Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Australian Dental Association (Queensland Branch) Union of Employers [1995] QIRC 30 (1995) 148 QGIG 443

442 QUEE NS L AN D GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [17 February, 1995 17 February, 1995] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 443 ##########################################1##1########## QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act I 990 s. 144 - application for varia1ion Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous W orkers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Emp loyees AND Australian Dental Association (Queensland Branch) Union of Employers (No. R67-4 of I 990) DENTAL ASSISTANTS' AWA RD - STAT E (EXCL US I VE OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS) COMMISSIONER BLOOMFIELD 5 January 1995 VARIATION THIS matter com ing on for hearing before the Commission at Brisbane on 5 January 1995, this Commission doth order that the sa id Award be varied as follows as from the twen ty-third day of January , 1995: - By deleting subclause ( I) of clause 10 (Wages and A ll owances) and inserting the following in lieu thereof:- "Wagcs and A ll owances I 0 .( I) Subject to clause 9 hereof the minimum weekly wage rates payable to emp loyees under thi s Award shall be:- Interim In ter im Award Minimu m Supple- Rate Classification men tary As From Classification Relativity Ra te Payment 23/li9 5 Per Week Per Week Per Week % $ $ s (Note 3) (Note 2) (Note I ) Dental Assistant Level I . ..... ... 78 .0 234.00 76.50 310.50 Level 2.. ..... 85.0 234.00 98.50 332.50 Le vel 3 .. .. .. 92.0 338.70 41.90 380.60 Le vel 4 . . 100.0 35 1.58 57.22 408.80 Le ve l 5 . .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. . 105 .0 376.98 53.92 430. 90 No te I: The Award Rate includes wage increases and adjustments arising from State Wage Case decisions colloquially referred to as: 2nd Tier Adjustment; I st (2 parts) and 2nd Structural Effic iency Adjustments; the first, second and th ird Minimum R <1tes Adjustments and $8.00 Safety Net Adjustment. I 3989 _ I.DOC -- 1 of 2 -- 444 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [17 February, 1995 Note 2: The supp lementary payment at eac h classification level includes an $8 . 00 adjustment reflecting the application of the arb itrated safety net adjustment princ iple enunciated in the February 1994 Review of Wage Fixing Principles. Cons istent with the requ iremen ts of that principle the $8.00 safely ne t adjustment is absorbable to the ex tent of any equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether overaward, award, industrial agreement or ce rtified agreement - in excess of the minim um rates (elassi fication rate and su pplementary payment) prescribed in accordance with the October 1989 State Wage Case dec ision and adjusted in accorda nce wi th the July 1991 State Wage Case dec is ion. 'Overaward' Payment is de fi ned as the amount in rates of pa y wh ich an emp loyee wou ld receive in excess of the minimu m award wage as presc ribed in this Award for the c lassification in which suc h emp loyee is e nga ged which applied immediately prior to the date of operation of this variation: Provided that th is definition shall e xcl ude overti me, shift a ll owa nces, penalty rates, ex pense related allowances, industry allowances, d isabil ity allowances, vacation allowances, special rates or allowances, respons ibility allowances, o r any oth er ancillary payments of a l ike natu re described by thi s Award. Note 3: The pe rcentage relativi ti es co lumn relates 10 percentages applying before the app lication of the $8.00 arb it rated safe ty net adjustment made in accordance wi th the February 1994 Rev iew of Wage Fixing Principles:·. Dated this fifU 1 day of .January. 1995. By the Commiss ion, [LS.] R.H . BLUMSOM, Assistant In dustri al Registrar. Operative Date: 23 January 19 95 Variation -- Thi rd Mi ni mum Rates Ad. iustment Re leased: 6 February 1995 ########## # ############################################ 17 February, 1995) QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 445 -- 2 of 2 --