Funeral Industry Award [MA000105]

Who the Funeral Award covers

The Funeral Award covers employers and their employees in the funeral industry. Employees are covered if the award has a classification for the work they do.

The funeral industry means the providing of:

  • funeral services
  • coffin manufacturing (of any material)
  • removal of deceased human remains
  • and any service associated with those mentioned above.

Funeral services includes:

  • preparing, arranging and assisting in conducting a ceremony to mark a person's death, and/or
  • the disposing of a person’s remains, including the removal of human bodies and remains, preparing them for disposal, burial or cremation.

The Funeral Award only covers the removal of these remains from the place of death, cemetery, hospital, crematorium or city mortuary.

Examples of employers and employees covered by the Funeral Award include:

  • funeral homes
  • embalmers
  • coffin makers
  • funeral conductors/arrangers
  • funeral director assistants.

The Funeral Award also covers labour hire businesses and their employees who are placed with an organisation in the funeral industry.

Check the award for full information on who is covered and the classification descriptions.

Source reference: Funeral Industry Award [MA000105] clauses 2, 4 and 12

Who the Funeral Award doesn't cover

The following employers and employees are not covered by the Funeral Award:

  • funeral directors
  • employers who transfer remains after the initial transfer, to or from the funeral home from the following places:
    • a church or chapel
    • a residence
    • an airline, railway or shipping terminal
  • employees who only do clerical or administrative work.

Check the award for full information on coverage and classifications.

Source reference: Funeral Industry Award [MA000105] clauses 2, 4 and 12

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