Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers [1995] QIRC 318 (1995) 149 QGIG 1137

11 36 QUEENS LAND GOVER. ME T L DU STR IAL GAZETTE I 11 August. 1995 I I Augu!>t, I 995] QUEENSLAND GOVER 'MENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 1137 #llil###ll#####l#lft#####ll##### ## #ll#ll#### llllll#######/1#1111##### QUEl:NS LAND INDUSTRIA L RELATIONS CO MMI SS I ON lnduJtrial Relu11ons Act I 99() s. 144 - application for vanatton Austra li an Liq uor. Hospi tal it y und Miscellaneous Workers Lnion. Queensland Bran ch. Union of employees A D Queensland Co nfederation of Indu~1ry I imited, l lnion of Employers (:\'o. n-04 o.f /995) PA l ~T AND \'AR."IISH MAKl~G A WA RD- STAT E COMMI SS IONER 1:DWARDS 4 Ju ly 199 5 VARIATION THI S matter coming on for hearing bcfon.: the Commission at Bris bane on 25 May nnd 4 July. 1995 , thi s Comm issi on doth order that the <aid Award be varied as follows as from the tenth day of Jui). 1995 13y in se rtin g a new clause 17A (TUT A Lea ve) a~ follows. " Tl T\ Lu,·c 17A. A Unio n delegate or duly elected or appointed union re pre sentati ve shall. upon writt en applicat ion by th e Union to the employer. rnch application being endorsed b) the Union and gi\en 10 the emplo~er at lca~t I\\O month< in ad,·anc.: (or ~uch lesser period a, mutually agreed bet,,een the union and employcr/s), be granted up to five wo rkin g days' lea ve (non-cum ulati ve) on ordinary pay each calendar year to attend course~ or seminars conducted b) 1he Australian Trade Union Training Authorit) ( I UTAI or specific training courses appro, ed and accredited h~ TUTA. The scope, co nte nt and lev el of such cou rses or se min ars s hall be such as to contrib ute 10 a better unders tanding of indus triol re lations \\ilhin the crnployer·s operations Other cour:.es mutu all y agreed hctween a uni on pany 10 this Aw ard and an cmplo)CT, or employers, may be included under t hi s clause. Any \vrlllen applicataon by a union seek ing release of a delegate or re presentative to allcnd a course sha ll inc lude details o f' th e type ,md content of the course to be attended as well as the date, upon \\h ich the course is propoo;cd 10 be conducted. 16002 I.DOC -- 1 of 2 -- 1138 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE For the purposes of the se provi si ons ·ordinary pay' shall mean the ordi nary ti me eamings pai d to t he employee exclusive of any allowanc es . penalty r ates or travell ing time and fares . T he grnnting of such leave sha ll be. subj ec t lo the followi ng condi tions:-- ( I ) The empl oyee must have at leas ! twelve (I 2} mon th s cont inuou s SCf\•icc wi th th e employer pr ior to such leave be i ng granted and he the elected Union delegate/represc ntati ,·c. (2.J lJnl e.ss othe rwise agret:d t he maxi mum number or employee, of one: and the sm nc employer attc: ntling a trai ning cou r se or scininar each yea r w il l be as follow,: -- Wh ,•r<= the <?mp loycr employ~ b et w ee n 10 - 5(/ crn r, loyec:s Whe re tilc e mp lo::,cr cmr loys t> mvccn 51 ., I 00 cmpl oy, TS 2 W!wre tlw emplO) ~r L'mp l oy, over I 00 e mp l oyees 4 (3) \\' hen:: an employer has more th an one place or employmen t in Queensl an d th en the maxim um number of employees entitled to attend a course at the same ti me shall he two. This shall not preve nt an crn ploycr from ag reeing 10 release addi ti ona l employees. (-I) The grami ng of su ch leave s l1a ll be subject to t he conveni ence of th e employer so that the ()pe r ati<Jns o f th e b1 1crpri sc will not be ad versely a fl cctcd. Where an employer approaches the union and demonstrates genuine diffi cu lties wi th res pect to the release of' a particular ~nion deleg ate or representative at a particular time ( including w here the employer might have prev iously advised () f iL~ abili ty to release su ch union ddcg atc or rt~prescnta ti vc) the unio11 wi ll not unreasonably pn.:ss i ts request for the release or tha t de legate/ representa ti ve at that ti m e. If the matter is M l amicab ly re,olved. it shall be processed in accordance with th e Di spu te Sc ulcrm.:nt Procedure com ai ncd i n this ;\ward . (5) In granting suc h pa id kavc. t he employer is not responsible for any add itional en sts except the payment of ex tra remuneration where rel ieving arrangements an~ in st itu ted by the em ployer to cover lhc abse n ce of'thc employee. (6) Leave gr an ted 10 attend such training courses wi ll not incur any addi ti ona l payment or alternate time off i f such cou r se coinc ides with an em pl oyee· s da) off i n a 19 d ay mon th "orkmg arrangement. or \\'i th any other concess ional lea\'c, (7 ) Such paid lc avc wi ll not 11fkc1 other k ,l\ c granted to employees undc: r this l \ \\',mJ. (8) On completi on of the course the employee shal l. upon request. provide to the emp l oye r pro of or thei r at ten d ance at the course. Lxc .: pt in 1hc ,·a~,· of , ick lcaYc or other ,1t1 lho ri sc d l eavc. non-aucndancc at a trai ning course wi ll rc, ult in th e empl o yee not being pa id for ~uch time ... . D ated this fou rth day of.luly. 1995 . Uy the Commissio n. JI.. S] K. H. Pt;LSFORD. ,\c t ing. lndu stri~tl Rcgi~trar. Opcrati,·c date: I O .Ju ly 1995 Variation - ll !TA !.cave Released : 27 July l 995 11 I August, 1995 I l August, 1995 ] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 1139 -- 2 of 2 --