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Table of content
- What is Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
- Who is entitled to Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
- How is the shiftwork arranged in Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
- How are wages and allowances calculated in the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
- How is the leave managed in Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
- How can Workstem assist you?
This blog is only the summary of the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award. Please check the full version on Fair Work Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award Guide [MA000010].
What is Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
Award is an industrial instrument that sets out the minimum terms and conditions of employment for a group of employees in a particular industry or occupation.
The Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award covered a wide range of occupations within the manufacturing industry, including but not limited to production workers, machine operators, maintenance technicians, and administrative staff. The award outlined the minimum wages, working hours, leave entitlements, and other employment conditions that applied to employees covered by the award.
Who is entitled to Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
Coverage
This award covers employers which provide group training services for apprentices and/or trainees engaged in the manufacturing and associated industries and occupations and/or parts of those industries and/or occupations and those apprentices and/or trainees engaged by a group training service hosted by a company to perform work at a location, including:
- the manufacture, making, assembly, processing, treatment, fabrication and preparation
- the coating, painting, colouring, varnishing, japanning, lacquering, enamelling, porcelain enamelling, oxidising, glazing, galvanising, electroplating, gilding, bronzing, engraving, cleaning, polishing, tanning, dyeing, treatment
- the repair, refurbishment, reconditioning, maintenance, installation, testing and fault finding
- mechanical and electrical engineering
- space tracking
- farriery (other than in the racing industry)
- bottle merchants
- the printing and processing of photographs from film
- handling, sorting, packing, despatching, distribution and transport in connection with any of the foregoing industries or parts of industries
- maintenance employees in the engineering streams
- technical workers
- draughtspersons
- production planners
- trainee engineers
- trainee scientists
- engine drivers
Types of employment
An employee covered by this award must be one of the following:
- a full-time employee (An employee who is engaged to work an average of 38 hours per week.);or
- a part-time employee (An employee who is engaged to work fewer than 38 hours per week on a regular basis.);or
- a casual employee (An employee who is engaged on an irregular or intermittent basis, with no expectation of ongoing employment.).
How is the shiftwork arranged in Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
Regarding hours of work, the award establishes standard working hours and provides guidelines for shiftwork, break, etc.
Hours of Work
Day workers
- The ordinary hours of work for day workers are an average of 38 per week but not exceeding 152 hours in 28 days.
- The ordinary hours for day workers will not exceed 8 per day.
- The ordinary hours of work are to be worked continuously, except for meal breaks, at the discretion of the employer between 6.00 am and 6.00 pm.
- Where agreement is reached, the rate to be paid to a day worker for ordinary time worked is:
|
Work time |
% of the ordinary hourly rate |
|
between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday |
150% |
| between midnight on Saturday and midnight on Sunday |
200% |
| work on a public holiday |
a minimum of 3 hours’ work at the rate of 250% |
Continuous shiftworkers
- Continuous shiftwork means worked carried on with consecutive shifts of employees throughout the 24 hours of each of at least 6 consecutive days without interruption except for breakdowns or meal breaks or due to unavoidable causes beyond the control of the employer.
- The ordinary hours is average 38 hours per week inclusive of meal breaks and must not exceed 152 hours in 28 consecutive days.
- Continuous shiftworkers are entitled to a 20 minute meal break on each shift which must be counted as time worked.
- The ordinary hours for continuous shiftworkers will not exceed 8 per shift.
Non-continuous shiftworkers
- The ordinary hours of work for non-continuous shiftworkers are an average of 38 per week and must not exceed 152 hours in 28 consecutive days.
- The ordinary hours for non-continuous shiftworkers will not exceed 8 per shift.
Shiftwork
|
Afternoon shift |
finish after 6.00 pm and at or before midnight |
|
Continuous shiftwork |
work carried on with consecutive shifts of employees throughout the 24 hours of each of at least 6 consecutive days without interruption except for breakdowns or meal breaks or due to unavoidable causes beyond the control of the employer |
| Night shift |
finish after midnight and at or before 8.00 am |
| Rostered shift |
the employee concerned has had at least 48 hours’ notice |
Breaks
Meal breaks
An employee must not be required to work for more than 5 hours without an unpaid meal break of a minimum of 20 minutes except in the following circumstances:
- canteen or other facilities are limited to the extent that meal breaks must be staggered and as a result it is not practicable for all employees to take a meal break within 5 hours, an employee must not be required to work for more than 6 hours without a meal break
- by agreement between an employer and an individual employee or the majority of employees in an enterprise or part of an enterprise concerned, an employee or employees may be required to work in excess of 5 hours but not more than 6 hours without a meal break
Paid meal breaks—continuous shiftworkers
Continuous shiftworkers are entitled to a 20 minute paid meal break
Paid breaks
Employees engaged in the technical field of work, technical workers, tracers and draughtspersons, production planners, trainee engineers and trainee scientists must be allowed a paid 10 minute morning tea rest period at a time fixed by the employer.
