BUTCHERS WHOLESALE (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Australasian
Meat Industry Employees Union, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation
of employees.
(No. IRC 4970 of 2005)
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Before The Honourable
Justice Backman
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6 October 2005
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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), and insert in lieu 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 2005. 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:
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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Total Weekly
Classification
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Rate
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$
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1
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Slaughterperson
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548.60
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2
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Employee grading beef carcases
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512.60
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3
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Employee weighing and/or recording
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506.80
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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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510.00
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weasand before hoisting to bleeding rail
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5
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Slaughterhouse labourer whose work includes trimming
carcases after
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506.80
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Slaughterperson, skinning heads, removing eyes, removing
horns,
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removing tongues and/or cheeks, removing brains and boning
for pet foods
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and boning heads and crutching sheep
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6
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Employee skinning feet and taking out sinews
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505.80
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7
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Tripeperson and employee cutting, turning and washing
tripes and cutting
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505.80
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and washing bibles
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8
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Slaughterhouse labourer
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501.30
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9
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Laundry attendant
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501.30
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10
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Stockperson (working under conditions of the stockperson
clause)
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507.60
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11
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Stockperson, stock receiver and penner-up
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503.60
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12
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Yardperson and general labourer
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496.50
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13
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Freezer room employee
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505.60
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14
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Dripping and/or lard operator, tallowperson,
digesterperson and/or dry
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508.60
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melter operator, expellor and/or dryer attendant
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15
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Millhand, by- products labourer and save all attendant
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499.20
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Casing Cleaning
Department -
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16
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All-round person
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510.30
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17
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Employee trimming and sliming bungs and bladders and
sliming runners
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503.60
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Boning Department -
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18
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Boner
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527.00
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19
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Slicer and/or sawyer
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513.50
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20
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Trimmer
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506.80
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21
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Weighperson
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503.40
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22
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Packer, strapper, wiring and/or gluing machine operator
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501.30
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23
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Shop- person/Butcher
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534.10
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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
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507.70
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(3 tons)
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof up
to8,128 kg (8 tons)
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extra
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1.74
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For each additional1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof
exceeding8,128 kg
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(8 tons) but not exceeding12,192 kg (12 tons) extra
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1.34
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For each additional1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof
exceeding 12,192 kg
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(12 tons)
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1.08
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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 under50 h.p. or fork lift driver
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507.70
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26
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Driver of bulldozer
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507.70
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27
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Loader
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516.20
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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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506.80
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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 - General
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Amount
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Labourer
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$
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At 15 years of age
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36%
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178.70
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At 16 years of age
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48%
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238.30
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At 17 years of age
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60%
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297.30
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At 18 years of age
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74%
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367.70
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At 19 years of age
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87%
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432.30
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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
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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34.1
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Alternating Shifts - per shift
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8.59
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2
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31.5
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Afternoon Shift - per shift
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12.35
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3
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32.9.1
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Extraordinary Hours Allow - per day
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7.42
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4
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35.5
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Horse Allowance - per week
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13.98
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5
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33.3
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Meal Money - per meal
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8.52
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6
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29.1
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Temperature Allowance - per hour
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Below minus 1 degree celsius
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0.43
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Below minus16 degree celsius
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0.69
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Below minus20 degree celsius
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1.28
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Below minus 26 degree celsius
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1.92
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7
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29.2
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Freezing Room Allowance - per hour
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0.47
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8
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29.4
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Temperature Allowance - per hour
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0.47
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0.75
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9
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10.1
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Rovers Allowance - per day
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2.88
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10
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20.1.2
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Bull Penalty - per head
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2.88
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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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7.18
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12
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23.3
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First Aid Attendant - per day
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3.45
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13
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23.4
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Leading Hand - per week
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25.75
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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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13.29
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15
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23.5.2
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Pedestrian Stacker - per week
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9.82
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16
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23.5.3
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Fork Lift - per
week
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6.91
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17
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17.1.1
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Objectionable Work
- Ordinary Hours
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3.18
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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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per sheep, calf or
pig
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3.72
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per head of cattle
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15.76
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19
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17.1.3
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Objectionable Work
- on Sundays, and Public
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Holidays - per
sheep calf or pig
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5.68
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per head of cattle
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22.83
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20
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17.1.4
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Condemned Carcass
Allowance - per day
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3.18
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21
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17.1.5
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Brucella Reactor -
per day
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7.18
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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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0.43
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23
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17.1.7
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Foetal Blood
Extraction Allowance - per day
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7.63
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24
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13.4
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TP Slaughtering Allowance
- all type of Animals
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per day
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4.69
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per week
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2.35
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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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per day
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4.00
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per week
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1.93
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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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per day
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2.88
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per week
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1.40
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27
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51.2
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Knife Allowance
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Slaughterpersons,
boners and Labourers skinning
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cattle, heads and
feet - per week
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3.35
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per
day
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2.41
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Other employees
using a knife - per week
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0.66
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per day
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0.44
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28
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49.1(a)
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Clothes Allowance -
per day
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1.48
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29
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49.1(b)
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Laundry Allowance -
per day
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1.20
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30
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49.1(c)
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.39
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31
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49.3(a)
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Clothes/Laundry Allowance - (Employees not
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49.3(b)
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covered by Items 28-30 of this Appendix)
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49.3(c )
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.72
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Laundry Allowance - per day
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0.58
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.16
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32
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46.5(b)
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TP Boner Allowance
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1.64
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3. This
variation shall come into effect from the first full pay period on or after 29
October 2005.
A. F. BACKMAN J.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.