DENTAL ASSISTANTS AND SECRETARIES (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by N.S.W. Dental Assistants Association, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4342 of 2003)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (ii) of clause 1, Salaries, of the award published 1 March 2002 (331 I.G. 845), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(ii)        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 adjustment.

 

2.          Delete paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subclause (iii) of the said clause 1 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iii)

 

(a)        An employee who is the holder of a Certificate of Proficiency as a dental assistant and secretary issued by the N.S.W. Dental Assistants Association and/or the Dental Assistants’ Association of Australia Inc., or by the Department of Technical and Further Education shall be paid, in addition to their appropriate salary, the sum of $24.50 per week.  The employee shall be entitled to receive such additional sum as from the declaration by such candidate of the training course.

 

(b)       Any employee who has, in addition to their Certificate of Proficiency prescribed by paragraph (a) of this subclause, a Certificate of Proficiency in Dental Radiography, shall be paid the further amount of $11.70 per week extra; provided that this amount is to be paid only where the employee is called upon to carry out work for which they would be qualified, being the holder of such certificate.

 

(c)        Any employee who has in addition to their Certificate of Proficiency prescribed by paragraph (a) of this subclause, a Certificate of Proficiency in Oral Health Education, shall be paid the further amount of $10.60 per week extra; provided that this amount is to be paid only where the employee is called upon to carry out work for which they would be qualified, being the holder of such certificate.

 

3.          Delete subclause (ii) of clause 3, Hours, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(ii)        Any employee required to work on a Saturday as part of their ordinary hours of duty shall be paid $11.30 in addition to their ordinary rate of pay.

 

4.          Delete subclause (iv) of clause 4, Overtime and Evening Meal Money, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)       Employees required to work for more than one hour after their ordinary ceasing time, Monday to Friday inclusive, shall be paid not less than $9.95 for evening meal money in addition to any overtime to which they may be entitled under the provisions herein before contained.  If overtime exceeds five hours on any shift, a further meal allowance of the same amount shall be paid.

 

5.          Delete clause 17, Clothing, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

17.  Clothing

 

If any employee is required to wear a uniform, the employer shall bear the expense of laundering the same; provided that where the uniforms are not laundered at the expense of the employer, an allowance of $7.00 per week shall be paid to the employee.

 

6.          Delete clause 23, First-aid Allowance, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

23.  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 Ambulance or similar body, shall be paid an allowance of $7.85 per week, if the employee is appointed by an employer to perform first-aid duty.

 

7.          Delete Table 1- Salaries of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Part B

 

Monetary Rates

 

Table 1 - Salaries

 

Age	Former rate per week	Total rate per
		week effective29.08.03
	$	$
At 16 years of age or under	181.40	187.75
At 17 years of age	209.50	216.85
At 18 years of age	241.95	250.40
At 19 years of age	281.80	291.65
At 20 years of age	321.35	332.60
At 21 years of age and over with less than
one year’s experience	413.40	431.40
At 21 years of age and over with more than
one year’s experience	416.70	434.70

 

 

8.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 29 August 2003.

 

 

 

I. W. CAMBRIDGE, Commissioner.

 

 

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