Meaning of pieceworker
1.12 Meaning of pieceworker
For paragraph 21(1)(c) of the Act, this regulation prescribes a class of award/agreement free employees as pieceworkers.
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.
The class is award/agreement free employees who:
are paid a rate set by reference to a quantifiable output or task; and
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.
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