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Table of content
- What is the Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
- Who is covered by the Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
- How are the hours of work arranged in Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
- How are wages and allowances calculated in the Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
- How is the leave managed in Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
- How can Workstem assist you?
This article provides guidelines on the black coal mining industry award. For more information on this award, please refer to the black coal mining industry award.
What is the Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
The Black Coal Mining Industry Award is a set of legal minimum employment standards and conditions that apply to employees working in the black coal mining industry in Australia.
The award sets out the minimum wage rates, working hours, overtime, annual leave, sick leave, and other entitlements for employees working in various roles within the black coal mining industry, such as mineworkers,electrical and mechanical engineer assistants surveyors, laboratory and technical assistants,administrative and clerical workers whose work is linked to the day to day operations of the mine.The award is designed to ensure that employees in the black coal mining industry are treated fairly and receive reasonable pay and conditions for their work.
Who is covered by the Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
Coverage
The Black Coal Award covers coal mining employees and their employers.Coal mining employees:
- work in the black coal mining industry and are employed by an employer in the black coal mining industry, or
- are employed in the black coal mining industry and work at or near the location where black coal is mined, and whose work is:
- directly linked to the day to day operations of a black coal mine, and
- is covered by one of the classifications or types of work mentioned in the award.
The black coal mining industry includes:
- extracting or mining black coal on a coal mining lease (through either underground or surface mining methods)
- processing black coal at a coal handling or processing plant on or next to a coal mining lease
- transporting black coal on a coal mining lease
- other work on a coal mining lease that is directly connected to extracting, mining, and/or processing of black coal.
Examples of employees covered by the Black Coal Award includes:
- mineworkers
- electrical and mechanical engineer assistants
- surveyors, laboratory and technical assistants
- administrative and clerical workers whose work is linked to the day to day operations of the mine
- surveyors
- draftspersons
- forepersons
- geologists
- metallurgists
- engineers
- environmental scientists.
The following employers and employees are not covered by the Black Coal Award:
- employers in the brown coal mining industry, if the mining is connected to operating a power station
- administrative and clerical workers working in head office or corporate officers
- construction workers
- catering employees
- employers who supply shotfiring or other explosive services who mainly work outside the black coal mining industry
- employers who operate a coal export terminal.
How are the hours of work arranged in Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
Ordinary hours of work
An employee’s ordinary hours of work are 35 hours per week, or an average of 35 hours per week over a roster cycle.
Breaks
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Paid meal breaks—rostered hours |
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Paid meal break—non-rostered overtime |
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How are wages and allowances calculated in the Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
Overtime
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For overtime worked on |
Overtime rate % of minimum hourly rate | |
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Monday to Friday – first 3 hours |
150 % | |
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Monday to Friday – after first 3 hours |
200 % |
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| Saturday – first 3 hours |
150 % |
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| Saturday – after first 3 hours |
200 % |
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| Sunday – all hours |
200 % |
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Allowance
| Allowances | Rate |
| Apprentice training fees and textbook costs reimbursement | reimbursement of training fees for prescribed courses and the cost of prescribed textbooks |
| Apprentice travel to block release training reimbursement | reimbursement for the excess reasonable travel costs incurred in the course of travelling to and from the training |
| Boom welding allowance – production & engineering employees only – not open cut work | $0.94 per hour |
| Confined spaces allowance (electrical/ mechanical) – production & engineering employees only | $0.79 per hour |
| Damage to clothing and tools reimbursement (electrical/mechanical) – production & engineering employees only | reimbursement for any damage made to clothing and tools |
| Dirty work allowance – production & engineering employees only | $2.27 per shift |
| First aid officer allowance – production & engineering (not open cut or underground work) & Staff employees | $7.51 per day or per shift |
| First aid attendant allowance – production & engineering (not open cut or underground work) & Staff employees | $4.45 per day or per shift |
| Height money allowance (electrical/ mechanical) – production & engineering employees only | $2.27 per shift |
| Meal allowance | $18.08 for each meal |
| Overnight travel allowance – Mines rescue service employees only | an allowance or reimbursement sufficient for a reasonable standard of hotel / motel or site camp accommodation, 1 evening meal & 1 breakfast meal per night |
| Shaft work allowance (electrical/ mechanical) – production & engineering employees only | $5.83 per shift with a minimum payment of four hours |
| Stand-by allowance – Mines rescue service employees only – not duty officers – Monday to Friday stand-by roster | $101.35 per day |
| Stand-by allowance – Mines rescue service employees only – not duty officers – stand-by roster that includes Saturdays and/or Sundays | $184.82 per day |
| Stand-by allowance – Mines rescue service employees only – duty officers – Monday to Friday stand-by roster | $119.23 per day |
| Stand-by allowance – Mines rescue service employees only – duty officers – stand-by roster that includes Saturdays and/or Sundays | $238.45 per day |
| Temporarily working away from usual workplace – excess transport costs reimbursement | reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses in excess of those normally incurred traveling between home and the normal workplace |
| Temporarily working away from usual workplace – excess travelling time allowance | payment at the minimum hourly rate for extra time spent travelling outside of ordinary hours of work between home and the temporary work location in excess of time spent travelling between home and the ordinary work location |
| Tool allowance – production & engineering employees only | $0.38 per hour up to a maximum of $13.22 per week |
| Transport allowance when working shiftwork or overtime – normal means of transport unavailable | payment for 1 hour at the minimum hourly rate or the provision of transport at the employer’s cost |
| Underground allowance (electrical/mechanical) – production & engineering adult employees only | $2.27 per day or per shift |
| Washery allowance – production & engineering employees only | $6.22 per day or per shift |
| Water money allowance – production & engineering employees only | $4.84 per shift |
| Working clothes and safety boots reimbursement | reimbursement for 1 pair of safety boots and 2 sets of industrial outer clothing each year |
| Working during shut down – excess transport costs reimbursement | reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses in excess of those normally incurred travelling between home and the normal workplace |
How is the leave managed in Black Coal Mining Industry Award?
In the black coal mining industry, leave entitlements for employees are determined by the National Employment Standards (NES) and the classification of the employee.
Annual leave
All annual leave is per the National Employment Standards NES.
Entitlement to annual leave
- An employee is entitled to annual leave, in addition to the amount provided for in the NES, such that the employee’s total entitlement to annual leave pursuant to the NES and this award for each year of employment is a cumulative total of 175 ordinary hours (5 weeks).
- An employee who is a 7 day roster employee; works a roster which requires ordinary shifts on public holidays and not less than 272 ordinary hours per year on Sundays,is entitled annually to an additional 35 ordinary hours (one week) of annual leave.
Public holidays
Public holidays are provided for in the NES.
- An employer and employee may agree to substitute another day for a day that would otherwise be a public holiday under the NES.
- An employer and employee may agree to substitute another part-day for a part-day that would otherwise be a part-day public holiday under the NES.
- An employee who is not required to work on a public holiday which would otherwise have been a working day for that employee will be paid for that day at the employee’s classification rate.
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