STOREMEN AND PACKERS BOND AND FREE STORES (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.

 

(No. IRC 5584 of 2003)

 

 

REVIEWED AWARD

 

1.          Delete from clause 1, Arrangement, clause 30, Leave Reserved and clause 32, Restructuring and Efficiency Agreements, of the award published 9 February 2001 (322 I.G. 72), and renumber existing clause to read as follows:

 

30.       Jury Service

31.       Enterprise Agreements

32.       Consultative Mechanisms

33.       Exemptions

34.       Superannuation

35.       Anti-Discrimination

36.       Area, Incidence and Duration

 

2.          Capitalize the word "Twenty" in paragraph (b) of subclause (iv) of clause 3A, Shift Work.

 

3.          Delete clause 5, Wages, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

5.  Wages

 

Weekly Employees: An employee shall not be paid less than the minimum award wage rate as set out in Appendix A - Minimum Award Wage Rates, for the classification under which they are employed.

 

4.          Remove the space between words "enter" and "prise" in subclause (i) of clause 5A, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments to read as:

 

"Enterprise"

 

5.          Delete the "colon" following the word "machinery" of subclause (viii) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"semi-colon"

 

6.          Delete the words "Department of Social Security" in paragraph (g) of clause 18, Redundancy, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Centrelink"

 

7.          Delete subclause (ii) of clause 24, General Conditions, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(ii)        Adequate First-aid facilities shall be kept on the premises of each employer and shall be maintained in accordance with Occupational, Health and Safety Legislation and Regulations, as amended from time to time.

 

8.          Insert a "slash" between the word "personal" and carer's in subclause (iii) of clause 25, Bereavement Leave, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Personal/Carer's"

 

9.          Delete the words "Commonwealth Repatriation Department" of clause 29, Repatriation Leave, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Department of Veterans' Affairs"

 

10.        Delete clause 30, Leave Reserved, and Clause 32, Restructuring and Efficiency Arrangements, from the award, and renumber existing clauses accordingly.

 

11.        Delete clause 33, Enterprise Agreements, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

33.  Enterprise Arrangements

 

See the Enterprise Arrangements Principle of the State Wage Case Fixing Principles.

 

12.        The changes made to the award pursuant to the Award Review under section 19(6) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of Awards made by the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G. 359) take effect on and from 29 March 2004.

 

This award remains in force until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made already having expired.

 

 

 

R. W. HARRISON  D.P.

 

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.