FOOD PRESERVERS (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 3980 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 15, State Wage Case Adjustments, of the award published 9 August 1978, reprinted 24 January 1992 and the reviewed award published 16 November 2001 (329 I.G. 489), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

15.  State Wage Case Adjustments

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2002. 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 Part B - Monetary Rates - Table 1- Wages, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

Adult Classification	Former Rate	SWC	Weekly Rate
	Of Pay	2002	of Pay
	$	$	$
Group 1	442.90	18.00	460.90
Group 2	438.10	18.00	456.10
Group 3	434.50	18.00	452.50
Group 4	430.80	18.00	448.80
Group 5	426.60	18.00	444.60
Group 6	424.00	18.00	442.00
Forklift with lifting capacity up to
and including 4.5 tonnes	442.90	18.00	460.90
Forklift capacity over 4.5	449.20	18.00	467.20

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Brief Description	Amount
1	4.2	Number of employees -
		less than 3 employees	$10.45 per week
		3 to 10 employees	$16.25 per week
		11 to 20 employees	$24.85 per week
		21 or more employees	$35.30 per week
2	7.2	Wet Places	$0.55 per hour
			extra
3	7.3	Dirty Work	$0.84 per hour
			extra
			($1.58 minimum)
4	7.4	Heavy Weights	$0.40 extra per
			hour
			or part thereof
5	7.5	Carton Stacking	$0.33 extra per
			hour
			or part thereof
6	7.6.1	Cold Temperatures (between minus 1° and 7°
		Celsius)	$0.55 per hour
7	7.6.2	Cold Temperatures (between 8° and minus 18°
		Celsius)	$0.84 per hour
8	7.6.3	Cold Temperatures (below minus 18° Celsius)	$1.39 per hour
9	7.8.2	Pea-vining	$5.50 per week
10	7.10	Fumigation Gas	$7.05
11	13.7.1	Meal Allowance	$13.20
12	14.2	First-aid	$2.67 per day extra

 

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 August 2002.

 

 

 

R. J. PETERSON  J.

 

 

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.