Automotive, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland v Royal Automobile Club of Queensland [1996] QIRC 816 (1997) 154 QGIG 101

10 January, 1997 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 101 #ffl#ffl#####ffl##ffl##################ffl###ffl###ffl#### QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 147 - application for variation Automotive, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland AND Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (No. B1951 of 1996) VEHICLE INSPECTORS- ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT COMMISSIONER NUTTER 9 December 1996 VARIATION THIS matter coming on for hearing before the Commission at Brisbane on 9 December 1996, this Commission doth order that the said Industrial Agreement be varied as follows as from the ninth day of December, 1996:- 1. By deleting subclause (l) of clause 4 (Rates of Pay) and inserting the following in lieu thereof:- "Rates of Pay 4.(1) An employee's minimum rate of pay shall be the rate of pay set out in provision (a) and the allowance set out in provision (b): Provided that a Grade V employee shall also receive the allowance set out in provision (c). (a) Rate of Pay - Classification Per week $ Grade l ...................................................................................... 433.20 n ............................................................................................... 443.70 HI .............................................................................................. 454.00 IV .............................. ., .............................................................. 474.90 V ............................................................................................... 474.90 NOTE: The mtes of pay in this Award include the first and second $8 per week arbitrated safety oot adjustments payable under the November 1994 State Wage Case decision. Increases made under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments. This first and 22220_1.DOC -- 1 of 2 -- 102 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE second $8 per week arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset to the extent of any other wage increase, whether an award increase, an overaward payment or an increase by way of enterprise arrangement, received since 1 February 1992. Pre February 1992 overaward arrangements are to be applied according to their terms. (b) Inspector's Allowance - Cla.<;sification Per week $ Grade I ............. \. ....................................................................... 97 .38 II ................................................................................................ 102.82 IH .............................................................................................. 110.37 IV .............................................................................................. 110.37 V ............................................................................................... 110.37 The Inspector's Allowance is paid in recompense for the additional skill requirement of employees employed a.<; Vehicle Inspectors at the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland. (c) In addition to the above rates, a Grade V employee will receive a leading hand allowance of $19 .48 per week.". 2. By deleting from clause 8 (Laundry Allowance) the amount of ''$4.18" and inserting the amount of "$4.22" in lieu thereof. 3. By inserting a new clause l IA (Anti-Discrimination) as follows:- "Anti-Discrimination 11 A( 1) It is the intention of the parties to this Industrial Agreement to achieve the principal object in s. 3(k) of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 by helping to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the ba..,is of sex, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, age, race, impairment, religion, political belief or activity, trade union activity, lawful sexual activity, and association with, or relation to, a person identified on the basis of any of the above attributes. (2) Accordingly, in fulfilling their obligations under the disputes avoidance and settling clause, the parties to the Industrial Agreement must make every endeavour to ensure that neither the Industrial Agreement provisions nor their operation are directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects. (3) Nothing in this clause is to be taken to affect - (a) any different treatment (or treatment having different effects) which is specifically exempted under the Anti-Discrimination Act 199 J; (b) an employee, employer or registered organisation. pursuing matters of discrimination, including by application to the Human Rights and Equal Opponunity Commission/Anti-Discrimination Commission; (c) the exemptions in ss. 291(3)(a) and (b) of the Act.". Dated this ninth day of December, 1996. By the Commission, [L.S.] E. EWALD, Industrial Registrar. Operative Date: 9 December 1996 Variation -2nd $8 SNA & Anti-Discrimination Released: 23 December 1996 10 January, 1997 22220_1.DOC -- 2 of 2 --