Crown
Employees (Department of Environment and Climate Change - Royal Botanic
Gardens, Building and Mechanical Trades Staff) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Department
of Environment and Climate Change NSW.
(No. IRC 202 of 2008)
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Before Commissioner
Macdonald
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29 February 2008
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause 7.4 of clause 7, General Conditions of Employment, of the award
published 15 February 2008 (364 I.G. 1265), and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
7.4 Allowances
7.4.1 The parties
agree that all allowances previously paid to staff covered by this Award,
including the Pager Allowance, have been rolled into salary with the exception
of the allowances in subclauses 7.4.2, 7.4.3 and 7.4.4, the rates for which are
specified in Part B, of this award at Table 2 and Table 3.
7.4.2 The allowances
referred to in clauses 7.4.3 and 7.4.4 of this clause are functional allowances
and are not payable when staff are absent on any form of paid leave of 20
working days or 4 weeks, whichever is the greater. The allowances referred to in clause 7.4.5 of this clause are
annualised allowances and will continue to be paid to staff when on authorised
paid leave.
7.4.3 Chokage
Allowance - the allowance will be calculated as:
(i) (hourly rate
x normal hours of work) x pay period
(ii) using the
hourly rate as contained in Part B, Table 2 for chokage, the pay period may be
weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
(iii) This is a
weekly allowance which will be paid each fortnight in recognition of the need
for the performance of chokage work.
7.4.4 Asbestos
Allowance - the allowances will be calculated as:
(i) (hourly rate
x normal hours of work) x pay period
(ii) using the
hourly rate as contained in Part B, Table 2 'Asbestos - materials containing'
the pay period may be weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
(iii) This is a
weekly allowance which will be paid each fortnight in recognition of working
with bonded materials containing asbestos.
(iv) Staff will be
provided with and shall use the appropriate safety equipment required for
working with bonded materials containing asbestos.
(v) Bonded asbestos
material means any material, other than friable asbestos material, that
contains asbestos.
(vi) No staff member
is to attempt to remove or work with materials that contain or are highly
likely to contain, friable asbestos.
(vii) Friable
Asbestos means any material that contains asbestos and is in the form of a
powder or can be crumbled, pulverised or reduced to powder by hand pressure
when dry.
(viii) The parties
also agree that staff have the right to refuse to work with asbestos if such
work is considered too hazardous.
7.4.5 Plumbers'
Licence Allowance and Plumbers' Registration Allowance - the allowance will be
calculated as:
(i) (annual
rate
52.17657) x pay period
(ii) using the
applicable annual rate as contained in Part B, Table 3 the pay period may be
weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
(iii) This is a
weekly allowance which will be paid each fortnightly in recognition of staff
required to act on such a Licence.
2. Delete Table
2, Allowances of Part B, Rates and Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
Table 2 -
Allowances
|
Date of
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%
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Asbestos - material
containing
|
Chokage
|
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Increase
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Increase
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Per Hour
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Per Day
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Per Week
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Per Hour
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Per Day
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Per Week
|
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1/01/2003
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4%
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$0.61
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$4.64
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$23.18
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$0.75
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$5.69
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$28.40
|
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1/07/2003
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5%
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$0.64
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$4.86
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$24.32
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$0.78
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$5.97
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$29.82
|
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1/07/2004
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4%
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$0.67
|
$5.09
|
$25.46
|
$0.82
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$6.21
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$31.01
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1/07/2005
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4%
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$0.70
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$5.32
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$26.60
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$0.85
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$6.46
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$32.25
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1/07/2006
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4%
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$0.73
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$5.55
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$27.74
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$0.88
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$6.72
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$33.54
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|
FFPP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1/07/2007
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4%
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$0.76
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$5.78
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$28.88
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$0.92
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$6.96
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$34.89
|
|
Date of
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%
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Registration
|
Licence
|
|
Increase
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Increase
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Per Hour
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Per Week
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Per Annum
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Per Hour
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Per Week
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Per Annum
|
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1/01/2003
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4%
|
$0.60
|
$23.13
|
$1,206.86
|
$1.05
|
$23.89
|
$1,481.02
|
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1/07/2003
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5%
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$0.63
|
$23.94
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$1,249.15
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$1.10
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$41.80
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$2,181.06
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1/07/2004
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4%
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$0.66
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$24.90
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$1,299.12
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$1.14
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$43.47
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$2,268.31
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1/07/2005
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4%
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$0.69
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$25.89
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$1,351.09
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$1.19
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$45.21
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$2,359.04
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1/07/2006
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4%
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$0.72
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$26.93
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$1,405.13
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$1.24
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$47.02
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$2,453.40
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FFPP
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|
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1/07/2007
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4%
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$0.75
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$28.01
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$1,461.33
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$1.29
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$48.90
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2,551.54
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3. This
variation shall take effect on and from 29 February 2008.
A.
MACDONALD, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.