2025 WAIRC 00529
Earth Moving and Construction Award

27. - WAGES

The minimum rate of wage to be paid to and received by all employees shall be as follows:


CLASSIFICATION
RATE PER WEEK$
ARBITRATED SAFETY NET ADJUSTMENT$
TOTAL RATE PER WEEK$
PART 1




(a)
Engine Driver operating winch from pile driving rig net on pile driving

384.60
568.40
953.00
(b)
All stationary steam engine drivers whose work requires first or second class certificate

392.90
563.70
956.60
(c)
All other stationary steam engine drivers whose work requires third class certificate

379.70
573.30
953.00
(d)
Drivers of Internal Combustion Engines –




(i) if under 250 b.h.p.
388.50
564.50
953.00

(ii) if 250 b.h.p. or over
395.70
564.50
960.20
(e)
Locomotive fireman
379.20
573.80
953.00
(f)
Boiler Attendant -




(i) attending one boiler


953.00

(ii) attending two boilers
377.40
575.60
953.00
(g)
Driver of steam crane
386.10
566.90
953.00
(h)
Scotch Derrick power crane
405.30
567.40
972.70
(i)
Compressor driver over 30 h.p.
373.70
579.30
953.00
(j)
Driver of Wayne Road Sweeper
397.60
565.10
962.70






(k) Additions to margins, an Engine Driver engaged under this Part, as hereinafter specified shall have his/her marginal rate increased as follows:

(i)
Attending to electric generator or alternator exceeding 10 k.w. capacity
18.55
(ii)
Attending to refrigerator compressor or compressors
18.55
(iii)
Engine Driver in charge of plant
18.55
(iv)
Engine Driver in charge of switchboard of 350 k.w. capacity or more
5.85
(v)
Crane Drivers engaged on building construction or demolition
17.10

PART 2 - Mechanical Equipment


CLASSIFICATION
RATE PER WEEK Inclusive of $15.90Industry Allowance $
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment$
TOTAL RATE PER WEEK $





Group 1

403.10
566.50
969.60
(a)
Operator lance type hand sprayer



(b)
Operator aggregate dryer



(c)
Operator pre-mix drag spreader



(d)
Operator aggregate belt spreader



(e)
Operator of joint inserting machine



(f)
Operator concrete spray curing machine, self-propelled




(g)
Operator pneumatic tyre tractor without power operated attachments, up to and including 15 kW net engine power








Group 2

408.60
568.10
976.70
(a)
Operator crawler tractor without power operated attachments up to and including Class M4




(b)
Operator crawler tractor with power operated attachments Class M2




(c)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor without power operated attachments above 15 kW up to and including 60kW net engine power. (This includes tilting or one man hitch trailer.)




(d)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor with power operated attachments, up to and including 15 kW net engine power




(e)
Operator rear and bottom dump to and including 2 cubic metres struck capacity




(f)
Operator back hoe self powered (not self propelled)




(g)
Operator roller powered, under 8 tonnes




(h)
Operator roller powered, vibrating, under 4 tonnes




(i)
Operator trenching machine of the small Ditch Witch type




(j)
Operator bitumen sprayer



(k)
Screed operator, asphalt power



(l)
Mixer operator, asphalt plant (capacity of less than 10 tonnes of hot mix per hour)




(m)
Operator concrete spreader, powered, self propelled
,



(n)
Operator concrete finisher, powered, self propelled




(o)
Operator concrete finisher, powered, hand propelled




(p)
Second-driver - navvy and dragline or dredge type excavator








Group 3

421.70
571.80
993.50
(a)
Operator crawler tractor without power operated attachments Class M5 up to and including Class M10




(b)
Operator crawler tractor with power operated attachments Class M3 up to and including Class M5




(c)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor without power operated attachments above 60kW up to and including 150 kW net engine power




(d)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor with power operated attachments above 15kW up to and including 60kW net engine power (not including tilting or one person hitch trailer)




(e)
Operator drawn grader



(f)
Operator trenching machine, chain type up to and including 1.5 metre depth or up to and including 300 mm width




(g)
Operator pile driver (power operated winch)




