WAGES & ALLOWANCES. for the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AWARD CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR AWARD FINANCIAL YEAR 1/ 7/13-30/6/14. (2.6% increase over 2012/2013)

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1 WAGES & ALLOWANCES for the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY & CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCIAL YEAR / 7/ - 0/6/4 (.6% increase over 0/0) Page of

2 Contents Sales - South Australia [Adult]... Sales Associate South Australia [Junior]...4 Sales - Northern Territory [Adult]...5 Sales Associate Northern Territory [Junior] South Australia [Adult] (other than sole trader/partnership SA)...7 Associate South Australia [Junior] (other than sole trader/partnership SA) Sole Trader / Partnership South Australia [Adult & Junior]...9 Associate Sole Trader/Partnership South Australia [Adult & Junior]...0 Northern Territory [Adult]... Associate Northern Territory [Junior]... Clerk South Australia [Adult]... Clerk South Australia [Junior]...4 Clerk Northern Territory [Adult]...5 Clerk Northern Territory [Junior]...6 ALLOWANCES...7 EXPLANATORY NOTES...0 WHICH AND WHICH TITLE?...0 MINIMUM ENTITLEMENTS FOR A SALESPERSON... MINIMUM ENTITLEMENTS FOR A PROPERTY MANAGER... Disclaimer... Page of

3 Sales - South Australia [Adult] A B C D E 4 REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Property Sales Associate Associate after 6 months Property Sales Representative , ,45.8 4,45.8 [amended 9/7/] , Property Sales Supervisor , Trainee Adult Property Sales Representative Cert IV Full Time Trainee Non-Adult Property Sales Representative Cert IV Full Time Trainee Property Sales Representative Cert IV Part Time Trainee Property Sales Associate Cert III N/A (cannot have a casual trainee) 9,54.0 Refer to the award or contact REEF Page of

4 Sales Associate South Australia [Junior] A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Property Sales Associate (PSA) 8 years 60% PSA 9 years 70% PSA 0 years 80% PSA after 6 months 8 years 60% PSA after 6 months 9 years 70% PSA after 6 months 0 years 80% ,570, , , , , , Page 4 of

5 Sales - Northern Territory [Adult] A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Property Sales Associate , Associate after 6 months Property Sales Representative , , Property Sales Supervisor , Trainee Adult Property Sales Representative Cert IV Full Time Trainee Non-Adult Property Sales Representative Cert IV Full Time Trainee Property Sales Representative Cert IV Part Time Trainee Property Sales Associate Cert III N/A (cannot have a casual trainee) 9,54.0 Refer to the award or contact REEF Page 5 of

6 Sales Associate Northern Territory [Junior] A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Property Sales Associate (PSA) 8 years 60% PSA 9 years 70% PSA 0 years 80% PSA after 6 months 8 years 60% PSA after 6 months 9 years 70% PSA after 6 months 0 years 80% , , , , , ,74.04 Page 6 of

7 - South Australia [Adult] (other than sole trader/partnership SA) A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY HOURL Y Property /Strata Associate Property /Strata Representative Property /Strata Supervisor , , ,.60 4 Trainees Contact REEF Page 7 of

8 Associate South Australia [Junior] (other than sole trader/partnership SA) A B F G H REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Associate 8 years 60% Associate 9 years 70% Associate 0 years 80% , , ,67.76 Page 8 of

9 - Sole Trader / Partnership South Australia [Adult & Junior] A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY ADULT x 0% Representative Supervisor Trainee , ,969.0 See Wage Level B of Schedule D, clause D.5. in the Real Estate Industry Award JUNIOR WAGES Junior employees to perform the work covered by this award will be entitled to the percentage of the applicable adult minimum weekly wage for their classification, as set out below: Age % of adult rate At 8 years 60% At 9 years 70% At 0 years 80% At years 00% Page 9 of

10 Associate Sole Trader/Partnership South Australia [Adult & Junior] A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Associate ADULT ,04.48 Associate 8 years 60% Associate 9 years 70% Associate 0 years 80% JUNIOR , , ,67.76 Page 0 of

