Cemetery and Crematoria Employees (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by The Funeral and Allied Industries Union of New South Wales Branch, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 1879 of 2008)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete subclause (i) of clause 6, Wages, of the award published 22 July 2005 (352 I.G. 614), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)       The rates of pay shall be the minimum to be paid to weekly employees in the classifications as set out in Table 1 of Part B of this award:

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2006, 2007, and 2008.  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 paragraph (a), (b) (c) and (d) of subclause (iv) of clause 6 Wages, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)     An employee required to do any work in connection with an exhumation shall receive an allowance for each body exhumed in addition to his/her ordinary wage as set out in Part B, Monetary Rates, of Table 2 - Allowances.

 

3.        Delete clause 8, Leading Hand, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

8.  Leading Hand

 

Where an employer in his/her sole discretion appoints an employee as a leading hand, such an employee shall be paid an allowance per week as set out in Part B, Table 2, above his/her appropriate classification as provided for in subclause (i) of Clause 6 - Wages, of this award.

 

4.        Delete  of clause 11, Tea Money, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

11.  Tea Money

 

(i)       Employees required to work overtime for more than two hours after their ordinary ceasing time on any day, Monday to Friday inclusive, and who have not been so advised the day previously, shall be paid a meal allowance as set out in Part B, of Table 2.

 

(ii)       Employees who are advised that they are required to work overtime and who are not so required to work shall be paid a meal allowance as set out in Part B, of Table 2.

 

5.        Delete clause 25, First Aid Allowance and insert in lieu thereof the following

 

25.  First Aid Allowance

 

An employee who has been trained to render first-aid and who is the current holder of appropriate first-aid qualifications, such as a certificate from the St. John’s Ambulance or similar body shall be paid an allowance per week as set out in Part B, of Table 2, if the employee is appointed by an employer to perform first-aid duty.

 

6.        Delete Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

Classification	Base Rate	New Base	Hourly	New Base	Hourly	New Base	Hourly
		Rate 2006	Rate	Rate 2007	Rate	Rate 2008	Rate
		SWC		SWC		SWC
	$	$	$	$	$	$	$
General Hand	587.59	607.59	15.99	627.59	16.52	652.69	17.18
5 yrs	599.45	619.45	16.30	639.45	16.83	665.03	17.50
10 yrs	611.31	631.31	16.61	651.31	17.14	677.36	17.83
15 yrs	623.17	643.17	16.93	663.17	17.45	689.70	18.15
Grave Digger	615.09	635.09	16.71	655.09	17.24	681.29	17.93
5 yrs	627.64	647.64	17.04	667.64	17.57	694.35	18.27
10 yrs	640.19	660.19	17.37	680.19	17.90	707.40	18.62
15 yrs	652.74	672.74	17.70	692.74	18.23	720.45	18.96
Transformer
Hand	611.19	631.19	16.61	651.19	17.14	677.24	17.82
5 yrs	623.64	643.64	16.94	663.64	17.46	690.19	18.16
10 yrs	636.09	656.09	17.27	676.09	17.79	703.13	18.50
15 yrs	648.54	668.54	17.59	688.54	18.12	716.08	18.84

 

7.        Insert after Table 1 Wages in Part B, the following new Table 2:

 

Table 2 - Allowances

 

Clause.	Brief Description	Amount 2006 SWC	Amount 2007 SWC	Amount 2008 SWC
No		$	$	$
6(iv)	Body has been buried
	for 14 days or less	60.92 p.w.	63.36 p.w.	65.89 p.w.
6(iv)	>14 days but < 7 yrs
	and has been artificially
	embalmed	73.07 p.w.	75.99 p.w.	79.03 p.w.
6(iv)	>14 days but < 7 yrs
	and has not been artificially
	embalmed	121.85 p.w.	126.72 p.w.	131.79 p.w.
6(iv)	Body buried > 7 yrs	60.92 p.w.	63.36 p.w.	65.89 p.w.
8	Leading Hand	29.99 p.w.	31.19 p.w.	32.44 p.w.
11(i)	Meal Allowance	10.50 p.d.	10.91 p.d.	11.38 p.w.
11(ii)	Meal Allowance	6.51 p.d.	6.76 p.d.	7.05 p.w.
25	First Aid	8.21 p.w.	8.54 p.w.	8.88 p.w.

 

8.        The 2006 and 2007 variations shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 3 October 2008.

 

9.        The 2008 variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 3 October 2009.

 

 

 

E. A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner.

 

 

 

 

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