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AT792378CRV - Pastoral Industry Award 1998 [Transitional]

20. RATES FOR WOOLPRESSERS

[20(a) varied by R9225 T0650; substituted by PR910707; PR912664 ppc 13Dec01]

The minimum rates to be paid for woolpressing by employees engaged at piecework rates shall be:

20.1.1

[20.1.1 substituted by PR924413 PR931544 PR939622 PR952724 PR964200 PR975919 PR979402; PR984300 ppc 01Oct08]

 

$

Piecework - by hand

13.82

By hand - per kilo

0.0907

By power - per bale

9.21

By power - per kilo

0.0604

Which is arrived at:

Woolpresser’s formula

Piecework

Timework

 

$

$

     

Minimum rate

511.08

555.68

     

Plus 20% piecework allowance - min rate x 20%

102.22

-

Plus 25% casual loading - min rate x 25%

127.77

138.92

Plus shearing industry allowance

180.01

180.01

Plus rations

46.08

46.08

     

Total per week

967.16

920.69

     

Per run - total divided by 20

-

46.03

     

By hand - per bale = total divided by 70

13.82

-

     

By hand - per kilo = by hand per bale rate divided by 152.4

0.0907

-

     

By power - per bale = by hand per bale rate x 2/3

9.21

-

     

By power - per kilo = by power per bale rate divided by 152.4

0.0604

-

[20.1.2 varied by PR924413 PR939622 PR952724 PR964200 PR975919 PR979402; PR984300 ppc 01Oct08]

20.1.2 For weighing and branding bales - 32 cents per bale extra.

[20.1.3 deleted by PR924413 ppc 31Oct02]

[20.1.4 varied and renumbered as 20.1.3 by PR924413 ppc 31Oct02]
[20.1.3 varied by PR939622 PR952724 PR964200 PR975919 PR979402; PR984300 ppc 01Oct08]

20.1.3 If the total sum which the woolpresser would receive under the rates amounts to less than $46.03 per run multiplied by the number of runs that a time work employee would have been paid for, the employer shall pay the deficiency to the employee.

[20.2 varied by PR924413 PR931544 PR939622 PR952724 PR964200 PR975919 PR979402; PR984300 ppc 01Oct08]

20.2 If Found: the abovementioned rates less $24.18 per day.

20.3 Woolpressers engaged at piecework rates shall, for all wool pressed by them, be paid wholly per bale or wholly per kg and shall as to greasy wool per kg be paid as for an average of 140 kg per bale if the bales pressed average less than that weight.

[20.4 varied by PR924413 PR931544 PR939622 PR952724 PR964200 PR975919 PR979402; PR984300 ppc 01Oct08]

20.4 The minimum rate to be paid for woolpressing for employees engaged at time work rates shall be $46.03 per run if Not Found. If Found the rate prescribed less $24.18 per day.

20.5 Provided that where a woolpresser engaged at time work would have earned more at a particular shearing than the minimum calculation (by multiplying the per run rate by the number of runs the woolpresser would have been paid for) if the woolpresser had been engaged at piecework rates, then the woolpresser shall be paid off at the piecework rates pursuant to 20.1.1.

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