Butchers'
Wholesale (Newcastle and Northern) 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 1272 of 2008)
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Before Commissioner
Tabbaa
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19 August 2008
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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 2008.
These adjustments may be offset against;
(a) any equivalent
over award payments, and/or;
(b) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates of adjustments.
2. Delete Appendix
1 - Wages, and Appendix 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part 9, Appendix,
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
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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Total
Weekly Rate
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$
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1
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Slaughterperson
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612.10
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2
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Employee Grading beef carcases
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574.70
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3
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Employee weighing and/or
recording
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568.70
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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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572.00
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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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568.70
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6
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Employee skinning feet and
taking out sinews
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567.60
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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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567.60
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8
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Slaughterhouse Labourer
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563.00
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9
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Laundry Attendant
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563.00
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10
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Stockperson (working under
conditions of the stock person clause)
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569.50
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11
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Stockperson, stock receiver
and penner-up
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565.30
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12
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Yard person and general
labourer
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558.40
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13
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Freezer room employee
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567.60
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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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melter operator, expeller
and/or dryer attendant
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570.50
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15
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Mill hand, by-products
labourers and save-all attendant
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560.80
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Casing
Cleaning Department
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16
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All-round person
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572.30
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17
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Employee trimming and sliming
bungs and bladders and sliming runners
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565.30
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Boning
Department
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18
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Boner
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589.70
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19
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Slicer and/or sawyer
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575.60
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20
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Trimmer
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568.70
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21
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Weigh person
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565.10
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22
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Packer, strapper, wiring
and/or gluing machine operator
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563.00
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23
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Shop person/butcher
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597.10
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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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(3 tons)
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569.60
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For each additional 1,016 kg
(1 ton) or part thereof up to 8,128 kg (8 tons)
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1.94
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extra
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For each additional 1,016 kg
(1 ton) or part thereof exceeding 8,128
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1.51
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(8 tons) but not exceeding
12,192 kg (12 tons) extra
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For each additional 1,016 kg
(1 ton) or part thereof exceeding 12,192 kg
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1.21
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(12 tons) when a trailer is
attached to a motor wagon, the carrying
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capacity of such trailer shall
be computed with the rate in determining the
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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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569.60
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26
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Driver of bulldozer
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569.60
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27
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Loader
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578.40
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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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568.70
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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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201.00
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At 16 years of age
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48%
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268.00
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At 17 years of age
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60%
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335.00
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At 18 years of age
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74%
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413.20
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At 19 years of age
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87%
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485.80
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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 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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9.66
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2
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31.5
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Afternoon Shift - per shift
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13.88
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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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8.34
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4
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35.5
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Horse Allowance - per week
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15.71
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5
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33.3
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Meal Money - per meal
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9.41
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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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0.49
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Below minus 16 degree celsius
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0.78
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Below minus 20 degree celsius
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1.44
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Below minus 26 degree celsius
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2.15
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7
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29.2
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Freezing Room Allowance - per
hour
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0.53
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8
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29.4
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Temperature Allowance - per
hour
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0.53
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0.84
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9
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10.1
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Rovers Allowance - per day
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3.23
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10
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20.1.2
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Bull Penalty - per head
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3.23
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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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8.10
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12
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23.3
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First Aid Attendant - per day
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3.87
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13
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23.4
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Leading Hand - per week
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28.96
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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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14.94
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15
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23.5.2
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Pedestrian Stacker - per week
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11.04
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16
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23.5.3
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Fork Lift - per week
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7.77
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17
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17.1.1
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Objectionable Work - Ordinary
Hours
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3.57
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18
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17.1.2
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Objectionable Work - Outside
Ordinary Hours per sheep,
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calf or pig
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4.17
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per head of cattle
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17.73
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19
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17.1.3
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Objectionable Work - on Sundays
and Public Holidays - per
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sheep, calf or pig
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6.39
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per head of cattle
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25.68
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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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3.57
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21
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17.1.5
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Brucella Reactor - per day
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8.07
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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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0.49
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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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8.07
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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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5.26
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per half day
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2.64
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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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4.50
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per half day
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2.16
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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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3.23
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per half day
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1.57
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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 cattle,
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heads and feet -
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per week
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3.76
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per day
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0.74
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Other employees using a knife -
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per week
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2.70
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per day
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0.50
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28
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49.1(a)
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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1.60
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29
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49.1(b)
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Laundry Allowance - per day
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1.30
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30
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49.1(c)
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.42
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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 Appendix)
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(a)
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.78
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(b)
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Laundry Allowance - per day
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0.62
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(c)
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Clothes Allowance - per day
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0.18
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32
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46.5(b)
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TP Boner Allowance
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1.82
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3. This variation
shall come into effect from the first full pay period on or after 22 November
2008.
I.
TABBAA, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.