Award identity and commencement
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The Meat Industry Award 2020 commenced on 1 January 2010 and has been varied since then.
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- A later variation does not remove rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities already acquired, accrued or incurred under the earlier award.
Exceptions
- The consolidation date does not establish which rate applied in a historical pay period.
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Meat Industry Award 2020 — FWC Award text hosted by the Fair Work Ombudsman
FWC · MA000059 · Clause 1
1. Title and commencement
1.1 This award is the Meat Industry Award 2020.
1.2 This modern award commenced operation on 1 January 2010. The terms of the award have been varied since that date.
1.3 A variation to this award does not affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability that a person acquired, accrued or incurred under the award as it existed prior to that variation.
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- Official document
- Meat Industry Award 2020 — FWC Award text hosted by the Fair Work Ombudsman ↗
- Version
- This Fair Work Commission consolidated modern award incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 July 2026 (PR799280, PR799339 and PR799495). ↗
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- Operative note
- This entry explains the current consolidated text. A consolidation or capture date does not establish when a term commenced; earlier accrued rights are preserved by clause 1.3.