ANIMAL FOOD MAKERS, &c. (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by the National Union of
Workers, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.
(No. IRC 5079 of 2001)
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Before Commissioner Tabba
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14 August 2001
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (iii) of clause 5, Adult Weekly Rates, of the award published 1 June
2001 (325 I.G. 112), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(iii) The rates of
pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case
2001. These adjustments may be offset
against:
(a) any equivalent
overaward payments; and/or
(b) award wage
increase since 29 May 1991 other than Safety Net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete Tables
1 to 3 of Appendix 1 - Minimum Award Wage Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
Adult Weekly Rates (Clause 5)
A. 1. Feed Miller in Charge of Shift:
Table 1
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Feed Miller in
Charge
of Shift
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Former Award Wage
Rate Per Week
$
2 October 2000
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Minimum Award Wage
Rate
Per Week
$
2 October 2001
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1. Not
exceeding 2 tonnes of provender per hour
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447.60
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460.60
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2. Exceeding 2
tonnes but not exceeding 6 tonnes of provender per hour
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454.10
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467.10
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3. Exceeding 6
tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes of
provender per hour
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460.90
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473.90
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4. Exceeding
12 tonnes but not exceeding 18 tonnes of provender per hour
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467.50
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480.50
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5. Exceeding
18 tonnes but not exceeding 28 tonnes of provender per hour
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475.50
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488.50
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6. Exceeding
28 tonnes but not exceeding 40 tonnes of provender per hour
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483.50
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496.50
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7. Exceeding
40 tonnes but not exceeding 60 tonnes of provender per hour
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492.00
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507.00
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8. Exceeding
60 tonnes of provender per hour
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501.00
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516.00
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(2) Foreman Feed
Miller - Shall be paid not less than $29.85 per week above the relevant rate
prescribed by classification 1 hereof.
(3) Feed Mill
Operative:
Table 2
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Feed Mill Operative
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Former Award Wage
Rate
(Per Week)
$
2 October 2000
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Minimum Award Wage
Rate
(Per Week)
$
2 October 2001
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Grade 5
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423.40
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436.40
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Grade 4
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429.20
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442.20
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Grade 3
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435.90
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448.90
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Grade 2
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442.60
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455.60
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Grade 1
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449.10
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462.10
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Premix Blender
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435.90
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448.90
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B. General
Table 3
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General
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Former Award Wage
Rate
(Per Week)
2000 SWC
2 October 2000 ($)
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Minimum Award Wage
Rate (Per Week)
2001 SWC
2 October 2001 ($)
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1. Millwright
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464.00
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477.00
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2. General
Repairer not Millwright
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433.90
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446.90
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3. Head
Millwright
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481.60
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494.60
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4. Binsman
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429.20
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442.20
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5. Grain
Sampler
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416.10
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429.10
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6. Head
Storeperson
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440.00
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453.00
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7. Storeperson/Storehand/Siloperson
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410.40
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423.40
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8. Packerman/Packer/Stacker
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418.30
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431.30
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9. Head
Siloperson/Head Intake
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425.00
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438.00
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10. Head
Millhand
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425.00
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438.00
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11. Millhand
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401.00
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414.00
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12 (i) Driver of engines, whether the motive
be steam or any other
motive power other than
manual power
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(a) With
condenser
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440.60
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453.60
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(b) Without
condenser
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430.60
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443.60
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(ii) Driver of suction gas or other internal combustion engines:
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(a) If 50 b.h.p. or over
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430.60
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443.60
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(b) If under 50 b.h.p.
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421.60
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434.60
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(iii) Driver of engines attending electric generator or dynamo
other than a dynamo for merely lighting the works shall receive an additional
$12.43 per week
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13. Fireman/Boiler
Attendant
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409.20
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422.20
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14. Forklift
Truck Driver and/or Tractor Driver
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421.60
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434.60
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15. Laboratory
Assistant
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432.30
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445.30
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16. All other
Adult Employees
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400.40
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413.40
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3. Delete
Appendix 2 ¾
Special Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Appendix 2 ¾ Special Rates (Clause 9)
(a) Dusty
Conditions, etc.
