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FAIR WORK REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 112 OF 2009) - REG 1.12

Meaning of pieceworker

         (1)   For paragraph 21 (1) (c) of the Act, this regulation prescribes a class of award/agreement free employees as pieceworkers.

Note    Under paragraph 21 (1) (c) of the Act, a pieceworker is an award/agreement free employee who is in a class of employees prescribed by the regulations as pieceworkers.

         (2)   The class is award/agreement free employees who:

                (a)    are paid a rate set by reference to a quantifiable output or task; and

               (b)    are not paid a rate set by reference to a period of time worked. 

Examples of rates set by reference to a quantifiable output or task

1   A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of articles produced.

2   A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of kilometres travelled.

3   A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of articles delivered.

4   A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of articles sold.

5   A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of tasks performed.



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