(h)
Operator rear and bottom dump of capacity above 2 cubic metres struck capacity up to and including 15 cubic metres struck capacity




(i)
Driver of bitumen sprayer



(j)
Operator Aggregate Loader (Country Roads Board, Victoria Model)




(k)
Operator asphalt paver



(l)
Mixer operator, asphalt plant (capacity of more than 10 tonnes of hot mix per hour)




(m)
Operator roadroller, powered, 8 tonnes and up to 20 tonne
s



(n)
Operator roadroller, powered, 8 tonnes and up to 25 tonnes




(o)
Operator roadroller, powered, vibrating ,4 tonnes and over




(p)
Locomotive driver - petrol, oil, pneumatic or electric driven (if carrying passengers an additional rate of 60¢)




(q)
Operator crawler loader up to and including 500 kg mass (See note 3)




(r)
Operator pneumatic tyred loader up to and including 30 kW net








Group 4

430.70
574.60
1005.30
(a)
Operator crawler tractor without power operated attachments above Class M10 up to and including Class M30




(b)
Operator crawler tractor with power operated attachments above Class M5 up to and including Class M15




(c)
Operator grader power operated, below 35 kW net engine power




(d)
Operator excavator up to and including 0.5 cubic metres




(e)
Operator trenching machine ladder type, depth greater than 1.5 metres up to 2.4 metres and width above 300 mm up to 450 mm and bucket wheel trencher with equivalent capacity in cubic metres per hour




(f)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor with power operated attachments above 60 kW up to and including 150 kW net engine power




(g)
Operator self powered scraper up to and including 100 cubic metres struck capacity




(h)
Operator rear and bottom dump above 15 cubic metres struck capacity up to and including 30 cubic metres struck capacity




(i)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor without power operated attachments above 150 kW up to and including 500 kW net engine power




(j)
Operator crawler loader above 5 000 kg mass up to and including 15 000 kg mass (See note 3)




(k)
Operator pneumatic tyred loader above 30 kW up to and including 105 kW net engine power




(l)
Operator roadroller, powered, over 25 tonnes




(m)
Operator special track laying, fixing or levelling machine (employed on railway construction in W.A.)








Group 5

435.00
575.60
1010.60
(a)
Operator crawler tractor with power operated attachments above Class M15 and up to and including Class M30




(b)
Operator grader power operated 35 kW up to and including 70 kW net engine power




(c)
Operator pneumatic tyred tractor with power operated attachments above 150 kW up to and including 500 kW net engine power




(d)
Operator self powered scraper above 10 cubic metres struck capacity up to and including 20 cubic metres struck capacity




(e)
Operator excavator above 0.5 cubic metres up to and including 2.2 cubic metres. (This group including Gradall.)




(f)
Operator trenching machine ladder type, greater than 2.4 metres depth, and minimum 450 mm width and bucket wheel trench equivalent in cubic metres per hour




(g)
Operator rear and bottom dump above 30 cubic metres struck capacity up to and including 60 cubic metres struck capacity




(h)
Operator crawler loader above 15 000 kg mass and up to and including 30 000 kg mass (See note 3)




(i)
Operator pneumatic tyred loader over 105 kW up to and including 200 kW net engine power




(j)
Operator crawler tractor without power operated attachments above Class M30 up to and including 60 000 kg mass








Group 6

441.90
577.90
1019.80
(a)
Operator excavator above 2.2 cubic metres struck bucket capacity up to and including 5.5 cubic metres struck bucket capacity




(b)
Operator grader power operated above 75 kW up to and including 190 kW net engine power




(c)
Operated pneumatic tyred loader above 200 kW up to and including 500 kW net engine power




(d)
Operator crawler tractor with power operated attachment, above Class M30 up to and including 60 000 kg mass




(e)
Operator crawler loader above 30 000 kg mass up to and including 60 000 kg mass (See note 3)




(f)
Operator rear and bottom dump above 60 cubic metres struck capacity up to and including 120 cubic metres struck capacity




(g)
Operator self power scraper above 20 cubic metres 50 cubic metres struck capacity struck capacity up to and including




Special Work: A driver operating a tractor fitted with a blade and using such blade in breaking trail in heavy sidling country shall be paid an additional allowance of 8 cents per hour for each day or part of a day in which he/she is so occupied.

