Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers [1994] QIRC 591 (1994) 47 QGIG 1018
1018 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT IND US TRIAL GAZETTE (4 November, 1994
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Q UEEN SLAND INDUSTRIAL RELAT IO NS COMMISSION
Industrial Rela1ions Act 1990
s. 144 - appl ic ation for variation
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous
Workers Union, Queensland Branch. Union of Employees
AND
Queensland Co nfederation of Industry Limited,
Union of Employers
(No R39-6 of 1990)
CREENKEEPING IND USTRY AWARD - STATE
CO MMI SSIONER EDWARDS
I0 October I 994
VARIATION
THIS mailer coming on for hearing before the Commission at
Brisbane on I 0 October 1994, this Commission doth order, by
consent, that the said Award be varied as follows as from the
seventeenth day of October, I 994 :-
1. By deleting subclause (I) of clause 3.3 (Wages) and
insening the following in lieu thereof:-
" 3.3 W1ges
(I) The minimum rates payable under this Award shall be as
follows:-
Supple• Award Rate
mcntary As From
Base Rate Payment 17/10/94
Classi ficat ion & Rela tiv ity Per Week Per Week Per Week
s s s
(N ote 3) (Note 2) (Note I)
Green keeping Employee Level I
(First Three Months) (78.0%) 284 .90 48.50 333 .40
Green keep in g Employee Level I
(Thereafter) (82 .0%) 299.50 50.60 350 .10
Green keeping Employee Level 2 (86 .5%) 315.90 53.00 36 8.90
Green keeping Employee Level 3 (92.0%) 336 .00 55 .80 391.80
Green keepin g Employee Level 4 ( 100 .0%) 365 .20 60.00 425 .20
Green keeping Employee Level 5 (105.0%) 383.50 62.60 446. 10
Green keepi ng Employee Level 6 (1 10.0%) 401.70 65.20 466.90
Note I
No te 2
The Award Rate includes wage increases and adjustments
arising from State Wage Case decisions colloquially referred
to as: 2nd Tier Adjustment; 1st (2 parts) and 2nd Structural
Efficiency Adjustments; four Minimum Rates Adjustments
and $8 Safety Net Adjustment.
The supplementary payment at each classificati on level
includes an $8.00 adjustment reflecting the application of
the arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Pr inci pl e enunciated in
the February, 199 4, Rev iew of Wage Fixing Principles.
Consistent with the requ irements of that principle t he $8.00
Safety Net Adjustment is absorbable to the extent of any
equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether overaward,
award, industrial agreement or certified agreement - excess
of the minimum rates (base/classification rate and
supplementary pa ym ent) prescribed in accordance with t he
October 19 89 State Wage Case decision and adjusted in
accordance with the July 1991 State Wage Case decision.
;Overa ward' payment is defined as the amount in rates
of pay wh ich an employee would receive in excess of
the minimum award wage as prescrib_ed in this Award
for the classification in which such employee is engaged
which applied immediately prior to the date of operation
of this variation:
Provided that this definition sha ll exclude ovenime. shit\
allowances, penalty rates, expense related allowances,
industry allowances, disability allowances, vacation
allowances, special rates or allowances, responsibility
allowances, or a ny other ancillary paymen ts of a like
nature described by this Award.
Note 3 The percentage relativities column relates to percentages
applying before the application of the $8.00 arbitrated Safety
Net Adjustment made in accordance with the February, 1994
Review of Wage Fixing Principles.".
2. By inserti ng a new Schedule I (4th Absorbable Minimum
Rates Adjustment) to the Award as follows: -
4 November, 1994] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETT E 1019
;•Sc hedule I
(a) Employees of Golf Clubs & Bowls Clubs:
Wage Fou rt h Wage
Rate Abso1 bable Rate
As At Minim um Rates As From
16/ 10/94 Adjustment 17/ 10/94
Level Class ification Per Week Per Wee k Per Week
s s $
Trainee Up to 3 Months 332 .20 1.2 0 333 .40
Trainee 3 Mon ths & Less
Than 6 Mont hs 344 .80 5.30 350.10
Assistant Greenkeeper 36 7.60 1.30 368 .90
Groundsma n Grade 2 365 .10 3.80 368.90
3 Green keeper 38 8.80 3.00 391.80
Ass istant Greenkeeper 384.70 7.1 0 39 1. 80
Gro undsman Grade 2 382 20 9.60 39 1. 80
Cert ificate d Greenkeepe r 41 9 .60 5.60 425.20
5 Head Green keeper or
Curator Grade 3 being
a person engaged as
such and in charge of
9 or more empl oyees : 439.40 6 .70 446 .10
Head Greenkeepe r or
Curator Grade 2 be ing a
perso n engaged as such
and in charge of 4 to 8
employees: 439.40 6.70 4 46 .10
Head Gree nk eeper or
Curator Grade I being a
person engaged as such
and in cha rge of up to
3 em ployees : 439 .40 6. 70 446. 10
Cert ificated Green keeper 4 35 .50 10.60 -1 46 . 10
6 Head Greenkeeper or
Cu rator Grad e 3 being a
person engaged as such
and in c ha rge of 9 or
mor e em ploye.es : 4 55.00 11. 90 466 .90
Ilead Green keeper or
Curator Grade 2 being
a pe rson engaged as
such and in charge of 4
to 8 employees : 4 55 .00 11.90 466 .90
Head Greenkeeper or
Curator Grade I being
a pe rson engaged as
such a nd in charge
of up to 3 employees : 455 .00 11.90 466 .90
(b) All Other Employees :
Trainee Up to 3 Mont hs 332.20 1.20 33340
Trainee 3 Months & Less
Tha n 6 Months 344.80 5. 30 350. 10
2 Ass istant Greenkeeper
or Curator 364. 10 4. 80 368 90
Groundsman 361.50 7 .10 368.90
All Other Employees 358 .90 10 .00 368.90
3 Greenkeeper or Cu rator 385 .90 5.90 391.80
Assistant Greenkeeper
or Curator 381.20 10 .60 391.80
Groundsman 378.70 13.10 391.80".
Da ted this te nth day of October. 1994 .
By the Comm i ssi on,
IL.S .] M.J. CAL LEN.
Indus tri al Regi strar.
IOperat ive Date: 17 October 199 4
Variation - 4th MRA
Released : 24 October l 994
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Official source: https://www.sclqld.org.au/caselaw/QIRC/1994/591