QHA_August-2021-Digital

Wesley Davey
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
• Marine Tourism and Charter Vessels Award 2020
• Nursery Award 2020
• Racing Clubs Events Award 2020
• Racing Industry Ground Maintenance Award 2020
• Registered and Licensed Clubs Award 2020
• Restaurant Industry Award 2020
• Sporting Organisations Award 2020
• Travelling Shows Award 2020
• Wine Industry Award 2020.
Interestingly, the Panel decided that exceptional
circumstances existed to delay the increase to the
General Retail Industry Award 2020 but only until 1
September 2021.
The 2.5% increase applied to all other modern
awards from the first full pay period commencing
on or after 1 July 2021.
National Minimum Wage
For those employees who are not covered by a
modern award or agreement:
• The NMW increased to $772.60 per week for a
full-time employee or $20.33 per hour.
• The increase represented a weekly increase of
$18.80 per week or 49 cents per hour to the NMW.
The NMW increase took effect from the first full pay
period commencing on or after 1 July 2021.
What about registered workplace agreements?
The 2.5% increase in the Decision might impact
the minimum wages payable under an enterprise
agreement, collective agreement or certified
agreement (‘Agreement’). This will almost certainly
be the case for an Agreement that has passed its
nominal expiry date.
The base rate of pay in an Agreement must be
at least equal to the corresponding base rate in
the relevant modern award – for the equivalent
classification. This means that the rate before any
loading must be the same as the modern award rate.
The QHA can help by assessing an Agreement,
undertaking the necessary calculations, and
preparing updated wage schedules.
For Agreements drafted by the QHA a set fee of
$340.00 (inc GST) applies. This fee includes the
updating of up to 5 wage schedules. A higher fee
will apply for a larger number of wage schedules.
For Agreements drafted by an external party, the
QHA can still assist to update the Agreements
wage schedules. Please contact the QHA for more
information and an estimate of fees.
Non QHA members can also access this service at
the non-member consultancy rate of $275.00 plus
GST per hour.
QHA Wage Sheets
The QHA prepares wage rates and allowances
guides for a select number of modern awards,
accessible to members at www.qha.org.au.
These are already available for modern awards with
a 1 July operative date.
For those awards with a delayed operative date,
such as the Hospitality Industry (General) Award
2020, the updated wage sheets will be available
closer to 1 November 2021.
QHA members seeking more information or
wishing to discuss a specific employment relations
matter are encouraged to contact the Employment
Relations Department for a confidential discussion
by calling (07) 3221 6999 or emailing er@qha.org.au.
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