Drug
Factories (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
FULL BENCH
Application by Shop,
Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales,
Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 1034 of 2006)
Before The Honourable
Justice Walton, Vice-President
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21 March 2006
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The Honourable Justice
Boland
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Commissioner Tabbaa
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VARIATION
1. Delete Clause
20 Holidays, of the award published 1 June 2001 (325 IG. 1) and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
20. Holidays
(a) The following
days or the day upon which they are observed shall be holidays: New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday,
Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen's Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing
Day, and all other days proclaimed as public holidays for the State and local
gazetted public holidays in the districts to which they apply.
(b) In addition to
the holidays specified in subclause (a) of this clause one additional holiday
shall apply in each calendar year to an employee on weekly hire. Such holiday
shall be on the day prescribed in subclause 7.5.1(b)(ii) of clause 7.5, of
Public Holidays of the Metal, Engineering and Associated Industries Award 1998
(Federal), as an additional holiday in New South Wales; provided further that
where any other working day is observed as an additional day by the general
body of employees in any establishment then such day shall be substituted for
the additional holiday hereinbefore prescribed. By agreement between any employer and the majority of the
employees another day may be substituted for the additional holiday prescribed
by this subclause in such employer's undertaking.
(c) All award holidays
falling on a usual working day shall be counted as time worked and paid for as
such.
(d) An employee
who without reasonable cause absents himself without leave on the working day
immediately preceding or the working day immediately following an award holiday
shall not be entitled to payment for such holiday.
(e) Work done on
any award holiday or Easter Saturday shall be paid for at the rate of double
time and one-half with a minimum payment of four hours.
2. This
variation shall take effect from 21 March 2006.
M. J. WALTON J,
Vice-President.
R. P. BOLAND J.
I. TABBAA, Commissioner.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.