PRIVATE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY NURSES' (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by New South Wales Nurses' Association, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4731 of 2003)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Insert in numerical order in the Arrangement of the award published 24 August 2001 (327 I.G. 1), the following new clause number and subject matter:

 

20A.  Remuneration Packaging

 

2.          Insert after clause 20, Payment and Particulars of Salaries, the following new clause:

 

20A.  Remuneration Packaging

 

(i)         No employee or employer shall be compelled to enter into a remuneration packaging arrangement.

 

(ii)        Where an employer makes a decision to offer remuneration packaging the employer shall provide details of the proposed remuneration packaging to the Association 28 days before the introduction of the proposal.  Where a private hospital already has remuneration packaging in place prior to the operation of this clause, they shall be deemed to have complied and are not required to notify the Association in accordance with this subclause.

 

(iii)       The terms and conditions of a package offered to an employee shall not, when viewed objectively, be less favourable than the entitlements otherwise available under the award and shall be subject to the following provisions:

 

(a)        The employer shall ensure that the structure of any package complies with taxation and other relevant laws.

 

(b)        Employees will have the Superannuation Guarantee Contribution (SGC) calculated on their award salary prior to the application of any remuneration packaging arrangements.

 

(iv)       A copy of the agreement shall be made available to the employee.

 

(v)        The employee shall be entitled to inspect details of payments made under the terms of this agreement.

 

(vi)       The configuration of the remuneration package shall remain in force for the period agreed between the employee and the employer.

 

(vii)      Where at the end of the Fringe Benefit Tax year the full amount allocated to a specific benefit has not been utilised, it will be paid as salary, which will be subject to appropriate taxation requirements.  By agreement between the employer and the employee, any unused benefit may be carried forward to the next period on the basis that any FBT obligation is accepted by the employee.

 

(viii)     In the event that the employer ceases to attract exemption from payment of Fringe Benefit Tax, the employer may terminate all remuneration packaging arrangements and the employee's salary will revert to the applicable award classification rate the employee would have been entitled to receive but for the remuneration packaging agreement.

(ix)       One month's notice by either party is required for change or termination of a remuneration packaging agreement, unless the change or termination is brought about by legislation or an increase to the award wage.

 

(x)        In the event that the employee ceases to be employed by the employer this agreement will cease to apply as at the date of termination.  Benefits not paid on or before the date of termination shall be treated as salary and the appropriate tax deducted.

 

(xi)       Pay increases granted to employees in accordance with this award shall also apply to employees subject to remuneration packaging arrangements.

 

(xii)      Any allowance, penalty rate, overtime, payment for unused leave entitlements, other than any payments for leave taken whilst employed, shall be calculated by reference to the salary which would have applied to the employee in the absence of any remuneration packaging arrangements.

 

3.          Delete Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Salaries

 

Classification	First Full Pay Period	First Full Pay Period
	15/09/2003	11/01/2004
	10%	5%
	$	$
Assistant in Nursing
Trainee Enrolled Nurse -
Under 18 years of age -
1st year	428.70	450.20
2nd year	447.70	470.00
Thereafter	465.50	488.90
18 years of age and over -
1st year	505.80	531.10
2nd year	522.00	548.00
3rd year	538.30	565.20
Thereafter	555.20	582.90
Enrolled Nurse -
1st year	620.90	651.80
2nd year	634.40	666.10
3rd year	648.10	680.50
4th year	661.80	694.90
Thereafter	675.70	709.40
Nurse undergoing pre-registration
training
Registered Nurse - General, M.R
Psych., Infants, Geriatric, Midwifery
1st year	703.90	739.00
2nd	742.20	779.30
3rd year	780.50	819.50
4th year	821.50	862.60
5th year	862.20	905.30
6th year	902.90	948.20
7th year	949.40	996.80
8th year	988.40	1,037.90

 

Nurse undergoing pre registration
training	606.80	637.20
Clinical Nurse Specialist	1,028.90	1,080.20
Clinical Nurse Consultant	1,264.80	1,328.10
Nursing Unit Manager-
Level I	1,239.90	1,301.90
Level II	1,299.00	1,363.80
Level III	1,333.70	1,400.40
Clinical Nurse Educator	1,028.90	1,080.20
Nurse Educator
1st year	1,141.20	1,198.30
2nd	1,173.30	1,232.00
3rd year	1,202.10	1,262.20
4th year	1,264.80	1,328.10
Senior Nurse Educator -
1st year	1,295.40	1,360.20
2nd year	1,322.00	1,388.10
3rd year	1,366.40	1,434.60
Assistant Director of Nursing -
100 beds and over	1,333.70	1,400.40
Deputy Director of Nursing -
Less than 100 beds	1,299.00	1,363.80
100 beds, less than 200 beds	1,333.70	1,400.40
200 beds, less than 250 beds	1,366.40	1,434.60
250 beds, less than 350 beds	1,417.30	1,488.20
350 beds, less than 450 beds	1,468.10	1,541.50
450 beds, less than 750 beds	1,522.50	1,598.50
750 beds and over	1,581.50	1,660.60
Director of Nursing
Less than 25 beds	1,338.60	1,405.50
25 beds, less than 50 beds	1,417.20	1,488.10
50 beds, less than 75 beds	1,448.00	1,520.40
75 beds, less than 100 beds	1,478.00	1,552.00
100 beds, less than 150 beds	1,520.60	1,596.60
150 beds, less than 200 beds	1,571.20	1,649.80
200 beds, less than 250 beds	1,622.30	1,703.40
250 beds, less than 350 beds	1,683.20	1,767.50
350 beds, less than 450 beds	1,784.70	1,874.00
450 beds, less than 750 beds	1,888.30	1,982.70
750 beds and over	2,006.80	2,107.10

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Clause No.	Brief Description	First Full Pay	First Full Pay
		Period	Period
		15/09/03	11/01/04
		$	$
13(i)(a)	In charge of hospital/nursing home
	day, evening or night shift	17.20	18.06
13(i)(b)	In charge of ward/unit in absence of NUM	17.20	18.06
13(v)(a)	In charge of ward/unit and hospital	25.77	27.06
13(ii)(a)	On call	15.46	16.23
13(ii)(b)	On call on days off	30.54	32.06
13(ii)(c)	On call during meal break	8.66	9.10
13(iii)(a)	Radiographic allowance DON	24.55	25.78
13(iii)(c)	Employee in absence of DON	5.00	5.26
13(iv)	Lead apron allowance	1.22	1.28
19(vii)	Meal allowance on overtime	13.71	13.71
Uniform and laundry allowances:
17(iii)(a)	Uniform	5.02	5.02
17(iii)(a)	Shoes	1.55	1.55
17(iii)(c)	Cardigan or Jacket	1.51	1.51
17(iii)(b)	Stockings	2.60	2.60
17(vi)	Socks	0.51	0.51
17(iv)	Laundry	4.18	4.18
Staff Amenities
29(b)	Breakfast	2.80	2.80
29(b)	Other meals	5.08	5.08

 

 

4.          This variation shall take effect from 15 September 2003.

 

 

 

J. P. GRAYSON  D.P.

 

 

 

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