BUILDING INDUSTRY - CONTRACT FLOOR LAYER MINIMUM RATE ORDER AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Construction,
Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (New South Wales Branch) , industrial organisation
of employees.
(No. IRC 4543 of 2002)
Before The Honourable
Justice Walton, Vice-President
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14 and 21 August 2002
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VARIATION
1. Delete clause
2, Rates of Payment, of the award published 30 November 2001 (329 I.G. 1103), and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
2. Rates of Payment
Schedule of Commercial Rates
Item No
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Item
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$
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1
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Daily Minimum Charge
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120.64
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2
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Hourly Rate
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32.64
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Fixing Rates
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3
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Vinyl Tiles 20-49m2
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5.65
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4
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50-100m2
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4.51
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5
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100-249m2
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3.39
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6
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250 and over
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2.44
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Sheet Vinyl (incl. Welding)
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7
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20-49m2
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6.40
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8
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50-249m2
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4.38
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9
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250 and over
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3.91
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10
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For Safety Vinyl and Corlon
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1.41
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11
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For Safety Vinyl over 3mm
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2.15
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12
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For Linoleum
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2.15
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Hardboard Underlay (including supply of staples by
contractor)
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13
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20-49m2
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6.03
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14
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50m2 and over
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4.14
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15
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Restaple Hardboard m2
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1.74
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Hardboard Underlay on pineboard
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16
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M2 Additional Rate
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0.62
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17
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Decorative Tiles - VT rate + 50%
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18
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Decorative Tiles - Boarders and squares - Decorative Tile
+ 50%
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19
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Cork Tile - laying out m2
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7.59
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20
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PVC nosing Lin Metre
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3.83
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21
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Aluminium Nosing to Timber per lm
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5.18
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22
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Aluminium Nosing to Concrete per lm
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8.80
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23
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Stair Treads per lm
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4.66
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24
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Stair Risers per lm
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4.66
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25
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Treads and Risers covered per lm
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8.28
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26
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Ripple trims to timber per lm
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2.59
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27
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Ripple trims to concrete per lm
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4.66
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28
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100mm skirting per lm
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2.03
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29
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150mm skirting per lm
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2.54
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30
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100mm flat skirting over carpet or smoothedge - per lm
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2.65
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31
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150mm flat skirting over carpet or smoothedge - per lm
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2.97
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32
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Reducing and capping strip - per lm
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2.30
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33
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Preform cove - per lm
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1.76
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34
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Stringer to walls per lm
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4.00
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35
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Stringer to stairs per lm
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10.61
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36
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Cementuous skim coat 1mm
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1.90
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37
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Smoothing compound (k15/k10)
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2.30
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Above two items include priming and sanding
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38
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Cement based primer
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1.88
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39
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Two pack primer
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0.62
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40
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Grinding concrete - hourly rate
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31.89
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41
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Acid etch etc - hourly rate
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31.89
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42
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Fill expansion joints - hourly rate
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31.89
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Raking and cutting included in rates
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43
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Cover sheet vinyl up to 100mm height per lm
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4.66
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44
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Cover sheet vinyl over 100mm height per lm
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5.18
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45
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Rubber tiles m2
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8.74
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46
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Sheet Vinyl to walls (incl. Welding)
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11.25
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47
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Bulletin Board m2
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15.03
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Take Ups
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48
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Take up loose lay m2
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1.44
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49
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Take up stuck m2
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4.43
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50
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Take up PVA mr
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7.30
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51
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Take up hardboard and coverings including
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|
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removal of staples m2
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4.61
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52
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Take up stair tread nosing (PVC) - per lm
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1.17
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53
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Take up stair tread nosing (Alum) - per lm
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4.43
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54
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Bar Tops
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36.45
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Fares / Travel
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55
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Travelling time outside metropolitan area per hour
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27.07
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56
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Accommodation per day
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86.52
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57
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Travelling per km return
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0.81
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58
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Moving Furniture - Hourly Rate
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31.89
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59
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Cancellation Fee
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38.60
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SCHEDULE OF DOMESTIC
FIXING RATES
Item No.
