Case Study 1: Revealing the Difference Between Woolworths’ EBA and Retail Award

Classification

$799.90

$818.90

Retail Employee Level 3

Retail Employee Level 4

$848.16

$882.74

Retail Employee Level 6

Tradesperson Level 4

Tradesperson Level 5

$896.42

$799.90

$843.60

$885.02

Employee classification

Retail Employee Level 1

Retail Employee Level 2

Retail Employee Level 3

Retail Employee Level 4

940.90

979.60

993.80

1043.60

1086.00

Day

Monday to Saturday inclusive

200%

250%

Day

225%

225%

275%

Casual rates of pay (penalty rates are inclusive of 25% casual loading)

Base rate +25%

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

• From 7 January 2019 to 30 September 2019: Base rate +30%
• From 1 October 2019 to 29 February 2020: Base rate + 35%
• From 1 March 2020 to 30 September 2020: Base rate + 40%
• From 1 October 2020 to 28 February 2021 Base rate + 45%
• From 1 March 2021 Base rate + 50%

Saturday

• From 7 January 2019 to 30 September 2019: Base rate + 40%
• From 1 October 2019 to 29 February 2020: Base rate + 45%
• From 1 March 2020: Base rate + 50%

Monday through Saturday

• First 3 hours: Base rate + 50%
• Additional hours in this span over 3 hours: Base rate + 100%

First 3 hours: Base rate + 75%

Additional hours in this span over 3 hours: Base rate + 125%

Sunday

• From 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019: Base rate + 80%
• From 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020: Base rate + 65%
• From 1 July 2020: Base rate + 50%

• From 7 January 2019 to 30 June 2019: Base rate + 85%
• From 1 July 2019: Base rate + 75%

Base rate + 150% (inclusive of casual loading)

Allowance

Special clothing allowance

• Woolworths provides and maintains necessary protective gear for team members, such as gum boots, white coats, hats, sunscreen lotion, insulated gloves, and insulated parkas.
• Team members will receive training on the appropriate use of protective gear.
• If Woolworths requires team members to wear special clothing like uniforms or dresses, the company will reimburse the cost of purchasing and replacing them when necessary, except when the clothing has already been supplied or paid for by Woolworths.
• Woolworths ensures that team members are not required to wear revealing or offensive clothing.
• Team members required to launder special uniforms or clothing will receive the following allowances:
  • Full-time team members: $6.25 per week.
  • Part-time or casual team members: $1.25 per shift.

Cold work allowance

• Fridge Allowance: Woolworths team members who primarily perform tasks in cold chambers or are responsible for restocking refrigerated storage areas, such as dairy cases or freezer cabinets, will receive a cold work allowance of $0.29 per hour while engaged in such duties.
• Freezer Allowance: In addition to the Fridge Allowance mentioned above, Woolworths team members who are required to work in a cold chamber with temperatures below 0°C will receive a Freezer Allowance of $0.44 per hour (a total of $0.73 per hour) while engaged in tasks such as cleaning, de-frosting, or rearranging stock within a back-of-house freezer room.

First aid allowance

Transport allowance

Recall allowance

• Call Back to Work: If a Woolworths team member is called back to work before or after completing their normal rostered shift or on a non-working day due to unforeseen emergencies or tasks like resetting an alarm, they will be paid for all hours worked at the appropriate rate.
• Minimum Payment: On each occasion of being called back to work, the team member will receive a minimum payment of 3 hours.
• Calculation of Time Worked: The time worked will be calculated from the moment the team member leaves home until they return home, taking the most direct route.
• Providing Evidence: Woolworths may require team members to provide evidence of the time taken for the call back to work.

Higher duties allowance

If engaged for 2 hours or less during 1 day or shift on duties carrying a higher rate than their ordinary classification, the team member is to be paid the higher rate for the time they worked on those duties only.

Liquor licence allowance

Broken Hill allowance

When Overtime Is Worked

Casual Employees (% of minimum hourly rate of pay ; inclusive of casual loading)

Monday to Saturday -first 3 hours

Monday to Saturday-after 3 hours

225%

275%

Time of ordinary hours worked

150%

Saturday-all ordinary hours

Sunday-all ordinary hours

175%

250%

Meal allowance

• work overtime of more than 1 hour; without at least 24 hours’ notice; cannot reasonably return home for a meal
• $20.01 per occasion
• overtime exceeds 4 hours
• $18.14 per occasion

Special clothing allowance

• $6.25 per week for a full-time employee
• $1.25 per shift for a part-time or casual employee

Motor vehicle allowance

• $0.91 for each kilometre travelled

Cold work allowance

• $0.32 per hour while cold chambers or to stock or refill refrigerated storages
• $0.50 per hour while cold chamber below 0℃

• $12.23 per week

Liquor licence allowance

• $29.17 per week

Broken Hill

• $1.06 per hour

Wages

• Minimum 8% wage increase per year of the agreement
• Adult rates payable at 18 years of age

Allowances & Classifications

• First aid allowance extended to mental health first aiders ($12.23/week)
• New weekly technology and data allowance of $8.43
• Higher pay for assistant department managers (Level 5 rate)
• Higher pay for department managers with 10+ team members
• Higher pay for self-serve checkout supervisors

Work & Care  – Rostering

• 4-day work week option for full-time and part-time (averaging 5 days/week)
• Minimum 15 hours/week for part-time, 4-hour daily engagement
• 4-hour minimum engagement for casual team members

Leave

• 5 weeks annual leave with 17.5% loading and penalty rates
• Personal leave payout into superannuation on termination
• Increase in days not requiring evidence for personal leave