ROCK AND ORE MILLING AND REFINING (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

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

 

(No. IRC 1700 of 2004)

 

 

REVIEWED AWARD

 

1.          Renumber clause 28A, Deduction of Union Membership Fees, and clause 29, Area, Incidence and Duration, in the Arrangement of the award published 27 July 2001 (326 I.G. 429) to read as follows:

 

29.       Deduction of Union Membership Fees

30.       Area, Incidence and Duration

 

2.          Delete subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subclause (i) of clause 1, Hours, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iii)       Ordinary hours are to be paid at single time.

 

3.          Delete subclause (iv) of clause 3, Wages, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)       The minimum rate to be paid to any shift workers for rostered work performed between midnight on Friday and midnight on Saturday shall be time and one-half; such extra rate to be in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift work allowances prescribed in subclauses (ii) and (iii) of this clause.  All time worked by shift workers on holidays shall be paid for at double the ordinary rate of pay and an ordinary shift of eight hours work on Sunday shall be paid one and three-quarter times the ordinary rate, such extra rate to be in substitution for and not cumulative upon the shift work allowances prescribed in subclauses (ii) and (iii) of this clause.

 

4.          Delete subclause (iii) of clause 10, Holidays, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iii)       No deduction shall be made from the wages of a weekly employee for holidays not worked and, if work is done on a holiday, the employee shall be paid at the rate of double time and a half for the time worked, with a guarantee of four hours' pay.

 

5.          Delete subclause (i) of clause 13, First-aid, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)         A first-aid outfit shall be provided by the employer at all works to which this award applies (see Occupational Health & Safety Regulation 2001).

 

6.          Delete subclause (i) of clause 16, Contract of Employment, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)         Subject to the provisions elsewhere in this award, employment shall be on a weekly basis.

 

7.          Delete subclause (vi) of the said clause 16 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(vi)       The engagement of a casual employee may be terminated at any time.

 

8.          Delete the word "effects" appearing in the note in clause 28, Anti-Discrimination, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

affects

 

9.          Renumber clause 28A, Deduction of Union Membership Fees, and clause 29, Area, Incidence and Duration to read as clauses 29 and 30.

 

10.        Delete the last paragraph of the said clause 30 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

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 2 July 2004.

 

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

 

 

 

P. J. SAMS  D.P.

 

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.