JBS Primo Wacol Enterprise Agreement 2019 EXPLANATION OF TERMS AND EFFECT 21 OCTOBER 2019 - UPDATED
Part rt 2 - Appli licatio ion and Operatio ion • Agreement applies to Primo Foods Pty Ltd and all employees at Primo facilities in Wacol covered by the classifications (ie not agreement free managers). • Agreement will apply to AMIEU and BFUE who have been bargaining representatives for union members during the process. • Agreement will apply from beginning of first pay period that occurs 7 days after Fair Work Commission approval . • Nominal expiry date of Agreement is 11 April 2021 but the Agreement operates until it is replaced by a new agreement (or terminated). • Agreement is read in conjunction with the National Employment Standards (NES) in the Fair Work legislation which set out 10 minimum standards of employment for all Australian employees eg annual leave, parental leave. An enterprise agreement cannot provide lesser entitlements than the NES so the NES will prevail over the Agreement if there is any inconsistency. • Copies of the NES are available from the Primo HR Office. • Agreement no longer incorporates the terms of the Meat Industry Award. Instead the Company has included additional Award provisions in the Agreement itself so that all the terms are contained in one document. • Objectives and employee obligations under the Agreement are unchanged.
Part rt 4 – Cla Classif ific icatio ion St Stru ructure & Part rt 5 - Wages Production employees • 2% increase from the date of Approval of the Agreement by the FWC Classification From date of From 13 April • Further 2% increase from 13 April 2020 Level approval by FWC 2020 Hourly Hourly • Rates based on a 38 hour week 1 $19.96 $20.36 2 $20.96 $21.38 • T1 classification is the old Level 7 3 $21.85 $22.29 • No Level 8 roles or pay rates 4 $22.90 $23.36 5 $24.02 $24.50 • All rates are at least 2.4% above Award with Level 4 6 $25.26 $25.76 and higher classifications well above Award P1 $26.41 $26.94 (9% - 21%) • Transitional employees will continue to get their old site rate if it is higher than the above rate for their classification
Part rt 4 – Cla Classif ific icatio ion St Stru ructure & Part rt 5 - Wages Level Description Production employees Level 1 1. Process Worker 2. Cleaner Level 2 1. Process Worker • Classifications of production Job Roles are set out in Agreement 2. Cleaner who has achieved competency and/or has knowledge of IP handling procedures, safe work and shown in the table practices, chemical handling, hygiene and sanitation procedures and has demonstrated required standard in relation to quality, output and reliability. • Cashin operator removed from Level 4 Level 3 1. Waste Room Operative 1. Peeler Operator 2. Cooks Assistant 2. Breaker Operator 3. Grinder Operator 3. Despatch Packer Palletiser 4. Traying Operator 4. Senior Process Worker • Level 7 & 8 roles have been removed 5. Laundry Assistant Level 4 1. Water Thaw Operator 1. Massage Operator 2. Cook Tank Operator 2. Chiller Operator • New Level P1 role 3. Microwave Operator 3. Finished Goods Despatcher 4. Mincer and Guillotine Operator 4. VS90 Operator 5. Thaw Massage Operator 5. 8300 Operator • No other changes to classifications Level 5 1. Blender Operator 1. Tally Clerk 2. Brine Mixer Operator 2. Cookhouse Operator 3. Batching System Operator 3. Filler Operator • General descriptors of each classification are set out in the 4. Smallgoods Line Preparation 4. Dicer Operator 5. Meat Trimmer (Hand or Mechanical) 5. Multivac Operator Agreement 6. Utility Cutter Operator 6. Slicer Operator 7. Bulk Line Filler Operator 7. Quality Checker 8. Despatch Operator • Employees classified at a higher level under a previous enterprise Level 6 1. Bowl Cutter Operator 1. Injector Operator agreement will keep their higher classification (unless they are 2. Power Cure Operator 2. Senior Filler Operator 3. Senior Cookhouse Operator 3. Band Saw Operator assessed as not competent) 4. Maturing and Greening Room Operator 4. Pack Line Operator 5. Boner 5. Senior Slicer Operator Level P1 1. AS400 Specialist 1. Quality Assurance Technician
