1. Delete
subclause (b) of clause 38, Wages, of the award published 24 January 2020 (386
I.G. 349) and insert in lieu thereof the following:
2. Delete Table 1
- Wages of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Group
No
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Description
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Former
Rate Per Week
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SWC
2020
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New
Rate Per Week
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1.75%
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effective
from the first full
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pay
period on or after
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16
April 2021
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$
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$
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$
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1
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Shop assistants,
demonstrators, trolley collector, salespersons outdoor, employees
|
808.40
|
14.10
|
822.50
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driving a forklift or using
mechanical equipment as required, the role of Santa
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Claus, ticket writers,
mannequins, order hands, reserve stock hands (including
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reserve stock hands in
theatre distributing services), employees delivering goods
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(other than newspapers and
the like) by bicycle or tricycle, employees engaged
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in the cooking or the
preparation of provisions for sale in the shop of the
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employer, cashiers in special
shops, persons employed on information desks
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and/or on customer services
or as full- time messengers, employees engaged in the
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installation (other than
installation requiring trade skill), servicing, stocking,
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collection of money from, and
preparation of, commodities for sale in automatic
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vending devices, employees
engaged in the pre-packing, weighing, pricing of fruit
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and/or vegetables on the shop
premises, employees principally engaged in hiring
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out activities in a shop, and
waitresses in confection shops employed waiting
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on tables for two hours or more
per day
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2
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(a) Window Dresser Employees principally engaged
in dressing windows.
|
816.90
|
14.30
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831.20
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(b) Window dressers under 21 years of age shall
be paid as per Item 8 of
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table 2 - Other Rates and
Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates, in addition to
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the rates prescribed by subclause
(c) of clause 38, Wages.
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3
|
Branch Supervisor Shop
assistants engaged in supervising branch grocery shops
|
823.40
|
14.40
|
837.80
|
4
|
Shop Assistants in charge of
a shop or a department in a shop not being a shop
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assistant temporarily in
charge during the absence of persons ordinarily in charge
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of the shop or department,
but including employees employed as relieving shop
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assistants in charge of a
shop:
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(i) Without the duty of buying -
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In charge of from nil to 4
assistants
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823.50
|
14.40
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837.90
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In charge of from 5 to 12 assistants
|
835.40
|
14.60
|
850.00
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In charge of from 13 to 25
assistants
|
849.80
|
14.90
|
864.70
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In charge of over 25
assistants
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860.80
|
15.10
|
875.90
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(ii) With the duty of buying -
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In charge of from nil to 4
assistants
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825.50
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14.40
|
839.90
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In charge of from 5 to 12
assistants
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838.70
|
14.70
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853.40
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In charge of from 13 to 25
assistants
|
855.90
|
15.00
|
870.90
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In charge of over 25
assistants
|
865.60
|
15.10
|
880.70
|
5
|
Employees in charge of a
motor and/or horse drawn vehicle selling stock carried
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832.60
|
14.60
|
847.20
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on the vehicle products of a
kind which usually are sold by confection/take-away
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food shops
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Employees under the age of 21
years but not less than the age of 18 years shall
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be paid the percentages of
the rate for an adult contained in (ii) of Table 1 -
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clause 38 Wages.
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6
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Retail Merchandiser as
defined by subclause (xi) of clause 2. Definitions
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808.40
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14.10
|
822.50
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3. Delete Table 2
- Other Rates & Allowances of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
Item
No.
|
Clause
No.
|
Brief
Description
|
Amount
|
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|
|
$
|
1
|
5(a)
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Night interval employees
|
3.04 per shift
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2
|
5(a)
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Night interval employees (working
one night per week)
|
4.85 per shift
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3
|
6(i)(b),
(c)
|
Meal Allowances
|
16.10
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|
36(i)(d)
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6(ii)(a)
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4
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6(ii)
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Breakfast Allowance
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8.80
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16(vii)
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5
|
14(a)(ii)
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General Shops -
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Loading for casual employees
working on a Saturday:
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Engagements up to and
including four hours -
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Adult employees
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8.97 per shift
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Employees under 21 years of
age
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5.74 per shift
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Engagements exceeding four
hours -
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Adult Employees
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18.36 per shift
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Employees under 21 years of
age
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9.91
per shift
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14(a)(iii)
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Special and Confection Shops
-
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Loading for casual employees
working on a Saturday:
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Adult Employees
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8.97
per shift
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Employees under 21 years of
age
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5.74
per shift
|
6
|
14(c)(ii)
|
Confection Shop - Employees working
after 10.00 p.m. on any night
|
2.66
each night
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7
|
25(i)
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Laundering Allowance (if any
article requires ironing):
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Full-time employee
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11.90
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Part-time and casual employee
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4.20
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Maximum payment
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11.90
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Laundering Allowance (if none
of the articles require ironing):
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Full-time employee
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7.10
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Part-time and casual employee
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2.60
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Maximum payment
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7.10
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8
|
38(1)(i)2(b)
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Window Dressers under the age
of 21
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12.20
per week
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9
|
35(i)(a)
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Section Head
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18.00
per week
|
10
|
35(i)(b)
|
Qualified adult automotive
parts and accessories salesperson
|
40.90
per week
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11
|
35(i)(c)
|
Employee with a licence under
the Liquor Act 1982
|
28.10
per week
|
12
|
35(ii)(a)
|
Employee delivering goods
|
5.90
per week
|
13
|
35(ii)(b)
|
Employee engaged in
photographic or other modelling
|
59.10
per week
|
|
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|
12.00
per day
|
14
|
35(ii)(c)
|
First-aid attendant
|
2.40
per day
|
15
|
35(ii)(d)
|
Employee engaged to speak a
second language
|
11.80
per week
|
16
|
35(ii)(e)
|
Ticket writer -
|
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At or over 21 years of age
|
24.20
per week
|
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Under 21 years of age
|
12.00
per week
|
17
|
35(iv)
|
Bicycle Allowance
|
14.30
per week
|
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|
Motorcycle Allowance
|
43.30
per week
|
18
|
35(iv)
|
Motor Car Allowance:
|
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car up to and including
2000cc
|
150.80
per week
|
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car over 2000cc
|
179.60
per week
|
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|
allowance per kilometre
travelled
|
0.45
per km
|
19
|
35(iv)
|
Allowance for kilometre
travelled:
|
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car under and including
2000cc
|
0.68
per km
|
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car over 2000cc
|
0.74
per km
|
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35(iv)
|
Part-time or Casual Retail Merchandiser
local or Country, for the use of his/her vehicle.
|
0.81
per km
|
20
|
35(v)(a)(1)
|
Disability allowance for
employees working in freezer room
|
11.40
per week
|
21
|
35(v)(b)(1)
|
Disability allowance for
employees working in public dairy
|
17.10
per week
|
|
|
room
|
|
22
|
35(v)(c)(1)
|
Disability allowance for
employees backfilling in a freezer room
|
22.80
per week
|
23
|
36(i)(a)
|
Casual hourly rate of pay for
persons employed at trade fairs,
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etc., between 9.00 a.m. and
6.00 p.m., with a minimum payment of six hours -
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At 19 years of age and over
|
20.80
per hour
|
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Under 19 years of age
|
20.40
per hour
|
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36(ii)(b)
|
Saturday Loading -
|
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Adult Employees
|
8.97
|
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Under 21 years
|
5.74
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3. This variation shall
take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 16 April
2021.
J.
V. MURPHY, Commissioner