Tennis Strings and Sutures
Industry (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Shop,
Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales,
Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 2705 of 2006)
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Before Commissioner
Murphy
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24 July 2006
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (a) of clause 8, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment, of the award
published 3 August 2001 (326 I.G. 684), insert in lieu thereof the following:
(a) The rates of
pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case
2006. 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 (i) of
Table 1 - Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Wages
(i)
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Item No
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Brief Description
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Total Rate
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Per Week
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$
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A
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Chemist -
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Research Chemist
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615.75
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Analytical and/or Chemist
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576.05
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Trainee Chemist -
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1st year of adult experience
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529.60
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2nd year of adult experience
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551.55
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3rd year of adult experience
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567.40
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B
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Manufacturers of all Catgut Products -
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Splitting and/or harvesting raw material
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535.60
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Preparing and/or washing and/or processing raw material
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535.60
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Grading
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535.60
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Stripping
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535.60
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Making and/or measuring and/or looping
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535.60
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Employees engaged in spinning strings, responsible for
final products
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539.65
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Employees engaged in spinning strings, not required to use
discretion as
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to the final product
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535.60
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Employees engaged as a spinning and/or drying room
attendant
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535.60
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Housekeeper
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521.55
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C
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Surgical Catgut Finishing Operations -
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Cutting down
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535.60
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Taking down
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535.60
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Sanding, polishing and grinding
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535.60
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Grading
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535.60
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Machine gauging
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535.60
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Manual Gauging
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535.60
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Counting
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535.60
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Tying and packing
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535.60
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Housekeeping
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521.55
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D
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Tennis and Other Non-surgical Catgut Finishing Operations
-
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Taking down
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520.90
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Sanding, polishing or grinding
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520.90
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Coating and/or lacquering
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520.90
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Cutting down
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520.90
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Coiling
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520.90
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Grading and/or inspecting finished strings
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520.90
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Tying
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520.90
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Gauging
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520.90
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Branding and/or packaging
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520.90
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E
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Suture Preparation -
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Employees engaged in the following -
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Drying and/or sterilising sutures
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520.90
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Filing and/or sealing sutures
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520.90
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Inspection of packaged sutures
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520.90
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Ampoule making
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520.90
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Winding sutures
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520.90
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F
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Quality Control -
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Group Leader -Quality Control Attendant
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537.65
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Quality Control Attendant
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526.55
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3. Delete items 1,
2, 4, & 5 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
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Item
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Clause
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Brief Description
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Amount
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No.
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No.
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$
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1
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6(d)
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In charge of 1 to 5 employees
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20.80
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In charge of 6 to 10 employees
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24.30
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In charge of more than 10 employees
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29.10
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2
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13(e)(i)
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Morning or afternoon shift allowance
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15.38 per shift
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13(e)(ii)
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Night shift allowance
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20.71 per shift
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4
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16
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Dusty, Dirty Work, etc
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0.48
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5
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17
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First-aid allowance
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2.67
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4. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period commencing on or
after 24 July 2006.
J.
P. MURPHY, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.