PART 2A - Mobile Crane Drivers

Operator of Mobile Crane with lifting capacity of:


CLASSIFICATION
TOTAL RATEPER WEEK Inclusive of $15.60Industry Allowance$
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment$
TOTAL RATE PER WEEK$
(i)
Up to 8 tonnes
426.70
573.50
1000.20
(ii)
In excess of 8 tonnes and not exceeding 15 tonnes
432.20
574.90
1007.10
(iii)
In excess of 15 tonnes and not exceeding 40 tonnes
438.20
576.60
1014.80
(iv)
In excess of 40 tonnes and not exceeding 80 tonnes
443.20
578.00
1021.20
(v)
In excess of 80 tonnes and not exceeding 100 tonnes
447.40
579.30
1026.70
(vi)
In excess of 100 tonnes and not exceeding 140 tonnes
453.40
581.00
1034.40
(vii)
In excess of 140 tonnes and not exceeding 180 tonnes
461.60
583.20
1044.80
(viii)
In excess of 180 tonnes and not exceeding 220 tonnes
471.40
592.30
1063.70
(ix)
In excess of 220 tonnes
485.30
597.60
1082.90






Note: Mobile cranes are defined as those mounted on a specially designed chassis or a lorry and capable of load manipulation, slewing, and travelling under their own power. Mobile cranes constructed as an attachment to or modification of a tractor, fall into the appropriate group for the tractor with power operated attachment.

The rates prescribed in Parts 2 and 2A of this Clause include an industry allowance as specified to compensate for the disabilities usually associated with earth moving and construction work.

1. (a) Crawler Tractors are classified in accordance with the proposed Australian Standard - "Classification of Crawler Tractor by Mass" as follows:

Class
Shipping Mass - Kilograms


M2
over 1000 up to 2000
M3
over 2000 up to 3000
M4
over 3000 up to 4000
M5
over 4000 up to 5000
M10
over 7000 up to 10000
M15
over 10000 up to 15000
M30
over 25000 up to 30000




(b) Crawler Tractors above 50 000 kg mass are classified as indicated in the wages table of this clause.

2. The classification of pneumatic tyred tractors and pneumatic tyred loaders is based on the proposed Australian Standard for Metric Tractor Classification.

3. Crawler Tractor front-end loaders are to be classified by using the mass of the tractor, including the loader attachment in lieu of the bare shipping mass.

4. Self propelled rollers are classified by mass complete, including maximum ballast.

5. Mobile cranes constructed as an attachment to or modification of a tractor, fall into the appropriate group for the tractor with power operated attachment.

6. Tractors without power operated attachment includes tractors:

(i) with power operated attachments not in use; and

(ii) with items which, although they have a power-unit of their own are not controlled by the operator of the tractor except for starting and stopping (for example - Drawn Vibrating Roller).

7. Back hoe when attached to a tractor shall be considered as a power operated attachment to the tractor.

8. Reference to bituminous surfacing equipment or Materials includes tar, sprayed work and hot mix work.

PART 3

Rates additional to and cumulative with any other rate specified for the employee:



Total Rate per Week $
(1)
Employee operating side loader (truck mounted)
1.37
(2)
Employee operating mechanical bucket type loader, truck or tractor mounted
1.37
(3)
Employee in charge of plant (as defined)
21.94

Employee in charge of plant means

(a) when two or more employees are employed at the plant at the one time, the employee who is invested with the superintendence and responsibility or who has to accept the superintendence and responsibility; or

(b) an employee who is invested with the superintendence and responsibility or who has to accept the superintendence and responsibility over one or more other employees; or

(c) when he/she is the only person of his/her class employed on the plant the employee who does the general repair work of the plant in addition to the work of operating, but not when he/she merely assists a fitter or engineer to do such work; or

(d) where shifts are worked the employee who is directed to carry out the general repair work of the plant in addition to the work of operating, but not when he/she merely assists a fitter or engineer to do such work.

