HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY (STATE) CONSOLIDATED AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by The Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 3856 of 2004)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 6, Safety Net Commitments, of the award published 14 May 2004 (344 I.G. 412) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

6.  Safety Net Commitments

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2004.  These adjustments may be offset against:

 

(a)        any equivalent over-award payments; and/or

 

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

 

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

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wage Rates

 

Section 1 - Adult Employees

 

Farm Employee	Wage Rate	Ord. Time	Casual	Casual	Casual
	per week	Base Hourly	Ord. Time incl.	Ord. Time	Ord. Time
		Rate	1/12 loading	Saturday	Sunday
	$	$	$	$	$
Level 6	567.40	14.93	18.60	23.25	27.90
Level 5	561.20	14.77	18.40	23.00	27.60
Level 4	538.00	14.16	17.64	22.05	26.46
Level 3	530.00	13.95	17.38	21.72	26.07
Level 2	509.20	13.40	16.69	20.86	25.04
Level 1	488.30	12.85	16.01	20.01	24.02

 

Section 2 - Leading Hands

 

	SWC 2003 Amount	SWC 2004 Amount
	$	$
More than 2 and not more than 10 employees	23.55 per week	24.40 per week
10 or more employees	35.40 per week	36.60 per week

 

Table 2 - Allowances

 

Item	Clause	Brief Description	SWC 2003 Amount	SWC 2004 Amount
No.	No.		$	$
1	2(3)(b)	Meal Allowance (per meal)	9.40	9.75
2	22(b)	Sleeping away from home (per night)	46.85	46.85
3	23(b)	Wet Money (per day)	3.50	3.60
4	25(b)	First-aid Allowance (per day)	2.15	2.20

 

Note: These allowances are contemporary for expense-related allowances as at 30 March 2004 and for work-related allowances are inclusive of adjustment in accordance with the May 2004 State Wage Case Decision of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales.

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 November 2004.

 

 

 

P. J. SAMS  D.P.

 

 

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