State Crest
New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission
(Industrial Gazette)





spacer image spacer image

Local Government, Aged, Disability and Home Care (State) Award
  
Date04/30/2021
Volume389
Part8
Page No.474
DescriptionVSW - Variation following State Wage Case
Publication No.C9253
CategoryAward
Award Code 1925  
Date Posted05/05/2021

spacer image spacer image

spacer image Click to download*
spacer image

(1925)

SERIAL C9253

 

Local Government, Aged, Disability and Home Care (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Local Government and Shires Association of New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employers.

 

(Case No. 362005 of 2020)

 

Before Chief Commissioner Constant

2 March 2021

Commissioner Murphy

 

Commissioner Sloan

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete Part B, of the award published 19 February 2016 (379 I.G. 254) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Part B

 

Table 1 - Monetary Rates

 

 

Current Rate

 

p/week from

 

28 October 2020

 

$

Care Service Employees

 

New Entrant Grade 1 Junior

$750.10

Grade 1

$875.66

Grade 2

$930.50

Grade 3

$986.16

Grade 4

 

- Level 1

$1,037.65

- Level 2

$1,126.07

Grade 5 from

$1,201.06

 

to

$1,774.72

 

1.        Note:  Employees classified and paid as Recreational Activities Officers as at 10 November, 1998 be reclassified in accordance with the new definitions of Care Service Employee.  Employees reclassified at Grade 2 by virtue of the above exercise, shall be paid at Grade 3 from the effective date of this award, and continue to be so paid whilst employed in the provision of recreational activities by their current employer. These employees may be required to perform the duties of a Level 3 Care Services Employee where they have the skill and competence to do so.

 

2.        Note:  Salary Band-Grade 5 - Employers and employees may negotiate a rate within the salary band as shown.  For the purposes of this award, the rate so negotiated shall be deemed to be the employee's award rate of pay.  Salaries in excess of the salary band may also be negotiated between the parties.

 

 

Current Rate

 

p/week from

 

28 October 2020

 

$

Maintenance Supervisors

 

Maintenance Supervisor (Otherwise)

$1,030.32

Maintenance Supervisor (Otherwise)

 

 - in charge of staff

$1,052.60

Maintenance Supervisor (Tradesperson)

$1,117.11

 

 

Catering Officer

 

Trainee Catering Officer

 

1st year

$911.48

2nd year

$927.86

3rdyear

$946.68

Assistant Catering Officer

 

80-120 beds

$956.04

120-300 beds

$1,018.21

300-500 beds

$1,092.69

500-1000 beds

$1,121.69

 

 

Current Rate

 

p/week from

 

28 October 2020

 

$

Catering Officer

 

80-120 beds

$1,063.08

120-200 beds

$1,092.69

200-300 beds

$1,121.69

300-500 beds

$1,177.65

500-1000 beds

$1,271.16

 

 

Diversional Therapist

 

1st year of experience

$950.96

2nd year of experience

$998.27

3rd year of experience

$1,045.07

4th year of experience

$1,091.78

5th year of experience and thereafter

$1,136.55

 

 

Dieticians

 

1st year of service

$1,035.31

2nd year of service

$1,080.79

3rd year of service

$1,134.82

4th year of service

$1,193.32

5th year of service

$1,247.46

6th year of service

$1,290.60

7th year of service

$1,323.26

 

 

Therapists and Social Workers (excluding Diversional Therapists)

 

1st year of service

$1,008.44

2nd year of service

$1,035.31

3rd year of service

$1,080.79

4th year of service

$1,134.82

5th year of service

$1,193.32

6th year of service

$1,247.46

7th year of service

$1,290.60

8th year of service & thereafter

$1,323.26

 

 

Apprentices

 

Apprentice Cook

 

1st year

$591.68

2nd year

$813.59

3rd year

$912.19

Apprentice Gardener

 

1st year

$493.08

2nd year

$591.68

3rd year

$788.97

4th year

$887.57

 

 

Homecare Employees

 

Homecare Employee

 

Grade 1

$880.65

Grade 2

$923.89

Grade 3

$987.99

 

Current Rate

 

p/week from

 

28 October 2020

 

$

Live-in Homecarers

 

Grade 1

Daily Rate

$229.04

Grade 2

Daily Rate

$258.65

Grade 3

Daily Rate

$299.86

 

 

Clerical & Administrative Employees

 

Juniors

 

At 16 years of age and under

$479.04

At 17 years of age

$542.84

At 18 years of age

$622.40

At 19 years of age

$701.46

At 20 years of age

$773.40

Adults

 

Grade 1

$945.05

Grade 2

$1,001.22

Grade 3

$1,049.65

Grade 4

$1,106.94

Grade 5

$1,156.90

 

Note 1:  Any employee paid on a classification/grade carrying a higher wage rate as at 10 November, 1998 shall have the difference between the higher rate and the new agreed grade/rate preserved whilst remaining to undertake the duties associated with the classification held prior to the date referred to above.