Part rt 4 – Cla Classif ific icatio ion str tructure & Part rt 5 - Wag ages Classification From date of From 13 April Warehouse & Warehouse clerical employees Level approval by FWC 2020 Average hourly Average • 2% increase from the date of approval by the FWC rate hourly rate • Further 2% increase from 13 April 2020 1 $20.60 $21.01 2 $21.62 $22.06 • Weekly rates are based on 40 rostered hours per week (38 ordinary 3 $22.60 $23.06 hours plus 2 additional hours) and averaged to get an hourly rate 4 $23.72 $24.19 5 $24.53 $25.02 • Average hourly rate is still used as the ordinary hourly rate for leave 6 $25.57 $26.08 entitlements, calculation of overtime & shift allowances etc. A reference in the Agreement to “ordinary rate of pay” means the average rate of pay for Warehouse or Warehouse Clerical employees Classification From date of From 13 • General descriptors for each classification are set out in Agreement Level approval by FWC April 2020 Average hourly Average • No changes to classification except new employees with a rate hourly rate forklift licence are now a Level 3 1 $23.38 $23.85 2 $24.18 $24.67 • All rates are at least 3% above Award with Level 4 and higher 3 $25.74 $26.26 classifications well above Award (8.5% to 17%)
Part rt 6 – All llowances Shift allowances • 15% premium for an afternoon shift (defined as a shift commencing at or after 1pm and finishing at or before midnight) • 30% premium for a night shift (defined as a shift finishing after midnight and at or before 9am) • Shift allowances are calculated based on your ordinary rate of pay • NEW – If you work an afternoon shift or night shift that does not continue for 5 consecutive days you will be paid a 50% premium for the first 3 hours of your shift and 100% premium for the remaining hours instead of the afternoon or night shift allowance • NEW – Change to treatment of shifts that start on a Friday night and finish on Saturday morning and those that start on Sunday night and finish on a Monday morning. You will be paid at overtime rates for the work before 6am on Saturday or any time on Sunday and the 30% premium for the rest of the shift. • Shift allowances are not paid on any overtime hours and are not used to calculate overtime payments or other penalties. NEW Early Start Allowance • Early Start = ordinary rostered shift that starts before 6am and is not a night shift • Production employees will receive an extra $6.22 per hour for work between 5am and 6am (and overtime rates for work before 5am) • Warehouse employees will receive an extra $5.82 per shift for a shift commencing at or after 4.30am and before 5am (and overtime rates for work before 4.30am). • Warehouse employees starting at 5am and Warehouse Clerical employees do not receive anything extra as the shift rate is high enough to compensate for the Early Start • Early Start Allowance does not apply to any overtime worked before 6am i.e. work done in addition to your rostered hours • Early Start Allowance will increase by 2% in 13 April 2020 when the wage rates go up
Part rt 6 – All llowances Other allowances Allowance description From date of approval From 13 April 2020 by FWC Leading hand allowance $2.81 per ordinary hour $2.87 per ordinary hour • All other allowances have increased and will increase again in April 2020 Meal allowance $14.70 per occasion $14.99 per occasion (1.5 hours overtime after end of rostered shift) • Most of them are now paid on an hourly basis for each ordinary First aid allowance $0.42 per ordinary hour $0.43 per ordinary hour hour worked rather a weekly basis Chilled space allowance $0.18 per ordinary hour $0.19 per ordinary hour (30 mins or more in temperature of 0 to 7 degrees) • All allowances are the same as or higher than the Freezer allowance $1.52 per ordinary hour $1.55 per ordinary hour corresponding allowances in the Meat Industry Award (30 mins or more in temperature of below 7 degrees) • There is no change to the eligibility criteria to receive an Forklift – more than 20 hours $0.65 per ordinary hour $0.67 per ordinary hour allowance Forklift – 20 hours or less $0.61 per ordinary hour $0.62 per ordinary hour Forklift – LF and LO $0.96 per ordinary hour $0.98 per ordinary hour On call – weekday night $6.00 per night $6.12 per night On call – public holiday $12.99 per public holiday $13.25 per public holiday On call – weekend $26.37 per weekend $26.90 per weekend
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