Bacon
Factory Employees (Cumberland) Consolidated Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The
Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, New South Wales Branch,
Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 2046 of 2007)
Before Commissioner
Tabbaa
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20 November 2007
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (v) of clause 3, Meal Breaks of the award published 25 March 2005
(349 I.G. 669), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(v) An employee
who has not been notified on the immediately preceeding work day that the
employee will be required to work overtime on any day for more than one and
one-half hours, shall be provided with a meal by the employer or in lieu
thereof shall be paid the sum at Item 1 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances
of Part B Monetary Rates of this Award for the first meal and each subsequent
meal. Any employee who has provided
themselves with a meal after being notified and who is not then required to
work after the normal ceasing time shall be paid the sum at Item 1 of Table 2 -
Other Rates and Allowances of Part B Monetary Rates of this award.
2. Delete
subclause (v) of clause 4, Wages and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(v) Leading Hands
- Employees employed as leading hands shall, in addition to the appropriate
rate of pay prescribed by this award, be paid the following allowance at Item 2
of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances of Part B Monetary Rates of this
Award. Provided that this subclause
shall not apply to an employee classified and paid as first curer, first
employee cutting up and first employee washing, smoking and drying.
3. Delete clause
5, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
5. Arbitrated Safety
Net Adjustment
State Wage Case Adjustment
The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments
payable under the State Wage Case 2005, 2006, and 2007. These adjustments
may be offset against:
(i) any
equivalent overaward payments, and/or
(ii) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates adjustments.
4. Delete
subclause (i) of clause 7, Working in Cold Temperatures and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
(i) Each employee
shall be paid the allowance at Item 3 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances
of Part B Monetary Rates of the award per hour or part thereof, in addition to
this ordinary rate of pay, for time worked in a room wherein the temperature
had been artificially reduced below 1.667 degrees Celsius: Provided that if,
when commencing work in the morning, the temperature is below 1.667 degrees
Celsius no such additional sum shall be payable in respect thereof unless the
temperature remains at less than 1.667 degrees Celsius for at least one hour
after commencing work: Provided further time worked which, on any day, is less
than thirty minutes in the aggregate shall be disregarded.
5. Delete
paragraph (b) of subclause (iv) of clause 20, Supply of Special Clothing,
Knives and Accessories, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(b) Where an
employer does not provide tools of trade to employees whose work necessarily
requires the use of knives, oil-stones, steels and pouches, boners shall be
paid an allowance at Item 4(i) per week or (ii) per day, any other employees
(iii) per week or (iv) per day of Table 2, Other Rates and Allowances of Part B
Monetary Rates of this Award.
6. Delete Part
B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Wage
Rates
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Column A
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Column B
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Column C
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SWC 2005
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SWC 2006
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SWC 2007
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eff. 1 Dec. 07
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eff. 1 Dec. 07
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eff. 1 Dec. 07
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$
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$
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$
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1
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First curer
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510.10
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530.10
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550.10
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2
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Second curer
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501.10
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521.10
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541.10
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3
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Backer down or chopper down
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501.10
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521.10
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541.10
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4
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Boner and trimmer(including tunnel boning)
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501.10
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521.10
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541.10
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5
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Pickle pumper (arterial or stab)
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495.10
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515.10
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535.10
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6
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First man - cutting up
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495.10
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515.10
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535.10
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7
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Packer - ham canning
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484.40
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504.40
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524.40
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8
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First man - washing, smoking and drying
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499.00
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519.00
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539.00
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9
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Bacon boner
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496.90
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516.90
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536.90
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10
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Cutter up
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492.40
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512.40
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532.40
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11
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Tally and despatch hand
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489.60
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509.60
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529.60
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12
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Cooker and lardman
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489.40
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509.60
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529.60
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13
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Closing machine operator
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486.50
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506.50
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526.50
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14
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Solderer
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486.50
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506.50
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526.50
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15
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Bacon curer’s labourer - doing salting
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484.40
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504.40
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524.40
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16
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Smokehouse labourer
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484.40
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504.40
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524.40
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17
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Labourer
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484.40
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504.40
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524.40
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Table 2 - Other
Rates and Allowances
Item No.
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Clause No
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Explanation
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Column A
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Column B
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Column C
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SWC 2005
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SWC 2006
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SWC 2007
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eff. 1 Dec. 07
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eff. 1 Dec. 07
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eff. 1 Dec. 07
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1
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3(v)
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Meal Allowance
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9.41
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9.74
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10.09
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2
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4(v)
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Leading Hand allowance
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In charge of more than
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two but not more than ten
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employees
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10.01
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10.41
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10.83
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In charge of more than ten
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employees
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17.35
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18.04
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18.76
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3
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7(i)
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Working in cold
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temperatures per hour or
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part thereof
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0.36
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0.37
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0.37
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4
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2(iv)(b)
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Supply of special clothing,
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knives, and accessories
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(i) per week
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5.15
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5.36
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5.57
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(ii) per day
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1.03
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1.07
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1.11
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(iii) per week
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3.09
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3.21
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3.34
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(iv) per day
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0.62
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0.64
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0.67
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7. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 1 December 2007.
I.
TABBAA, Commissioner
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