BUTCHERS' WHOLESALE (NEWCASTLE AND NORTHERN) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Australasian
Meat Industry Employees' Union, Newcastle and Northern Branch, industrial organisation
of employees.
(No. IRC 5809 of 2005)
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Before The Honourable
Mr Deputy President Harrison
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22 November 2005
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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) 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 2005. 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 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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Classification
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Total Weekly 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
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tying weasand before hoisting to bleeding rail
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510.00
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5
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Slaughterhouse labourer whose work includes trimming
carcases after
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slaughter persons, skinning heads, removing eyes, removing
horns,
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removing tongues and/or cheeks, removing brains and boning
for pet
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foods and boning heads and crutching sheep
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506.80
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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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Tripe persons and employee cutting, turning and washing
tripes and
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cutting and washing bibles
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505.80
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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 stock person
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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Yard person and general labourer
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496.90
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13
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Freezer room employee
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505.80
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14
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Dripping and/or lard operator, tallow person, digester
person and/or dry
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508.60
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melter operator, expeller and/or dryer attendant
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15
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Mill hand, by-products labourers and save-all attendant
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499.20
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Casing Cleaning Depart
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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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Weigh person
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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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(d tons)
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof up to
8,128 kg (8
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tones) extra
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1.74
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof
exceeding 8,128 (8)
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tons but not exceeding 12,192 kg (12 tons) extra
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1.34
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For each additional 1,016 kg (1 ton) or part thereof
exceeding 12,192 kg
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1.08
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(12 tons)
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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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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 Labourer
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Total Weekly Rate
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$
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At 15 years of age
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36%
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178.90
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At 16 years of age
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48%
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238.50
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At 17 years of age
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60%
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298.10
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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 No.
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Clause No.
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Brief
Description
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Amount
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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 Allowance
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 minus 16 degree celsius
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0.69
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Below minus 20 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
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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
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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
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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
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0.43
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Temperature - per hour
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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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7.18
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24
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13.4
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TP Slaughtering Allowance - all
type of
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Animals - per day
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4.69
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per half day
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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 half day
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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
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of animal
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per day
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2.88
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per half day
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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
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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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0.66
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Other employees using a knife -
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per week
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2.41
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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
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Clothes/Laundry Allowance -
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(Employees not covered by Items
28-30 of this table
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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(a)
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Laundry Allowance - per day
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0.72
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(b)
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.58
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(c)
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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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1.65
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3. This
variation shall take effect from the first pay period to commence on or after
22 November 2005.
R. W. HARRISON D.P.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.