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Section : 1.12 Meaning of pieceworker
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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- (1) For paragraph 21 (1) (c) of the Act, this regulation prescribes a class of award/agreement free employees as pieceworkers. Note Under paragraph 21 (1) (c) of the Act, a pieceworker is an award/agreement free employee who is in a class of employees prescribed by the regulations as pieceworkers.
- (2) The class is award/agreement free employees who:
- (a) are paid a rate set by reference to a quantifiable output or task; and
- (b) are not paid a rate set by reference to a period of time worked. Examples of rates set by reference to a quantifiable output or task 1 A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of articles produced. 2 A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of kilometres travelled.
- 3 A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of articles delivered.
- 4 A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of articles sold.
- 5 A rate of pay calculated by reference to the number of tasks performed.