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Surveyors' Field Hands (State) Award
  
Date11/28/2008
Volume366
Part5
Page No.1385
DescriptionVSW - Variation following State Wage Case
Publication No.C6769
CategoryAward
Award Code 647  
Date Posted11/28/2008

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Surveyors' Field Hands (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

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

 

(No. IRC 1769 of 2008)

 

Before Commissioner Macdonald

1 October 2008

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete subclause (vi) of clause 3, Wages, of the award published 23 November 2001 (329 I.G. 889), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(vi)      The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2008.  These adjustments may be offset against:

 

(a)      any equivalent overaward payments; and/or

 

(b)      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 - Wage Private Sector

 

Weekly Hands Classification

SWC 2007

SWC 2008

SWC 2008

 

Amount

Adjustment

Amount

 

$

%

$

Instrument Person

597.40

4.0

621.30

Special class field hand

595.00

4.0

618.80

First class field hand

571.60

4.0

594.50

Second class field hand

561.00

4.0

583.40

Operator of Echo- Sounding Machine

591.90

4.0

615.60

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Brief Description

SWC 2007

SWC 2008

 

 

 

Amount

Amount

 

 

 

$

$

1

3(i)(b)

Daily Hands

5.55

5.75

2

3(ii)

Motor Vehicle/Launch Allowance

2.30

2.40

3

3(iii)

Four-wheel-drive Allowance

3.05

3.15

4

3(iii)

Hydrographics Duties Allowance

2.35

2.45

5

3(iv)

Inclement Weather Allowance

26.75

27.80

6

4(i)

Wet Places Allowance

0.54

0.56

7

6

Underground Work Allowance

0.61

0.63

8

14(i)

Distant Places Allowance

1.07

1.11

 

14(i)

Distant Places Western Division

1.84

1.91

9

14(ii)

Distant Places Snowy River

1.78

1.85

10

17(iii)

First-aid Allowance

2.35

2.44

11

20(ii)(d)

Meal Allowance

12.75

13.45

 

28

Meal Allowance

12.75

13.45

 

28

Each Subsequent Meal

10.85

11.45

12

20(ii)(d)

Bed Allowance

65.55

68.35

13

20(v)(a)

Return Home Allowance

46.95

50.25

14

20(vii)

Travelling Allowance (Public Sector)

Per Day

Per Day

 

 

More than 3 but not more than 10 km

4.55

4.85

 

 

More than 10 but not more than 20 km

9.65

10.35

 

 

More than 20 but not more than 30 km

14.50

15.50

 

 

More than 30 but not more than 40 km

19.45

20.80

 

 

More than 40 but not more than 50 km

23.85

25.50

 

 

More than 50 but not more than 60 km

28.50

30.50

 

 

More than 60 but not more than 70 km

33.40

35.75

 

 

More than 70 but not more than 80 km

38.00

40.65

 

 

More than 80 but not more than 90 km

42.70

45.70

 

 

More than 90 but not more than 100 km

47.65

51.00

15

37

Rain Allowance

2.59

2.69

 

Note These allowances are contemporary for expense related allowances as at 30th June 2008 and for work related allowances are inclusive of adjustments in accordance with the June 2008 State Wage Case Decision of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales.

 

3.        This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 3 October 2008.

 

 

 

A. MACDONALD, Commissioner

 

 

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