New pay rates for techies and performers

Tue, 12 Jan 2010, 01:31 am

Na13 posts in thread

"From January 1st, everyone is now under an award. Technicians, floor crew, musicians, strippers. Everyone. Suddenly everyone working behind the scenes in entertainment is covered by a national minimum award wage system. The Fair Work Act provided simplified awards from January 1st 2010 to all workers including those not unionised. This somewhat radical change affects all industries, and has seen 1,700 federal and state awards condensed into around 120 ‘modern awards’. For those covered by an enterprise agreement or contract, then life remains the same â€“ provided they are not worse off under the new award. So the new award really is the bottom pay, and everyone will quickly come to know what they should get. The devil is in the detail. If you are not currently covered by either an award or an enterprise agreement, then your minimum rates of pay are affected from January 1st." Complete article here: http://theatretechgeek.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/new-pay-rates-2010/ ... Seems the new pay rates are also based on your level of qualifications, not just on what you're hired to do... (Lucky for me I have a Dip., otherwise I'd get low rates!)

While I don't disagree

Fri, 15 Jan 2010, 11:33 am

JoeMc

While I don't disagree Noel, but on the other side of the fence I do agree with having an Albion [all be one] award system. For far too long theatre management has been duck shoving theatre employees between State & Federal Awards depending upon which was cheaper on a given day.

I hope they have taken into consideration the question of 'Time In Lue' & all it's inherant problems as well.

I remember being given an edict once about TIL from management. Being that as overtime &/or penalities were not regarded as part of the eqation, all TIL acrued could only be considered as a benefit to the employee. Thus of no monitory value to the management or the worker & any outstanding amount will be zerod each year. So my efforts of perfoming 20 weeks flat rate worth of work that year & previously TIL acrued, was all valued @ nowt? [That's all another story]

I like the qualification provisions as that will put up the weight of the golden eagle, but it might have an adverse effect. {"For every action, there is an opposite & equal reaction'}

Thread (13 posts)

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New pay rates for techies and performers— Na12 Jan 2010

My goodness— Rapunzel12 Jan 2010
- When?— Labrug12 Jan 2010
EBA— Rapunzel12 Jan 2010
- Emotional— Labrug12 Jan 2010
This is horrifying news— Noel Christian12 Jan 2010
- While I don't disagree— JoeMc15 Jan 2010
  - Sharp enough for all the heads— Noel Christian15 Jan 2010
    - Wye aye 'n thanks mate!— JoeMc16 Jan 2010
      - ···
        Good— Noel Christian16 Jan 2010
Just to let some of you— Walter Plinge12 Jan 2010
- Nice try Daniel— Labrug12 Jan 2010
- Oh yummy - another troll!— Noel Christian12 Jan 2010

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