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
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26 August 2021
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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
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Per annum
|
|
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$
|
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
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$145,211
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Thereafter
|
130
|
$151,609
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Rates and Allowances
Table 2
Effective 1 July 2020
(except where otherwise stated)
Item No
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Clause No
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Description
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Amount
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1
|
|
Meal
expenses on one day journeys Capital cities and high cost country centres
|
|
|
|
(see
list in item 2)
|
|
|
30.1.1
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Breakfast
|
$28.70
|
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30.1.2
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Dinner
|
$55.05
|
|
30.1.3
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Lunch
|
$32.30
|
|
|
Tier
2 and other country centres (see list in item 2)
|
|
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30.1.1
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Breakfast
|
$25.75
|
|
30.1.2
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Dinner
|
$50.65
|
|
30.1.3
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Lunch
|
$29.35
|
2
|
|
Travelling
allowances
|
|
|
27.8.2
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Capital cities
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Per day
|
|
|
Adelaide
|
$293.45
|
|
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Brisbane
|
$311.45
|
|
|
Canberra
|
$304.45
|
|
|
Darwin
|
$356.45
|
|
|
Hobart
|
$283.45
|
|
|
Melbourne
|
$309.45
|
|
|
Perth
|
$316.45
|
|
|
Sydney
|
$324.45
|
|
27.8.2
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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
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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
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Room at home used as office
|
$983 pa
|
8
|
85.1.1
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On-call (stand-by) and
on-call allowance
|
$1.00 per hour
|
9
|
40.1
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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)
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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
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Item No
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Clause No
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Description
|
Amount
|
12
|
87.1
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Overtime meal allowances
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Effective 1 July 2020
|
|
|
Breakfast
|
$31.95
|
|
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Lunch
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$31.95
|
|
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Dinner
|
$31.95
|
|
|
Supper
|
$11.80
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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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