AN170096 – Silviculture and Afforestation Award
(a) Minimum Wage
No employee shall be paid less than the minimum wage.
(b) Amount of Adult Minimum Wage
(i) The minimum wage for full-time adult employees is $484.40 per week.
(ii) Adults employed as part-time or casual employees shall continue to be entitled to receive the wage rate determined under the casual and part-time clauses of the award. Provided that such employees shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum wage specified in subclause (b)(i) according to the number of hours worked.
(c) How the Minimum Wage Applies to Juniors
(i) The wage rates provided for juniors by this award continue to apply unless the amount determined under subclause (c)(ii) is greater.
(ii) The minimum wage for an employee to whom a junior rate of pay applies is determined by applying the percentage in the junior wage rates clause applicable to the employee concerned to the relevant amount in subclause (b)(i)
(d) Application of Minimum Wage to Certain Employees
Due to existing applicable award wage rates being greater than the relevant proportionate minimum wage, this clause will not apply to employees falling within the scope of the National Training Wage (Tasmanian Private Sector) Award and Trainees undertaking an apprenticeship.
(e) Application of Minimum Wage to Award Rates Calculation
The minimum wage:
(i) applies to all work in ordinary hours;
(ii) applies to the calculation of overtime and all other penalty rates, superannuation, payments during sick leave, long service leave and annual leave, and for all other purposes of this award; and
(iii) is inclusive of the arbitrated safety net adjustment provided by the July 2005 State Wage Case Decision (T.12144 of 2005) and all previous safety net and state wage case adjustments.
