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Insurance and Care NSW Award 2017
  
Date10/08/2021
Volume390
Part5
Page No.813
DescriptionVIRC - Variation by Industrial Relations Commission
Publication No.C9317
CategoryAward
Award Code 1928  
Date Posted10/11/2021

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SERIAL C9317

 

Insurance and Care NSW Award 2017

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Insurance and Care NSW (icare).

 

(Case No. 230236 of 2021)

 

Before Chief Commissioner Constant

26 August 2021

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete subclause 3.14 of clause 3, Definitions, of the award published 20 March 2020 (387 I.G. 56) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

3.14    Daily span of hours means, for a staff member required to work standard hours, the fulltime standard hours defined in this Award. For a staff member required to work flexible hours, the "daily span of hours" means the hours which normally fall within the bandwidth of the Insurance and Care NSW Flexible Working Hours Agreement and which do not attract payment for overtime, unless otherwise prescribed in this Award.

 

2.        Delete subclause 3.22 and 3.23 of clause 3, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

3.22    Flexible working hours scheme means the scheme outlined in the Flexible Working Hours Agreement which enables staff members, subject to operational requirements, to select their starting and finishing times.

 

3.23    Flex leave means a period of leave available to be taken by a staff member as specified in the Flexible Working Hours Agreement.

 

3.        Delete subclause 3.28 of clause 3, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

3.28    Fulltime staff member means a staff member who occupies a fulltime position within icare’s employment.

 

4.        Delete the words "flexible working hours scheme or local arrangement" in subclause 3.36 of clause 3, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the word "Agreement".

 

5.        Delete subclauses 3.49 to 3.52 of clause 3, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

3.49    Prescribed ceasing time means, for a staff member working standard hours, the conclusion of daily standard hours for that staff member. For a staff member working flexible working hours, the prescribed ceasing time means the conclusion of bandwidth of the Flexible Working Hours Agreement.

 

3.50    Prescribed starting time means, for a staff member not working under a flexible working hours arrangement, the commencement of standard daily hours of that staff member. For a staff member working flexible working hours, the prescribed starting time means the time of commencement within the bandwidth of the Flexible Working Hours Agreement.

 

3.51    Public holiday means a day proclaimed under the Public Holidays Act 2010, as a public holiday.

 

3.52    Recall to duty means those occasions when a staff member is directed to return to duty outside the staff member’s ordinary hours or outside the bandwidth in the case of a staff member working under the Flexible Working Hours Agreement.

 

6.        Delete subclause 92.2 of clause 92, Area, Incidence and Duration, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

92.2    This Award shall take effect on and from 1 July 2021 and rescinds and replaces the Insurance and Care NSW Award 2017 published 20 March 2020 (387 I.G. 56) and the salaries and salary related allowances as prescribed in Tables 1 and 2 of Part C Monetary Rates are operative from the beginning of the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2021.

 

7.        Substitute the date "30 June 2021" with "30 June 2022" of subclause 93. No Extra Claims.

 

8.        Delete Part C, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART C

 

MONETARY RATES

 

1.1      At the time of the making of this Award, no employee covered by this Award will suffer a reduction in his or her rate of pay or any loss or diminution in his or her conditions of employment as a consequence of the making of this Award.

 

1.2      The salary rates set out in Table 1, are set in accordance with the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries) Award. Should there be any variation or replacement Award of this Award, Insurance and Care staff members will maintain the same salary relationship.

 

Salary Grade Structure

 

Table 1

 

Grades

Common Salary Points

Per annum

 

 

$

Grade 1

 

 

1st year of service

46

$66,298

Thereafter

49

$68,246

Grade 2

 

 

1st year of service

52

$70,151

Thereafter

55

$72,077

Grade 3

 

 

1st year of service

58

$74,117

Thereafter

61

$76,353

Grade 4

 

 

1st year of service

64

$78,736

Thereafter

67

$81,158

Grade 5

 

 

1st year of service

75

$87,493

Thereafter

78

$90,253

Grade 6

 

 

1st year of service

82

$93,791

Thereafter

85

$96,540

Grade 7

 

 

1st year of service

88

$99,431

Thereafter

91

$102,403

Grade 8

 

 

1st year of service

95

$106,672

Thereafter

98

$110,064

Grade 9

 

 

1st year of service

101

$113,343

Thereafter

104

$116,531

Grade 10

 

 

1st year of service

108

$121,288

Thereafter

111

$124,901

Grade 11

 

 

1st year of service

116

$131,094

Thereafter

120

$136,652

Grade 12

 

 

1st year of service

126

$145,211

Thereafter

130

$151,609

 

Rates and Allowances

 

Table 2

 

Effective 1 July 2020 (except where otherwise stated)

 

Item No

Clause No

Description

Amount

1

 

Meal expenses on one day journeys Capital cities and high cost country centres

 

 

 

(see list in item 2)

 

 

30.1.1

Breakfast

$28.70

 

30.1.2

Dinner

$55.05

 

30.1.3

Lunch

$32.30

 

 

Tier 2 and other country centres (see list in item 2)

 

 

30.1.1

Breakfast

$25.75

 

30.1.2

Dinner

$50.65

 

30.1.3

Lunch

$29.35

2

 

Travelling allowances

 

 

27.8.2

Capital cities

Per day

 

 

Adelaide

$293.45

 

 

Brisbane

$311.45

 

 

Canberra

$304.45

 

 

Darwin

$356.45

 

 

Hobart

$283.45

 

 

Melbourne

$309.45

 

 

Perth

$316.45

 

 

Sydney

$324.45

 

27.8.2

Other country centres

$240.15

 

27.8.2

Incidental expenses when claiming actual expenses - all locations

$20.40

 

27.11

Daily allowance payable after 35 days and up to 6 months in the same location - all locations

50% of the appropriate location rate

3

27.8.1

Incidental expenses

$20.40

4

 

Use of private motor vehicle

Cents per kilometre

 

35.2

Official business

72.0

 

35.3

Casual rate (40% of official business rate)

28.8

 

 

Motorcycle allowance (50% of the 1600cc or less official business rate)

36.0

 

35.7

Towing trailer or horse float (13% of the 2601cc and over official business rate)

9.36

5

36

Insurance cover

Up to $1,173

6

38.2

Exchanges

Actual cost

7

39.1

Room at home used as office

$983 pa

8

85.1.1

On-call (stand-by) and on-call allowance

$1.00 per hour

9

40.1

Uniforms, protective clothing and laundry allowance

$5.10 per week

10

42.1

Community language allowance scheme (effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2021)

Per annum

 

 

- Base Level Rate

$1,452 pa

 

 

- Higher Level Rate

$2,184 pa

11

43.1

First aid allowance (effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2021)

Per annum

 

 

- Holders of basic qualifications

$936 pa

 

 

- Holders of current occupational first aid certificate

$1,406 pa

 

Item No

Clause No

Description

Amount

12

87.1

Overtime meal allowances

Effective 1 July 2020

 

 

Breakfast

$31.95

 

 

Lunch

$31.95

 

 

Dinner

$31.95

 

 

Supper

$11.80

 

NB: In adjusting expense related and salary related allowances, annual rates are adjusted to the nearest dollar, weekly and daily rates are rounded to the nearest 5 cents, and hourly rates are moved to the nearest cent (except for the flying allowance which is moved to the nearest 10 cents).

 

9.        This variation shall take effect from the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2021.

 

 

 

N. CONSTANT, Chief Commissioner

 

 

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