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 1274 of 2007)
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Before Commissioner
Cambridge
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8 August 2007
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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 under the State Wage Case
2007. These Adjustments may 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 Table
2 - Additional Margins, and Table 3 - Additional Allowances, of Part B,
Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
PART B
Table 2 -
Additional Margins
To take effect from the
first pay period to commence on or after the 8th August 2007.
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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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32.05 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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17.25 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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43.25 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 work,
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i.e., dust blowing in the wind, etc.
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22.90 per week
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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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36.75 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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Tradespersons
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12.80 per week
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All other labour
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10.40 per week
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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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operating power houses
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16.85 per week
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8
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3.5.1.2
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Apprentices engaged on construction work - In conditions
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22.90 per week
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peculiar to such work, i.e., dust blowing in 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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12.80 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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Year of Apprenticeship
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1st year
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22.45
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2nd year
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32.75
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3rd year
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42.35
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4th year
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50.20
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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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conditions peculiar to such work, i.e., dust blowing in
the
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wind, etc.
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22.90 per week
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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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12.80 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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23.80
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2nd year
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36.50
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3rd year
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46.10
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4th year
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52.20
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14
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5.3
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Tool Allowance
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13.30 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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439.80
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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 71.40
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Table 3
-Additional Allowances
To take effect from the first pay period to commence on or
after the 8th August 2007.
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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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0.47 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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0.60 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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0.59 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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0.60 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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0.51 per hour
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for each further 15 meters
increase in height
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0.51 per hour
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15.1.4.2
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Working in bosun’s chair or
swinging scaffold at height of
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-15m
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0.51 per hour
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-for each additional 15m
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0.51 per hour
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6
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15.1.5
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Wet Allowance
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0.47 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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0.47 per hour
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- Where temperature exceeds 54
degrees Celsius
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0.60 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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0.47 per hour
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9
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15.1.8
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Explosive Powered Tool
Allowance
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- minimum payment per day
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1.26 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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0.61 per hour
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15.1.9.4
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Employees working in close
proximity to employees so
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engaged with such substances
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0.51 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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10.83 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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2.17 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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0.85 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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1.41 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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1.67 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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1.68 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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0.86 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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44.73 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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1.27 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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0.43 per hour
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From 16 storey levels up to
and including 30 storey levels
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0.51 per hour
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From 31 storey levels up to
and including 45 storey levels
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0.78 per hour
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From 46 storey levels up to
and including 60 storey levels
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1.00 per hour
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From 61 storey levels and
above
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1.26 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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1.05 per day
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17.2
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Western Division
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1.74 per day
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17.3
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Snowy Mountains Section
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1.74 per day
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19
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28.3
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First-aid Allowance
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2.40 per day
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20
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19.5.1A.2
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On Call Allowance - every part
of 24 hour period outside
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of ordinary working hours
between shifts
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1.81 per hour
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21
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19.5.1A.3
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On Call Allowance - every part
of 24 hour period outside
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of ordinary working hours
between shifts
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1.81 per hour
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22
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19.5.1A.4
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On Call Allowance - every full
24 hour period
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43.26 per day
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23
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19.5.1A.5
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On Call Allowance - every week
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216.32 per week
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3. Delete Table
4 - Expense Related Allowances of Part B, Monetary Rates and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
Table 4 - Expense
Related Allowances
To take effect from
the first pay period to commence on or after 26th August 2007
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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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4.3.3
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Motor Vehicle Allowance
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0.64 per Km
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2
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4.4.3.1
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Daily Average Excess Fares, Construction Work etc,
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Allowance
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11.40 per week
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3
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4.4.3.2.2.2
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Weekly Average Excess Fares Rate
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54.10 per week
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4
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7.1.1
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Living Away from Home Allowance
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527.65 per week
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5
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7.3.3.1
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Camping Allowance
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14.95 per day
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6
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19.8.1 &
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Meal Allowance
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9.60 per meal
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20.4.2.1
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4. This
variation shall take effect from the first pay period to commence on or after
the 8th August 2007.
I.
W. CAMBRIDGE, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.