Minimum Wage - Adult Males and Females:

(a) No employee aged 21 or more shall be paid less than the minimum adult award wage unless otherwise provided by this clause.

(b) The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more working under an award that provides for a 38-hour week is $953.00 per week.

The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more working under awards that provide for other than a 38-hour week is calculated as follows: divide $953.00 by 38 and multiply by the number of ordinary hours prescribed for a full-time employee under the award.

The minimum adult award wage is payable from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025.

(c) The minimum adult award wage is deemed to include all State Wage order adjustments from State Wage Case decisions.

(d) Unless otherwise provided in this clause adults aged 21 or more employed as casuals, part-time employees or piece workers or employees who are remunerated wholly on the basis of payment by results, shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum adult award wage according to the hours worked.

(e) Employees under the age of 21 shall be paid no less than the wage determined by applying the percentage prescribed in the junior rates provision in this award (if applicable) to the minimum adult award wage, provided that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.

(f) The minimum adult award wage shall not apply to apprentices, employees engaged on traineeships or government approved work placement programs or employed under the Commonwealth Government Supported Wage System or to other categories of employees who by prescription are paid less than the minimum award rate, provided that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.

(g) Liberty to apply is reserved in relation to any special category of employees not included here or otherwise in relation to the application of the minimum adult award wage.

(h) Subject to this clause the minimum adult award wage shall –

(i) Apply to all work in ordinary hours.

(ii) Apply to the calculation of overtime and all other penalty rates, superannuation, payments during any period of paid leave and for all purposes of this award.

(i) Minimum Adult Award Wage

The rates of pay in this award include the minimum weekly wage for employees aged 21 or more payable under the 2025 State Wage order. Any increase arising from the insertion of the minimum wage will be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to enterprise agreements, consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and over award arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

Increases under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset the minimum wage.

(j) Adult Apprentices

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, the minimum adult apprentice wage for a full-time apprentice aged 21 years or more working under an award that provides for a 38-hour week is $791.30 per week.

(ii) The minimum adult apprentice wage for a full-time apprentice aged 21 years or more working under an award that provides for other than a 38-hour week is calculated as follows: divide $791.30 by 38 and multiply by the number of ordinary hours prescribed for a full-time apprentice under the award.

(iii) The minimum adult apprentice wage is payable from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025.

(iv) Adult apprentices aged 21 years or more employed on a part-time basis shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum adult apprentice wage according to the hours worked.

(v) The rates paid in the paragraphs above to an apprentice 21 years of age or more are payable on superannuation and during any period of paid leave prescribed by this award.

(vi) Where in this award an additional rate is expressed as a percentage, fraction or multiple of the ordinary rate of pay, it shall be calculated upon the rate prescribed in this award for the actual year of apprenticeship.



APPENDIX I

(1) This Appendix shall apply to employees who perform work within the scope of the award on:

(a) the construction, erection, repair, renovation, maintenance, ornamentation or demolition of a large industrial undertaking or any large civil engineering project, or

(b) the construction, erection, repair, renovation, maintenance, ornamentation or demolition of any multistorey building.

In the event of any disagreement arising concerning the application of this Appendix the matter shall be referred to a Board of Reference for determination.

(2) In lieu of the rates of wage prescribed in Parts 2 and 2A of Clause 27. - Wages of this award the following rates shall apply:




Supplementary Payment
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment
Industry Allowance
Actual Weekly Rate(x52/50.4)
Special Allowance
Total Wage

$
$
$
$
$
$
$








Plant Operator Group 1








341.90
52.10
615.50
20.85
1063.10
7.70
1070.80
Bitumen Sprayer







Concrete Finisher, Powered








Concrete Spreader, Powered








Crawler Tractor With Power Operated Attachments (Up To And Including 2000kg Shipping Mass)








Dumper, Rear And Bottom (Up To And Including 2 Cubic Metres Struck Capacity)








Hand Sprayer, Lance Type Pneumatic Tyred Tractor With Power Operated Attachments (Up To And Including 15 Kw Net Engine Power








Roller (Under 8 Tonnes)








Roller, Vibrating (Under 4 Tonnes)







