MARGARINE MAKERS (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

FULL BENCH

 

Application by The Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 5146 of 2001)

 

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (viii) of clause 2, Rates of Pay of the award published 24 August 2001 (327 I.G. 163) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(viii)     The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2001.  These adjustments may be offset against:

 

(i)         any equivalent overaward payment; and/or

 

(ii)        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 - Rates of Pay

 

Classification	Base Rate	May 2001	Total Weekly
		SWC	Rate
	$	$	$
Refinery Operator and Process Operator (96%)	475.50	13.00	488.50
Assistant Refinery Operator and Seeding Plant
Operator (92.4%)	460.50	13.00	473.50
Assistant Seeding Plant Operator, Assistant Process Plant
Operator and Packaging Plant Operator (89.9%)	450.10	13.00	463.10
All Others (83%)	421.90	13.00	434.90

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item	Clause	Brief Description	Existing	Amount
No.	No.		Allowance
			$	$
1	2(iv)	Removing grease by Anderson Kerrick or similar	0.36	0.37
		steam method per hour
2	2(v) (a)	Cleaning pits, tanks, vats, sumps and / or drains per hour	0.62	0.64
	2(v) (b)	Continuously employed in the above per week	14.40	14.80
3	2(vi)	Clothing Allowance per week	1.80	2.00
4	2(iii)	Leading Hands (per week)
		(a) in charge of 3 to 6 employees	16.00	16.50
		(b) in charge of 7 to 10 employees	19.80	20.40
		(c) in charge of 11 to 15 employees	23.70	24.40
		(d) in charge of more than 15 employees	29.60	30.50
5	7(i)	Meal Allowance
		(a) in excess of 1 hours overtime
		(b) in excess of four hours overtime	6.45	7.20
		(c) with notice of overtime
6	19(ii)	First Aid Allowance per day or shift	2.05	2.10

 

"Note": All expense related allowances in this award have been varied in accordance with CPI adjustments up to and including the March quarter 2001.

 

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 12 November 2001.

 

 

 

F. L. WRIGHT  J, President.

M. J. WALTON  J, Vice-President.

J. N. REDMAN, Commissioner.

 

 

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