Employees whose duties require them to work in dusty
conditions and/or in the handling, carrying or tipping of offensive materials
(other than by mechanical means) shall be paid an allowance of $1.73 per day.
(b) Unusually
and Excessively Dirty or Dusty Conditions
Where the manager and representative of the Association
agree that the work being performed is unusually and excessively dirty or dusty
an allowance of 38 cents per hour shall be paid.
(c) Handling
Grain
(i) Employees
engaged in discharging bulk grain from trucks to hoppers or in handling bulk
grain in bins, silos, or tunnels or in shooting bagged grain to silos, bins
and/or hoppers shall be paid an extra rate of 74 cents per hour or part of an
hour in addition to their ordinary or overtime rates for the time so engaged.
(ii) Employees
working adjacent to men discharging bulk grain to hoppers where dust is
prevalent shall be paid an extra rate of 43 cents per hour or part of an hour
for the time so engaged. The question
as to the existence of dust shall be determined by agreement between the mill
manager and the representative of the Association at each mill.
(d) Carrying
Bagged Products
Weekly and casual employees engaged in carrying bagged
products weighting in excess of 70 kilograms shall be paid 28 cents per hour
during ordinary hours in addition to the weekly or casual rates prescribed
elsewhere in this Award.
(e) Bag Cleaning
Employees engaged in cleaning bags other than by
machine shall be paid an extra rate of $2.96 per day or part of a day in
addition to their ordinary or overtime rate for the time so engaged.
(f) Containers
Employees whilst stacking mill products shall be paid
an allowance of 46 cents per hour or part of an hour for the time so engaged.
(g) Boiler
Attendant Certificate
Where an employee (other than an employee classified as
a fireman/boiler attendant) holds a boiler attendant's certificate he shall be
paid an additional amount of $7.39 per week for any week during which he is
required by the employer to act on such certificate; such amount shall not be
subject to any premium or penalty additions nor shall it be payable in addition
to any amount payable to the worker whilst he is on annual leave.
(h) Boiler
Cleaner
Any person engaged inside the gas or water space of any
boiler, flue or economiser in cleaning or scraping work shall, whilst so
engaged, be paid $1.15 per hour in addition to his ordinary or overtime rate of
pay.
(i) Silo and Bin
Cleaner
Any person engaged inside the space of any bin or silo
in cleaning work shall whilst so engaged, be paid 77 cents per hour in addition
to his ordinary or overtime rate of pay.
NOTE: It is agreed between the parties
that a site where the dust allowances prescribed by subclause (a), Dusty
Conditions etc., are paid to the employees at the site as a form of over-award
payments, such dust allowance will be absorbed into Supplementary Payments
increases along with other overaward payments at the time of the insertion of
Minimum Rates Adjustments.
(j) Sunday and
Holiday Rates (clause 10)
In addition to the crib time allowed in accordance with
subclause (g) of this clause, the employee shall be paid a meal allowance of
$5.80.
(k) Meal Hours
(See clause 13, Hours - Shiftwork)
Employees employed in mills running two shifts shall be
allowed 30 minutes for meals during each shift and no time shall be deducted
for such meals except where a meal relief is granted on day shifts and the
employees concerned are paid an additional $1.82 and in such cases not less than
30 minutes nor more than one hour shall be allowed for meals which shall not be
counted as time worked.
(l) First-aid
Attendant (See clause 26)
First-aid Attendants $7.39
per week
(m) Supply of
Overalls, Tools, Etc (clause 28)
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Clothing Allowance
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$1.99 per week
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Tool Allowance
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$7.90 per week
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Handling Pesticides
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37¢ per hour
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(n) Travelling
(clause 15)
Travelling allowance is 59 cents per kilometre.
(o) Fire officer
(clause 27)
A properly trained fire officer shall receive an
allowance of $6.75 per week.
(p) Shift Work
(clause 13)
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(i) Afternoon Shift -
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$17.33 per shift;
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(ii) Rotating Night Shifts -
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$21.60 per shift;
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(iii) Change of Shift -
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$14.79 per shift.
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(q) Meal
Allowance (clause 14)
$5.80 per meal
4. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 2 October 2001.
I.
TABBAA, Commissioner.
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.