Australian Meat Industry Union of Employees (Queensland Branch) v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers and Another [1994] QIRC 391 (1994) 146 QGIG 758

758 QUEENSLAND GOVE RNMENT IND US T RIAL GAZE TT E (22 July, 1994 ####################################################### QUEENSLAND IND USTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION industrial Relations Act I 990 s. 131 - application for variation Australian Meat Industry Union of Em ployees (Queens land Branch) AND Queensland Confederation of Industry Lim ited. Union of Employers and Another (No. B464 of /992) POULTRY PROCESSI NG AWARD - STATE COMMISS IONER DEMPSEY 16 May 1994 VARIATION Un ion shall have the right to nominate one or more deleg ate and to take up to a total entitlemen t of up to 5 days per annu m: Prov ided further, that this clause shall no t apply to employe rs who regu larly employ less than fifteen employees under the award in the prem ises at any one time. (6) Where Union delegates chru1ge during the course of a ca le ndar year, new delegates sh a ll be entitled to take up any remaining leave ent itlements provided by this clause. ( 7) Such leave shall not effect other leave granted to employees under thi s Award. ". Dated this sixteenth day of May, 1994. By the Commission. [LS] M.J. CALLEN, Industrial Registrar Operative Date: 16 May I 994 Variation - TUTA Released: 13 July 1994 THIS matter coming on fo r hearing before the Commission at Brisbane on 29 March and 16 May I 994, this Commission do th ######################################## ###### ######### order that the sa id Award be varied as follows as from the s ixteenth day of May, 1994:- By inserting a new clause 19A as fo ll ows:- "Trade Union T ra ining Le ave I9A ( I) Upon app li cation to the emp loyer by an accredited union de legate which is endorsed by the Branch or Di strict Secretary of the Union, and on gi ving at least one months notice, such employee rep resentative shal l be granted up to five working clays leave each ca lendar year (non-cumu lative). with out loss o f any ordinary ti me earn ing , to attend courses co nducted under the auspices of the Australian T rade Un ion Trai ning Authority (T.U.T.A.): Provided that the ap plicant fo r such leave has had at least twe lve months continuous service wit h the em ployer prior to such leave being taken. (2) Such applica ti on fo r leave s hall be accompanied by a wri tten statement from the Branch or District Office of the em ployee's Union advisi ng of the nom in a tion of the employee concerned by the Union and providing de tai ls of the course. (3) Th e scope, content and leve l of the course shall be such as to contri bute to a better understandi ng o f industrial relations within the employe r' s workplace. (4) Leave may only be gran ted where the emp loyee concerned can be released fo r the per iod of the course without un du ly effecting in an adverse man ner the o perat ions of the emp loyer, and incl udes the emp loye r being able 10 make prior staffi ng arrangements for the period involved. (5) The Un ion sha ll be ent it led to nom inate lwo mem be rs pe r annum for each one hundred employees employed under th is award at a ny one time at each prem ises: Provided that where the emp loye r employs more than 75 employees under t hi s Awa rd at any premises, but less than I 00. at any one time. the Union sha ll have the right to nominate two de legates per annum. Where seven ty-five e mployees or less arc employed under this Award at the premises at any one time , the 22 Ju ly, 1994] QUEENSLAND GOV ERNMENT INDUS TRIAL GAZETTE 759 -- 1 of 1 --