Definition of found employees
Found employees are employees who are given up to 5 meals a day when they’re shearing or crutching. They're also provided with suitable accommodation.
Found employees deduction
An employer can deduct $42.05 each day from a shearer's pay.
Deducting the amount
The amount is deducted after any additional loadings have been applied to the base shearing rate.
Example
Suzanne is a casual found shearer who machine shears double-fleeced flock sheep and provides her own stud combs.
To work out her rate, Suzanne’s employer adds the piece rate for every 100 sheep she shears together with the loadings she gets for double flocked sheep and providing her own stud combs.
After her employer works out the total day's pay, Suzanne’s employer deducts $42.05 from the total rate.
References
All rates contained in this article are effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026.
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