Cemetery and Crematoria Employees (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by The Funeral and Allied Industries Union of New South Wales Branch, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 2767 of 2006)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclauses (i) and (iv), of clause 6, Wages, of the award published 22 July 2005 (352 I.G. 614), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)         The rates of pay shall be the minimum to be paid to weekly employees in the classifications as set out in Table 1 of Part B of this award:

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2005.  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.

 

(iv)       An employee required to do any work in connection with an exhumation shall receive an allowance for each body exhumed in addition to his/her ordinary wage as set out as follows:

 

(a)        where a body has been buried for 14 days or less, $58.58

 

(b)       where a body has been buried for more than 14 days but less than seven years and had been arterially embalmed and sealed in a metal, polythene or other approved plastic container, $70.26.

 

(c)        where a body has been buried for more than 14 days but less than seven years and has not been arterially embalmed and inserted in a metal, polythene or other approved plastic container, $117.16 and

 

(d)       where a body has been buried in excess of seven years, $58.58

 

2.          Delete clause 8, Leading Hand, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

8.  Leading Hand

 

Where an employer in his/her sole discretion appoints an employee as a leading hand, such an employee shall be paid an allowance of $28.84 per week above his/her appropriate classification as provided for in subclause (i) of Clause 6 - Wages, of this award.

 

3.          Delete clause 11, Tea Money, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

11.  Tea Money

 

(i)         Employees required to work overtime for more than two hours after their ordinary ceasing time on any day, Monday to Friday inclusive, and who have not been so advised the day previously, shall be paid a meal allowance of $10.15.

 

(ii)        Employees who are advised that they are required to work overtime and who are not so required to work shall be paid $6.30 meal allowance.

 

4.          Delete clause 25, First Aid Allowance, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

25.  First-Aid Allowance

 

An employee who has been trained to render first-aid and who is the current holder of appropriate first-aid qualifications, such as a certificate from the St. John’s Ambulance or similar body shall be paid an allowance of $7.89 per week if the employee is appointed by an employer to perform first-aid duty.

 

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

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

 

6.          This variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 August 2006.

 

 

 

M. SCHMIDT J

 

 

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