SUGAR FIELD WORKERS (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 subclause (i) of clause 4, Safety Net Commitments, of the award published 16 March 2001 (323 I.G. 64), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)         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 increase since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case and minimum rates adjustments.

 

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

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Rates of Pay

 

Classifications	SWC 2003	SWC 2004	SWC 2004
	Amount	Adjustment	Amount
	$	$	$
Field Workers:
From 14 to 16 years of age (50%)	233.35	9.50	242.85
From 16 to 18 years of age (60%)	280.00	11.40	291.40
Over 18 to 19 years of age (70%)	326.70	13.30	340.00
Over 19 years of age with -
less than 12 months' experience	450.50	19.00	469.50
more than 12 months' experience	466.70	19.00	485.70
Mechanical Harvesting:
Field Assistant/Mechanical Harvesting	470.80	19.00	489.80
Infield Buggy Driver	494.00	19.00	513.00
MHO Grade 3 (less than 12 months' experience)	503.40	19.00	522.40
MHO Grade 2 (more than 12 months' experience)	515.60	19.00	534.60
Rural Tradesperson/MHO Grade 1	542.20	19.00	561.20

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item	Clause	Brief Description	SWC 2003 Amount	SWC 2004 Amount
No.	No.		$	$
1	3(ii)(a)	Oil tractors	0.28 per hour	0.29 per hour
2	3(ii)(b)	Cleaning drains	0.44 per hour	0.46 per hour
3	3(ii)(c)	Wet places	2.45 per day	2.55 per day
4	3(ii)(d)	Working in water -
		45 cm - 90 cm	3.06 per day	3.16 per day
		Over 90 cm	3.29 per day	3.41 per day
5	3(ii)(e)	Working in slurry	2.21 per day	2.29 per day
6	3(ii)(g)	Repairing mechanical equipment	0.41 per hour	0.42 per hour
7	3(ii)(h)	Field conditions allowance	0.63 per hour	0.65 per hour
8	21(i)	Fare and travelling	0.50 per km	0.50 per km

 

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 26 July 2004.

 

 

 

P. J. SAMS  D.P.

 

 

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