Meaning of pieceworker
6.03 Meaning of pieceworker
For section 21 of the Act, as modified by section 754 of the Act, this regulation prescribes a class of non‑national system employees as pieceworkers.
Section 754 of the Act modifies section 21 by giving it effect as if a paragraph 21(1)(d) were added.
Under the new paragraph 21(1)(d), a pieceworker is a non‑national system employee who is in a class of employees prescribed by the regulations as pieceworkers.
The class is non‑national system 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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