NURSES' (PRIVATE SECTOR) TRAINING WAGE (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by New South Wales Nurses' Association, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4528 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subparagraph (iv) of subclause (a) in clause 7, Wages, of the award published 2 August 1996, (294 I.G. 77), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)       The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case May 2002. 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.

 

2.          Delete Table 1 - Monetary Rates for Trainees, and Table 2 - Monetary Rates for School Based Traineeships, of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Table 1 - Monetary Rates for Trainees

 

	Highest Year of Schooling Completed
	Skill Level A
School Leaver	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
	$	$	$
	200.00	219.00	265.00
1 year out of school	219.00	265.00	309.00
2 years	265.00	309.00	359.00
3 years	309.00	359.00	410.00
4 years	359.00	410.00
5 years	410.00

 

*Figures in brackets indicated the average proportion of time spent in approved training to which the associated wage rate is applicable.  Where not specifically indicated, the average proportion of time spent in structured training which has been taken into account in setting the rates is 20 per cent.

 

Table 2 - Monetary Rates for School Based Traineeships

 

	Year of Schooling
	Year 11	Year 12
	$	$
School Based Traineeships - Skill
Levels A	200.00	219.00

 

*The average proportion of time spent in structured training which has been taken into account in setting the above rate is 20 per cent.

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 12 March 2003.

 

 

 

R. P. BOLAND  J.

 

 

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