TENNIS STRINGS AND SUTURES INDUSTRY (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Shop,
Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales, industrial
organisation of employees, and other.
(No. IRC 3370 & 3371 of 2005)
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Before The Honourable
Justice Kavanagh
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11 July 2005
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (a) of clause 8, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment, of the award
published 3 August 2001 (326 I.G. 684), insert in lieu thereof the following:
(a) The rates of
pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case
2005. 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.
2. Delete (i) of
Table 1 - Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Wages
(i)
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Item No
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Brief Description
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Total Rate
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Per Week
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$
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A
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Chemist -
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Research Chemist
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595.75
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Analytical and/or Chemist
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556.05
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Trainee Chemist -
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1st year of adult experience
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509.60
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2nd year of adult experience
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531.55
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3rd year of adult experience
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547.40
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B
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Manufacturers of all Catgut Products -
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Splitting and/or harvesting raw material
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515.60
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Preparing and/or washing and/or processing raw material
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515.60
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Grading
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515.60
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Stripping
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515.60
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Making and/or measuring and/or looping
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515.60
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Employees engaged in spinning strings,
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responsible for final products
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519.65
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Employees engaged in spinning strings, not
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required to use discretion as to the final product
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515.60
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Employees engaged as a spinning and/or
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drying room attendant
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515.60
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Housekeeper
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501.55
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C
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Surgical Catgut Finishing Operations -
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Cutting down
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515.60
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Taking down
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515.60
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Sanding, polishing and grinding
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515.60
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Grading
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515.60
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Machine gauging
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515.60
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Manual Gauging
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515.60
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Counting
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515.60
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Tying and packing
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515.60
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Housekeeping
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501.55
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D
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Tennis and Other Non-surgical Catgut Finishing Operations
-
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Taking down
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500.90
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Sanding, polishing or grinding
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500.90
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Coating and/or lacquering
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500.90
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Cutting down
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500.90
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Coiling
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500.90
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Grading and/or inspecting finished strings
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500.90
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Tying
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500.90
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Gauging
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500.90
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Branding and/or packaging
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500.90
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E
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Suture Preparation -
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Drying and/or sterilising sutures
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500.90
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Filing and/or sealing sutures
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500.90
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Inspection of packaged sutures
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500.90
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Ampoule making
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500.90
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Winding sutures
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500.90
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F
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Quality Control -
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Group Leader - Quality Control Attendant
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517.65
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Quality Control Attendant
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506.55
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3. Delete Table
2, Other Rates and Allowances, of the said Part B and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
Table 2 - Other
Rates and Allowances
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Item No.
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Clause No.
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Brief Description
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Amount
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$
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1
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6(d)
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In charge of 1 to 5 employees
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20.00
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In charge of 6 to 10 employees
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23.40
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In charge of more than 10 employees
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28.00
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2
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13(e)(i)
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Morning or afternoon shift allowance
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14.79 per shift
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13(e)(ii)
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Night shift allowance
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19.91 per shift
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3
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15
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Meal Allowance
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10.40
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4
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16
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Dusty, Dirty Work, etc
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0.46
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5
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17
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First-aid allowance
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2.57
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4. Delete the
reference to $60.00 appearing in subclause (c) and paragraph (iii) of subclause
(i) of Clause 7, Supported Wage and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"61.00"
5. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period commencing on or
after 12 July 2005.
T. M. KAVANAGH J.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.