TRANSPORT INDUSTRY - WHOLESALE BUTCHERS (STATE) AWARD 2000

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4022 of 2003)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.       Delete subclause 10.3 of clause 10, Wages, of the award published 11 May 2001 (324 I.G. 722) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

10.3    The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2003.  These adjustments may be offset against:

 

(a)      any equivalent over award payments, and/or

 

(b)      award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum rates adjustments.

 

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

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

Division A - General Rates:

 

Grade One - Motor Vehicle Driver, Yardman and Articulated Vehicle Driver -

 

Classification	Former Weekly	State Wage Case	New Weekly
	Wage	2003	Wage
	$	$	$
(A) Motor Vehicle Driver -
carrying capacity up to and not
exceeding 5½ tonnes	512.50	17.00	529.50
	Additional amount
	$
For each additional tonne or part
thereof	4.05	3.2%	4.20
(B) Yardman:
(i.e. employee washing vehicles)
Weekly Hand	507.50	17.00	524.50

 

(Note: The margin prescribed herein for a yardman has been fixed on the basis that his/her ordinary hours of work finish after 5.00 p.m. and at or before midnight on the days Monday to Friday, inclusive).

 

(C)     Articulated Vehicle Driver:

 

Drivers of articulated vehicles shall receive either:

 

(1)      the rate of pay as calculated under subclause 10.1 of clause 10, Wages; or

 

(2)      the rate of pay as calculated under clause 1, Wages, of the Transport Industry (State) Award, whichever is the higher.

 

Grade Two: Casual Hands and Youth Labour -

 

(A)     Casual Hands:

 

(a)      Casual employees shall be paid one-fifth of the above weekly rate on a daily basis plus 15 per cent.

 

(b)      Irrespective of hours worked, a casual employee shall be paid for a minimum of eight hours’ work for each start.

 

(B)     Youth Labour:

 

Any youth employed on work under this award shall be paid the appropriate male rate prescribed in this award for the class of work he/she is performing.

 

Table 2 - Allowances

 

Division B - Extra Payments

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Description	Former Amount	New Amount
			$	+3.2%
				$
1	7.1.4	Washing vehicle allowance	7.45 for each week	7.70 per
			washing occurs	each week
				washing
				occurs
2	7.10.1	Unload/assist in unloading of	0.95 per day for	1.00 for each
		railway trucks.	each day	day
		In any week he/she unloads, not
		less than	3.25	3.35
2A	7.11	Any driver responsible for
		operating a chiller and/or blower	0.80 per hour	0.85 per hour

 

Division C - Other Work Related Allowances

 

3	12	Collecting monies -
		exceeds $30 but not over $150	4.20 per week	4.35 per week
4	12	Collecting monies -
		exceeds $150	6.55 per week	6.75 per week

 

Division D - Reimbursement - type Allowances

 

5	15.5	Meals	9.35 per day
6	30.1	Clothing	0.80 per day
7	30.5	Boots	0.45 per week
8	31.1	First-aid	1.80 per day

 

3.       This variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 16 August 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

P. J. CONNOR, Commissioner.

 

 

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