Key issues for factory operators and employers in the clothing trades are:
Registration of a Factory:
Do you have one of these? Factory Rego Sample
If not download a Factory Registration Application form.
Please Note: Under the NSW Occupational Health and Safety Clothing Factory Regulation 2000 clothing factory operators must be registered.
According to Local Council Zoning regulations, a factory employing individuals for the manufacture of clothing CAN NOT be registered in domestic premises. You may not operate a clothing "factory" from home.
If you are an outworker working by yourself from home with a maxiumum of 4 machines, you may apply to yuor local council for a Home Business registration. If you are an outworker you DO NOT engage others to work with you.
Award Pay and Conditions:
The latest minimum pay increase came into effect on December 2nd 2006.
If you are a PTY LTD company in any of the Textile Clothing or Footwear Industries minimum employee pay rates are as follows:
| Skill level |
New Weekly rate effective 1 Dec 2006 |
New Hourly rate effective 1 Dec 2006 |
New Clothing -casual hourly rate + 33 1/3% |
New Textile, Felt -casual hourly rate + 20% |
| T |
$511.76 |
$13.47 |
$17.96 |
$16.16 |
| 1 |
$528.46 |
$13.91 |
$18.55 |
$16.69 |
| 2 |
$550.96 |
$14.50 |
$19.33 |
$17.40 |
| 3 |
$571.86 |
$15.05 |
$20.07 |
$18.06 |
| 4 |
$605.56 |
$15.94 |
$21.25 |
$19.13 |
| 5 |
$647.26 |
$17.03 |
$22.71 |
$20.44 |
(All PTY LTD companies please use these rates).
The NSW Guide to Employment in the clothing industry is a plain language explanation of the Award, and was compiled by a working group consisting of Government, Union and Business representatives.
This highly valuable resource can be downloaded in three languages:
English
Vietnamese
Chinese