Second Driver, Navvy And Dragline Or Dredge Type Excavator
,







Trenching Machine (Small Ditch- Witch Type)















Plant Operator Group 2








367.20
52.10
621.80
20.85
1095.70
7.70
1103.40
Plant Sprayer (Driver)







Concrete paver







Crawler Loader (Up To And Including15 000 Kg Mass)








Crawler Tractor With Power Operated Attachments (Over 2000 Kg Up To And Including 15 000 Kg Shipping Mass)








Dumper, Rear And Bottom, (Above 2 Cubic Metres, Up To And Including 30 Cubic Metres Struck Capacity)








Excavator (Up To And Including 0.5 Cubic Metres Struck Capacity)








Grader (below 35 kW net engine power)








Locomotive (not carrying passengers)








Pile Driver







Pneumatic Tyred Loader (Up To And Including 105 Kw Net Engine Power)








Pneumatic Tyred Tractor With Power Operated Attachments (Above 15 Kw Up To And Including 150 Kw Net Engine Power)








Roller (8 tonnes and above)








Roller, Vibrating (4 Tonnes And Above)








Scraper (up to and including 10 cubic metres struck capacity)








Track Laying, Fixing Or Levelling Machine (Railway Construction)








Trenching machine (depth up to 2.4 metres, and width up to 450mm) and bucket wheel trencher with equivalent capacity in cubic metres per hour.















Plant Operator Group 3








381.00
52.10
623.20
20.85
1111.30
7.70
1119.00
Crawler Loader (Above 15 000 Kg Mass, Up To And Including 60 000 Kg Mass)








Crawler Tractor With Power Operated Attachments (Above 15 000 Kg Up To And Including 60 000 Kg Mass)








Dumper, rear and bottom (above 30 cubic metres, up to and including 120 cubic metres struck capacity)








Excavator (Above 0.5 Cubic Metres, Up To And Including 5.5 Cubic Metres Struck Capacity. (This Group Includes Gradall)
.







Grader. (35 Kw Up To And Including 190 Kw Net Engine Power)








Locomotive (Carrying Passengers)








Pneumatic Tyred Loader (Over 105 Kw Up To And Including 500 Kw Net Engine Power)








Pneumatic Tyred Tractor With Power Operated Attachments (Above 150 Kw Up To And Including 500 Kw Net Engine Power)








Scraper (Above 10 Cubic Metres, Up To And Including 50 Cubic Metres Struck Capacity)








Trenching Machine (Greater Than 2.4 Metres Depth And 450 Mm Width) And Bucket Wheel Trencher With Equivalent Capacity In Cubic Metres Per Hour.








Special Work: A driver operating a tractor fitted with a blade and using such blade in breaking trail in heavy sidling country shall be paid an additional allowance of 8 cents per hour for each day or part of a day in which he is so occupied.

Mobile Crane Operators

Operator of mobile crane with lifting capacity of:




Supplementary Payment
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment
Industry Allowance
Actual Weekly Rate(x52/50.4)
Special Allowance
Total Wage Rate


$
$
$
$
$
$
$









(i)
up to 8 tonnes
358.40
52.10
620.00
20.85
1084.70
7.70
1092.40









(ii)
in excess of 8 tonnes and not exceeding 15 tonnes
368.40
52.10
622.80
20.85
1097.90
7.70
1105.60









(iii)
in excess of 15 tonnes and not exceeding 40 tonnes
376.90
52.10
622.70
20.85
1106.60
7.70
1114.30









(iv)
in excess of 40 tonnes and not exceeding 80 tonnes
383.60
52.10
624.50
20.85
1115.40
7.70
1123.10









(v)
in excess of 80 tonnes and not exceeding 100 tonnes
388.70
52.10
625.70
20.85
1121.90
7.70
1129.60









(vi)
In excess of 100 tonnes and not exceeding 140 tonnes
396.30
52.10
627.80
20.85
1131.90
7.70
1139.60









(vii)
In excess of 140 tonnes and not exceeding 180 tonnes
406.30
52.10
630.60
20.85
1145.10
7.70
1152.80









(viii)
In excess of 180 tonnes and not exceeding 220 tonnes
419.70
52.10
637.50
20.85
1166.00
7.70
1173.70









(ix)
In excess of 220 tonnes
437.10
52.10
646.90
20.85
1193.70
7.70
1201.40

(3) (a) Supplementary Payment

Employees shall be paid an additional payment of $52.10 which shall be added to the base rate specified in subclause (2) hereof for the purpose of calculating the actual weekly rate.

