Reid Fruits Huonville Packing Shed

Pay

Hourly-paid casual (including the 25% casual loading), based on the Horticulture Award 2020.

Applicable Award

Horticulture Award (MA000028)

Legal minimum hourly rate

Level 1 (new starter, up to 3 months): $32.18/hour
Level 2: $33.05/hour
Level 3: $33.55/hour
Casual (including the 25% casual loading), effective from 1 July 2026.Fair Work pay guide

Piece-rate guarantee

Piece rates have a floor: each day you must get at least the hourly rate × hours worked that day (casual Level 1 $32.18 an hour). The piece rate must let an average worker earn at least 15% more than the hourly rate (about $37.01). Before you start, the employer must give you a written piece-rate record signed by both of you.

How you are paid

To be confirmed
By law wages must be paid in money (cash, cheque or bank transfer) at least monthly; whichever method is used, the employer must give you a payslip within 1 working day of paying you.

How often you are paid

To be confirmed
Under the Award: Paid weekly or fortnightly

Superannuation

Yes. Your employer must also pay 12% of your wages into your super account — this applies to working holiday makers too, however much you earn. From 1 July 2026 it must be paid within 7 working days of each pay day. You can claim it back after leaving Australia (taxed at 65% for working holiday makers).

Tax

If the employer is registered as a Working Holiday employer, 15% is withheld on the first $45,000 of income. Being taxed 30% suggests the employer may not be registered; without a tax file number (TFN), 45% is withheld.

Usual hours

Usually 7am to 6pm, up to 7 days a week

Shifts

Day shift

Weather-dependent?

Yes. Work may stop if it rains or is too hot, and there is no income that day.

Additional notes

Depends on the weather and crop, or on management; the packing shed runs for the whole harvest (early December to mid-February).

When they need workers

The packing shed runs for the whole harvest: Plenty from early December, Castle Forbes Bay from late December to late January, and Jericho until mid-February.

Applications for packers for the 2026–2027 season are open (you can apply for picking or packing, not both). The packing shed runs for the whole harvest, roughly early December to mid-February.

Company registration

ABN 54 078 444 032・S D REID HOLDINGS PTY LTD・Active
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Employment arrangement

Employed directly by the company

Notes

Same employing entity as the Plenty orchard.

Data: Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis), 2016–2025 average, coordinates -43.009, 147.065. Farms in the same area may differ by 1–2°C.

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