 

Note 2:  Clerks who are paid at a grade above that of Grade 5 as at 10 November, 1998 shall have the difference between that grade, inclusive of the 1998 State Wage Case Increase, and the new agreed grade preserved whilst employed in a clerical position with their current employer.

 

Table 2 - Allowances

 

Item No.

Clause No.

Brief Description

 

Current Rate

 

 

 

 

$

1

6(xi)(c)

Broken Shift

per shift

11.17

2

8(iii)(a)

Overtime - Breakfast *

per meal

13.74

3

8(iii)(b)

Overtime - Luncheon *

per meal

17.75

4

8(iii)(c)

Overtime - Evening Meal *

per meal

25.92

5

9(iii)(b)

Overtime - recall use of own vehicle *

per klm

0.39

6

9(iii)(c)

On Call Allowance

per day (24 hrs)

18.20

 

13(i)

 

 

7

13(ii)

Climatic & Isolation Allowance

per/week

7.24

8

15(i)(a)

Climatic & Isolation Allowance

per week

13.69

9

15(i)(b)

Cleaning/Scraping Work - Confined Space

per hour

0.68

10

9(iii)(c)

Cleaning Scraping Work - Boiler/Flue

per hour

1.09

11

15(iii)

Linen Handling - Nauseous Nature

per hour

0.35

12

15(v)

Use of own vehicle

per week

0.78

13

15(ix)

Laundry & Dry Cleaning certificate Allowance

per week

12.04

14

26(ii)

Leading Hand Allowance - in charge 2-5 employees

per week

29.63

15

26(ii)

Leading Hand Allowance - in charge 6-10 employees

per week

42.38

26

26(ii)

Leading Hand Allowance - in charge 11-15 employees

per week

53.52

17

26(ii)

Leading Hand Allowance - in charge 16-19 employees

per week

65.35

18

28(i)(c)

Uniform Allowance  *

per week

7.05

19

28(i)(d)

Special Type Shoes Allowance *

per week

2.17

20

28(i)(e)

Cardigan or Jumper Allowance *

per week

2.10

21

28(i)(f)

laundry Allowance - Uniform *

per week

5.82

22

29(ii)(d)

Sleepover Allowance

per shift

52.91

23

39(vi)

Apprentice - TAFE Examination Allowance

per week

11.17

 

Note: Allowances marked * did not increase by CPI (June 2019 until June 2020 -0.3%)

 

2.        Delete subclause A.4 of Schedule A, Training Wages and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

A.4      Minimum Wages

 

A.4.1  Minimum wages for full-time traineeships

 

(a)       Wage Level A

 

Subject to clause A5.3 of this schedule, the minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a full-time AQF Certificate Level I-III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level A by Schedule B are:

 

 

Highest year of schooling completed

 

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

 

per week

per week

per week

 

$

$

$

School leaver

348.90

384.62

461.74

Plus 1 year out of school

384.62

461.74

537.55

Plus 2 years out of school

461.74

537.55

624.75

Plus 3 years out of school

537.55

624.75

713.88

Plus 4 years out of school

624.75

713.88

713.88

Plus 5 or more years out of school

713.88

713.88

713.88

 

A.4.2  Minimum wages for part-time traineeships

 

(a)       Wage Level A

 

The minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a part-time AQF Certificate Level I-III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage Level A by Appendix B are:

 

 

Highest Year of Schooling completed

 

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

 

Per hour

Per hour

Per hour

 

$

$

$

School Leaver

11.49

12.65

15.18

Plus 1 year out of school

12.64

15.18

17.63

Plus 2 years

15.18

17.63

17.63

Plus 3 years

17.63

20.57

23.47

Plus 4 years

20.57

23.47

23.47

Plus 5 years or more

23.47

23.47

23.47

 

(b)       School-based traineeships

 

The minimum wages for a trainee undertaking a school-based AQF Certificate Level I-III traineeship whose training package and AQF certificate levels are allocated to Wage A by Schedule B are as follows when the trainee works ordinary hours:

 

 

Year of Schooling

 

Year 11

Year 12

 

$

$

School based Traineeships Wage Level A

$11.49

12.65

 

Schedule B: Allocation of Traineeships to Wage Levels

 

The wage levels applying to training packages and their AQF certificate levels are:

 

Wage Level A

 

 

 

Training package

AQF certificate level

Business Services

I

 

II

 

III

 

IV

 

 

Community Services

II

 

III

 

IV

 

3.        This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period commencing on and from 28 October 2020.

 

 

 

N. CONSTANT, Chief Commissioner

J. V. MURPHY, Commissioner

D. SLOAN, Commissioner

 

 

____________________

 

 

Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

 

* to download attachment
  
IE UsersRight click the attachment - Click 'Save Target As' - Select a location - Click 'Save'
Netscape UsersRight click the attachment - Select 'Save Link As' - Select a location - Click 'Save'