1 substituted by PR907714 PR923090 PR935554 ppc 03Aug03; varied by PR949003 PR960898; PR975994 ppc 31Jan07]
Employee classification level
Award rate per week
$
Level 7
630.20
Level 6
605.60
Level 5
565.70
Level 4
554.40
Level 3
539.60
Level 2
532.25
Level 1
511.80
15.2 The seven wage levels have been agreed and set as a result of the minimum rates adjustment on the following basis:
15.2.1 Level 7 105%
This is the general butcher in charge of a retail butcher shop.
15.2.2 Level 6 100%
This is the tradesman rate that will apply to a general butcher, a smallgoods maker and a tradesman slaughterer as defined.
15.2.3 Level 5 92.3%
This rate will apply to an employee who performs tasks such as slaughtering (not a tradesman slaughterer), boning.
15.2.4 Level 4 90%
This rate will apply to an employee who performs the tasks of salesperson, slicer, smallgoods maker in a butcher shop, cutter operator, mixing operator, packing/scaling, ham and bacon curing, cooking, heavy vehicle driving, washing/drying/smoking.
15.2.5 Level 3 87%
This rate will apply to an employee who performs the tasks of salting/pickle pumping, packing room hand, clerk.
15.2.6 Level 2 85.5%
This rate will apply to any other employee other than a Level 1 employee.
15.2.7 Level 1 81%
This rate will apply to an employee who is new to the industry and who is under on the job training for an initial trial period of at least three months.
15.3 Note: The rates in 15.1 represent the levels following the minimum rates adjustment process. Employers should refer to Appendix A - Minimum rates adjustment, to ascertain the appropriate classification for each employee. Columns 2, 3 and 4 in 15.1 represent the rates for each level as at 1/12/2000, 1/3/2001 and 1/6/2001.
15.4 Note: No present employee of an employer bound by this award at the time of its making shall be disadvantaged by the implementation of the minimum rates adjustment process. At the commencement of this award and until the rates listed in column 4 of 15.1 apply, the minimum rate of pay of an employee, pro rata for part-time and casual, shall not be less than the current rate for the current grade applying the day before this award is made. The rates for those grades are set out in Appendix A.
15.5 Junior rates
Juniors may be employed at the following percentage rates of the adult rate of pay or the appropriate classification in which they are employed:
Under 17 years = 50%
17 to 18 years = 60%
18 to 19 years = 75%
19 to 20 years = 85%
Note: For juniors employed as clerks or cashiers it is Level 3. For juniors employed as sales assistants it is Level 4. For juniors involved in slaughtering it is Level 2. For juniors as labourers or cleaners it is Level 2.
15.6 Wage Rates for Indentured Apprentices.
[15.6 inserted by PR907715 ppc 03Aug01]
For each year of an apprenticeship the following percentages of the tradeperson’s rate apply (Level 6 in clause 15.1):
Four year term |
Per cent |
First year |
50 |
Second year |
65 |
Third year |
85 |
Fourth year |
95 |
15.7 Supported Wage System
[15.7 inserted by PR923090; substituted by PR935554 PR949003 PR960898; Safety net review - May 2002 title changed and substituted by PR975994 ppc 31Jan07]
15.7.1 Workers eligible for a supported wage
This clause defines the conditions which will apply to employees who, because of the effects of a disability, are eligible for a supported wage under the terms of this agreement/Award. In the context of this clause, the following definitions will apply:
(i) "Supported Wage System" means the Commonwealth Government System to promote employment for people who cannot work at full Award wages because of a disability, as documented in "[Supported Wage System: Guidelines and Assessment Process]".
(ii) "Accredited Assessor" means a person accredited by the management unit established by the Commonwealth under the Supported Wage System to perform assessments of an individual’s productive capacity within the Supported Wage System.
(iii) "Disability Support Pension" means the Commonwealth pension scheme to provide income security for persons with a disability as provided under the Social Security Act 1991, as amended from time to time, or any successor to that scheme.
