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Wage under Queensland Awards
Sugar Industry Award 2010: Fair Work Wage Rates from 1 July 2011
Please note that the Sugar Industry Award 2010 covers all Field Sector Employers i.e. Corporate Employers, Sole Traders and Partnerships.
Sugar Industry Award Field Sector Classifications
Minimum Wage
Classification
$ per week
$ per hour ordinary hours
$ per hoursingle contract hourly rate
Cultivation/cane production employee
Grade 2
689.12
18.13
20.85
Grade 1
665.88
17.52
20.15
Inductee/trainee
618.22
16.27
18.71
Inductee/trainee
(Formerly Youths 18 – 19 years)
530.75
13.97
16.06
Inductee/trainee
(Formerly Youths under 18 years)
487.43
12.83
14.75
Cane haulage employee Grade 2
689.12
18.13
20.85
Grade 1
665.88
17.52
20.15
Inductee / trainee
650.00
17.11
19.67
Cane harvesting employee
Grade 2
711.88
18.73
21.54
Grade 1
689.12
18.13
20.85
Inductee / trainee
665.88
17.52
20.15
Superannuation contribution - must be calculated at 9% of each individual employee’s Ordinary Time Earnings.
Calculation of Ordinary Hourly Rate - for all purposes of the Award, the Ordinary Hourly Rate for each of the Classifications contained herein shall be the Weekly Rate divided by 38 with rounding on the second decimal place.The Fair Work Statement refers to weekly wages will be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.
Single Contract Hourly Rate - Employees engaged on a single contract hourly rate shall be paid the number of hours worked per day at 115% of the applicable classification ordinary hourly rate irrespective of the number of hours worked per day or per pay period or the days of the pay period on which work is performed.Employees engaged on this basis shall be entitled to personal/carer’s leave, compassionate leave and annual leave entitlements.
Piecework Rate - Employees engaged on a piecework basis shall be paid a minimum piecework rate sufficient to equal the payment for actual hours worked at both ordinary time and overtime in the relevant pay period plus a loading of 20%.This 20% loading is in lieu of personal/carer’s leave and annual leave entitlements.
Casual Rate - Employees engaged on a casual basis shall be paid at the hourly rate for the class of work performed plus a casual loading of 22%.This loading is instead of entitlements to paid leave (e.g. personal/carer’s leave and annual leave entitlements).
Shift allowance- The Field Sector Award provides that shiftwork of up to 2 shifts per day may be worked provided that a minimum period of shift work of 4 weeks is in operation and the employees are worked on a roster which allows for rotation through the respective shifts.An allowance shall be paid for each shift in addition to the employee's ordinary time award wage rate.Employees engaged on afternoon and night shift shall be paid an additional penalty rate as follows:
(i) Afternoon Shift - 12.5%
(ii) Night Shift - 15%
Note: ‘Afternoon Shift' shall mean any shift finishing after 6.00pm and at or before midnight;
‘Night Shift' shall mean any shift finishing after midnight and at or before 8.00am or where the majority of hours worked in the shift fall between midnight and 8.00am;
The percentage quoted shall be the amount which is payable for each shift in addition to the employee's ordinary time award wage rate.
Vehicle allowance - An employee, who reaches agreement with his/her employer to use his/her own motor vehicle on the employer’s business, must be paid $0.74 per kilometre travelled.
Work in water and cleaning drains - Employees employed in cleaning drains where the water is over 76.2 cm in depth, must be paid 4.47% of the standard rate per hour in addition to the minimum rate during the time that they are actually engaged on such work.This allowance is $0.8073 per hour.
Employers formally covered by the Sugar Industry Award – State 2005
Please note that Employers in the sugar industry who are unincorporated entities (e.g. sole traders and partnerships) are no longer covered by the Sugar Industry Award – State 2005.We confirm that the State award has now ceased to operate and those employers operating as sole traders and partnerships are covered by the modern Sugar Industry Award 2010 under the national workplace relations system.
