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CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES LEGAL INDUSTRY (STATE) AWARD
  
Date10/26/2007
Volume364
Part1
Page No.173
DescriptionRVIRC - Award Review Variation by Industrial Relations Commission
Publication No.C6088
CategoryAward
Award Code 134  
Date Posted10/25/2007

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SERIAL C6088

 

Clerical and Administrative Employees Legal Industry (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

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

 

(No. IRC 704 of 2007)

 

Before Mr Deputy President Grayson

23 July 2007

 

REVIEWED AWARD

 

1.          Delete the Arrangement of the award published 10 December 1999 (312 I.G. 703) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Clause No.         Subject Matter

 

1.         Definitions

2.         Terms of Engagement

3.         Classification Structure and Salaries

4.         Hours

5.         Meal Breaks

6.         Overtime

7.         Meal Allowance

8.         Shift Work

9.         Public Holidays

10.       Payment of Salaries

11.       Bereavement Leave

11A.    Parental Leave

12.       Annual Leave Loading

13.       Sick Leave

14.       Termination of Employment

15.       Higher Duties

16.       Finishing at Night

17.       Personal/Carer's Leave

18.       Training

19.       Travelling Expenses

20.       Jury Service

21.       Exemptions

22.       Redundancy

23.       Grievance and Dispute Settlement Procedure

24        Anti-Discrimination

25.       Savings Clause

26.       Statutory and Other Award Provisions

27.       Area, Incidence and Duration

 

2.          Insert in alphabetical order in clause 1, Definitions, the following new definitions:

 

"Barrister shall have the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act 2004.

 

"Law practice" shall have the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act 2004.

 

3.          Delete in clause 1 the definition "Solicitor".

 

4.          Delete in clause 1 the definition "Solicitor Corporation".

 

5.          Delete in clause 1 the definition "Solicitor Service Trust" and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Solicitor Service Trust" means a trust formed for the sole purpose of employing administrative services for a law practice.

 

6.          Delete in clause 1 the definition "Solicitor Service Company" and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Solicitor Service Company" means a corporation formed for the sole purpose of supplying administrative services to a law practice.

 

7.          Delete in clause 1 the definition "Solicitor Service Partnership" and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Solicitor Service Partnership" means a partnership formed for the sole purpose of supplying administrative services to a law practice.

 

8.          Delete in the newly renumbered clause 27, Area, Incidence and Duration the words " Solicitors, Solicitor Corporations" and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Law practices"

 

9.          Insert at the end of clause 27, the following paragraphs:

 

excepting clerical and administrative employees employed by a barrister, a barrister service company, a barrister service partnership or a barrister service trust.

 

The changes made to the award pursuant to the Award Review pursuant to 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 23 July 2007.

 

This award remains in force until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made already having expired.

 

 

 

J. P. GRAYSON D.P.

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

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