FAIR WORK COMMISSION INCREASES MINIMUM AWARD RATES OF PAY & ALLOWANCES

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1 VICTORIA, TASMANIA, NSW, ACT & QLD FAIR WORK COMMISSION INCREASES MINIMUM AWARD RATES OF PAY & ALLOWANCES ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC & COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTING AWARD 2010 s and allowances contained in this bulletin apply to award covered employees employed in NSW, ACT, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania In its Annual Wage Review decision handed down on 6 June 2017, the Fair Work Commission s Expert Panel increased award minimum rates of pay by 3.3 percent and applied a flat rate increase to some expense-related award allowances, effective from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 July A revised wage schedule is attached. Please note that these adjusted rates of pay and allowances do not apply where you have in place an enterprise agreement that replaces the award. For up-to-date information and advice regarding award rates of pay and allowances please contact NECAs Industrial Relations on This wage rate bulletin contains a summary of the Award rates of pay and allowances as provided by the decisions of the Fair Work Commission. Whilst every care has been exercised in the preparation of the information contained herein, NECA expressly excludes any liability to a user for damages incurred as a result of reliance upon the information contained herein.

2 Award rates of pay (gross) for electrical workers - to apply from the ffpp to commence on or after 1 July 2017 Grade ow n ow n Total ow n () Casual 25% ow n ow n 1 ow n 2 Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade 5 Unlicensed Grade 5 Licensed Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Where the job site is up to 50 km from the nominated registered office and the employee starts and/or finishes on site and provides his/her own transport, an allowance of $18.80 per day applies. This allowance is not paid when an employee starts and finishes at the office. 2 Where the job site is up to 50 km from the nominated registered office and the employee starts and / or finishes on site and is provided with transport by the employer, an allowance of $3.37 per day applies. Not paid when an employee starts and finishes at the office.

3 Award rates of pay (gross) for apprentices who commenced their apprenticeship prior to 1 January to apply from the ffpp to commence on or after 1 July st 40% nd 52% rd 70% th 82% Award rates of pay (gross) for apprentices (other than adults) who commenced their apprenticeship on or after 1 January 2014 and have completed 12 to apply from the ffpp to commence on or after 1 July 2017 (Complete d 12) License ow ow ow 1 st 55% nd 65% rd 70% th 82%

4 Award rates of pay (gross) for apprentices (other than adults) who commenced their apprenticeship on or after 1 January 2014 and have NOT completed 12 - to apply from the ffpp to commence on or after 1 July 2017 (Completed 12) License ow ow ow 1 st 50% nd 60% rd 70% th 82% Award rates of pay (gross) for apprentices (adults) who commenced their apprenticeship on or after 1 January to apply from the ffpp to commence om or after 1 July 2017 W/ ow n ow n 1 ow n 2 1 st 80% nd EW rd EW th EW Section 206 of the Fair Work Act 2009 requires that the base rate of pay under an enterprise agreement must not be less than the modern award rate of pay. Therefore, apprentice rates of pay that are contained within enterprise agreements should be checked to determine whether the new award rates that apply to apprentices commencing apprenticeships on or after 1 January 2014 will be higher. Employers will be required to pay the highe r of either the enterprise agreement or modern award rates that apply to apprentices. This will also be the same for adult apprentices.

5 owances % of EW5 $ 17.2 (a) owance per week 3.7% (b) owance per week (c) owance per week 3.6% (d) Leading Hands owance per week In charge of: 3-10 employees 4.3% employees 6.0% More than % (f) Distribution & Tree Clearance owance per week 7.7% (a) owance per week 3.7% (e) Nominee owance per week 9.2% Special owances 17.4(a)(iii) Multi-storey owance per hour 0-15 floors 2.6% floors 3.2% floors 4.9% floors 6.2% 1.32 More than 60 floors 7.9% (c)(i) Towers owance per hour 3.2% Availability for Duty per week 8.8% (b) First Aid owance per week 2.1% (b)(i) for order materials per week 2.0% (b)(ii) for order materials per day 0.4% (a)(i) Meal owance (c) Time owance per day (d) Start / Finish on job 17.5 (d)(i) Job Site up to 50km from office (d)(ii) Job Site > 50km allowance + travel time (d)(iii) Provided with transport (a)(iii) Living away from home (a)(iii) Meals while travelling (f) Motor Vehicle owance per km (c)(i) Compensation for loss of tools