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 2210 of 2008)
Before Commissioner
Macdonald
|
5 December 2008
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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
2008. 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
|
2008 SWC
|
|
Effective 27/03/08
|
Effective 27/03/09
|
|
$20.00
|
4%
|
|
$
|
$
|
1
|
535.80
|
557.20
|
2
|
554.30
|
576.50
|
3
|
587.40
|
610.90
|
4
|
595.40
|
619.20
|
Optical Mechanic
|
Current Rate
|
2008 SWC
|
|
Effective 27/03/08
|
Effective 27/03/09
|
|
$20.00
|
4%
|
|
$
|
$
|
1
|
643.80
|
669.60
|
2
|
659.20
|
685.60
|
3
|
671.60
|
698.50
|
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
|
2008 SWC
|
Mechanic
|
Effective 27/03/08
|
Effective 27/03/09
|
|
$643.80
|
$669.60
|
|
$
|
$
|
1st year 42%
|
270.40
|
281.25
|
2nd year 55%
|
354.10
|
368.30
|
3rd year 75%
|
482.85
|
502.20
|
4th year 88%
|
566.55
|
589.25
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Part 2
ALLOWANCES
Clause
No.
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Clause
Title
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Description
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Previous
|
2007 SWC
|
|
|
|
Amount
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Effective
|
|
|
|
27/03/08
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27/03/09
|
|
|
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4%
|
4%
|
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
4(iii)
|
Wages - Charge
|
Not Less than 2 employees and not more
|
|
|
|
Hands
|
than 10 employees
|
22.00
|
22.90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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More than 10 employees but not more
|
|
|
|
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than 20 employees
|
33.00
|
34.30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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In charge of more than 20 employees
|
42.10
|
43.80
|
9(ii)
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Overtime
|
Meal Allowance
|
10.45
|
10.90
|
24(ix)
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General
|
First Aid Allowance
|
9.10
|
9.45
|
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Conditions
|
|
|
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3. This variation
shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 27
March 2009.
A.
MACDONALD, Commissioner
____________________
Printed by the
authority of the Industrial Registrar.