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Textile Industry (State) Award
  
Date08/29/2008
Volume366
Part2
Page No.734
DescriptionVSW - Variation following State Wage Case
Publication No.C6648
CategoryAward
Award Code 212  
Date Posted08/28/2008

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Textile Industry (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Transport Workers' Union of New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 1175 of 2008)

 

Before Commissioner McKenna

29 July 2008

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete paragraph 5.3.3 of subclause 5.3 of clause 5, Rates of Pay, of the award published 2 May 2008 (365 I.G. 1082) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

5.3.3   The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2008, as set out in the said Table 1, Rates of Pay in Part B - Monetary Rates.  This adjustment may be offset against:

 

(i)       any equivalent overaward payments; and/or

 

(ii)       award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum rates adjustments.

 

2.        Delete Part B - Monetary Rates and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Rates of Pay

 

Adult Rates of Pay - Clause 5

 

Classification

Minimum Weekly Award Wage Rate

Skill Level

$

Trainee

545.40

1

562.70

2

586.10

3

607.90

4

642.90

5#

686.30

 

* The weekly award wage rate for ordinary hours combines the base rate, supplementary payment and arbitrated safety net adjustments and State Wage Case decisions awarded since the NWC October 1993 Review of Wage fixing Principles.

 

# Wage Band

 

Junior Rates of Pay - Clause 9

 

Years of Age

Percentage of Skill Level 2

Minimum Weekly Award

 

Skill Level 2 = $586.10

Rate

 

 

$

16

50%

293.05

16.5

55%

322.35

17

59%

345.80

17.5

64%

375.10

18

69%

404.40

18.5

75%

439.60

19

80%

468.90

19.5

85%

498.20

20

Adult Rate

 

 

Apprentice Rates of Pay - Clause 6

 

4-year term

Percentage of

Minimum Weekly

 

Skill level 4

Award Rate

 

Skill Level 4 = $618.20

$

 

%

 

1st year

52

334.30

2nd year

62

398.60

3rd year

82

527.20

4th year

92

591.45

 

Adult Apprentice Rates of Pay - Clause 7

 

4-year term

Percentage of

Minimum Weekly

 

Skill level 4

Award Rate

 

Skill Level 4 = $642.90

$

 

%

 

1st year

82

527.20

2nd year

87

559.30

3rd year

92

591.45

4th year

100

642.90

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

The allowances in this table shall be payable on or from the first pay period on or after 1 August 2008.

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Brief Description

Amount

 

 

 

$

1

5.7

Leading Hand allowance -

 

 

 

In charge of up to 10 employees

23.25 per week

 

 

 

 

 

 

In charge of 11 to 20 employees

33.95 per week

 

 

 

 

 

 

In charge of 21 or more employees

41.20 per week

 

 

 

 

 

 

High rise Stacker Operator

16.85 per week

2

10.1

Blender/Blending machine attendant

17.80 per week

3

10.2

Hand Stripping of cards

1.03 per complete set

 

39.19

 

 

4

10.3

Called upon to work in dust chamber in a cotton Mill

8.90 extra for that week

5

10.4

Engaged in Dye House/Bleach House

7.40 per week

6

10.4

Employees also engaged in loading/unloading of

Further additional

 

 

Kiers or entering vaporloc machines

3.85 per week

7

10.5

First-aid Attendant

11.00 per week

8

10.6

Instructors

16.55 per week

9

10.7

Engaged on Shoddy-shaking machines (dirt money)

13.15 per week

10

10.8

Polisher machine operators engaged in cleaning of

8.90 per week

 

 

size troughs - Sewing Threads Section

 

11

10.9

In the event where proper facilities are not provided

1.25 per hour

 

 

for the protection of employees engaged in loading/

 

 

 

unloading soda ash from delivery vehicles by hand

 

12

10.10

Sorting unwashed rags

2.70 per week

13

10.11

Willey hands in waste room

8.90 per week

 

10.12

Clean Wool Scouring Pits in an offensive condition

Double ordinary rates

14

10.13

Picking over bales of wool, waste or rags in an

1.08 per bale

 

 

offensive condition

 

15

10.14

Operating flax scutchers, tow on breaker and finisher

7.30 per week

16

13.7

Payment of Results systems -

 

 

 

Employee who also instructs learners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st week

5.50 per week

 

 

2nd week

4.85 per week

 

 

3rd week

4.25 per week

 

 

continue instructing a learner thereafter

4.25 per week

17

18.2

Meal Allowance

7.75

 

 

For each subsequent meal

5.70

18

20.8

Change of shift without 2 working days’ notice

18.20 extra as

 

 

 

compensation

 

3.        This variation shall take effect from the first pay period on or after 1 August 2008.

 

 

 

D. S. McKENNA, Commissioner

 

 

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