| MA000070 PR740754 |
| FAIR WORK COMMISSION |
DETERMINATION |
Fair Work Act 2009
s.285—Annual wage review
Annual Wage Review 2021–22
(C2022/1)
CEMETERY INDUSTRY AWARD 2020
[MA000070]
Cemetery operations | |
JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT |
MELBOURNE, 28 JUNE 2022 |
Annual Wage Review 2021–22.
A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2021–22 on 15 June 2022 [[2022] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:
1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 14.1 and inserting the following:
Classification |
Minimum weekly rate
|
Minimum hourly rate |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
812.60 |
21.38 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
865.20 |
22.77 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
893.60 |
23.52 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
940.90 |
24.76 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
990.00 |
26.05 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
1016.90 |
26.76 |
2. By deleting the year “2021” in clause 14.7(b) and inserting “2022”.
3. By deleting the amount “$34.18” appearing in clause 16.2(b) and inserting “$35.75”.
4. By deleting the amount “$18.89” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(i) and inserting “$19.76”.
5. By deleting the amount “$41.38” appearing in clause 16.2(c)(ii) and inserting “$43.28”.
6. By deleting the amount “$10.79” appearing in clause 16.2(d) and inserting “$11.29”.
7. By deleting the amount “$80.06” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(i) and inserting “$83.74”.
8. By deleting the amount “$96.25” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(ii) and inserting “$100.68”.
9. By deleting the amount “$160.11” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iii) and inserting “$167.48”.
10. By deleting the amount “$80.06” appearing in clause 16.2(e)(iv) and inserting “$83.74”.
11. By deleting the table appearing in clause 16.2(f) and inserting the following:
Age of grave since last burial (years) | ||||
5 but less |
10 but less |
25 but less |
more | |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ | |
per occasion |
81.86 |
61.16 |
40.46 |
20.70 |
12. By deleting the amount “$48.57” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(i) and inserting “$50.81”.
13. By deleting the amount “$24.29” appearing in clause 16.2(g)(ii) and inserting “$25.40”.
14. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.1 and inserting the following:
|
Ordinary hours |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate1 | ||
|
100% |
250% |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
22.32 |
55.80 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
23.71 |
59.28 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
24.46 |
61.15 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
25.70 |
64.25 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
26.99 |
67.48 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
27.70 |
69.25 |
15. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.2.2 and inserting the following:
|
Monday to Saturday |
Monday to Saturday |
Sunday |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate1 | ||||
|
150% |
200% |
200% |
250% |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
33.48 |
44.64 |
44.64 |
55.80 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
35.57 |
47.42 |
47.42 |
59.28 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
36.69 |
48.92 |
48.92 |
61.15 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
38.55 |
51.40 |
51.40 |
64.25 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
40.49 |
53.98 |
53.98 |
67.48 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
41.55 |
55.40 |
55.40 |
69.25 |
16. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.3.1 and inserting the following:
|
Ordinary hours |
Public holiday |
% of ordinary hourly rate 1 | ||
|
125% |
275% |
$ |
$ | |
Cemetery Employee Class 1 |
27.90 |
61.38 |
Cemetery Employee Class 2 |
29.64 |
65.20 |
Cemetery Employee Class 3 |
30.58 |
67.27 |
Cemetery Employee Class 4 |
32.13 |
70.68 |
Cemetery Employee Class 5 |
33.74 |
74.22 |
Cemetery Employee Class 6 |
34.63 |
76.18 |
17. By deleting the amount “$899.50” appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting “$940.90”.
18. By deleting the table appearing in clause C.1.1 and inserting the following:
Allowance |
Clause |
% of standard rate |
$ |
Payable |
Industry allowance1 |
16.2(b) |
3.8 |
35.75 |
per week |
Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of 2 to 6 employees |
16.2(c)(i) |
2.1 |
19.76 |
per week |
Leading hand—Class 5 and above—in charge of more than 6 employees |
16.2(c)(ii) |
4.6 |
43.28 |
per week |
First aid allowance |
16.2(d) |
1.2 |
11.29 |
per week |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days or less |
16.2(e)(i) |
8.9 |
83.74 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days to 7 years and arterially embalmed and sealed in approved container |
16.2(e)(ii) |
10.7 |
100.68 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for 14 days to 7 years and not arterially embalmed and sealed in approved container |
16.2(e)(iii) |
17.8 |
167.48 |
per body |
Exhumation allowance—body buried for more than 7 years |
16.2(e)(iv) |
8.9 |
83.74 |
per body |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—5 to 10 years |
16.2(f) |
8.7 |
81.86 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—10 to 25 years |
16.2(f) |
6.5 |
61.16 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—25 to 50 years |
16.2(f) |
4.3 |
40.46 |
per occasion |
Lift and deepen allowance—age of grave since last burial—more than 50 years |
16.2(f) |
2.2 |
20.70 |
per occasion |
Excavation allowance—first body |
16.2(g)(i) |
5.4 |
50.81 |
for first body |
Excavation allowance—each additional body from the same grave |
16.2(g)(ii) |
2.7 |
25.40 |
per additional body |
B. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 2022. In accordance with s.286(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2022.
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