---
title: "Horticulture piecework records checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/horticulture-piecework-records"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a38-horticulture-piecework-records"
area_id: "A38"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A38-E20261018-6"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Horticulture piecework records checklist

> A checklist of what a Horticulture Award piecework record must contain, when it is given, and the two extra records the Fair Work page requires. It is not the signed record, and it does not set the piece rate.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/horticulture-piecework-records  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Agribusiness & Rural Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when an employer is checking piecework records for workers under the Horticulture Award on or after the first pay period starting on or after 28 April 2022. Do not use it for the Wine Award, or as the record the employer signs.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare piecework records and pay checks for seasonal horticulture workers](https://ailawframework.com/practice/agribusiness-and-rural-law/prepare-piecework-records-and-pay-checks-for-seasonal-horticulture-worke.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check a record against the five contents on the Fair Work page and quote the required statement. It must not sign the record, set the piece rate, or decide the classification.

**AI may:**

- Compare a draft record with the date, task, piece rate, hourly rate and the required statement
- Note whether the record was given before the work started and is signed by the employer
- List the two extra records: a copy of each piecework record given, and hours worked with the piece rate then applying

**AI must not:**

- Must not calculate the piece rate, or state the average-productivity rule as a rule that was read
- Must not sign the record or put the employer's signature on it
- Must not apply this checklist to the Wine Industry Award. That page was not opened
- Must not use a piecework agreement for work in a pay period starting on or after 28 April 2022

**The lawyer checks:**

- The worker is under the Horticulture Award, not another award
- The hourly rate is the classification rate, and includes the 25 per cent casual loading where the worker is casual
- A change of rate is made by a new record given before the new rate is used
- The general employee-record obligations, which are on a page that was not opened, are checked separately

## Authorities

- [Fair Work Ombudsman, Horticulture piecework records (contents, the required statement, and the extra records)](https://horticulture.fairwork.gov.au/piecework-records)
- [Horticulture Award MA000028 clause 15.2 and Schedule H, as cited on that page. The award text was not opened.](https://awards.fairwork.gov.au/MA000028.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/horticulture-piecework-records and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*