11 Northern Territory [Adult] A B C D E REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Associate Representative Supervisor , , ,.60 4 Trainees Contact REEF Page of

12 Associate Northern Territory [Junior] A B F G H REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY Associate 8 years 60% Associate 9 years 70% Associate 0 years 80% , , , Page of

13 CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR Clerk South Australia [Adult] A B C D E OLD LEVEL Level Year Level Year ,40.0 Level Year Level Year ,0.60 Level Year Level Year , Level Year Level Year , Level Year Level Year , Level Level, st year , Level Level, nd year , Level 4 Level 4, st year Level 4 Level 4, nd year , Level 5 Level 5, st year ,4.48 Level 5 Level 5, nd year ,49.76 Page of

14 Clerk South Australia [Junior] Level Year s, & Junior Clerk South Australia CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR Level Year Level Year Level Year 6 yrs $8.04 $9.96 $8.5 $0.6 $8.56 $0.6 6 years $8.7 $0.79 $9.0 $.9 $9.4 $.58 7 years $0.45 $.95 $0.9 $.55 $. $ years $.9 $5. $.75 $5.8 $.07 $ years $.9 $7.7 $4.57 $8.06 $4.94 $ years $5.67 $9.4 $6.9 $0. $6.8 $0.84 Level Year s & Junior Clerk South Australia CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR Level Year Level Year 6 yrs $8.7 $0.8 $8.85 $ years $9.5 $.79 $9.65 $.97 7 years $.4 $4.4 $.58 $ years $. $6.50 $.5 $ years $5. $8.86 $5.44 $ years $7. $. $7.7 $.54 For Junior at Levels to 5 contact REEF for the wage. Not mentioned here because not often would a junior be a Level and above in a real estate office. Page 4 of

15 4 5 6 CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR Level Year Level Year Level Year Level Year Level Year Level Year 7 Level 8 Level Clerk Northern Territory [Adult] A B C D E OLD GRADE Grade, Year Grade, Year Grade, Year Grade, Year Grade, Year Grade, Year Grade, Year Grade, Year , , , , , , , , Level 4 Grade ,8.6 0 Level 5 Grade , Level 5 Grade ,4.7 Page 5 of

16 Clerk Northern Territory [Junior] Level Year s, & Junior Clerk Northern Territory CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR Level Year Level Year Level Year 6 yrs $8.8 $0.7 $8.60 $0.66 $8.8 $0.9 6 years $9.00 $.6 $9.5 $.60 $9.59 $.89 7 years $0.44 $.94 $0.86 $.46 $.4 $ years $.8 $5.0 $.67 $5.7 $.00 $ years $.9 $7.6 $4.48 $7.95 $4.85 $ years $5.66 $9.4 $6.9 $0.0 $6.7 $0.7 Level Year s & Junior Clerk Northern Territory CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR Level Year Level Year 6 yrs $8.97 $. $9.0 $.9 6 years $9.76 $.0 $9.90 $.8 7 years $. $4.05 $.50 $ years $. $6.9 $.4 $ years $5. $8.7 $5.4 $ years $6.99 $.07 $7.6 $.40 For Junior at Levels to 5 contact REEF for the wage. Not mentioned here because not often would a junior be a Level and above in a real estate office. Page 6 of

