Landscape Gardeners, &c.,
On Building and General Construction and Maintenance, Civil and Mechanical
Engineering (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The
Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of
Employees.
(No. IRC 1928 of 2008)
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Before Commissioner
Murphy
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17 October 2008
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (viii) of clause 3, Wages of the award published 4 May 2001 (324 I.G.
540) and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(viii) 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 payment; 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 - Wages
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Classification
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SWC
2007
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SWC
2008
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SWC
2008
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SWC
2008
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Base
Rate
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Adjustment
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Base
Rate
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Rate
per hour
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per
week
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per
week
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$
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%
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$
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$
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Landscape Gardener
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618.30
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4
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643.00
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19.03
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Labourer
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586.70
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4
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610.20
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18.14
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Table 2 - Other
Rates and Allowances
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Item.
No
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Clause
No
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Brief
Description
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SWC
2007
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SWC
2008
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$
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$
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1
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3(ii)
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Leading Hands Allowance -
Loaded hourly rate
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In charge of not more than one
person
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15.20
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15.80
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(0.40)
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(0.42)
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In charge of two and not more
than five persons
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33.20
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34.55
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(0.87)
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(0.90)
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In charge of six and not more
than ten persons
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42.35
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44.05
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(1.11)
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(1.15)
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In charge of over ten persons
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56.25
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58.50
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(1.48)
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(1.54)
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2
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3(iii)
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Landscape Gardeners’ Tool
Allowance
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24.00
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25.10
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3
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3(iv)
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Disabilities Allowance
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23.25
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24.20
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4
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3(v)
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Travel Pattern Loading
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8.50
p.w.
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8.85
p.w.
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5
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3(vii)
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Sick Leave Payment
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0.6745
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0.7015
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6
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5(i)
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Fares and Travelling Time
Allowance
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15.40
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15.40
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7
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5(i)
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Excess fares - where transport
provided to and from a
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point at not more than 3.2 km
from the employee’s
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residence
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5.90
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5.90
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8
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5(ii)
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Wet Places and Slurry
Allowances -
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5(ii)(a)(1)
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Employees working in wet
places
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0.53
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0.55
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5(ii)(a)(3)
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Employees required to work in
water to a depth of:
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(A)(B)
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- over 45.7 cm
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3.55
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3.70
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- over 91.4 cm
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4.30
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4.45
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5(ii)(b)
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Employees working in slurry
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0.53
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0.55
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9
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5(iii)
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Confined Spaces Allowance
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0.66
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0.69
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10
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5(iv)
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Distant Places Allowance -
Working in
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(a)
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Districts west and north of an
excluding State Highway
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No. 17 from Tocumwal to
Gilgandra, State Highway
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No. 11 to Tamworth, Yetman,
Boggabilla etc
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1.12/day
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1.16/day
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Western Division of the State
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1.85/day
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1.92/day
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(b)
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Area bounded by Snowy River to
Dalgety, Berridale,
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Adaminable, Blowering,
Walaregang and on to the
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Murray River
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1.85/day
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1.92/day
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11
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5(v)
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Height money allowance
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0.53/hr
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0.55/hr
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12
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5(vi)
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Employees lifting other than
standard bricks -
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Where the blocks weigh over
5.5 kg and under 9 kg
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0.53
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0.55
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9 kg or over and up to 18 kg
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0.97
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1.01
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18 kg
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1.35
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1.40
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13
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5(vii)
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Cleaning Down Brickwork
Allowance
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0.48
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0.50
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14
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5(viii)
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Kosciusko National Park - Site
Allowance
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2.19
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2.28
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15
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14
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Meal Allowance -
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After working one and a half
hours overtime
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11.35
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12.00
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After the completion of each
four hours on continuous
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overtime
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9.45
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10.00
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16
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20(iv)(a)
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Distant Work Allowance (seven
days)
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397.95
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414.85
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(c)(i)
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Broken parts of the week
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44.90
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48.05
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17
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20(vi)
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Meal whilst travelling
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11.35
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12.00
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18
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20(vi)
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Bed Allowance whilst
travelling
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56.65
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59.05
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19
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21(b)
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First-Aid allowance
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2.37
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2.46
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"Note": These allowances are contemporary for
expense related allowances as at 30 June 2008, other than Items 6 and 7 which
are adjusted in accordance with the NBCIA, 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 1
November 2008.
J.
P. MURPHY, Commissioner
____________________
Printed by the
authority of the Industrial Registrar.