PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Australian Liquor, Hospitality And Miscellaneous Workers Union, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 4310 of 2004)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (i) of clause 4, Wages, of the award published 25 January 2001 (321 I.G. 1060) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)         The minimum rates of pay for weekly employees in the classifications prescribed in this award shall be set out in Table 1 - Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates.  The rates for allowances shall be as set out in Tables 2 - Allowances, of the said Part B.

 

Junior Employees - The minimum rate of pay for junior employees, wherever employed, shall be calculated by reference to the percentages of the total rates provided for adult employees as set out in the said Table 1.

 

The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case of May 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 and minimum rates adjustments.

 

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

 

Part B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Wages

 

Classification	Former	SWC	Rate
	Rate	2004	per week
	$	$	$
Section A - Portrait, Advertising and Commercial Studios
Photographer	504.60	19.00	523.60
Retoucher	494.30	19.00	513.30
Artist	494.30	19.00	513.30
Photographer’s Assistant	486.80	19.00	505.80
Collector	486.80	19.00	505.80
Clerk/Receptionist	481.90	19.00	500.90
Employees not elsewhere classified -
First three months	465.40	19.00	484.40
Thereafter	481.90	19.00	500.90
Section B - Developing, Printing and Finishing Establishments
(other than mini-labs)
Group 1 -
Colour Filter Determinator
Custom Colour Enlargement Printer
Colour Printer Controller
Microfilm Service Operator	528.70	19.00	547.70
Group 2 -
Rack and Tank Colour Film Processor
Colour Enlargement Printer
Colour Quality Corrector
Kit Mixing Operator
Colour Printer Operator
Microfilm Continuous Processing Operator	513.50	19.00	532.50
Group 3 -
Rack and Tank Black and White Film Processor
Black and White Enlargement Printer
Black and White Printer Operator
X-ray, Sheet Film and Sensitised Paper Finisher	496.90	19.00	515.90
Group 4 -
Microfilm Operator
Clerk/Receptionist	481.90	19.00	500.90
Group 5 - Employees not elsewhere classified -
First three months	465.40	19.00	484.40
Thereafter	481.90	19.00	500.90
Section C - Mini-labs
Amateur Photo Finisher
Printing Machine Operator	490.70	19.00	509.70
Employees not elsewhere classified -
First three months	465.40	19.00	484.40
Thereafter	481.90	19.00	500.90

 

Section D - Junior Rates	Percentage of Adult Rate of Pay	$
At 16 years of age	50	First three months: 484.40
At 17 years of age	60	Thereafter: 500.90
At 18 years of age	70
At 19 years of age	80
At 20 years of age	90

 

Table 2 - Allowances

 

 

3.          This variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 30 November 2004.

 

 

 

F. MARKS  J.

 

 

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