Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01222:clause:1_501a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01222
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 501A
Character Range: 8898–10432

501A  Supported Wage System—minimum wage

 (1) For the purposes of Schedule 1A, the Commission may, by order, determine that the Supported Wage System applies to the employment of employees within a work classification.

Note: The Supported Wage System was endorsed by the Commission in the Full Bench decision dated 10 October 1994 (print L5723).

 (2) If the Commission makes an order under subsection (1), the minimum wage for the purposes of Schedule 1A for employees whose wages are set under the Supported Wage System is the supported wage rate worked out in accordance with the Supported Wage System and not the relevant minimum wage otherwise applicable to those employees under paragraph 1(1)(c) of that Schedule.

 (3) If the Supported Wage System requires a supported wage rate to be worked out by reference to another wage rate, then, for the purposes of subsection (2), the supported wage rate is to be worked out by reference to the minimum wage that would otherwise apply to those employees under paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 1A.

 (4) The Commission may only make an order under subsection (1) on application by:
 (a) an employee, or group of employees, within the work classification; or
 (b) an employer of such an employee or group of employees; or
 (c) the Minister; or
 (d) an organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests of one or more of the employees within the work classification; or
 (e) an organisation of which an employer of employees within the work classification is a member.