FOOD PRESERVERS (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4096 of 2004)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 15, State Wage Case Adjustments, of the award published 16 November 2001 (329 I.G. 489), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

15.  State Wage Case Adjustments

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2004.  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 Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

Adult Classification	Former Rate	SWC	Weekly Rate
	of Pay	2004	of Pay
	$	$	$
Group 1	477.90	19.00	496.90
Group 2	473.10	19.00	492.10
Group 3	469.50	19.00	488.50
Group 4	465.80	19.00	484.80
Group 5	461.60	19.00	480.60
Group 6	459.00	19.00	478.00
Forklift with lifting capacity up to
and including 4.5 tonnes	477.90	19.00	496.90
Forklift capacity over 4.5	484.20	19.00	503.20

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Brief Description	Amount
1	4.2	Number of employees - less than 3 employees	$11.20 per week
		3 to 10 employees	$17.35 per week
		11 to 20 employees	$26.55 per week
		21 or more employees	$37.75 per week
2	7.2	Wet Places	$0.59 per hour extra
3	7.3	Dirty Work	$0.90 per hour
			extra($1.69
			minimum)
4	7.4	Heavy Weights	$0.42 extra per hour or
			part thereof
5	7.5	Carton Stacking	$0.35 extra per hour or
			part thereof
6	7.6.1	Cold Temperatures (between minus 1° and 7°	$0.59 per hour
		Celsius)
7	7.6.2	Cold Temperatures (between 8° and minus	$0.90 per hour
		18° Celsius)
8	7.6.3	Cold Temperatures (below minus 18° Celsius)	$1.48 per hour
9	7.8.2	Pea-vining	$5.90 per week
10	7.10	Fumigation Gas	$7.55
11	13.7.1	Meal Allowance	$14.12
12	14.2	First-aid	$2.85 per day extra

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 August 2004.

 

 

 

T. M. KAVANAGH  J.

 

 

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.