Crown Employees (Department of Industry, Skills and
Regional Development) Geoscientists Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996.
(Case No. 119331 of 2021)
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Before Commissioner Sloan
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10 August 2021
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REVIEWED
AWARD
PART A
Clause No. Subject Matter
1. Title
2. Definitions
3. Parties to
the Award
4. Salaries
5. Progression
of Staff
6. Anti-Discrimination
7. Area,
Incidence and Duration
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Salaries
PART A
1. Title
This award will be known as the Crown Employees (Department
of Regional NSW) Geoscientists Award.
2. Definitions
(a) "Association"
means the Public Service Association and Professional Officers’ Association
Amalgamated Union of New South Wales.
(b) "Department"
means the Department of Regional NSW, as specified in Schedule 1, Part 1 of the
Government Sector Employment Act 2013.
(c) "Geoscientist"
means a staff member who has obtained an Earth Science degree or equivalent
requiring a minimum of three years full-time study at a recognised university
or tertiary institution, with a major in a Geoscience discipline.
(d) "Industrial
Relations Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Premier and
Cabinet, or as otherwise defined in s 49(1) of the Government Sector
Employment Act 2013.
(e) "Service"
means continuous service.
(f) "Staff
member" means and includes all persons assigned to an ongoing full time,
ongoing part time or temporary role under the provisions of the Government
Sector Employment Act 2013.
3. Parties to the
Award
The parties to this award are the Industrial Relations
Secretary and the Association.
4. Salaries
This award is listed in Schedule A of the Crown Employees
(Public Sector - Salaries 2021) Award and salaries payable to employees will be
in accordance with that award or any award replacing it. The rates set out at PART
B, Monetary Rates, Table 1 - Salaries, are subject to the rates as set by the
Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2021) Award or any award replacing
it.
5. Progression of
Staff
Progression of staff members from Grade I to Grade II in
this award will be subject to:
(a) completion of
12 months satisfactory service on the maximum salary for Grade I; and
(b) the staff
member having demonstrated a capacity to undertake geo-scientific
investigations involving a degree of originality and independence or to perform
work of an equivalent importance or value.
The promotion of staff members beyond Geoscientist Grade II
will be subject to the occurrence of a vacancy.
6. Anti-Discrimination
(1) It is the
intention of the parties bound by this award to seek to achieve the object in
section 3(f) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 to prevent and
eliminate discrimination in the workplace.
This includes discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, marital
status, disability, homosexuality, transgender identity and age and
responsibilities as a carer.
(2) It follows that
in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute resolution procedure
prescribed by this award the parties have obligations to take all reasonable
steps to ensure that the operation of the provisions of this award are not
directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects. It will be consistent with the fulfilment of
these obligations for the parties to make application to vary any provision of
the award which, by its terms or operation, has a direct or indirect
discriminatory effect.
(3) Under the Anti-Discrimination
Act 1977, it is unlawful to victimise an employee because the employee has made
or may make or has been involved in a complaint of unlawful discrimination or
harassment.
(4) Nothing in this
clause is to be taken to affect:
(a) any conduct or
act which is specifically exempted from anti-discrimination legislation;
(b) offering or
providing junior rates of pay to persons under 21 years of age;
(c) any act or
practice of a body established to propagate religion which is exempted under
section 56(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977;
(d) a party to this
award from pursuing matters of unlawful discrimination in any State or Federal
jurisdiction.
(5) This clause
does not create legal rights or obligations in addition to those imposed upon
the parties by legislation referred to in this clause.
(a) Employers and
employees may also be subject to Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation.
(b) Section 56(d) of
the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 provides:
"Nothing in this Act affects any other act or
practice of a body established to propagate religion that conforms to the
doctrines of that religion or is necessary to avoid injury to the religious
susceptibilities of the adherents of that religion".
7. Area, Incidence and
Duration
(a) This award
applies to all staff members employed by the Department.
(b) Staff members
are entitled to the conditions of employment provided by this Award and by the
provisions in the following:
Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of
Employment) Reviewed Award 2009
Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2021) Award;
or
any replacement award, except where specifically varied
by this award.
(c) This award is
made following a review under section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act
1996 and rescinds and replaces the Crown
Employees (Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development)
Geoscientists Award published 20 December
2019 (385 I.G. 899), as varied.
The changes made to the award pursuant to the Award
Review pursuant to section 19(6) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996
and Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of Awards made by the Industrial
Relations Commission of the New South Wales on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G. 359)
take effect on and from 10 August 2021.
(d) This award
remains in force until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made
having already expired.
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Salaries
The salaries set out below, shall apply from the beginning
of the first pay period on or after 1 July 2021. 0 This award is listed in
Schedule A of the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2021) Award and
salaries payable to employees shall be in accordance with that award or any
award replacing it. The rates set out at Part B, Monetary Rates, Table 1 -
Salaries, are subject to the rates as set by the Crown Employees (Public Sector
- Salaries 2021) Award or any award replacing it.
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Classification
and Grades
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Common Salary Point
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Per annum
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Per annum
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First full pay period
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First full pay period
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on or after 1 July
2020
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on or after 1 July
2021
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(0.3 % increase)
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(2.04% increase)
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$
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$
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Geoscientists
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Grade I
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1st year of service
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47
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65,656
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66,995
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2nd year of service
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51
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68,057
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69,445
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3rd year of service
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57
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71,926
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73,393
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4th year of service
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64
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77,162
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78,736
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5th year of service
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71
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82,653
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84,339
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6th year of service and
thereafter
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77
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87,431
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89,215
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Grade II
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1st year of service
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82
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91,916
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93,791
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2nd year of service
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85
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94,610
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96,540
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3rd year of service
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89
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98,423
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100,431
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4th year of service and
thereafter
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94
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103,449
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105,559
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Senior
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1st year of service
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97
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106,697
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108,874
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2nd year of service
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99
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108,899
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111,121
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3rd year of service
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102
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112,140
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114,428
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4th year of service
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105
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115,362
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117,715
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and thereafter
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Principal
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1st year of service
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111
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122,404
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124,901
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2nd year of service
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114
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125,977
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128,547
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and thereafter
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Assistant Director,
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Geological Survey
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1st year of service
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119
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132,474
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135,176
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2nd year of service
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124
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139,246
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142,087
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3rd year of service and
thereafter
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128
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145,306
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148,270
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D. SLOAN, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.