THE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by The Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 3844 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (vii) of clause 3, Wages of the award published 16 May 1997 (298 I.G. 531), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(vii)      The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2002. 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 Table 1 - Rates of Pay, of Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Table 1 - Rates of Pay

 

Classification	SWC 2001 Amount	SWC 2002 Adjustment	SWC 2002 Amount
	$	$	$
Office Equipment Mechanic	507.20	18.00	525.20

 

3.          Delete Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of the said Part B, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.	Clause	Brief Description	SWC 2001 Amount	SWC 2002 Amount
	No.		$	$
1	3(ii)	Leading Hands -
		- in charge of not less than three and not more than 10	23.00 p/wk	23.80 p/wk
		Employees
		- in charge of 10 and not more than 20 employees	34.40 p/wk	35.60 p/wk
		- in charge of more than 20 employees	43.70 p/wk	45.20 p/wk
2	8	Standing-by allowance	8.20 p/hr	8.50 p/hr
3	11(i)(ii)	Meal allowance	8.10 p/meal	8.40 p/meal
4	16(vi)(b)	Meal allowance included as reasonable expenses whilst	8.10 p/meal	8.40 p/meal
		Travelling
5	16(vi)(b)	Additional meal allowance for evening meal whilst	8.10 p/meal	8.40 p/meal
		Travelling
6	16(vi)(c)	Living away from home allowance	55.15 p/day	61.40 p/day
7	16(vi)(c)	Evening meal allowance paid in addition to living away	11.30	11.70
		from home allowance	p/meal	p/meal
8	29(v)	Laundry allowance	1.85 p/wk	1.90 p/wk

 

Note: These allowances are contemporary for expense related allowances as at 30 March 2002 and for work related allowances are inclusive of adjustment in accordance with the May 2002 State Wage Case Decision of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales.

 

 

4.          This variation shall take effect from the first pay period to commence on or after 19 July 2002.

 

 

T. M. KAVANAGH  J.

 

 

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