BUTCHERS' WHOLESALE (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The
Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, New South Wales Branch, industrial
organisation of employees.
(No. IRC 3442 of 2003)
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Before The Honourable
Mr Deputy President Harrison
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8 July 2003
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause 27.3 of clause 27, Wages, of the award published 25 January 2001 (321
I.G. 1167), 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 2003. These adjustments may be
offset against:
(i) any
equivalent over-award payments; and/or
(ii) award wage
increases since 29 May, 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case 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:
APPENDIX 1
WAGES
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
Weekly Rate
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$
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1
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Slaughte rperson
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512.60
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2
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Employee grading beef carcases
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476.60
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3
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Employee weighing and/or
recording
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470.80
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4
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Knocker down and/or shackler
and/or employee opening up neck and tying
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weasand before hoisting to
bleeding rail
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474.00
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5
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Slaughterhouse labourer whose
work includes trimming carcases after
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slaughter person, skinning
heads, removing eyes, removing horns, removing
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tongues and/or cheeks, removing
brains and boning for pet foods and boning
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heads and crutching sheep
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470.80
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6
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Employee skinning feet and taking
out sinews
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469.80
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7
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Tripe person and employee
cutting, turning and washing tripes and cutting and
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washing bibles
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469.80
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8
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Slaughterhouse labourer
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465.30
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9
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Laundry attendant
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465.30
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10
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Stockperson (working under
conditions of the stockperson clause)
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471.60
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11
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Stockperson, stock receiver and
penner-up
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467.60
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12
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Yard person and general labourer
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460.90
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13
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Freezer room employee
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469.80
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14
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Dripping and/or lard operator,
tallow person, digester person and/or dry melter
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operator, expellor and/or dryer
attendant
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472.60
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15
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Millhand, by-products labourer
and save all attendant
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463.20
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Casing
Cleaning Department -
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16
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All-round person
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474.30
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17
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Employee trimming and sliming
bungs and bladders and sliming runners
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467.60
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Boning
Department -
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18
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Boner
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491.00
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19
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Slicer and/or sawyer
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477.50
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20
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Trimmer
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470.80
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21
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Weigh person
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467.40
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22
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Packer, strapper, wiring and/or
gluing machine operator
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465.30
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23
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Shop-person/butcher
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498.10
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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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471.70
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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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1.63
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1
ton) or part thereof exceeding 8,128 kg (8
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tons) but not exceeding 12,192
kg (12 tons) extra
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1.26
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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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1.01
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When a trailer is attached to a
motor wagon, the carrying capacity of such
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trailer shall 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 forklift driver
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471.70
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26
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Driver of bulldozer
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471.70
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27
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Loader
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480.20
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28
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Cleaner - cleaning production
plant and equipment (working under shift
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work provisions)
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470.80
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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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Total Weekly Rate
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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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165.90
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At 16 years of age
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48%
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221.20
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At 17 years of age
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60%
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276.50
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At 18 years of age
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74%
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341.10
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At 19 years of age
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87%
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401.00
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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 10 cents.
APPENDIX 2
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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Brief Description
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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
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8.06
per shift
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2
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31.5
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Afternoon Shift
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11.58
per shift
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3
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32.9
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Extraordinary Hours Allowance
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7.00
per day
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4
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35.5
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Horse Allowance
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13.12
per week
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5
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33.3
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Meal money
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8.14
per meal
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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
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0.41
per hour
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Below minus 16 degree celsius
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0.65
per hour
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Below minus 20 degree celsius
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1.21
per hour
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Below minus 26 degree celsius
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1.81
per hour
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7
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29.2
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Freezing Room Allowance
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0.44
per hour
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8
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29.4
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Temperature Allowance
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0.44
per hour
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0.71
per hour
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9
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10.1
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Rover's Allowance
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2.71
per day
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10
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20.1.2
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Bull Penalty
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2.71
per head
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11
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23.1
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Dog Allowance
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6.74 per
dog per week
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12
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23.3
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First-aid Attendant
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3.24
per day
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13
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23.4
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Leading Hand
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24.15
per week
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14
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23.5.1
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Pedestrian Stacker Allowance -
Cold Temperature
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12.47 per week
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15
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23.5.2
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Pedestrian Stacker Allowance
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9.22 per
week
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16
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23.5.3
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Forklift Allowance
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6.48
per week
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17
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17.1.1
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Objectionable Work - ordinary
hours
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2.99
per day
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18
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17.1.2
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Objectionable Work - outside
ordinary hours
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3.50
per sheep, calf or pig
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14.79
per head of cattle
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19
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17.1.3
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Objectionable Work - on Sundays
and public holidays
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5.33
per sheep, calf or pig
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21.42
per head of cattle
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20
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17.1.4
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Condemned Carcass Allowance
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2.99
per day
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21
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17.1.5
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Brucella Reactor
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6.74
per day
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22
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17.1.6
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Work in Artificially Increased
Temperature
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0.41
per hour
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23
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17.1.7
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Foetal Blood Extraction
Allowance
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6.74
per day
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24
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13.4
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - all
types of animals
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4.41
per day
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2.21 per half day
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25
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13.5
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - two
types of animals
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3.76
per day
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1.82 per half day
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26
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13.6
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - one
type of animal
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2.71
per day
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1.31 per half day
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27
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51.2
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Knife Allowance -
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Slaughter persons, boners and
labourers skinning
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3.15
per week
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cattle, heads and feet
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2.26 per day
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Other employees using a knife
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0.63
per week
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0.42
per day
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28
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49.1(a)
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Clothes Allowance
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1.42
per day
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29
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49.1(b)
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Laundry Allowance
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1.15
per day
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30
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49.1(c)
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Clothes Allowance
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0.38
per day
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31
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49.3
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Clothes Laundry Allowance
(employees not covered by
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Items 28-30 of this table)
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(a)
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Clothes Allowance
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0.69
per day
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(b)
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Laundry Allowance
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0.56
per day
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(c)
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Clothes Allowance
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0.15
per day
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32
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46.5(b)
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TP Boner Allowance
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1.55
per day
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3. This variation
shall take effect from the first pay period to commence on or after 23 October
2003.
R. W. HARRISON D.P.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.