17 ALLOWANCES Motor Vehicle Allowance South Australia. Sales classifications full time $40 per week if required to use their own car. Part time or casual $.68 per hour capped at $40 per week. The car allowance for a full time sales trainee on a contract of training is $0 per week.. Property Sales Associate in the alternative $0.76 per kilometre.. Managers and Associates will not have an award car allowance until //5. Even so the employer should offer a reasonable allowance if the employee is required to use their own car. 4. Clerks must receive $0.76 per kilometre if required to use their own car for work duties. Northern Territory. Salespersons and Associates will not have an award car allowance until //5.. Managers and Associates will not have an award car allowance until //5. Even so the employer should offer a reasonable allowance if the employee is required to use their own car.. Clerks must receive $0.76 per kilometre if required to use their own car for work duties. Mobile Phone Reimbursement. For salespersons, property/strata managers and associates using their own mobile for work, under the award, no specific amount of reimbursement is prescribed; but if there is no reasonable amount for reimbursement offered by the employer and agreed, then the employer must pay ALL the costs of the mobile phone except private calls. For guidance somewhere around $0/wk is probably reasonable for a basic mobile and $0/wk where s and internet are required. The agreed amount of reimbursement must be agreed in writing.. For clerks the award does not mention an allowance for a mobile phone. Clerks are rarely required to use their own mobile for work and where they are should be offered some type of reimbursement based on usage. Standby/Callout Compensation for Managers & Associates. Standby is usually when a property/strata manager or associate is required to take/make phone calls after hours. Normally the issue would be fixed from the current location of the employee by use of the mobile phone. Page 7 of

18 . Callout is usually when a property/strata manager or associate is required to return to active duty after they have finished work. Normally the issue could not be fixed from the current location of the employee by use of the mobile phone and would require the employee to travel somewhere.. As with a mobile phone allowance there is no prescribed amount for compensation in the award but the compensation offered must be reasonable based on the anticipated amount of standby/callout and must be agreed in writing. 4. If no compensation amount is offered and agreed upon then all the hours spent on standby/callout, under the award, will be counted as ordinary hours. For example, a property manager finishes their 8 hour week at 5 pm on Friday and then is required by the employer to be on standby/callout for the weekend where no compensation amount is offered and agreed could claim payment for the whole weekend and that would get very expensive. 5. As a guide and based on the anticipated frequency of standby/callout maybe pick a figure somewhere between $500 and $,000 per annum and offer that compensation. 6. Compensation can a specific designated amount included in a salary or it can be offered as being paid separately. It is not unusual for standby/callout compensation to be included in a salary but how much of the salary is designated for standby/callout must be stated in writing. Uniform. If a salesperson, property/strata manager or associate is required to wear a uniform the employer must either provide it or pay for it. The employee is responsible laundering/dry cleaning. What constitutes the uniform is at the discretion of the employer but reasonableness would need to prevail on what is needed over the week and when items are being laundered or dry cleaned. The uniform remains the employer s property and must be returned when the employee leaves.. If a clerk is required to wear and launder a uniform any cost of the uniform must be reimbursed and the employee must be paid $.55 for laundry expenses per week. Meal Allowance. A clerk required to work for more than one and a half hours of overtime without being given 4 hours notice after the employee s ordinary time of ending work will be either provided with a meal or paid a meal allowance of $4.08. Where such overtime work exceeds four hours a further meal allowance of $.7 will be paid.. There is no meal allowance in the Real Estate Industry Award. First Aid Allowance. A clerk who has been trained to render first aid, is the current holder of appropriate first aid qualifications such as a certificate from St John Ambulance Australia or a similar body and is appointed by an employer to perform first aid duty must be paid a weekly allowance of.5% of the standard rate.. There is no first aid allowance in the Real Estate Industry Award. Page 8 of

19 Higher Duties Allowance. A clerk, when required to perform any of the duties in a classification higher than their usual classification for more than one day must be paid at least the rate which would be applicable if such duties were performed on a permanent basis.. There is no higher duties allowance in the Real Estate Industry Award. District Allowance. Northern Territory A clerk in the Northern Territory is entitled to payment of a district allowance in accordance with the terms of an award made under the Workplace Relations Act 996 (Cth): (i) (ii) that would have applied to the employee immediately prior to January 00, if the employee had at that time been in their current circumstances of employment and no agreement-based transitional instrument or enterprise agreement had applied to the employee; and that would have entitled the employee to payment of a district allowance.. There is no district allowance in South Australia. Page 9 of

