ANIMAL
FOOD MAKERS, &c. (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by the National Union of Workers, New South
Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.
(No. IRC 5133 of 2003)
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Before The Honourable Justice Staunton
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24 September 2003
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (iii) of clause 5, Adult Weekly Rates, of the award published 1 June
2001 (325 I.G. 112), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(iii) The rates of pay
in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case
2003. These adjustments may be offset
against:
(a) any equivalent
overaward payments; and/or
(b) award wage
increase since 29 May 1991 other than Safety Net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete Tables
1 to 3 of Appendix 1 - Minimum Award Wage Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
Adult Weekly
Rates (Clause 5)
A. 1. Feed Miller in Charge of Shift:
Table 1
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Former Award Wage
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Minimum Award
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Rate Per Week
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Wage Rate Per Week
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Feed Miller in
Charge
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2 October 2002
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2 October 2003
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of Shift
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$
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$
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1. Not exceeding 2 tonnes of provender per hour
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478.60
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495.60
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2. Exceeding 2 tonnes but not exceeding6 tonnes of
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provender per hour
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485.10
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502.10
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3. Exceeding 6 tonnes but not exceeding12 tonnes
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of provender per hour
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491.90
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508.90
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4. Exceeding 12 tonnes but not
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exceeding 18 tonnes of provender per hour
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498.50
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515.50
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5. Exceeding 18 tonnes but not
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exceeding 28 tonnes of provender per hour
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506.50
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523.50
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6. Exceeding 28 tonnes but not
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exceeding 40 tonnes of provender per hour
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514.50
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531.50
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7. Exceeding 40 tonnes but not exceeding 60 tonnes
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of provender per hour
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525.00
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542.00
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8. Exceeding 60 tonnes of provender per hour
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534.00
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551.00
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(2) Foreman Feed Miller
- Shall be paid not less than $31.90 per week above the relevant rate
prescribed by classification 1 hereof.
(3) Feed Mill
Operative:
Table 2
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Former Award Wage
Rate
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Minimum Award Wage
Rate
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Feed Mill Operative
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(Per Week)
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(Per Week)
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2 October 2002
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2 October 2003
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$
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$
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Grade 5
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454.40
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471.40
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Grade 4
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460.20
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477.20
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Grade 3
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466.90
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483.90
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Grade 2
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473.60
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490.60
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Grade 1
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480.10
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497.10
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Premix Blender
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466.90
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483.90
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B. General
Table 3
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Former Award Wage
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Minimum Award Wage
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General
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Rate (Per Week)
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Rate (Per Week)
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2 October 2002
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2 October 2003
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($)
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($)
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1. Millwright
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495.00
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512.00
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2. General Repairer not Millwright
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464.90
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481.90
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3. Head Millwright
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512.60
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529.60
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4. Binsman
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460.20
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477.20
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5. Grain Sampler
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447.10
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464.10
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6. Head Storeperson
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471.00
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488.00
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7. Storeperson/Storehand/Siloperson
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441.40
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458.40
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8. Packerman/Packer/Stacker
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449.30
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466.30
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9. Head Siloperson/Head Intake
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456.00
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473.00
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10. Head Millhand
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456.00
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473.00
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11. Millhand
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432.00
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449.00
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12. (i) Driver of engines, whether the motive
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be steam or any other motive power other
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than manual power
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(a) With condenser
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471.60
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488.60
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(b) Without
condenser
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461.60
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478.60
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(ii) Driver of
suction gas or other internal
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combustion engines:
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(a) If 50 b.h.p. or
over
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461.60
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478.60
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(b) If under 50
b.h.p.
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452.60
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469.60
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(iii) Driver of engines attending electric generator
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or dynamo other than a dynamo for merely
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lighting the works shall receive an additional
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$12.43 per week
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13. Fireman/Boiler Attendant
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440.20
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457.20
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14. Forklift Truck Driver and/or Tractor Driver
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452.60
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469.60
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15. Laboratory Assistant
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463.30
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480.30
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16. All other Adult Employees
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431.40
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448.40
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3. Delete Appendix
2 - Special Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Appendix 2
Special Rates
(Clause 9)
(a) Dusty
Conditions, etc.
