| MA000070 PR718888 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
DETERMINATION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.285—Annual wage review
Annual Wage Review 2019–20
(C2020/1)
CEMETERY INDUSTRY AWARD 2020
[MA000070]
Cemetery operations | |
JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT |
MELBOURNE, 26 JUNE 2020 |
Annual Wage Review 2019–20.
A. Further to the decision issued by the majority of the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2019–20 on 19 June 2020 [[2020] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:
1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 14.1 and inserting the following:
Classification |
Minimum weekly rate
|
Minimum hourly rate |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
753.80 |
19.84 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
805.10 |
21.19 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
832.80 |
21.92 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
877.60 |
23.09 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
923.40 |
24.30 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
948.50 |
24.96 |
2. By inserting clause 14.7(c) as follows:
(c) For employees covered by this award undertaking traineeships, the minimum rates in Schedule E to the Miscellaneous Award 2020 as at 1 July 2019, are increased by 1.75% from 1 July 2020.
NOTE: The minimum rates from 1 July 2020 for employees covered by this award undertaking traineeships are published on the Commission’s website.
3. By deleting the amount “$32.78” appearing in clause 16.2(b) and inserting “$33.35”.
4. By deleting the amount “$18.11” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(i) and inserting “$18.43”.
5. By deleting the amount “$39.68” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(ii) and inserting “$40.37”.
6. By deleting the amount “$10.35” appearing in clause 16.2(d) and inserting “$10.53”.
7. By deleting the amount “$76.76” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(i) and inserting “$78.11”.
8. By deleting the amount “$92.29” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(ii) and inserting “$93.90”.
9. By deleting the amount “$153.53” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iii) and inserting “$156.21”.
10. By deleting the amount “$76.76” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iv) and inserting “$78.11”.
11. By deleting the table appearing in clause 16.2(f) and inserting the following:
Age of grave since last burial (years) | ||||
5 but less |
10 but less |
25 but less |
more | |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ | |
Per occasion |
76.35 |
57.04 |
37.74 |
19.31 |
12. By deleting the amount “$46.58” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(i) and inserting “$47.39”.
13. By deleting the amount “$23.29” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(ii) and inserting “$23.70”.
14. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.1 and inserting the following:
|
Ordinary hours |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate 1 | ||
|
100% |
250% |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
20.72 |
51.80 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
22.07 |
55.18 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
22.80 |
57.00 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
23.97 |
59.93 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
25.18 |
62.95 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
25.84 |
64.60 |
15. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.2 and inserting the following:
|
Monday to Saturday |
Monday to Saturday |
Sunday |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate1 | ||||
|
150% |
200% |
200% |
250% |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
31.08 |
41.44 |
41.44 |
51.80 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
33.11 |
44.14 |
44.14 |
55.18 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
34.20 |
45.60 |
45.60 |
57.00 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
35.96 |
47.94 |
47.94 |
59.93 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
37.77 |
50.36 |
50.36 |
62.95 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
38.76 |
51.68 |
51.68 |
64.60 |
16. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.3.1 and inserting the following:
|
Ordinary hours |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate 1 | ||
|
125% |
275% |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
25.90 |
56.98 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
27.59 |
60.69 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
28.50 |
62.70 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
29.96 |
65.92 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
31.48 |
69.25 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
32.30 |
71.06 |
17. By deleting the amount “$862.50” appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting “$877.60”.
18. By deleting the table appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting the following:
Allowance |
Clause |
% of standard rate |
$ |
Payable |
Industry allowance1 |
16.2(b) |
3.8 |
33.35 |
per week |
Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of 2 to 6 employees |
16.2(c)(i) |
2.1 |
18.43 |
per week |
Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of more than 6 employees |
16.2(c)(ii) |
4.6 |
40.37 |
per week |
First aid allowance |
16.2(d) |
1.2 |
10.53 |
per week |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days or less |
16.2(e)(i) |
8.9 |
78.11 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days to 7 years and arterially embalmed and sealed in approved container |
16.2(e)(ii) |
10.7 |
93.90 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days to 7 years and not arterially embalmed and sealed in approved container |
16.2(e)(iii) |
17.8 |
156.21 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for more than 7 years |
16.2(e)(iv) |
8.9 |
78.11 |
per body |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—5 to 10 years |
16.2(f) |
8.7 |
76.35 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—10 to 25 years |
16.2(f) |
6.5 |
57.04 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—25 to 50 years |
16.2(f) |
4.3 |
37.74 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—more than 50 years |
16.2(f) |
2.2 |
19.31 |
per occasion |
Excavation allowance—first body |
16.2(g)(i) |
5.4 |
47.39 |
for first body |
Excavation allowance—each additional body from the same grave |
16.2(g)(ii) |
2.7 |
23.70 |
per additional body |
B. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 2020. In accordance with s.286(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2020.
PRESIDENT
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