WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEES' - GENERAL (STATE) AWARD

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

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

 

(No. IRC 1871 of 2004)

 

 

REVIEWED AWARD

 

1.          Delete subclause (iv) of clause 2, Hours, of the award published 23 November 2001 (329 I.G. 860) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)       Subject to the provisions of subclause (i) of this clause and subclauses (ii) and (iii) of clause 6, Shift Workers, should the employer and the majority of employees in any establishment agree, the ordinary working hours may exceed eight on any day, to enable a week day off to be taken more frequently than would otherwise apply.

 

2.          Delete the word "his" in paragraph (b) of subclause (vii) of clause 6, Shift Workers, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

his/her

 

3.          Delete the word "he" in subclause (xiv) of the said clause 6 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

he/she

 

4.          Delete paragraph (ii) of subclause (1) of clause 14, Redundancy, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(ii)        This clause shall only apply to employers who employ 15 or more employees immediately prior to the termination of employment of employees.

 

5.          Delete paragraph (vii) of subclause (4) of the said clause 14 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(vii)      Centrelink Separation Certificate - The employer shall, upon request from an employee whose employment has been terminated, provide to the employee an Employment Separation Certificate in the form required by Centrelink.

 

6.          Delete the reference to subclause (vii) in subclause (ii) of clause 21, Annual Leave Loading, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

subclause (vi)

 

7.          Delete the word "his" in subclause (v) of the said clause 21 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

his/her

 

8.          Delete the word "him" in paragraph (b) of subclause (vii) of the said clause 21 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

him/her

 

9.          Delete the word "his" in subclause (i) of clause 24, Transfer of Employees, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

his/her

 

10.        Delete clause 31, Right of Entry, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

31.  Right of Entry

 

See Part 7 of Chapter 5 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.

 

11.        Delete the reference to clause 39, Area, Incidence and Duration, in paragraph (3) of subclause (ii) of clause 40, Occupational Superannuation, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

clause 42, Area, Incidence and Duration

 

12.        Delete clause 41, Enterprise Arrangements, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

41.  Enterprise Arrangements

 

(a)        See the Enterprise Arrangements Principle of the Wage Fixing Principles.

 

(b)        The operative date for an enterprise arrangement shall be no earlier than the date of approval by the Industrial Relations Commission, except that the Industrial Relations Commission may approve an earlier operative date to achieve consistency with the operative date of an enterprise arrangement which has earlier been approved by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

 

(c)        Where parties to an enterprise arrangement include employees covered by a federal award, an agreement covering those employees may be submitted to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission for approval.

 

13.        Delete subclause (d) of clause 42, Area, Incidence and Duration, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(d)        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 28 July 2004.

 

 

 

R. W. HARRISON  D.P.

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.