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Some awards and registered agreements have pay rates based on years of experience.

Awards and agreements can provide for pro-rata calculations to work out experience for part-time and casual employees.

What if the award or agreement doesn’t say how to calculate experience?

Years of experience is based on time worked in the industry.

The time calculated is the same for full-time, part-time and casual employees.

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