Follow these steps to work out which award covers a recycling business:
- Identify the industry of the business and the materials being recycled. This helps to identify which industry award can cover the employer.
- If there’s an industry award that covers the employer, consider the duties of the employee and whether there’s a classification that applies to the employee.
- If there’s more than one industry award, choose the award that best covers the employee’s job duties and where the employee works.
Some awards which cover recycling activities include:
- Manufacturing Award
- Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award
- Timber Award
- Waste Award
References
Modern Awards Review 2012 - two year review of all modern awards - Waste Management Award 2010 [2013] FWC 10151 - talks about how to identify award coverage of recycling activities.
What to do next
- Find out more about industry and occupation awards at About awards
- Our Award classifications page covers how to read and apply classification descriptions in awards
- We also have Award summaries of who is and isn’t covered by awards
- Ask our virtual assistant, Frankie, a question from our Contact us page.
