Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees [1995] QIRC 139 (1995) 149 QGIG 284

284 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [19 May, 1995 ####################################################### QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CO MMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 147 - application for variation Australian Liquor, Hospita li ty and Miscellaneous Workers Union. Queensland Branch, Union of Employee.s (No 86480/1993) TAKE-AWAY FOOD PRODU CTION [MPLOYEE S- GOLDEN DRAGON PRODUCTS, Z ILLMERE IN DU STRIAL AGREEMENT COMMISSIONER BOUGOURE 21 April 1995 VARIATION THIS matter coming on for hearing before the Commission a1 Brisbane on 21 April 1995, this Commission doth order that the said Industrial Agreement be varied as follows as from the first day of May, 1995:- By deleting c lause 2.2 (Wage Rates) and inserting the following in li e u thereof:- "2.2 Wage Rates (a) The minimum weekly rates of pay for employees covered by this Agreement shall be as follows:- Adu lt Emp loyees- Cook Assis tant Cook All O1hers lnrerim Tora) Supp le menrary Agrecmcnr Ra re Paymen t as at 1/ 5/ 95 Per Week Per Week Per Week $ $ $ 345.80 337 20 329 80 8 00 8 ()0 8.00 353 .80 345 20 337. 80 Junior Employees - The minimum rates of pay for junior employees shall be ascertained by calculating the following percentage of the rates herein before prescribed for •All Others' and adjusting the resul t io the nearest multiple of ten cents. with any result of five cenis bei ng taken up to 1he next ten cent mu ltiple :- Year of Age Under I 6 year of age .... .. ............... ... ..... . .... . .. I 6 and under I 7 years of age . .. 17 and under I 8 ye ars of age . I 8 and under I 9 years of age ..... I 9 and under 20 years of age. 20 and under 21 years of age . . Percentage of mi ni mum min imum adult rate % .. . .. 45 . .. .. 50 . ..... .. ................... 55 . .. ... 65 . .. .. 75 .. . 85 And therea fte r at the appropriate rate of pay prescribed for adults: Provided that no employ ee sha ll suffer a reduc ti on in actua l wages paid as a resu lt of this variation to the Agreement. (b) The Agreement rate includes wage in creases and adjustments arising from State Wage Case decisions co ll oquially referred to as: 2nd Tier Adjustment; 1st and 2nd Structural Efficiency Adj ustments and Safety Net Adjustment. (c) The interim supplementary payment at each classifica ti on level includes and $8.00 adjustment reflecting the application of the arbitrated safety net adjustment principle enunciated in the February I 004 Review of Wage Fixing Principles. Consistent with the requ irements of that principle the $8.00 safety ne t adjustment is absorbable to the extent of any equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether overaward. award. industrial agreement or certified agreement - in excess of the minimum rates (classification rate and supple menta ry payments) prescribed in accordance with the October 1989 Stage Wage Case decision and adj usted in accordance with the July 1991 Stage Wage Case decision. Overaward Paymem - Overaward payment is defined as the amount in rates of pay which an employee would receive in excess o f the min imum award wage as prescribed in this Agreement for the classification in which such employee is engaged which app lied immediately p ri or lo the da te o f operation of this variation: Provided that this definition shall exclude overtime. shift allowances. penally rates, expense re lated allowances. industry allowance, disabili ty allowances, vacation allowances, special rates or allowances, responsibility allowances, or any other ancillary payments of a like nature described by 1his Industrial Agreemen t. ". Dated th is twenty-first day of Apri l, 1995. By the Commission, [L.S.J R.H. BLUMSOM, Assistant Industrial Registrar. Operative date: I May 1995 Variation - $8 SNA Released: 5 May 1995 15054_ 1.DOC ( 19 May, 1995 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 285 -- 1 of 1 --