BUTTER & CHEESE AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS (NEWCASTLE AND NORTHERN)
AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The
Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, New South Wales Branch, industrial
organisation of employees.
(No. IRC 4633 of 2001)
Before The Honourable
Justice Kavanagh
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14 September 2001
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VARIATION
1. Delete
clause 31, Superannuation, of the award published 26 October 2001 (328 I.G.
1087) and insert in lieu thereof the following:
31. Superannuation
The subject of Superannuation is dealt with extensively by
federal legislation including the Superannuation
Guarantee (Administrative) Act 1992, the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992, the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, the Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints)
Act 1993 and section 124 of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996 (NSW).
The legislation, as varied from time to time, governs the
superannuation rights and obligations of the parties.
(i) Definitions
(a) "Scheme" means any of the
following funds:
1. the Australian Superannuation savings
Employment Trust (ASSET);
2. the Meat Industry Employees
Superannuation Fund (MIESF); or
3. any scheme approved by the employer,
the trust deed of which meets the Commonwealth Government's Standards for
Occupational Superannuation.
4. any superannuation fund nominated by
the employee and approved by the employer in accordance with section 124 of the
Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW).
As preferred superannuation funds
for employees covered by this award.
(b) "Ordinary
Time Earnings" means remuneration for an employee's weekly number of hours
of work, excluding overtime hours, calculated at the ordinary-time rate of pay,
including the following:
1. Payment for ordinary hours of work;
2. Shift premiums for ordinary hours of
work;
3. any percentage addition payable to
casual employees for ordinary hours of work;
4. ordinary time award allowances (not
including expense related allowances);
5. overaward payments for ordinary hours
of work.
(ii) Contributions
Employers bound by this award will, for each employee,
contribute the appropriate percentage of the employee's ordinary time earnings
as required by the Superannuation Guarantee legislation to a Scheme (as defined
in subclause (i)(a) above) nominated by the employee.
2. This
variation shall take effect on or after the first pay period from 14 September
2001.
T. M. KAVANAGH J.
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.