BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

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SERIAL C0495

DRUG FACTORIES (STATE) AWARD

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Applications by. The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales, and another, industrial organisations of employees.

(Nos. IRC 3676 and 3677 of 2001)

Before the Honourable Justice Kavanagh

12 June 2001

VARIATION

1. Delete subclause (a) of clause 4, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment, of the award published 1 June 2001 (325 I.G. 1) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(a) 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 payments; and/or

(ii) award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum rates adjustments.

2. Delete Table 1 - Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Table 1 - Wages

Item	Classification	Base Rate	June 1999	May 2000	May 2001	Total
No		(Includes	SWC	SWC	SWC	rate
		June 1998)	Per Week	Per Week	Per Week	per
		SWC $14	$	$	$	week
		$				$
DIVISION I -
1	Chief Chemist	525.05	10.00	15.00	15.00	565.05
2	Research Chemist	484.15	12.00	15.00	15.00	526.15
3	Analytical and/or process
	Chemist	456.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	496.20
4	Trainee Chemist -
	First year of adult service	405.30	12.00	15.00	13.00	445.30
	Second year of adult	421.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	461.70
	service	438.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	478.20
	Third year of adult service
5	Laboratory Assistant	413.30	12.00	15.00	13.00	453.20
DIVISION II -
6	Pill Making	417.30	12.00	15.00	13.00	457.30
7	Pill and Tablet Making	417.30	12.00	15.00	13.00	457.30
8	Manufacturing complex
	Pharmaceuticals involving
	a chemical change	417.30	12.00	15.00	13.00	457.30
9	Granulating (hand,
	Machine and/or hot table)	417.30	12.00	15.00	13.00	457.30
DIVISION III -
10	Tablet Compressing	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
11	Hydrogen Peroxide	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
12	Spirit recovery still	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
	operator
13	Spiritous percolating	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
14	Nail Lacquer	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
15	Manufacturing empty hard
	Gelatine capsules	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
16	Machine attendant	411.20	12.00	15.00	13.00	451.20
DIVISION IV
17	Fluid Magnesia	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
18	Emulsions (cod liver oil
	and paraffin types)	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
19	Toothpaste	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
20	Ointments	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
21	Cosmetics for males and
	Females	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
22	Perfumes	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
23	Creams	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
24	Lotions and repellents	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
25	Hair Sprays	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
26	Hair oils and hair tints	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
	Manufacturing
27	pharmaceuticals not
	Otherwise provided for	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
28	Bottle Checker and sorter	406.70	12.00	15.00		446.70
29	Filling raw materials,
	partly processed materials
	&/or finished products into
	bulk receptacles for
	subsequent processing	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
30	Manufacture for any of the
	above items for aerosol	406.70	12.00	15.00	13.00	446.70
	packs
DIVISION V -
31	Laboratory Attendant	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
32	Household chemicals,
	cleaners and detergents	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
33	Bottle washer (by hand or
	machine)	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
34	Quality Inspector	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
35	APC and Seiditz powder
	machine operator	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
36	Filling and finishing retail
	packs up to transfer point
	from factory end of line
	packaging departments to
	warehouse and dispatch	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
	departments
37	Cutting, filling or sealing
	Ampoules	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50
38	All other employees not
	otherwise provided for	397.50	12.00	15.00	13.00	437.50

3. Delete Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of the said Part B and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Item	Clause No.	Brief Description	Amount
No.			$
1	3(d)(i)	Junior trainee lab assistants who undertake an appropriate
		certificate course	1.45 per week
2	3(d)(ii)	Senior hands	4.20 per week
3	3(d)(iii)	Charge Hands' Allowances:
		In charge of 1 to 5 employees	16.10 per week
		In charge of 6 to 10 employees	19.30 per week
		In charge of more than 10 employees	23.20 per week
4	3(d)(iv)	Employees appointed as checkers	3.50 per week
5	15(e)(i)	Engaged on morning or afternoon shifts	12.78 per shift
6	15(e)(ii)	Engaged on night shifts	17.20 per shift
8	28(f)	Required to perform work of an unusually dirty, dusty and/or
		offensive nature or temperatures of abnormal heat/cold	0.38 per hour
9	28(q)	Appointed as a first-aid attendant	2.32 per day or shift

4. This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 6 July 2001.

T. M. KAVANAGH J.

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

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