COLD STORAGE AND ICE EMPLOYEES (STATE) 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 4630 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (iv) of clause 5, Rates of Pay, of the award published 1 June 2001 (325 I.G. 69), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)       Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment - 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 Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wage Rates

 

Adult Classification	Current Minimum	Minimum Weekly Wage	Minimum Weekly Wage
	Weekly Wage Rate	2001 State Wage Case	2002 State Wage Case
		Effective 2 Sept 2002	Effective 2 Sept 2003
	$	$	$
Employee Grade 1	439.70	452.70	470.70
Employee Grade 2 (Inside	454.70	467.70	485.70
Hand)
Employee Grade 3 (Forklift	460.50	473.50	491.50
Driver)
Employee Grade 4	479.30	492.30	510.30
Employee Grade 5	492.20	507.20	525.20

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item	Clause	Brief Description	Current Rate	Rate as at	Rate as at
No.	No.			2 Sept 2002	2 Sept 2003
			$	$	$
1	7(iii)	Meal Allowance
		First Meal	8.69	9.01	9.01
		Subsequent meal	5.47	5.67	5.67
2	9(i)	Temperature Allowance -
		Minus 18 degrees Celsius	0.95 p/hour	0.98 p/hour	1.01 p/hour
		Between minus 19 degrees and minus	1.01 p/hour	1.04 p/hour	1.08 p/hour
		25 degrees - Celsius
		Below minus 25 degrees Celsius	1.41 p/hour	1.45 p/hour	1.50 p/hour
3	9(ii)	Laundry Allowance -
		Overalls	3.87 p/week	4.00 p/week	4.00 p/week
		Freezer suit	9.61 p/month	9.94 p/month	9.94 p/month

 

3.          This variation shall come into effect from the first full pay period on or after 2 September 2002.

 

 

 

 

W. R. HAYLEN  J.

 

 

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