Timing of taking breaks
|
Time |
% of the ordinary hourly rate |
|
During ordinary time from Monday to Friday |
150% |
|
During ordinary time on a Saturday or Sunday |
200% |
| During ordinary time on a shift on which the employee is entitled to a 15% loading |
165% |
| during ordinary time on a shift on which the employee is entitled a 30% loading |
180% |
How are wages and allowances calculated in the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
In the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award, wages and allowances are calculated based on several factors outlined within the award.
Minimum rates
Adult employee minimum rates
|
Classification level |
Minimum weekly rate
(full-time employee) |
Minimum hourly rate |
|
C14 / V1 |
859.30 |
22.61 |
| C13 / V2 | 882.80 |
23.23 |
|
C12 / V3 |
914.90 | 24.08 |
|
C11 / V4 |
945.00 | 24.87 |
|
C10 / V5 |
995.00 | 26.18 |
| C9 / V6 | 1026.20 |
27.01 |
| C8 / V7 | 1057.40 |
27.83 |
| C7 | 1085.60 |
28.57 |
|
V8 |
1088.60 | 28.65 |
|
C6 / V9 |
1140.70 | 30.02 |
| C5 / V10 | 1164.10 |
30.63 |
| C4 / V11 | 1195.30 |
31.46 |
| C3 / V12 | 1257.90 |
33.10 |
|
C2(a) / V13 |
1289.30 | 33.93 |
|
C2(b) / V14 |
1345.70 |
35.41 |
|
Driver classifications |
||
|
D1 |
957.10 | 25.19 |
| D2 | 968.70 |
25.49 |
| D3 | 980.20 |
25.79 |
| D4 | 993.90 |
26.16 |
*For more information about minimum rates, please refer to the complete version of Fair Work.
Overtime rates
|
Time |
of the ordinary hourly rate | |
|
Other than continuous shiftworkers |
the first 3 hours | 150% |
|
after first 3 hours |
200% |
|
| Continuous shiftworkers |
200% |
|
|
Continuous shiftworker who is a vehicle manufacturing |
the first 3 hours | 150% |
| after first 3 hours |
200% |
|
|
Unrelieved shiftwork on rostered day off |
200% |
|
|
Saturday work—day worker |
the first 3 hours | 150% |
| after first 3 hours |
200% with a minimum payment of 4 hours |
|
|
Sunday work |
200% with a minimum payment of 3 hours |
|
|
Public holiday work |
Day workers required to work overtime on a public holiday |
250%
with a minimum payment of 3 hours |
| Continuous shift workers required to work overtime on a public holiday |
200% with a minimum payment of 3 hours |
|
| Non-continuous shift workers required to work overtime on a public holiday |
250% with a minimum payment of 3 hours |
|
Penalty rates
|
Type |
Time |
% of the ordinary hourly rate |
||
|
Day workers |
Weekend work | between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday | 150% | |
| between midnight on Saturday and midnight on Sunday | 200% | |||
| Work on public holidays |
250% with a minimum payment for 3 hours |
|||
|
Shiftworkers |
Afternoon or night shift | 115% | ||
|
Afternoon and night shift —non-successive shifts |
the first 3 hours | 150% | ||
| after first 3 hours |
200% |
|||
| Permanent night shift |
130% |
|||
|
Work on shifts other than rostered shifts |
Continuous work |
200% | ||
|
Shift work |
the first 3 hours |
|||
| after first 3 hours |
200% |
|||
|
Work on Saturday shifts |
150% | |||
| Continuous shiftworker | Work on Sunday and public holiday shifts |
200% |
||
| Shiftworker on other than continuous work | Work on Sunday |
200% |
||
| Work on public holiday |
250% |
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Allowances
All-purpose allowances
Allowances paid for all purposes are included in the rate of pay of an employee who is entitled to the allowance, when calculating any penalties or loadings or payment while they are on annual leave. The following allowances are paid for all purposes under this award:
| Leading hand allowance | An employee who is appointed by the employer to be a leading hand
|
| Ship repairing allowance | An employee engaged on ship repairs
|
| Tool allowance—tradespersons and apprentices | $17.50 per week for supplying and maintaining tools ordinarily required in the performance of their work as a tradesperson |
| Tool allowance—carpenter or joiner or shipwright/boatbuilder | $33.12 per week |
| Technical computing equipment allowance | $51.44 per week |
| Supervisor/Trainer/Coordinator—Technical allowance | 107% of the minimum rate applicable to the employee’s technical classification |
| Artificial fertilizers and chemicals allowance | $10.50 per week |
Other allowances
|
Vehicle allowance |
$0.95 per kilometre |
|
First aid allowance |
$19.79 per week |
|
Meal allowance |
$16.81 per occasion |
|
Damage to clothing, spectacles, hearing aids and tools |
