Pet Food Manufacturers (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by National Union of Workers, New South Wales Branch, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 754 of 2006)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 11, Sundays and Holidays of the award published 24 November 2000 (320 I.G. 563), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

11.  Sundays and Holidays

 

(i)         The days on which New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queens Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day are observed and an additional holiday which shall be held on the last Monday in October, together with all other days proclaimed by the government as public holidays shall be recognised as holidays and no deductions shall be made from the wages of weekly employees for such holidays even though not worked; provided that in the case of shift workers, each such holiday shall be deemed to commence at the usual starting time of the ordinary hours of work of the day shift on the day of the holiday and at the corresponding time of the following day except where the usual starting time of the ordinary hours of a shift commence at or before midnight on a Sunday, in any factory, in which case each such holiday shall be deemed to commence at the same time at or before midnight on the day before such holiday at the usual starting time of the ordinary hours of work of the shift to commence at or before midnight on a Sunday and to end at the corresponding time on the day of the holiday.  In a locality where Labour Day and/or the last Monday in October are not observed a day in lieu thereof, to be arranged between the employer and their employees shall be granted.

 

(ii)        An employer and an employee, or an employer and the majority of employees in an establishment, may agree to observe an alternative day as a holiday in lieu of the last Monday in October.

 

(iii)       An employer required to work on a Sunday shall be paid at the rate of double time.

 

(iv)       An employee required to work on any of the holidays specified in sub­clause (i), of this clause, shall be paid at the rate of double time and one half.

 

(v)        An employee discharged, except for misconduct, within fourteen days of any of the holidays specified in subclause (i), of this clause, shall be paid for such holidays, specified in subclause (i), of this clause, shall be paid for such holidays; provided that such employee has been employed for a period of not less than fourteen days immediately prior to the date of the employee's discharge.

 

(vi)       An employee who absents themselves, without leave, on the working day immediately preceding or the working day immediately succeeding any of the holidays specified in subclause (i), of this clause, shall not be entitled to payment for such holidays.

 

2.          This variation shall take effect from 6 March 2006.

 

 

 

M. J. WALTON J , Vice-President

 

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