BUTCHERS' WHOLESALE (NEWCASTLE AND NORTHERN) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Newcastle and Northern Branch, industrial
organisation of employees.
(No. IRC 4626 of 2002)
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Before Commissioner
Redman
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27 August and 16 September 2002
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause 27.3 of clause 27, Wages of the award published 2 March 2001 (322 I.G.
727) as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
27.3 Arbitrated
Safety Net Adjustment -
27.3.1 The
rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage
Case 2002. These adjustments may be
offset against:
(i) any
equivalent overaward payments; and/or
(ii) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete
Appendix 1 - Wages and Appendix 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part 9 -
Appendix and insert in lieu thereof the following:
PART 9
APPENDIX
APPENDIX 1
Wages
T1.1 The minimum rate
of pay for 40 ordinary hours of any classification shall be as follows:
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Classification
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Total
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Weekly
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Rate
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$
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1
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Slaughterperson
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495.60
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2
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Employee grading beef carcasses
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459.60
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3
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Employee weighing and/or recording
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453.80
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4
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Knocker down and/or shackler and/or employee opening up
neck and tying weas and
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before hoisting to bleeding rail
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457.00
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5
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Slaughterhouse labourer whose work includes trimming
carcasses after slaughterperson,
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skinning heads,
removing eyes, removing horns, removing tongues and/or cheeks,
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removing brains and boning for pet foods, and boning heads
and crutching sheep
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453.80
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6
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Employee skinning feet and taking out sinews
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452.80
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7
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Tripeperson and employee cutting, turning and washing
tripes and cutting and
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washing bibles
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452.80
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8
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Slaughterhouse labourer
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448.30
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9
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Laundry attendant
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448.30
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10
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Stockperson (working under conditions of the stockperson
clause)
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454.60
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11
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Stockperson, stock receiver and penner-up
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450.60
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12
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Yardperson and general labourer
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443.90
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13
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Freezer room employee
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452.80
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14
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Dripping and/or lard operator, tallowperson,
digesterperson and/or dry melter
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operator, expellor and/or dryer attendant
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455.60
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15
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Millhand, by-products labourer and save all attendant
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446.20
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Casing Cleaning Department-
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16
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All-round person
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457.30
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17
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Employee trimming and sliming bungs and bladders and
sliming runners
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450.60
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Boning Department-
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18
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Boner
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474.00
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19
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Slicer and/or sawyer
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460.50
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20
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Trimmer
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453.80
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21
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Weighperson
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450.40
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22
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Packer, strapper, wiring and/or gluing machine operator
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448.30
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23
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Shop-person/Butcher
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481.10
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Motor Wagon Drivers-
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24
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Motor wagon driver of a vehicle with carrying capacity of
up to 3,048 kg (3 tons)
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454.70
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof up to
8,128 kg (8 tons) extra
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1.58
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof exceeding
8,128 kg (8 tons) but not
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Exceeding 12,192 kg (12 tons) extra
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1.22
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof
exceeding 12,192 kg (12 tons)
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0.98
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When a trailer is attached to a motor wagon, the carrying capacity
of such trailer shall
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be computed with the rate in determining the driver's
wages
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25
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Driver of tractor under 50 h.p. or fork lift driver
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454.70
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26
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Driver of bulldozer
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454.70
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27
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Loader
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463.20
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28
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Cleaner - cleaning production plant and equipment (working
under shift work
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provisions)
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453.80
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T1.2 The minimum rate
of pay for 40 ordinary hours for juniors shall be as follows:
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Age
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Percentage of
Classification 12 -
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Amount
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General Labourer
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$
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At 15 years of age
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36
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159.80
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At 16 years of age
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48
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213.10
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At 17 years of age
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60
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266.30
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At 18 years of age
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74
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328.50
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At 19 years of age
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87
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386.20
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At 20 years of age
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Adult rates
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Upon any adjustment, junior rates to be calculated to the
nearest ten cents.
APPENDIX 2
Other Rates and Allowances
T2.1 Other rates and allowances
- Subject to the provisions of the relevant clauses, allowances and special
rates are as follows:
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Item
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Clause
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Allowance
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Amount
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No.
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No.
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$
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1
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31.4
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Alternating shifts per shift
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7.81
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2
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31.5
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Afternoon shift per shift
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11.22
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3
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32.9
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Extraordinary Hours Allowance per day
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6.78
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4
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35.5
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Horse Allowance per week
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12.71
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5
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33.3
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Meal money per meal
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7.90
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6
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29.1
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Temperature Allowance -
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Below minus 1 degree celsius per hour
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0.40
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Below minus 16 degree celsius per hour
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0.63
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Below minus 20 degree celsius per hour
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1.17
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Below minus 26 degree celsius per hour
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1.75
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7
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29.2
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Freezing Room Allowance per hour
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0.43
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8
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29.4
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Temperature Allowance per hour
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0.43
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0.69
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9
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10.1
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Rover's Allowance per day
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2.63
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10
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20.1.2
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Bull Penalty per head
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2.63
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11
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23.1
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Dog Allowance - per dog per week
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6.53
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12
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23.3
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First-aid Attendant per day
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3.14
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13
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23.4
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Leading Hand per week
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23.40
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14
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23.5.1
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Pedestrian Stacker - Cold Temperature per week
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12.08
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15
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23.5.2
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Pedestrian Stacker per week
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8.93
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16
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23.5.3
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Fork Lift Allowance per week
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6.28
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17
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17.1.1
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Objectionable Work - ordinary hours per day
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2.90
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18
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17.1.2
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Objectionable Work - outside ordinary hours per
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3.39
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sheep, calf or pig per head of cattle
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14.33
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19
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17.1.3
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Objectionable Work - on Sundays or holidays per
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5.16
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sheep, calf or pig per head of cattle
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20.76
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20
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17.1.4
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Condemned Carcass per day
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2.90
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21
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17.1.5
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Brucella Reactor per day
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6.53
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22
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17.1.6
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Work in Artificially Increased Temperature per hour
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0.40
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23
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17.1.7
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Foetal Blood Extraction per day
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6.53
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24
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13.4
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - all types of animals - per day
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4.27
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per half day
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2.14
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25
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13.5
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - two types of animals - per day
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3.64
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half day
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1.76
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26
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13.6
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - one type of animal - per day
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2.63
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per half day
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1.27
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27
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51.2
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Knife Allowances -
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Slaughterpersons, boners and labourers skinning cattle,
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heads and feet - per week
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3.05
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per day
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2.19
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Other employees using a knife - per week
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0.61
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per day
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0.41
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28
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49.1(a)
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Clothes Allowance per day
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1.37
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29
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49.1(b)
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Laundry Allowance per day
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1.11
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30
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49.1(c)
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Clothes Allowance per day
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0.37
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31
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49.3
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Clothes Laundry Allowance (employees not covered by Items
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28-30 of this table)
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(a)
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Clothes Allowance per day
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0.66
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(b)
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Laundry Allowance per day
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0.54
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(c)
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Clothes Allowance per day
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0.14
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32
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46.5(b)
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TP Boner Allowance per day
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1.50
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3. This variation
shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 23
October 2002.
J. N. REDMAN, Commissioner.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.