(iv) "Assessment instrument" means the form provided for under the Supported Wage System that records the assessment of the productive capacity of the person to be employed under the Supported Wage System.
15.7.2 Eligibility criteria
Employees covered by this clause will be those who are unable to perform the range of duties to the competence level required within the class of work for which the employee is engaged under this agreement/Award, because of the effects of a disability on their productive capacity and who meet the impairment criteria for receipt of a Disability Support Pension.
(The clause does not apply to any existing employee who has a claim against the employer which is subject to the provisions of workers’ compensation legislation or any provision of this agreement/Award relating to the rehabilitation of employees who are injured in the course of their current employment).
The Award does not apply to employers in respect of their facility, program, undertaking service or the like which receives funding under the Disability Services Act 1986 and fulfils the dual role of service provider and sheltered employer to people with disabilities who are receiving or are eligible for a disability support pension, except with respect to an organisation which has received recognition under Section 10 or under Section 12A of the Act, or if a part only has received recognition, that part.
15.7.3 Supported wage rates
Employees to whom this clause applies shall be paid the applicable percentage of the minimum rate of pay prescribed by this Award/agreement for the class of work which the person is performing according the following schedule:
Assessed capacity % of prescribed award rate
(33.4)
10%* 10%
20% 20%
30% 30%
40% 40%
50% 50%
60% 60%
70% 70%
80% 80%
90% 90%
(Provided that the minimum amount payable shall be not less than $64 per week).
* Where a person’s assessed capacity is 10 per cent, they shall receive a high degree of assistance and support.
15.7.4 Assessment of capacity
For the purpose of establishing the percentage of the Award rate to be paid to an employee under this Award/agreement, the productive capacity of the employee will be assessed in accordance with the Supported Wage System and documented in an assessment instrument by either:
(i) the employer and a union party to the Award/agreement, in consultation with the employee or, if desired by any of these;
(ii) the employer and an accredited Assessor from a panel agreed by the parties to the Award and the employee.
15.7.5 Lodgment of assessment instrument
(i) All assessment instruments under the conditions of this clause, including the appropriate percentage of the award rate to be paid to the employee, shall be lodged by the employer with the Registrar of the Industrial Relations Commission.
(ii) All assessment instruments shall be agreed and signed by the parties to the assessment, provided that where a union which is party to the Award/agreement, is not a party to the assessment, it shall be referred by the Registrar to the union by certified mail and shall take effect unless an objection is notified to the Registrar within 10 working days.
15.7.6 Review of assessment
The assessment of the applicable percentage should be subject to annual review or earlier on the basis of a reasonable request for such a review. The process of review shall be in accordance with the procedures for assessing capacity under the Supported Wage System.
15.7.7 Other terms and conditions of employment
Where an assessment has been made, the applicable percentage shall apply to the wage rate only. Employees covered by the provisions of the clause will be entitled to the same terms and conditions of employment as all other workers covered by this Award/agreement paid on a pro-rata basis.
15.7.8 Workplace adjustment
An employer wishing to employ a person under the provisions of this clause shall take reasonable steps to make changes in the workplace to enhance the employee’s capacity to do the job. Changes may involve re-design of job duties, working time arrangements and work organisation in consultation with other workers in the area.
15.7.9 Trial period
(i) In order for an adequate assessment of the employee’s capacity to be made, an employer may employ a person under the provisions of this clause for a trial period not exceeding 12 weeks, except that in some cases additional work adjustment time (not exceeding four weeks) may be needed.
(ii) During that trial period the assessment of capacity shall be undertaken and the proposed wage rate for a continuing employment relationship shall be determined.
(iii) The minimum amount payable to the employee during the trial period shall be no less than $64 per week.
(iv) Work trials should include induction or training as appropriate to the job being trialled.
(v) Where the employer and employee wish to establish a continuing employment relationship following the completion of the trial period, a further contract of employment shall be entered into based on the outcome of assessment under subclause 33.4 hereof.
