DOUGLASS HANLY MOIR, BARRATT & SMITH AND SOUTHERN PATHOLOGY (STATE)
AWARD 2003
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Douglass
Hanly Moir Pathology Pty Ltd.
(No. IRC 4328 of 2003)
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Before Mr Deputy
President Grayson
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25 August 2003
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AWARD
PART A
1. Arrangement
PART A
Clause No. Subject Matter
1. Arrangement
2. Title
3. Definitions
4. Wages
5. Conditions
of Employment
6. Commitment
of the Parties
7. Application
of Parent Award
8. Area,
Incidence and Duration
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 Wages
2. Title
This Award shall be known as the Douglass Hanly Moir,
Barratt & Smith and Southern Pathology (State) Award 2003.
3. Definitions
(i) "Union"
means the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, New
South Wales Branch.
(ii) "Company"
means Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology Pty Limited trading as Douglass Hanly Moir
Pathology and Barratt & Smith Pathology, and Southern Pathology Services
Pty Ltd.
(iii) "Parent
Award" means the Private Pathology Laboratories (State) Award, as varied
from time to time.
(iv) "Award
Rates of Pay" means those rates of pay identified in Table 1 - Wages of
Part B, Monetary Rates, of this Award.
(v) "Award
allowances" means those allowances contained in Table 2 - Allowances of
Part B, Monetary Rates as defined in the relevant Parent Award.
(vi) "Employee"
means an employee of the Company as defined.
4. Wages
The minimum rates of pay for employees in the classifications
contained in this Award shall be in accordance with the rates in Table 1 of
Part B, Monetary Rates.
5. Conditions of
Employment
The following conditions of employment shall apply to all
employees of the Company:
(i) All new
employees classified at Grade 4.2 Technical Officer or Grade 4.2 Scientific
Officer shall be subject to a probationary period of six months and either
party may only terminate the employment during this period by one fortnight's
notice or by the payment by the employer or forfeiture by the employee of one
fortnight's wages in lieu of notice.
(ii) Where an
employee becomes entitled to the payment of a meal allowance in accordance with
the provisions of Clause 8, Overtime of the Parent Award, such employee may
choose either the payment of a meal allowance or the provision of an
appropriate meal supplied by the Company.
(iii) Where the
operational needs of the business require appropriate staffing levels during
any public holiday period, the Company shall develop a roster which meets those
requirements. Provided that such
rostering arrangements shall apply on a rotational basis to employees to ensure
that the requirement to work on a public holiday is shared fairly among
employees.
Employees who are rostered to work on such public
holiday may elect to:
(a) be paid time
and one half for such time worked plus accrue an additional day off to be taken
at a mutually agreed time; or
(b) be paid at
double and one half time ordinary rates.
(iv) Rostered times
of ordinary hours of work, once notified, shall not be changed, except by a
week's notice or, where mutually agreed between the Company and the employee,
such notice period may be waived altogether.
Provided that where the employer requests the change without the
employee's consent to the change, the employee shall be paid at overtime rates
for the hours worked outside the previous rostered times for the period of the
notice.
(v) Subject to the
provisions of the Private Pathology Laboratories (State) Award, as varied, the
Company is entitled to offer part-time employees additional hours of work up to
38 ordinary hours per week. Where an
employee works such additional hours, such hours are to be paid at the ordinary
time rate of pay.
(vi) Where at the
employer's discretion, the employer has granted leave without pay, employees
proceeding on leave without pay shall not accrue any entitlements to forms of
paid leave.
6. Commitment of
the Parties
The increases identified in Clause 4, Wages, represent the
conclusion of the State Wage Case from 27 May 2003 (Matter No. IRC 2411 of
2003).
7. Application
of Parent Award
This Award shall be read in conjunction with the Parent
Award and insofar as the terms of this Award vary from the Parent Award, the
terms of this Award shall prevail.
8. Area,
Incidence and Duration
This Award rescinds and replaces the Douglass Hanly Moir,
Barratt and Smith and Southern Pathology (State) Award 2002 published 15 August
2003 (340 I.G. 925).
This Award shall apply to all employees of the Company
employed in the classifications contained in the Private Pathology Laboratories
(State) Award, and shall apply from the beginning of the first full pay period
to commence on or after 12 August 2003 and shall remain in force until 12
August 2004.
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Wages
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Classification
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Former rate
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SWC
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Total rate
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per week
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2003
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per week
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$
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$
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$
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Pathology Aide - Laboratory
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Grade 3 - on commencement
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454.70
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17.00
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471.70
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Grade 2 - after 12 months
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472.80
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17.00
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489.80
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Grade 1 - on appointment
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507.70
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17.00
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524.70
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Pathology Aide - Ancillary
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Grade 3 - on commencement
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454.70
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17.00
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471.70
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Grade 2 - after 12 months
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472.80
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17.00
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489.80
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Grade 1 - on appointment
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507.70
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17.00
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524.70
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Pathology Aide - Courier
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On commencement
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522.20
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17.00
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539.20
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Pathology Collector -
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Grade 4 - in training
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482.90
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17.00
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499.90
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Grade 3 - on appointment
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527.90
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17.00
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544.90
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Grade 2 - on appointment
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556.60
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17.00
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573.60
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Grade 1 - Educator/Co-ordinator
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591.20
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17.00
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608.20
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Practice Trainee - Scientific and Technical Officers
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Stage 1
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346.00
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17.00
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363.00
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Stage 2
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381.60
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17.00
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398.60
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Stage 3
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432.20
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17.00
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449.20
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Stage 4
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464.80
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17.00
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481.80
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Stage 5
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506.40
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17.00
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523.40
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Stage 6
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533.50
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17.00
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550.50
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And Thereafter
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562.30
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17.00
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579.30
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Technical Officers
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Grade 4.2 - on commencement
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579.90
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17.00
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596.90
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Grade 4.1 - after 12 months
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602.90
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17.00
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619.90
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Grade 3.3 - on appointment
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637.60
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17.00
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654.60
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Grade 3.2 - after 12 months
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658.50
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17.00
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675.50
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Grade 3.1 - after 2 years
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675.70
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17.00
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692.70
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Grade 2.2 - on appointment after at least 4 years at Grade
3
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698.70
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17.00
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715.70
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Grade 2.1 - after 2 years
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716.60
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17.00
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733.60
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Grade 1.2 - on appointment
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756.50
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15.00
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771.50
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Grade 1.1 - after 3 years
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779.50
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15.00
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794.50
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Scientific Officers
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Grade 4.2 - on commencement
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591.40
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17.00
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608.40
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Grade 4.1 - after 12 months
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637.60
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17.00
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654.60
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Grade 3.3 - on appointment
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704.60
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17.00
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721.60
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Grade 3.2 - after 12 months
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727.70
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17.00
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744.70
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Grade 3.1 - after 2 years
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756.50
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15.00
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771.50
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Grade 2.2 - on appointment after at least 4 years at Grade
3
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779.50
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15.00
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794.50
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Grade 2.1 - after 2 years
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814.10
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15.00
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829.10
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Grade 1.2 - on appointment
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846.50
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15.00
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861.50
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Grade 1.1 - after 3 years
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881.00
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15.00
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896.00
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J. P. GRAYSON D.P.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.