Safe Work Australia RIS on Engineered stone August 2023 | Page 95

Ref # Impact measure Formula Input / assumption
It has been assumed that business closures would only be seen in the engineered stone PCBUs who cut and install new stone . Work with engineered stone is not a core part of business for other industry PCBUs .
Time period : half in implementation year and half in year of prohibition taking effect .
Total redundancy payments = No . of medium-large business closures , by size
Number of medium-large engineered stone PCBUS closures ( by option ): See Ref # 1 above
# 2
Redundancy packages paid to workers
( engineered stone PBCUs only )
x
Average no . of workers for medium-large businesses
x
Average wage / hour × Average hours per week × Weeks of redundancy pay
Average number of workers for medium-large engineered stone PCBUS :
� Medium : 44
Average wage per hour : $ 47 ( see Table 28 )
Average hours per week : 38 ( see Table 28 )
Weeks of redundancy pay : 8 weeks ( see Table 28 )
Time period : half in implementation year and half in year of prohibition taking effect .
# 3
Licence application and renewal costs
( legacy stone – all options )
Licence application costs ( legacy ) ( for each year of licence application ) = Number of other industry PCBUs x Proportion applying for legacy licence
×
Hours to prepare application ( per PBCU )
×
Number of other industry PCBUs : � Sole traders : 99,205 � Small businesses : 78,569 � Medium-large businesses : 1,976
Proportion applying for a legacy licence : � Sole traders : 30 % ( 29,762 PCBUs ) � Small businesses : 35 % ( 27,499 PCBUs )
� Medium-large businesses : 40 % ( 790 PCBUs )
� Total : 58,051
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