BUILDING INDUSTRY - CONTRACT FLOOR LAYER MINIMUM RATE ORDER AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (New South Wales Branch) , industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4543 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 2, Rates of Payment, of the award published 30 November 2001 (329 I.G. 1103), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

2.  Rates of Payment

 

Schedule of Commercial Rates

 

Item No	Item	$
1	Daily Minimum Charge	120.64
2	Hourly Rate	32.64
	Fixing Rates
3	Vinyl Tiles 20-49m2	5.65
4	50-100m2	4.51
5	100-249m2	3.39
6	250 and over	2.44
	Sheet Vinyl (incl. Welding)
7	20-49m2	6.40
8	50-249m2	4.38
9	250 and over	3.91
10	For Safety Vinyl and Corlon	1.41
11	For Safety Vinyl over 3mm	2.15
12	For Linoleum	2.15
	Hardboard Underlay (including supply of staples by contractor)
13	20-49m2	6.03
14	50m2 and over	4.14
15	Restaple Hardboard m2	1.74
	Hardboard Underlay on pineboard
16	M2 Additional Rate	0.62
17	Decorative Tiles - VT rate + 50%
18	Decorative Tiles - Boarders and squares - Decorative Tile + 50%
19	Cork Tile - laying out m2	7.59
20	PVC nosing Lin Metre	3.83
21	Aluminium Nosing to Timber per lm	5.18
22	Aluminium Nosing to Concrete per lm	8.80
23	Stair Treads per lm	4.66
24	Stair Risers per lm	4.66
25	Treads and Risers covered per lm	8.28
26	Ripple trims to timber per lm	2.59
27	Ripple trims to concrete per lm	4.66
28	100mm skirting per lm	2.03
29	150mm skirting per lm	2.54
30	100mm flat skirting over carpet or smoothedge - per lm	2.65
31	150mm flat skirting over carpet or smoothedge - per lm	2.97
32	Reducing and capping strip - per lm	2.30
33	Preform cove - per lm	1.76
34	Stringer to walls per lm	4.00
35	Stringer to stairs per lm	10.61
36	Cementuous skim coat 1mm	1.90
37	Smoothing compound (k15/k10)	2.30
	Above two items include priming and sanding
38	Cement based primer	1.88
39	Two pack primer	0.62
40	Grinding concrete - hourly rate	31.89
41	Acid etch etc - hourly rate	31.89
42	Fill expansion joints - hourly rate	31.89
	Raking and cutting included in rates
43	Cover sheet vinyl up to 100mm height per lm	4.66
44	Cover sheet vinyl over 100mm height per lm	5.18
45	Rubber tiles m2	8.74
46	Sheet Vinyl to walls (incl. Welding)	11.25
47	Bulletin Board m2	15.03
	Take Ups
48	Take up loose lay m2	1.44
49	Take up stuck m2	4.43
50	Take up PVA mr	7.30
51	Take up hardboard and coverings including
	removal of staples m2	4.61
52	Take up stair tread nosing (PVC) - per lm	1.17
53	Take up stair tread nosing (Alum) - per lm	4.43
54	Bar Tops	36.45
	Fares / Travel
55	Travelling time outside metropolitan area per hour	27.07
56	Accommodation per day	86.52
57	Travelling per km return	0.81
58	Moving Furniture - Hourly Rate	31.89
59	Cancellation Fee	38.60

 

SCHEDULE OF DOMESTIC FIXING RATES

 

Item No.	Minimum Charge	$
60	183cm x 2m vinyls (except inlaid) - 1m	16.32
61	183cm inlaid vinyl (if layer supplies template paper - 1m	20.09
62	274cm vinyl - 1m	22.64
63	366cm x 4m vinyl - 1m	27.04
64	Daytile with border and squares m2	12.19
65	Vinyl tiles m2	9.46
66	Hardboard m2	6.77
67	K10 and Ardit (labour only) m2	2.54
68	PVA (labour only) m2	10.02
69	Additional rate for stairs in addition to rate per metre - per stair	4.47
70	Cove skirting - 1m	4.01
71	Preform fillet - 1m	2.54
72	TAKE UPS:	18.82
	Loose laid material per room
73	Stuck down including hardboard m2	9.46
74	Direct to subfloor m2	12.56
75	Electrical appliances, removal and replace - per appliance	6.25
76	MINIMUM CHARGES (labour only) PVA:
77	Laundry	117.87
78	Bathroom	117.87
79	Other areas (of total job etc)	67.35
80	Ardit Z8	67.35
81	Mastick K10	67.35
82	ACCESSORIES, TRIM ETC.
83	Small - 1m	2.73
84	Large - 1m	2.59
85	To supply adhesive m2	0.87
86	CANCELLATION CHARGE: travel time to & from employers premises to site	--
	at hourly rate
87	SERVICE CHARGE: If layer has to return to site to carry out rectification not own	38.60
	fault - hourly rate plus the service charge shown

 

2.          Delete paragraphs (a) and (b) of subclause 4.1, of clause 4, Compensation for Travel Patterns, Mobility Requirements of Contract Floor Layers and the Nature of Engagement in the Construction Work Covered by this Award, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(a)        Where a contract floor layer travels daily to a job located outside the counties of Cumberland, Northumberland or Camden or from within any such county or from one such county to another or travels daily outside a 50 kilometre radial area from the nearest post office in the town where the principal contractor’s business is established (other than on a construction job) the layer shall be paid travel time of $32.64 per hour for all time spent travelling outside such counties or radial areas with a minimum payment of 15 minutes each way and in 15 minute lots with the next 15 minute period being paid.

 

(b)        In addition to the payments prescribed under paragraph (a) of this clause, 39 cents per kilometre shall also be paid for all travel outside such counties or radial areas prescribed in paragraph (a).

 

3.          Delete subclause 5.1 of clause 5, Living Away from Home - Distant Work, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

5.1        A contract floor layer shall be entitled to $86.52 per day living away allowance when required to perform work on a job at such distance from the layer's usual place of residence that the layer cannot reasonably return to that place at night.

 

4.          Insert after subclause 7.2 of clause 7, Adjustment of Rates, the following new subclause:

 

7.3        The rates of pay in this award include adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2002. These adjustments may be offset against:

 

any equivalent overaward payments, and/or

 

award wage increases since May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case and minimum rates adjustments.

 

5.          Delete subclause 10.2 of clause 10, Rectification Work, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

10.2      When it is necessary to return to a job to carry out rectifications that are no fault of the contract floor layer, a service charge of $38.60 plus the hourly rate as prescribed under clause 2, Rates of Payment, shall be paid.

 

6.          Delete subclause 18.2 of clause 18, Formula for Calculating the Hourly Rate, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

18.2      Using the above calculation, the industry rate from the first pay period commencing on or after 15 August 2002 is as follows:

 

(1)        $591.66 + 2, $212.32 + 3, $253.21 + 4, $183.20  = $1240.39 divided by 38  =  $32.64 ph

 

7.          This variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 15 August 2002.

 

 

 

 

M. J. WALTON  J, Vice-President.

 

 

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