QTPA Member Alert | MODERN AWARDS – FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA (6/8/2012)

MODERN AWARDS – FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA

Turf Queensland has made a conscious decision not to be involved in the specialist area of industrial relations, however the following could be of benefit to the turf industry.

Over the past few months we have been requested to provide information on Wages and the Award for the Turf production industry.  Unfortunately it is not as easy as picking one Award and there are different awards that suit individual needs and purposes on different farms.  For example there is the:

• Gardening and landscape services award.
• Horticulture award.
• Nursery award.
• Pastoral award.
• Road transport award.

It is important that individual organisations check which “Modern Award” is applicable to you and which one you wish to apply.  That is part of the “Letter of Appointment” agreed between you and your employee both new and existing when this comes up for review.  The link below will allow you to do that just go to ‘Find an Award’ which is in alphabetical order.  “Modern Awards” all came into effect in 2010.

 http://www.fwa.gov.au/index.cfm?pagename=awardsfind

For inquiries about wages, award coverage or entitlements, the following link will be of benefit and there are many areas of interest on that page: Fair Work Ombudsman’s website

Jim Vaughan

Chief Executive Officer