(b) Arbitrated Safety Net Payment

Employees shall be paid arbitrated safety net payments (various see above table) which shall be added to the base rate specified in subclause (2) hereof for the purpose of calculating the actual weekly rate.

The rates of pay in this award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.

These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.

Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.

(4) Special Allowance

In addition to the base rate specified in subclause (2) hereof employees shall be paid for all purpose of the award a special allowance of $7.70 per week and such allowance shall not be altered as a consequence of wage indexation decisions.

(5) Industry Allowance

In addition to the rates specified in subclause (2) an industry allowance of $20.85 per week should be paid to all employees under this award to compensate for the disabilities usually associated with building and steel construction work.

(6) Actual Weekly Rate

The actual weekly rate shall be calculated by multiplying the sum of the appropriate amounts prescribed in subclause (2), paragraphs (3)(a) and (3)(b) and subclause (5) hereof by 52 on 50.4. This subtotal shall be rounded to the nearest ten cents and then have added to it the special allowance prescribed in subclause (4) hereof.

(7) Overaward Payment

For the purposes of this clause, overaward payment is defined as amount in rates of pay which an employee would receive in excess of the minimum award wage (ie base rate, arbitrated safety net and supplementary payment) as prescribed in this award for the classification in which such employee is engaged. Provided that this definition shall exclude overtime, shift allowances, penalty rates, expense related allowances, industry allowances, disability allowances, location allowances, special rates or allowances, responsibility allowances and any other ancillary payments of a like nature prescribed by this award.

(8) Allowances and Special Provisions

(a) Dirt Money

A dirt allowance of $0.49 per hour shall be payable in connection with work deemed to be more than ordinarily dirty; cases of dispute to be determined by the Board of Reference.

(b) Confined Space

Workers working in confined space shall be paid an allowance of $0.59 per hour. “Confined space” means one of which the dimensions are such that the workperson must work in an unusually stooped or cramped position or without adequate ventilation or where confinement within a limited place is productive of unusual discomfort to him/her.

(c) Wet Work

(i) Any worker working in water or “wet places” shall be paid an extra allowance of $3.84 per day or part of a day.

(ii) “Wet places” shall mean places where, in the performance of the work the splashing of water and mud saturate the worker’s clothing or where protection is not provided to prevent splashings or dripping sufficient to saturate his/her clothing, and shall include wet material or wet ground in which it is impracticable for the worker wearing ordinary working boots to work without getting wet feet. Provided that this clause shall not apply to workers working on wet surfaces made wet by rain.

(iii) In exceptional cases where the work is excessively wet and which are not covered by paragraph (ii) hereof, an extra allowance may be agreed upon, or failing agreement, determined by the Board of Reference.

(iv) Subject to paragraph (iii), the engineer in charge or the foreperson shall decide whether any allowance is payable under this clause.

(v) Workers called upon to work overtime in water or in wet places shall receive an extra $3.84 or the appropriate allowance fixed by the Board of Reference for each eight hours or portion thereof, of overtime worked and such allowance shall be treated as portion of the wage for the calculation of overtime. For all other purposes, the extra payment shall be deemed an allowance.

(d) A multi-storey allowance shall be paid to all employees to whom this Appendix applies engaged on site in the construction of a multi-storey building as defined in accordance with the following:-

From commencement of building to 15th floor level - 37 cents per hour extra.

From 16th floor level to 30th floor level - 47 cents per hour extra.

From 31st floor level to 45th floor level - 71 cents per hour extra.

From 46th floor level to 60th floor level - 91 cents per hour extra.

From 61st floor level onwards - $1.16 per hour extra.

For the purposes of this subclause a multi-storey building means a building which will, when complete, consist of 5 or more storey levels and any other structure which does not have regular storey levels but which exceeds 15 metres in height.