20 EXPLANATORY NOTES. These wage sheets are the transitional wages as opposed to the actual award wage. If your intention is to pay the award minimum wage then you would pay the transitional wage as outlined in these wage sheets.. Transition wages disappear on /7/4 at which time the actual award wages will then apply.. The actual award wages are found in Clause 4 of the Real Estate Industry Award and clause 6 of the Clerks Private Sector Award, while transitional wages are calculated in accordance with Schedule A of each award. 4. The wages are GROSS plus superannuation. Allowances are paid separately. 5. The wage sheets are subject to errors and / or omissions - if you locate an error or omission please let REEF SA/NT know. WHICH AND WHICH TITLE? SALES & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. A SALESPERSON comes under the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY and in the award is called a PROPERTY SALES REPRESENTATIVE.. A PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO A SALESPERSON comes under the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY and in the award is called a PROPERTY SALES ASSOCIATE. Prior to the new award these people would have come under the clerical award but we now have an industry specific classification in the Real Estate Industry Award as a PROPERTY SALES ASSOCIATE.. A SALES MANAGER comes under the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY and in the award is called a PROPERTY SALES SUPERVISOR. 4. A PROPERTY/STRATA MANAGER comes under the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY and in the award is called a PROPERTY MANAGEMENT/STRATA REPRESENTATIVE. 5. A person who assists and provides support to property managers in the management of real property comes under the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY and in the award is called a PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE. Prior to the new award these people would have come under the clerical award but we now have an industry specific classification in the Real Estate Industry Award as a PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE. 6. A person in charge of a Department and/or has property/strata managers reporting to her/him this person comes under the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY and in the award is called a PROPERTY MANAGEMENT/STRATA SUPERVISOR. ADMINISTRATION 7. CLERKS come under the CLERKS PRIVATE SECTOR. In the award there are 5 LEVELS OF CLERKS. SCHEDULE B in the award gives the DEFINITION of each level. You choose the level by the typical duties in SCHEDULE B not by the level of the salary. Where a Level has YEAR, or it is all clerical experience with all employers that defines year, or, not the number of years with you. Page 0 of

21 MINIMUM ENTITLEMENTS FOR A SALESPERSON. MINIMUM WAGE under the Real Estate Industry Award.. If using own car in South Australia CAR ALLOWANCE $40 per week. In Northern Territory no car allowance until 05.. If using own MOBILE PHONE if an allowance is not agreed then employer must pay ALL mobile costs except private calls. A suggested allowance is $0/week or if using /internet $0/week. Commission-only. A commission-only salesperson does not receive a wage, car allowance or mobile phone allowance. To be commission only the parties must comply with the conditions as set down in the Real Estate Industry Award. MINIMUM ENTITLEMENTS FOR A PROPERTY MANAGER. MINIMUM WAGE under the Real Estate Industry Award.. If using own car there is no award CAR ALLOWANCE until 05. However, you cannot expect an employee to use their own car without an allowance. The allowance should be in keeping with the norm.. If using own MOBILE PHONE if an allowance is not agreed then employer must pay ALL mobile costs except private calls. A suggested allowance is $0/week or if using /internet $0/week. 4. If required to do STANDBY/CALLOUT (taking calls or being called out after work) if an allowance is not agreed then employer must pay for ALL the hours that employee is on STANDBY/CALLOUT. A suggested allowance is to consider an amount between $500 and $,000 per annum. The allowance can be included in a salary but should be separately identified. Disclaimer This information on wages and other related information have been provided by the Real Estate Employers Federation of South Australia and the Northern Territory (REEF SA/NT) by providing education, assistance and guidance (but not legal advice). This information is not provided for any other purpose. While REEF SA/NT makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided, the accuracy may be affected by changes to Commonwealth law and policy, or by judicial consideration or interpretation. REEF SA/NT does not give any guarantee, undertaking or warranty whatsoever in relation to the information, including in relation to the accuracy, completeness, currency or the interpretation of any award, the Fair Work Act or any decision or determination of Fair Work Australia of the information. By agreeing to use this information, the user agrees: To indemnify and hold harmless REEF SA/NT or any person acting on its behalf from and against any loss or liability suffered by a user or a third party, arising out of the provision of the information, howsoever caused, including due to the negligence of the REEF SA/NT. Page of