Higher School Certificate Marking and Related Casual Employees Rates of Pay and Conditions Award 2019

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Australian Education Union New South Wales Teachers Federation Branch, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(Case No. 168355 of 2020)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.         Delete subclause 3.23 of clause 3, Definitions, of the award published 20 December 2019 (388 I.G. 846), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

3.23    "Unions" means the Australian Education Union New South Wales Teachers Federation Branch, the NTEU New South Wales and the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch.

 

2.         Delete subclause 15.1 of clause 15, Rates of Pay and Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

15.1    The monetary rates covered by this award are set out in tables 1-5 of Schedule 1 of this award:

 

Table 1 - Weekday, Weekday Supplementary, Weeknight/Saturday and Sunday Rates

 

Table 2 - External and Corporate Per Unit marking rate

 

Table 3 - Languages other than English (LOTE) Examiner Hourly Rates

 

Table 4 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

 

 

Table 5 - Hourly Rates floor to apply to Corporate Onscreen Marking.

 

3.         Delete subclause 15.2.6 of clause 15, Rates of Pay and Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

15.2.6 External Per Unit Marking Rates

 

(a)       Where marking is conducted in an External marking mode the rates for such External marking are set out in Table 2 provided that where the paper is less than three hours in length the rate is determined as a fraction of the three hour rate e.g. for a two hour paper the payment is two thirds of the three hour rate.

 

(b)       Where the marking is undertaken on a question basis the payment will be calculated by dividing the relevant rate for such paper by the number of questions unless otherwise specified in clause 15.2.7(c) or in Table 2.

 

(c)       For onscreen HSC marking, other than Mathematics courses, where marking is undertaken on a question basis, the Per Unit Rate of Pay method of payment will be calculated by multiplying the relevant rate for each paper by the percentage of the total mark value of the paper represented by the question concerned.

 

(d)       Mathematics courses are paid on a per mark basis as set out in Table 2.

 

(e)       Corporate onscreen HSC markers’ remuneration will be based on the greater of:

 

(i)        the total number of papers or questions marked onscreen multiplied by the applicable Per Unit Rate of Pay; and

 

(ii)      the total hours of overall Onscreen Marking undertaken, multiplied by the applicable hourly rate of pay as specified in Table 5 of Schedule 1. For this purpose, the total hours of Onscreen Marking undertaken by individual markers will be the elapsed time of Onscreen Marking as recorded by NESA’s onscreen marking software for each marker.

 

4.         Delete subclause 15.8 of clause 15, Rates of Pay and Allowances, of the award, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

15.8    The allowances contained in subclauses 15.5, 15.6 (except for the allowances payable pursuant to subclause 15.6.3(c) and 15.6.4) and subclause 15.7 shall be adjusted in accordance with the rates as approved from time to time by the Department of Premier and Cabinet. (The allowances payable pursuant to subclauses 15.6.3 (c) and 15.6.4 shall be adjusted in accordance with pay increases to this award).

 

5.         Delete Schedule 1 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Table 1 - Weekday, Weekday Supplementary, Weeknight/Saturday and Sunday Rates:

 

Classification	Weekday Rates		Weekday Supplementary Rates		Weeknights and Saturday Rates		Sunday Rates
	Per Hour from		Per Day from		Per Hour from		Per Hour from
	1/7/19	1/7/20	1/7/19	1/7/20	1/7/19	1/7/20	1/7/19	1/7/20
	2.5%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%
Marker	83.56	83.81	80.99	81.23	93.07	93.35	125.29	125.67
LOTE Examiner	-	-	80.99	81.23	93.07	93.35	125.29	125.67
LOTE Casual	83.56	83.81	-	-	93.07	93.35	125.29	125.67
Senior Marker	103.69	104.00	95.53	95.82	115.47	115.82	155.54	156.01
Assistant Supervisor of Marking	119.90	120.26	110.51	110.84	133.56	133.96	179.80	180.34
Supervisor of Marking	132.81	133.21	122.39	122.76	147.93	148.37	199.28	199.88

 

Table 2- External and Corporate Per Unit Marking Rates on and from

 

