CLOTHING TRADES (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 2831 of 2003)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 7, Absorption Commitment, of the award published 19 October 2001 (328 I.G. 952), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

7.  Absorption Commitment

 

7.1        The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2003.  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 adjustments and minimum rates adjustments.

 

7.2        The rates in Table 1 - Rates of Pay, and the rates in Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates, shall operate from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 23 July 2003.

 

2.          Delete the amount "$53.00 per week" appearing in subclause 13.3 and paragraph 13.9.3 of clause 13, Workers Eligible for a Supported Wage, and substitute the amount "$56.00 per week".

 

3.          Delete the paragraph commencing "Wages" in clause 63, Schedule "C" - Information to be Given to Outworkers, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Wages - According to law, as at 23 July 2003 the usual weekly wage for 38 hours, Monday to Friday is $487.60. The hourly rate is $12.83. Remember, the law says you must not be paid less than the hourly rate according to the award.

 

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

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Rates of Pay

 

Clause 6 - Rates of Pay

 

Adult Rates of Pay from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 23 July 2003.

 

Skill level	Relativity to skill level 4 per week	award rate
	%	$
Trainee	78	448.40
1	82	465.10*
2	87.4	487.60
3	92.4	508.50
4	100	542.20
5#	-	583.90**

 

* Calculation for minute pay rate for PBR purposes

 

** Not yet determined as to relativity

 

# Not a skill level

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Allowances payable from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 23 July 2003.

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Brief Description	Amount
			$
1	6.6.1	Head of table or bench of machines, in charge of four	13.40
		or more persons - above appropriate machinist rate
2	6.6.2	Head of table or bench of machines, in charge of four	9.80
		or more persons - above appropriate machinist rate
3	17.1	Meal Money	7.75
4	46.1	Disability Allowances -	3.30 per day
		Inadequate dining facilities
5	46.2	Disability Allowances -	3.30 per day
		Inadequate rest facilities

 

5.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 23 July 2003.

 

 

 

J. P. MURPHY, Commissioner.

 

 

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