Electrical, Electronic and
Communications Contracting Industry (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Electrical
Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch, Industrial
Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 2723 of 2006)
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Before Commissioner
Cambridge
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2 August 2006
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause 3.6, of clause 3 Wages, of the award published 17 March 2006 (358
I.G. 1), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
3.6 The rates of
pay in this award include the adjustments payable unable under the State Wage
Case 2006. These adjustments may be
offset against:
(a) any equivalent
overaward payments, and/or
(b) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete Table
2 - Additional Margins, and Table 3 - Additional Allowances, of Part B,
Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 2 -
Additional Margins
Please note: Additional Margins and Allowances are being
varied only for this Award.
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Item No.
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Clause No.
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Brief
Description
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Amount
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$
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1
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3.3.1.1
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Qualified Supervisor
Certificate (Electrician)
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30.80 per week
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2
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3.3.1.2
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Certificate of Registration
(Electrician)
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16.60 per week
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3
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3.3.2
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Leading Hand Allowance
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41.60 per week
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4
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3.3.3
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Construction Work - In
conditions peculiar to such
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22.00 per week
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work, i.e., dust blowing in
the wind, etc.
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5
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3.3.4.1
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Construction Work - Special
Allowance
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35.35 per week
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6
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3.3.5
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Ship Repair Work -
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12.30 per week
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Tradespersons
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10.00 per week
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All other labour
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7
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3.3.6
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Tradesperson and their
assistants employed in large
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16.20 per week
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operating power houses
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8
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3.5.1.2
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Apprentices engaged on
construction work - In
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22.00 per week
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conditions peculiar to such
work, i.e., dust blowing in
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the wind, etc.
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9
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3.5.1.3
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Apprentices engaged on ship
repairs
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12.30 per week
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10
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3.5.1.4
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Apprentices engaged on
construction work -
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Per Week
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Year of Apprenticeship
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1st year
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21.60
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2nd year
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31.50
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3rd year
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40.70
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4th year
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48.25
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11
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3.5.2.2
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Trainee apprentices engaged on
construction work in
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22.00 per week
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conditions peculiar to such
work, i.e., dust blowing in
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the wind, etc.
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12
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3.5.2.3
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Trainee Apprentices engaged on
ship repairs
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12.30 per week
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13
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3.5.2.5
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Trainee apprentices engaged on
construction work -
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Per week
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Year of Apprenticeship:
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1st year
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22.90
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2nd year
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35.10
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3rd year
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44.35
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4th year
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50.20
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14
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5.3
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Tool Allowance
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12.80 per week
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14
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5.6
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Loss of Tools - maximum compensation
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422.90
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14
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5.7
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Employee liable to pay on each
claim for compensation
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The first $68.65
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Table 3
-Additional Allowances
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Item
No.
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Clause
No.
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Brief
Description
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Amount
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$
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1
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15.1.1
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Dirty Work Allowance
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$0.45
per hour
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2
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15.1.1.2.4
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Ship Repair - Dirty Work
Allowance
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$0.58
per hour
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3
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15.1.2
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Confined Space Allowance
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$0.57
per hour
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4
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15.1.3
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Insulation Material Allowance
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$0.58
per hour
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5
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15.1.4.1
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Height Allowance -
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$0.49
per hour
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for each further 15 meters
increase in height
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$0.49
per hour
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15.1.4.2
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Working in bosun’s chair or
swinging scaffold at height
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of - 15m
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0.49
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- for each additional 15m
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0.49
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6
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15.1.5
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Wet Allowance
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$0.45
per hour
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7
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15.1.6
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Hot Places Allowance
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- 46 degrees Celsius to 54
degrees Celsius
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$0.45
per hour
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- Where temperature exceeds 54
degrees Celsius
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$0.58
per hour
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8
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15.1.7
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Cold Places Allowance
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$0.45
per hour
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9
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15.1.8
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Explosive Powered Tool
Allowance - minimum
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payment per day
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$1.21
per day
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10
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15.1.9
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Toxic Substance Allowance
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$0.59
per hour
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Employees working in close
proximity to employees so
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15.1.9.4
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engaged with such substances
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$0.49
per hour
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11
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15.1.10
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Underground Work Allowance
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$10.41
per week
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15.1.10.5
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Underground Work Allowance
maximum 4 days or
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$2.09
per day or
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shifts per week
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shift
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12
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15.1.11.1
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Submarine Allowance - for work
inside hull
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$0.82
per hour
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15.1.11.2
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For work in other compartments
listed in 4.1.11.2
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$1.36
per hour
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15.1.11.3
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For work inside "D",
"O" and "R" tanks
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$1.61
per hour
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13
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15.1.12.4
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Asbestos Allowance
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$1.62
per hour
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14
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15.1.13
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Sewerage Ocean Outfall Plants
Allowance
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$.83
per hour
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15
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15.2.2.1
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On construction work at the
construction sites of
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Australian Iron and Steel Ltd
and others -
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Compensation for disabilities
experienced at these sites
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$43.01
per week
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16
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15.2.2
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Corrective Establishment
Allowance
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$1.22
per hour
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17
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16.4.3
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5 storey levels up to and
including 15 storey levels
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41
cents per hour
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From 16 storey levels up to
and including 30 storey
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levels
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49
cents per hour
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From 31 storey levels up to
and including 45 storey
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levels
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75
cents per hour
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From 46 storey levels up to
and including 60 storey
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96
cents per hour
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levels
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From 61 storey levels and
above
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1.21cents
per hour
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18
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17
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Distant Places Allowance -
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17.1
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Central Section
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$1.01
per day
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17.2
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Western Division
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$1.67
per day
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17.3
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Snowy Mountains Section
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$1.67
per day
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19
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28.3
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First-aid Allowance
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$2.31
per day
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3. This
variation shall take effect from the first pay period to commence on or after
the 2 August 2006.
I. W.
CAMBRIDGE, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.