compensation |
|
Case hardened prescription lenses |
pay for the cost |
|
Protective clothing and equipment allowance |
reimburse |
|
Engine driver and fireperson allowance |
|
|
Cleaner, greaser or oiler allowance |
$38.75 per week |
|
Manganese dioxide and other pigments allowance |
|
Special rates
|
Cold places |
$0.73 per hour if working for more than one hour in places where the temperature is below 0 degrees Celsius artificially |
|
Hot places |
|
|
Wet places |
$0.76 per hour if working in any place where their clothing or boots become saturated by water, oil or another substance |
|
Confined spaces |
$0.99 per hour if working in a confined space |
|
Dirty work |
|
|
Height money |
$0.55 per hour if working in construction, erection, repair and/or maintenance at heights of 15 metres or more (does not apply to linespersons, linesperson assistants, riggers and splicers) |
|
Meat digesters and oil tanks |
$0.76 per hour if working on repairs in oil tanks or meat digesters |
|
Sanitary works |
$0.52 per hour |
|
Insulation materials |
$0.99 per hour if handling loose slag wool, loose insulwool or other loose material used for providing insulation |
|
Slaughtering yards |
$0.55 per hour |
|
Boiler repairs |
|
|
Underground mine work |
additional 12% of the minimum rate |
|
Explosive powered tools |
$1.96 per day |
|
Ships in dock |
$0.55 per hour if working under a ship in a dock or slipway |
|
Foundry allowance |
$0.58 for each hour |
|
Boiling down works |
$0.55 per hour |
|
Lead works |
$0.55 per hour |
|
Handlers of carbon black |
|
|
Installing or repairing belting underground in mines |
$0.39 per hour |
|
Processing free coal dust |
$0.55 per hour |
|
Boiler cleaning—engine driver |
$2.15 per hour |
|
Second-hand work |
additional 25% of the minimum rate |
|
Foreign rock |
|
|
Farmers’ own bags |
|
|
Soda ash |
$2.30 per hour if engaged in carrying and stacking bagged soda |
|
Raw materials |
$0.86 per hour if engaged in carrying and stacking bagged raw materials |
|
Skimming and floater setting—flat glass tank |
$3.30 per half hour if engaged in skimming the drawing pit when a machine |
|
Glass furnace regenerators |
$18.17 per day |
|
Float glass furnace repair |
additional 100% of the minimum rate |
|
Jack bolt tensioner |
$9.84 per shift or part thereof if adjusting the tensioner of jack bolts while a furnace is under heat |
|
Loading and unloading away from employer’s premises |
$9.84 per shift or part thereof if loading and unloading operations at wharves or railway yards elsewhere than on the employer’s premises |
*For the complete version of allowances, please refer to Fair Work.
How is the leave managed in Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award?
For the complete version of leave entitlement, you may refer to NES.
Annual Leave
Annual leave is provided for in the NES. It does not apply to casual employees.
During a period of paid annual leave, an employer must pay an employee an additional payment for the employee’s ordinary hours of work. The additional payment is payable on leave accrued.
For an employee who would have worked on day work only or worked on shiftwork had they not been on leave, the additional payment is the greater of:
- 17.5% of the minimum hourly rate for the employee’s ordinary hours of work in the period; or
- The minimum hourly rate for the employee’s ordinary hours of work in the period inclusive of shift weekend penalty rates as specified.
Personal Leave
Casual employees are entitled to be absent from work to care for a person who requires care or support because of:
- illness or an injury;or
- an emergency
but they’re not entitled to be paid for time away from work.
Public holidays
An employer must pay an employee who works on a public holiday or on a day that is substituted for a public holiday at the public holiday penalty rate set out in penalty rates.
How can Workstem assist you?
Workstem is a one-stop payroll & HR platform that has an award interpretation module to assist manufacturing award employers in several ways. We understand the various provisions of the manufacturing award and stay in compliance with Fair Work requirements, the customised attendance formulas can automatically calculate payments and will stay up-to-date with relevant regulations.
By utilising Workstem, manufacturing award employers can streamline their HR processes, reduce administrative burdens, and stay in compliance with Fair Work.