HSC	1/7/2019	1/7/2020
(a) Mathematics	Rates per mark	Rates per mark
Mathematics Standard 1	0.2209	0.2216
Mathematics Standard 2	0.2209	0.2216
	Rates per question	Rates per mark
Mathematics/ Mathematics Advanced	4.732	0.3164
Mathematics Extension 1	5.130	0.3430
Mathematics Extension 2	5.602	0.3746
(b) Other subjects
Payments will be on a per three hour paper basis
2 unit paper	29.99	30.08
Extension paper	37.46	37.57

 

Table 3 - Languages Other than English (LOTE) Examiners Hourly Rates on and from

 

A. Weekday Examining	1/7/2019	1/7/2020
	Rates per hour	Rates per hour
	2.5%	0.3%
1. Languages other than English (LOTE) Examiners	14.75	14.79

 

Table 4 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Brief Description	1/7/19	1/7/19	1/7/20	1/7/20
			Amount	Amount	Amount	Amount
			$	$	$	$
			(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
			Daily	Hourly	Daily	Hourly
			Rate	Rate	Rate	Rate
			$	$	$	$
1	15.7	Travelling Allowance -
		Capital City Rate	321.75	13.41	324.45	13.52
		Newcastle	302.75	12.61	310.45	12.94
		Wagga Wagga	277.75	11.57	280.45	11.69
		Port Macquarie	291.75	12.16	297.45	12.39
		Maitland	285.75	11.91	288.45	12.02
		Wollongong	288.75	12.03	291.45	12.14
		Orange	288.75	12.03	291.45	12.14
		Broken Hill	272.75	11.36	280.45	11.69
		Dubbo	257.60	10.73	260.15	10.84
		Bathurst	268.75	11.20	271.45	11.31
		Other Country Centres	237.60	9.90	240.15	10.01
2	15.5	Meal Allowance	2019		2020
		(based on the Overtime Meal rate which is the same for breakfast, lunch
		or dinner, provided by the Dept. of Premier & Cabinet Review of Meal,	31.25		31.95
		Travelling and other Allowances).
3	15.6.1	Travel Allowances	10.88 per day		11.52 per day
		(based on 40 km multiplied by the use of private motor vehicle casual
		rate pursuant to clause(15.8). Employees engaged in Corporate Marking
		in metropolitan areas of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong.
	15.6.3(a)	Markers engaged in Corporate marking outside the metropolitan areas
		of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong
4		Motor Vehicle allowance -
		distances exceeding travel to and from usual place of residence and
		usual place of work:
(a)	15.6.2	Itinerant markers	0.680		0.72
(b)	15.6.3(b)	Markers engaged in Corporate marking outside the metropolitan areas	0.272		0.288
		of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong in excess of 40 km up to
		maximum 160 km per day
			1/7/2019		1/7/2020
5	15.6.3(c)	Travel Allowance fixed payment for:
		Markers engaged in Corporate marking outside the metropolitan areas	156.07		156.54
		of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong not claiming the allowance at
		15.6.3(a) on a daily basis whose usual place of residence is outside the
		Sydney metropolitan area in excess of 100 km from the marking centre.
	15.6.4	Itinerant markers who reside outside Sydney metropolitan area	246.56		247.30
		attending briefing sessions inside the Sydney metropolitan area where	once per engagement		once per engagement
		the person’s usual place of residence is in excess of 100 km from the
		briefing session venue.
6	15.2.8	External Onscreen Marking ICT Allowance for use of ICT facilities	13.25		13.29
		Broadband	once per engagement		once per engagement

 

Table 5 - Hourly Rates Floor to Apply to Corporate Onscreen marking:

 

Classification	Weekday Rates		Weekday Supplementary		Weeknights and Saturday Rates		Sunday Rates
	Per Hour from		Per Day from		Per Hour from		Per Hour from
	1/7/19	1/7/20	1/7/19	1/7/20	1/7/18	1/7/20	1/7/18	1/7/20
	2.5%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%
Marker	82.76	83.01	80.21	80.45	92.19	92.47	124.09	124.46

 

6.         This variation shall take effect from the first pay period on or after 1 July 2020.

 

 

 

N. CONSTANT, Chief Commissioner

 

 

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