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Minimum Charge
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$
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60
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183cm x 2m vinyls (except inlaid) - 1m
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16.32
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61
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183cm inlaid vinyl (if layer supplies template paper - 1m
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20.09
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62
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274cm vinyl - 1m
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22.64
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63
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366cm x 4m vinyl - 1m
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27.04
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64
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Daytile with border and squares m2
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12.19
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65
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Vinyl tiles m2
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9.46
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66
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Hardboard m2
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6.77
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67
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K10 and Ardit (labour only) m2
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2.54
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68
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PVA (labour only) m2
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10.02
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69
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Additional rate for stairs in addition to rate per metre -
per stair
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4.47
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70
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Cove skirting - 1m
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4.01
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71
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Preform fillet - 1m
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2.54
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72
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TAKE UPS:
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18.82
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Loose laid material per room
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73
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Stuck down including hardboard m2
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9.46
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74
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Direct to subfloor m2
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12.56
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75
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Electrical appliances, removal and replace - per appliance
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6.25
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76
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MINIMUM CHARGES (labour only) PVA:
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77
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Laundry
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117.87
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78
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Bathroom
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117.87
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79
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Other areas (of total job etc)
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67.35
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80
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Ardit Z8
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67.35
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81
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Mastick K10
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67.35
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82
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ACCESSORIES, TRIM ETC.
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|
83
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Small - 1m
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2.73
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84
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Large - 1m
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2.59
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85
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To supply adhesive m2
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0.87
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86
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CANCELLATION CHARGE: travel time to & from employers
premises to site
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--
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at hourly rate
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87
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SERVICE CHARGE: If layer has to return to site to carry
out rectification not own
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38.60
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fault - hourly rate plus the service charge shown
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2. Delete paragraphs
(a) and (b) of subclause 4.1, of clause 4, Compensation for Travel Patterns,
Mobility Requirements of Contract Floor Layers and the Nature of Engagement in
the Construction Work Covered by this Award, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
(a) Where a
contract floor layer travels daily to a job located outside the counties of
Cumberland, Northumberland or Camden or from within any such county or from one
such county to another or travels daily outside a 50 kilometre radial area from
the nearest post office in the town where the principal contractor’s business
is established (other than on a construction job) the layer shall be paid
travel time of $32.64 per hour for all time spent travelling outside such
counties or radial areas with a minimum payment of 15 minutes each way and in
15 minute lots with the next 15 minute period being paid.
(b) In addition to
the payments prescribed under paragraph (a) of this clause, 39 cents per
kilometre shall also be paid for all travel outside such counties or radial
areas prescribed in paragraph (a).
3. Delete
subclause 5.1 of clause 5, Living Away from Home - Distant Work, and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
5.1 A contract
floor layer shall be entitled to $86.52 per day living away allowance when required
to perform work on a job at such distance from the layer's usual place of
residence that the layer cannot reasonably return to that place at night.
4. Insert after
subclause 7.2 of clause 7, Adjustment of Rates, the following new subclause:
7.3 The rates of
pay in this award include adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2002.
These adjustments may be offset against:
any equivalent overaward payments, and/or
award wage increases since May 1991 other than safety
net, State Wage Case and minimum rates adjustments.
5. Delete
subclause 10.2 of clause 10, Rectification Work, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
10.2 When it is
necessary to return to a job to carry out rectifications that are no fault of
the contract floor layer, a service charge of $38.60 plus the hourly rate as
prescribed under clause 2, Rates of Payment, shall be paid.
6. Delete
subclause 18.2 of clause 18, Formula for Calculating the Hourly Rate, and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
18.2 Using the above
calculation, the industry rate from the first pay period commencing on or after
15 August 2002 is as follows:
(1) $591.66 + 2,
$212.32 + 3, $253.21 + 4, $183.20 =
$1240.39 divided by 38 = $32.64 ph
7. This
variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to
commence on or after 15 August 2002.
M. J. WALTON J,
Vice-President.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.