Mechanical
Opticians (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Automotive,
Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South
Wales Branch, Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 1816 of 2007)
Before Commissioner
Ritchie
|
8 October 2007
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (v) of clause 4, Wages of the award published 2 March 2001 (322 I.G.
796), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(v) The rates of
pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case of
2007. 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, Stage Wage Case and minimum
rates adjustments."
2. Delete
Schedule A - Rates of Pay and Allowances and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
Schedule A
Rates of Pay and
Allowances
Part 1
Rates of Pay
Optical Worker
|
Current Rate
|
2007 SWC
|
|
|
Effective 27/03/08
|
|
|
$20.00
|
|
$
|
$
|
1
|
515.80
|
535.80
|
2
|
534.30
|
554.30
|
3
|
567.40
|
587.40
|
4
|
575.40
|
595.40
|
Optical Mechanic
|
Current Rate
|
2007 SWC
|
|
|
Effective 27/03/08
|
|
|
$20.00
|
|
$
|
$
|
1
|
623.80
|
643.80
|
2
|
639.20
|
659.20
|
3
|
651.60
|
671.60
|
Un-Apprenticed
Juniors
|
Percentage of
Optical Worker 2
|
|
%
|
|
|
16 years and under
|
34
|
17 years
|
43.5
|
18 years
|
55
|
19 years
|
68
|
20 years
|
81
|
Apprentice % of
Optical
|
Old Rate Per Week
|
2007 SWC
|
Mechanic
|
|
Effective 27/03/08
|
|
$623.80
|
$643.80
|
|
$
|
$
|
1st year 42%
|
262.00
|
270.40
|
2nd year 55%
|
343.10
|
354.10
|
3rd year 75%
|
467.85
|
482.85
|
4th year 88%
|
548.95
|
566.55
|
Part 2
ALLOWANCES
Clause
No.
|
Clause
Title
|
Description
|
Previous
|
2007 SWC
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
Effective
|
|
|
|
|
27/03/08
|
|
|
|
|
4%
|
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
4(iii)
|
Wages - Charge
|
Not Less than 2 employees and not more
|
|
|
|
Hands
|
than 10 employees
|
21.15
|
22.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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More than 10 employees but not more
|
|
|
|
|
than 20 employees
|
31.75
|
33.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In charge of more than 20 employees
|
40.50
|
42.10
|
9(ii)
|
Overtime
|
Meal Allowance
|
10.10
|
10.45
|
24(ix)
|
General
|
First Aid Allowance
|
8.75
|
9.10
|
|
Conditions
|
|
|
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3. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 27 March 2008.
D.W.
RITCHIE, Commissioner
____________________
Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.