Common use of Exemptions from coverage Clause in Contracts

Exemptions from coverage. This Order shall not apply to: • apprentices and trainees (including those in part-time and school-based apprenticeships and traineeships) who commenced employment as an apprentice or trainee with their employer before 1 January 2000 and whose entitlements are provided for by orders, decisions or Industrial instruments (including the Training Wage Award - State 2003) of the Commission that were approved before 1 January 2000 whilst they remain current; • apprentices and trainees whose wages and conditions of employment are covered by the Order for Apprentices' and Trainees' Wages and Conditions (Queensland Government Departments and Certain Government Entities); and • apprentices and trainees whose employment arrangements are subject to other Industrial instruments which are said to prevail as specified in the relevant schedule of this Order. (The list of instruments nominated is not exhaustive with reference made for "signposting" purposes only.)