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Table of content
- What is Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
- Who is entitled to Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
- How are the hours of work arranged in Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
- How are wages and allowances calculated in the Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
- How is the leave managed in Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
- How can Workstem assist you?
This blog is only the summary of the Storage Services and Wholesale Award. Please check the full version on Fair Work Storage Services and Wholesale Award 2020.
What is Storage Services and Wholesale 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 storage services and wholesale industry means the receiving, handling, storing, freezing, refrigerating, bottling, packing, preparation for sale, sorting, loading, dispatch, delivery, or sale by wholesale, of produce, goods or merchandise as well as activities and processes connected, incidental or ancillary.
Who is entitled to Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
Coverage
The Storage and Wholesale Award covers employers in the storage services and wholesale industry and their employees who fit within the classifications of the award, including
- preparing produce, goods or merchandise for sale
- sorting, loading, dispatching or delivering produce goods or merchandise
- selling produce, goods or merchandise by wholesale (‘wholesale’ means the sale of items in large quantities to someone other than the final consumer).
It also includes any activities and processes that are connected, incidental or ancillary to these activities.
Examples of employees covered by the Storage and Wholesale Award include:
- storeworkers
- steel distributing employees
- warehouse employees
- wholesale employees
- forklift or ride-on equipment operators.
The Storage and Wholesale Award also covers labour hire businesses and their employees who are placed with an organisation in the storage services and wholesale industry.
This award does not cover employees to the extent that the employer is covered by:
- another modern award that contains classifications relating to functions included within the definition of the storage services and wholesale industry with respect to any employee who is covered by that award; or
- the Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020.
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. An employer is required to roster a part-time employee for a minimum of 3 consecutive hours on any shift.);or
- a casual employee (An employee who is engaged on an irregular or intermittent basis, with no expectation of ongoing employment.).
How are the hours of work arranged in Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
Hours of work
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Day workers |
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Hours of work |
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Max Ordinary hours |
up to 38 hours per week averaged over 4 weeks, 8 hours per day (or up to 10 hours by agreement) |
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Ordinary hours |
Ordinary hours will be worked on 4 or 5 days of not more than 8 hours (Monday to Friday inclusive) each continuously |
Shiftwork
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Shiftworker |
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Ordinary hours for shift |
Monday to midnight Friday |
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| Shift & Shift penalty rates(% of the minimum hourly rate) |
Early morning shift: commencing between 2.00 am and 7.00 am |
112.5% |
| Afternoon shift:
finishing after 6.00 pm and at or before midnight |
115% |
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Night shift: finishing after midnight and at or before 8.30 am |
130% |
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between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday (by agreement) |
150% | |
| between midnight on Saturday and midnight on Sunday (by agreement) |
200% |
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Hours of work |
The ordinary hours of work of shiftworkers will average 38 per week and must not exceed 152 in any work cycle; and will not exceed:
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Rostered days off (RDO)
Where a system of working is adopted to allow one rostered day off in each 4 weeks worked an employee will not be entitled to more than 13 rostered days off in any 12 month period.
An employer must give an employee at least 4 weeks’ notice of the weekday of the employee’s rostered day off.
Breaks
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Meal break |
30 – 60 minutes of unpaid meal break if working after 5 hours
The meal break will not exceed one hour in duration. |
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Rest break |
10-minute paid rest break each morning and afternoon
The rest break will not be:
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How are wages and allowances calculated in the Storage Services and Wholesale Award?
In the Storage Services and Wholesale Award, wages and allowances are calculated based on several factors outlined within the award.
Minimum rates
Adult employee minimum rates
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Classification |
Minimum weekly rate(full-time employee) |
Minimum hourly rate |
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Storeworker grade 1—on commencement |
914.90 | 24.08 |
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Storeworker grade 1—after 3 months |
926.10 |
24.37 |
| Storeworker grade 1—after 12 months | 936.60 |
24.65 |
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Storeworker grade 2 |
944.90 | 24.87 |
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Storeworker grade 3 |
971.80 | 25.57 |
| Storeworker grade 4 | 1000.50 |
26.33 |
| Wholesale employee level 1—on commencement | 914.90 |
24.08 |
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Wholesale employee level 1—after 3 months |
926.10 | 24.37 |
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Wholesale employee level 1—after 12 months |
936.60 |
24.65 |
| Wholesale employee level 2 | 944.90 |
24.87 |
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Wholesale employee level 3 |
971.80 | 25.57 |
| Wholesale employee level 4 | 1000.50 |
26.33 |
Junior employee minimum rates
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Age |
Percentage of weekly rate for Storeworker grade 1 or Wholesale employee level 1 |
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Under 16 years of age |
40% |
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16 years of age |
50% |
| 17 years of age |
60% |
| 18 years of age |
70% |
| 19 years of age and over |
The appropriate adult rate |
For more information about minimum rates, please refer to the complete version of Fair Work.
Overtime rates
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% of the minimum hourly rate |
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Monday to Saturday |
first 2 hours | 150% |
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after 2 hours |
200% | |
| Sunday |
200% |
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| Public holiday |
250% |
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Penalty rates
A full-time or part-time day worker employee must be paid at the following rates for all ordinary hours worked:
| % of the minimum hourly rate | |
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Saturday |
150% |
| Sunday |
200% |
| Public holiday |
250% |
Allowances
Wage-related allowances
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First aid allowance |
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Cold temperatures |
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Expense-related allowances
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Meal allowance |
$19.61 if excessing of one hour after the usual finishing time |
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Travelling, transport and fares reimbursement |
The rate of pay for travelling time will be at ordinary rates, except on Sundays and public holidays when an employee will be paid at 150% of the minimum hourly rate. |
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Provision of tools |
Reimburse |
| Protective clothing and uniforms reimbursement |
Provide or reimburse |
| Damaged personal effects allowance |
a maximum of $1077 for replacement of dentures/prescription spectacles if damaged |
How is the leave managed in Storage Services and Wholesale 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.
Community service leave
Community service leave is provided for in the NES.
Family and domestic violence leave
Family and domestic violence leave is provided for in the NES.
Information provided to employers concerning an employee’s experience of family and domestic violence is sensitive and if mishandled can have adverse consequences for the employee.
Employers are subject to confidentiality requirements regarding the handling of this information.
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 storage services and wholesale award employers in several ways. We understand the various provisions of the storage services and wholesale 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.
