ACTORS (THEATRICAL) (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance New South Wales, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 5556 of 2002)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete paragraphs 16.2.1 and 16.2.2 of clause 16, Classifications and Wage Rates, of the award published 2 November 2001 (329 I.G. 37), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

16.2.1   Engaged by the week (age 16 and over)

 

Category and classification			Total previous minimum	Total minimum
			weekly rate of pay	weekly rate of pay
			$	$
Category 1:
	Performer
		Grade 1	567.80	585.80
		Grade 2	609.50	627.50
	Opera Principal		643.00	661.00
Category 2:
	Performer		609.50	627.50

 

16.2.2   Supernumeraries, understudies and higher duties

 

(a)        Supernumeraries engaged by the week shall be paid a minimum hourly rate with a minimum payment for a week as follows:

 

	Previous hourly rate	New hourly rate
	$	$
Total minimum hourly rate	16.06	16.55
State Wage case adjustment	0.48	0.52
Total minimum hourly rate	16.55	17.07

 

Per hour with a minimum payment for a week as follows:

 

	Previously weekly rate	New weekly rate
Total minimum rate (minimum one week
payment)	277.50	285.93
State Wage Case adjustment	8.43	8.95
Total minimum rate (minimum one week
payment)	285.93	294.88

 

(b)       Supernumeraries on tour shall be paid the Category 1 Performer Grade 1 rate of pay together with the touring allowance as hereinafter specified.

 

(c)        An employee who as part of his or her duties is required by the employer to act, as an assistant stage manager shall be paid in addition to the applicable weekly rate hereinbefore-specified $27.85.

 

(d)       A member of the ensemble of performers who acts as dance captain or who under the direction of the employer or the employer’s representative supervises the work of the ensemble of performers shall be paid not less than  $27.85.

 

(e)        An employee is required by the employer to act as understudy, the employee shall be paid an additional amount for each plot as follows:

 

Part understudied	Amount per week
	$
Star role	38.30
Leading role	27.30
Supporting role	16.40
Minor supporting role	13.05

 

Where an employee is engaged to understudy a plot which comprises more than one role, the employee shall receive one weekly loading only for understudying all or part of that plot - that being the highest loading applicable for the role or roles.

 

(f)        If an employee is required to perform in a plot in which he or she is acting as understudy the employee shall be paid an additional amount per performance as follows:

 

Part performed	Amount per performance
	$
Star role	82.00
Leading role	54.70
Supporting role	32.80
Minor supporting role	26.25

 

Where an employee is engaged to perform a plot which comprises more than one role, the employee shall receive one performance loading only for performing all or part of that plot - that being the highest loading applicable for the role or roles performed provided that:

 

where a swing performer is understudying a supporting or minor supporting role aggregate payments to the swing performer may not exceed the negotiated rate of pay paid to the employee whose part is being understudied.

 

(i)         For the purposes of 16.2.2(e) and 16.2.2(f) a "plot" is a role or roles for which an employee is principally engaged. The principal engagement does not include roles for which the employee may be engaged to understudy. The plot for which the artist is engaged may comprise one or more roles as per the above definitions, and may comprise both supporting and minor supporting roles.

 

(ii)        The additional payments prescribed in 16.2.2(e) and 16.2.2(f) above shall not apply in the case of ensemble companies where the performers are engaged on fixed term contracts to perform in a number of different productions.

 

(g)       An employee who is required to perform work as driver or a person in charge whilst on tour shall be paid not less than $37.26.

 

 

2.          Delete paragraph 16.13.2 of the said clause 16, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

16.13.2             Rehearsals

 

(a)        An employee aged 16 years or over who is required to rehearse by the employer shall be paid at the rate set out below for one hour (minimum) and over one hour at the rate set out below per half hour or part thereof.

 

	Previous Minimum	Current Minimum
	Hourly Rate	Hourly Rate
	$	($)
Total minimum hourly rate	23.43	23.92
SWC adjustment	0.49	0.52
Total minimum hourly rate	23.92	24.44

 

(b)       Provided however that if the employee desires to leave the rehearsal, before the completion of one hour's rehearsal payment shall be at the rate set out below half hour or part thereof for the time actually worked:

 

	Previous Minimum	Current Minimum
	½ hour rate	½ hour rate
	$	($)
Total minimum half hourly rate	11.71	11.96
SWC Adjustment	0.25	0.26
Total minimum half hourly rate	11.96	12.22

 

 

3.          Delete paragraph 16.13.3 of the said clause 16, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

16.13.3             Casual supernumeraries

 

Casual supernumeraries shall be paid as set out below per hour with a minimum call for performance of three hours and for rehearsals of two hours:

 

	Previous Minimum	Current Minimum
	hourly rate	Hourly Rate
	$	($)
Total minimum hourly rate	16.94	17.43
SWC Adjustment	0.49	0.52
Total minimum hourly rate	17.43	17.95

 

 

4.          Delete subclause 16.15 of the said clause 16, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

16.15    State Wage Cases

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case of May 2002. These adjustments may be off set against:

 

(i)         any equivalent overaward payments; and/or

 

(ii)        award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum rates adjustments.

 

 

5.          This variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 28 November 2002.

 

 

 

R. J. PETERSON  J.

 

 

 

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