SHOP EMPLOYEES (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Applications by Shop,
Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales, industrial
organisation of employees, and another.
(Nos. IRC 3196 and 3207 of 2003)
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Before Commissioner
Ritchie
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25 July 2003
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (b) of Clause 38, Wages, of the award published 18 May 2001 (324 I.G.
935) and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(b) The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments
payable under the State Wage Case 2003. These adjustments may be offset
against:
(a) any equivalent
overaward payments, and/or
(b) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete (i) of
Table 1, Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
Table 1 - Wages
(i)
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Group
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Former Rate
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SWC
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Total Rate
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No.
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Description
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Per Week
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2003
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Per Week
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$
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$
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$
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1
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Shop assistants, demonstrators, trolley collector,
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489.80
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17.00
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506.80
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salespersons outdoor, employees driving a forklift
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or using mechanical equipment as required, the role
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of Santa Claus, ticket writers, mannequins, order
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hands, reserve stock hands (including reserve stock
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hands in theatre distributing services), employees
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delivering goods (other than newspapers and the
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like) by bicycle or tricycle, employees engaged in
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the cooking or the preparation of provisions for sale
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in the shop of the employer, cashiers in special
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shops, persons employed on information desks
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and/or on customer services or as full-time
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messengers, employees engaged in the installation
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(other than installation requiring trade skill),
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servicing, stocking, collection of money from, and
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preparation of, commodities for sale in automatic
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vending devices, employees engaged in the pre-
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packing, weighing, pricing of fruit and/or
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vegetables on the shop premises, employees
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principally engaged in hiring out activities in a
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shop, and waitresses in confection shops employed
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waiting on tables for two hours or more per day.
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2
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(a) Window Dresser
Employees principally engaged
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in dressing windows.
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495.80
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17.00
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512.80
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(b) Window dressers
under 21 years of age shall be
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paid as per Item 8 of
Table 2 - Other Rates and
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Allowances, of Part B,
Monetary Rates, in addition to
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the rates prescribed by
subclause (c) of clause 38
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Wages.
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3
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Branch Supervisor Shop
assistants engaged in
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supervising branch
grocery shops
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500.60
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17.00
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517.60
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4
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Shop Assistants in charge
of a shop or a department
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in a shop not being a
shop assistant temporarily in
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charge during the
absence of persons ordinarily in
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charge of the shop or
department, but including
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Employees employed as
relieving shop assistants in
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charge of a shop.
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(i) Without the duty of
buying -
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In charge of from nil
to 4 assistants
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500.70
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17.00
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517.70
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In charge of from 5 to
12 assistants
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509.10
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17.00
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526.10
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In charge of from 13 to
25 assistants
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519.70
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17.00
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536.70
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In charge of over 25
assistants
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527.50
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17.00
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544.50
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(ii) With the duty of
buying -
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In charge of from nil
to 4 assistants
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502.20
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17.00
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519.20
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In charge of from 5 to
12 assistants
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511.50
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17.00
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528.50
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In charge of from 13 to
25 assistants
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523.90
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17.00
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540.90
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In charge of over 25
assistants
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530.90
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17.00
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547.90
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5
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Employees in charge of
a motor and/or horse drawn
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507.20
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17.00
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524.20
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Vehicle selling stock
carried on the vehicle products
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of a kind which usually
are sold by confection/take-
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away food shops. Employees under the age of 21
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Years but not less than
the age of 18 years shall be
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Paid the percentages of
the rate for an adult contained
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In (ii) of Table 1 -
clause 38 Wages.
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6
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Retail Merchandiser as
defined by subclause (xi) of
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clause 2, Definitions.
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489.80
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17.00
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506.80
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Notation: Hourly rates
of pay for full-time, part-time and casual employees shall be calculated to the
nearest half cent.
3. Delete Items
1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22 and 23 from Table 2 -
Other Rates and Allowances of Part B and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances
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Item
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Clause No.
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Brief Description
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Amount
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No.
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$
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1
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5(a)
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Night interval
employees
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1.88 per shift
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2
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5(a)
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2.96 per shift
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5
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14(a)(ii)
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General Shops - Loading
for casual employees working
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on a Saturday:
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Engagements up to and
including four hours –
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Adult Employees
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5.50
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Employees under 21
years of age
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3.65
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Engagements exceeding
four hours -
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Adult Employees
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11.20
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Employees under 21
years of age
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6.15
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14(a)(iii)
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Special and Confection
Shops -
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Loading for casual
employees working on a Saturday:
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Adult Employees
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5.50
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Employees under 21
years of age
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3.65
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6
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14(c)(ii)
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Confection Shop -
Employees working after 10.00 p.m.
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on any night
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1.54 each night
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8
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38(1)(i)2(b)
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Window Dressers under
the age of 21
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7.60 per week
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9
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35(i)(a)
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Section Head
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11.00 per week
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10
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35(i)(b)
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Qualified adult
automotive parts and accessories
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salesperson
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25.00 per week
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11
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35(i)(c)
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Employee with a licence
under the Liquor Act 1982
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17.20 per week
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12
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35(ii)(a)
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Employee delivering
goods
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3.80 per week
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13
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35(ii)(b)
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Employee engaged in
photographic or other modelling
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36.40 per week
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7.28 per day
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14
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35(ii)(c)
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First-aid attendant
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1.44 per day
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15
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35(ii)(d)
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Employee engaged to
speak a second language
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7.30 per week
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16
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35(ii)(e)
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Ticket writer -
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At or over 21 years of age
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14.70 per week
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Under 21 years of age
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7.35 per week
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20
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35(v)(a)(1)
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Disability allowance for employees working in freezer
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room
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7.05 per week
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21
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35(v)(b)(1)
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Disability allowance for employees working in public
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dairy room
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10.60 per week
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22
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35(v)(c)(1)
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Disability allowance for employees backfilling in a
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freezer room
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14.10 per week
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23
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36(i)(a)
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Casual hourly rate of pay for persons employed at trade
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fairs, etc., between 9.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m., with a
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minimum payment of six hours
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At 19 years of age and over
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12.69 per hour
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Under 19 years of age
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12.39 per hour
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36(ii)(b)
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Saturday Loading -
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Adult Employees
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5.50
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Under 21 years
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3.65
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4. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 28 July 2003.
D. W. RITCHIE, Commissioner.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.