BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

(285)

SERIAL C1382

DRUG FACTORIES (STATE) AWARD

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Application by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales, and another, industrial organisations of employees.

(No. IRC 3183 and 3184 of 2002)

Before The Honourable Justice Glynn

21 June 2002

VARIATION

1. Delete subclause (a) of clause 4, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment, of the award published 26 August 1981, reprinted 16 May 1984, further reprinted 8 November 1991 and the reviewed award published 1 June 2001 (325 I.G. 1) as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(a) The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2002. These adjustments may be offset against:

(i) any equivalent overaward payments; and/or

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

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

Table 1 - Wages

Item	Classification	Base Rate	May	May	May	Total
No		(Includes	2000	2001	2002	Rate
		June 1999)	SWC	SWC	SWC	Per
		SWC	Per	Per	Per	Week
		$	Week	Week	Week	$
			$	$	$
DIVISION I -
1	Chief Chemist	535.05	15.00	15.00	18.00	583.05
2	Research Chemist	496.15	15.00	15.00	18.00	544.15
3	Analytical and/or process
	Chemist	468.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	514.20
4	Trainee Chemist -
	First year of adult service	417.30	15.00	13.00	18.00	463.30
	Second year of adult service	433.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	479.70
	Third year of adult service	450.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	496.20
5	Laboratory Assistant	425.30	15.00	13.00	18.00	471.30
DIVISION II -
6	Pill Making	429.30	15.00	13.00	18.00	475.30
7	Pill and Tablet Making	429.30	15.00	13.00	18.00	475.30
8	Manufacturing complex
	Pharmaceuticals involving
	a chemical change	429.30	15.00	13.00	18.00	475.30
9	Granulating (hand, Machine
	and/or hot table)	429.30	15.00	13.00	18.00	475.30
DIVISION III -
10	Tablet Compressing	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
11	Hydrogen Peroxide	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
12	Spirit recovery still operator	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
13	Spiritous percolating	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
14	Nail Lacquer	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
15	Manufacturing empty hard
	Gelatine capsules	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
16	Machine attendant	423.20	15.00	13.00	18.00	469.20
DIVISION IV
17	Fluid Magnesia	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
18	Emulsions (cod liver oil and
	paraffin types)	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
19	Toothpaste	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
20	Ointments	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
21	Cosmetics for males and
	Females	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
22	Perfumes	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
23	Creams	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
24	Lotions and repellents	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
25	Hair Sprays	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
26	Hair oils and hair tints	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
27	Manufacturing
	pharmaceuticals not Otherwise
	provided for	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
28	Bottle Checker and sorter	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
29	Filling raw materials, partly
	processed materials &/or
	finished products into bulk
	receptacles for subsequent
	processing	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
30	Manufacture for any of the
	above items for aerosol packs	418.70	15.00	13.00	18.00	464.70
DIVISION V -
31	Laboratory Attendant	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
32	Household chemicals, cleaners
	and detergents	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
33	Bottle washer (by hand or
	machine)	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
34	Quality Inspector	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
35	APC and Seiditz powder
	machine operator	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
36	Filling and finishing retail
	packs up to transfer point from
	factory end of line packaging
	departments to warehouse and
	dispatch departments	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
37	Cutting, filling or sealing
	Ampoules	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50
38	All other employees not
	otherwise provided for	409.50	15.00	13.00	18.00	455.50

3. Delete Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of the said Part B and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Item	Clause	Brief Description	Amount
No.	No.		$
1	3(d)(i)	Junior trainee lab assistants who undertake an appropriate
		certificate course	1.50 per week
2	3(d)(ii)	Senior hands	4.30 per week
3	3(d)(iii)	Charge Hands' Allowances:
		In charge of 1 to 5 employees	16.70 per week
		In charge of 6 to 10 employees	20.00 per week
		In charge of more than 10 employees	24.00 per week
4	3(d)(iv)	Employees appointed as checkers	3.60 per week
5	15(e)(i)	Engaged on morning or afternoon shifts	13.22 per shift
6	15(e)(ii)	Engaged on night shifts	17.80 per shift
8	28(f)	Required to perform work of an unusually dirty, dusty and/or
		offensive nature or temperatures of abnormal heat/cold	0.40 per hour
9	28(q)	Appointed as a first-aid attendant	2.40 per day or shift

4. Delete Part C - Industry/Skill Level Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

PART C

INDUSTRY/SKILL LEVEL RATES

Table 1 - Industry/Skill Level A

Where the accredited training course and work performed are for the purposes of generating skills which have been defined for work at industry/skill level A.

	Highest Year of Schooling Completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	$	$	$
School Leaver	200.00	219.00	266.00
Plus 1 year our of school	219.00	266.00	309.00
Plus 2 years	266.00	309.00	359.00
Plus 3 years	309.00	359.00	410.00
Plus 4 years	359.00	410.00
Plus 5 years	410.00

Table 2 - Industry/Skill Level B

Where the accredited training course and work performed are for the purpose of generating skills which have been defined for work at industry/skill level B.

	Highest Year of Schooling Completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	$	$	$
School Leaver	200.00	219.00	256.00
Plus 1 year out of school	219.00	256.00	294.00
Plus 2 years	256.00	294.00	345.00
Plus 3 years	294.00	345.00	392.00
Plus 4 years	345.00	392.00
Plus 5 years	392.00

Table 3 - Industry/Skill Level C

Where the accredited training course and work performed are for the purpose of generating skills which have been defined for work at industry/skill level C.

	Highest Year of Schooling Completed
	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	$	$	$
School Leaver	200.00	219.00	248.00
Plus 1 year out of school	219.00	248.00	278.00
Plus 2 years	248.00	278.00	311.00
Plus 3 years	278.00	311.00	347.00
Plus 4 years	311.00	347.00
Plus 5years	347.00

4. This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 6 July 2002.

L. C. GLYNN J.

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

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