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!)

Sharp enough for all the heads

Fri, 15 Jan 2010, 06:02 pm

Noel Christian

Gaafa,

I'm not sure I understand all the detail of your story, but it sounds to me like you should have gone in with an axe in both hands to get your entitlements. If the situation arises again, call on me - I will stand beside you - swinging iron, until all the heads have rolled.

My fear is that the award - any award - will increase rather than decrease the abuses under which you suffered.

Among the many reasons I despise mainstream theatre is the damage it has done its staff, all in the interests of social justice and fair play and equity and any other piece of slimy nonsense that the industrial regulatory system has given. There is real hated here, and I should stop writing now...

Noël Christian

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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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