Employees whose duties require them to work in dusty conditions
and/or in the handling, carrying or tipping of offensive materials (other than
by mechanical means) shall be paid an allowance of $1.85 per day.
(b) Unusually and
Excessively Dirty or Dusty Conditions
Where the manager and representative of the Association
agree that the work being performed is unusually and excessively dirty or dusty
an allowance of 40 cents per hour shall be paid.
(c) Handling Grain
(i) Employees
engaged in discharging bulk grain from trucks to hoppers or in handling bulk grain
in bins, silos, or tunnels or in shooting bagged grain to silos, bins and/or
hoppers shall be paid an extra rate of 79 cents per hour or part of an hour in
addition to their ordinary or overtime rates for the time so engaged.
(ii) Employees
working adjacent to men discharging bulk grain to hoppers where dust is
prevalent shall be paid an extra rate of 45 cents per hour or part of an hour
for the time so engaged. The question
as to the existence of dust shall be determined by agreement between the mill
manager and the representative of the Association at each mill.
(d) Carrying
Bagged Products
Weekly and casual employees engaged in carrying bagged
products weighting in excess of 70 kilograms shall be paid 30 cents per hour
during ordinary hours in addition to the weekly or casual rates prescribed
elsewhere in this Award.
(e) Bag Cleaning
Employees engaged in cleaning bags other than by
machine shall be paid an extra rate of $3.16 per day or part of a day in
addition to their ordinary or overtime rate for the time so engaged.
(f) Containers
Employees whilst stacking mill products shall be paid
an allowance of 50 cents per hour or part of an hour for the time so engaged.
(g) Boiler
Attendant Certificate
Where an employee (other than an employee classified as
a fireman/boiler attendant) holds a boiler attendant's certificate he shall be
paid an additional amount of $7.89 per week for any week during which he is
required by the employer to act on such certificate; such amount shall not be
subject to any premium or penalty additions nor shall it be payable in addition
to any amount payable to the worker whilst he is on annual leave.
(h) Boiler Cleaner
Any person engaged inside the gas or water space of any
boiler, flue or economiser in cleaning or scraping work shall, whilst so
engaged, be paid $1.23 per hour in addition to his ordinary or overtime rate of
pay.
(i) Silo and Bin
Cleaner
Any person engaged inside the space of any bin or silo
in cleaning work shall whilst so engaged, be paid 83 cents per hour in addition
to his ordinary or overtime rate of pay.
NOTE: It is agreed between the parties that a site
where the dust allowances prescribed by subclause (a), Dusty Conditions etc.,
are paid to the employees at the site as a form of over-award payments, such
dust allowance will be absorbed into Supplementary Payments increases along
with other overaward payments at the time of the insertion of Minimum Rates
Adjustments.
(j) Sunday and
Holiday Rates (clause 10)
In addition to the crib time allowed in accordance with
subclause (g) of this clause, the employee shall be paid a meal allowance of
$6.20.
(k) Meal Hours
(See clause 13, Hours - Shiftwork)
Employees employed in mills running two shifts shall be
allowed 30 minutes for meals during each shift and no time shall be deducted
for such meals except where a meal relief is granted on day shifts and the
employees concerned are paid an additional $1.94 and in such cases not less
than 30 minutes nor more than one hour shall be allowed for meals which shall
not be counted as time worked.
(l) First-aid
Attendant (See clause 26)
First-aid Attendants - $7.89 per week
(m) Supply of
Overalls, Tools, Etc (clause 28)
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Clothing Allowance
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$2.13 per week
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Tool Allowance
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$8.44 per week
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Handling Pesticides
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39¢ per hour
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(n) Travelling
(clause 15)
Travelling allowance is 59 cents per kilometre.
(o) Fire officer
(clause 27)
A properly trained fire officer shall receive an allowance
of $7.21 per week.
(p) Shift Work
(clause 13)
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(i) Afternoon Shift -
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$18.51 per shift;
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(ii) Rotating Night Shifts -
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$23.08 per shift;
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(iii) Change of Shift -
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$15.80 per shift.
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(q) Meal Allowance
(clause 14)
$6.20 per meal
4. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 2 October 2003.
P. J. STAUNTON J.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.