Storemen and Packers, Wholesale Paint, Varnish and Colour Stores (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 762 of 2006)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (i) of clause 8 Holidays, of the award published 14 December 2001 (330 I.G. 327) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(i)         The following days shall be recognised as holidays: New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen’s Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day,

 

or any other day on which the foregoing holidays are observed or any day gazetted or proclaimed as a public holiday for the districts in which the employee is employed and an additional holiday to be held on the first Monday in August each year - provided that the employees in the industry governed by the paint and Varnish Makers &c. (State) Award and the Transport Industry (State) Award, do not observe any other working day as an additional holiday.

 

(ii)        An employer and an employee, or an employer and the majority of the employees in an establishment may agree to observe an alternative day as a holiday in lieu of the additional holiday to be held on the first Monday in August.

 

(iii)       No deduction shall be made from the wages of a weekly hand for holidays not worked and if work is done on a holiday, the employee shall be paid at the rate of double-time and a half for the time worked - provided that in no case, shall the extra allowance be less than four hour's pay.

 

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

 

 

 

M. J. WALTON J, Vice-President

 

 

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