Drug Factories (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

FULL BENCH

 

Application by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 1034 of 2006)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete Clause 20 Holidays, of the award published 1 June 2001 (325 IG. 1) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

20.  Holidays

 

(a)        The following days or the day upon which they are observed shall be holidays:  New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen's Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and all other days proclaimed as public holidays for the State and local gazetted public holidays in the districts to which they apply.

 

(b)        In addition to the holidays specified in subclause (a) of this clause one additional holiday shall apply in each calendar year to an employee on weekly hire. Such holiday shall be on the day prescribed in subclause 7.5.1(b)(ii) of clause 7.5, of Public Holidays of the Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998 (Federal), as an additional holiday in New South Wales; provided further that where any other working day is observed as an additional day by the general body of employees in any establishment then such day shall be substituted for the additional holiday hereinbefore prescribed.  By agreement between any employer and the majority of the employees another day may be substituted for the additional holiday prescribed by this subclause in such employer's undertaking.

 

(c)        All award holidays falling on a usual working day shall be counted as time worked and paid for as such.

 

(d)        An employee who without reasonable cause absents himself without leave on the working day immediately preceding or the working day immediately following an award holiday shall not be entitled to payment for such holiday.

 

(e)        Work done on any award holiday or Easter Saturday shall be paid for at the rate of double time and one-half with a minimum payment of four hours.

 

2.          This variation shall take effect from 21 March 2006.

 

 

M. J. WALTON  J, Vice-President.

R. P. BOLAND  J.

I. TABBAA, Commissioner.

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.