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Landscape Gardeners, &c., On Building and General Construction and Maintenance, Civil and Mechanical Engineering (State) Award
  
Date12/11/2009
Volume369
Part4
Page No.882
DescriptionVSW - Variation following State Wage Case
Publication No.C7325
CategoryAward
Award Code 347  
Date Posted12/11/2009

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SERIAL C7325

 

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 1647 of 2009)

 

Before Commissioner Ritchie

5 November 2009

 

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 2009.  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

 

Classification

SWC 2008

SWC 2009

SWC 2009

SWC 2009

 

Base Rate

Adjustment

Base Rate

Rate per hour

 

per week

 

per week

 

 

$

%

$

$

Landscape Gardener

643.00

2.8

661.00

19.55

Labourer

610.20

2.8

627.30

18.64

 

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

 

Item. No

Clause No

Brief Description

SWC 2008

SWC 2009

 

 

 

$

$

1

3(ii)

Leading Hands Allowance - Loaded hourly rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In charge of not more than one person

15.80

16.25

 

 

 

(0.42)

(0.43)

 

 

In charge of two and not more than five persons

34.55

35.50

 

 

 

(0.90)

(0.93)

 

 

In charge of six and not more than ten persons

44.05

45.30

 

 

 

(1.15)

(1.18)

 

 

In charge of over ten persons

58.50

60.15

 

 

 

(1.54)

(1.58)

 

2

3(iii)

Landscape Gardeners’ Tool Allowance

25.10

25.45

3

3(iv)

Disabilities Allowance

24.20

24.90

4

3(v)

Travel Pattern Loading

8.85 p.w.

9.10 p.w.

5

3(vii)

Sick Leave Payment

0.7015

0.7211

6

5(i)

Fares and Travelling Time Allowance

15.40

16.50

7

5(i)

Excess fares - where transport provided to and from a

 

 

 

 

point at not more than 3.2 km from the employee’s

 

 

 

 

residence

5.90

6.30

8

5(ii)

Wet Places and Slurry Allowances -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5(ii)(a)(1)

Employees working in wet places

0.55

0.57

 

5(ii)(a)(3)

Employees required to work in water to a depth of:

 

 

 

(A)(B)

- over 45.7 cm

3.70

3.80

 

 

- over 91.4 cm

4.45

4.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

5(ii)(b)

Employees working in slurry

0.55

0.57

9

5(iii)

Confined Spaces Allowance

0.69

0.71

10

5(iv)

Distant Places Allowance - Working in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Districts west and north of an excluding State Highway

 

 

 

 

No. 17 from Tocumwal to Gilgandra, State Highway

 

 

 

 

No. 11 to Tamworth, Yetman, Boggabilla etc

1.16/day

1.19/day

 

 

Western Division of the State

1.92/day

1.97/day

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Area bounded by Snowy River to Dalgety, Berridale,

 

 

 

 

Adaminable, Blowering, Walaregang and on to the

 

 

 

 

Murray River

1.92/day

1.97/day

11

5(v)

Height money allowance

0.55/hr

0.57/hr

12

5(vi)

Employees lifting other than standard bricks -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where the blocks weigh over 5.5 kg and under 9 kg

0.55

0.57

 

 

9 kg or over and up to 18 kg

1.01

1.04

 

 

18 kg

1.40

1.44

13

5(vii)

Cleaning Down Brickwork Allowance

0.50

0.51

14

5(viii)

Kosciusko National Park - Site Allowance

2.28

2.34

15

14

Meal Allowance -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After working one and a half hours overtime

12.00

12.60

 

 

After the completion of each four hours on continuous

 

 

 

 

overtime

10.00

10.50

16

20(iv)(a)

Distant Work Allowance (seven days)

414.85

414.85

 

(c)(i)

Broken parts of the week

48.05

48.05

17

20(vi)

Meal whilst travelling

12.00

12.60

18

20(vi)

Bed Allowance whilst travelling

59.05

59.05

19

21(b)

First-Aid allowance

2.46

2.53

 

"Note": These allowances are contemporary for expense related allowances as at 30 June 2009, 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 July 2009 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 5 November 2009.

 

 

 

 

D.W. RITCHIE, Commissioner

 

 

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

 

 

 

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