Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees and Federated Clerks' Union of Australia, North Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers and Others [1994] QIRC 260 (1994) 146 QGIG 319

318 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE (3 June, 1994 3 June, 1994] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 319 ######### ########################################### QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 131 - application for variation Australian Municipal, Admin istrative, Clerical and Servi ces Union, Central and Southern Queensl and Clerical and Admin i strat ive Branch, Union of Employees and Federated Clerks' Union of Australia, North Queensland Branch, Union of Employees AND Queensland Confederation of Ind ust ry Limited, Union of Emp loyers and Others (No. 8719 of 1993) CLERKS' AWA RD - PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIET I ES - STATE COMMISSIONER BLOOMFIELD 10 May 1994 VARIATION THIS matter coming on for hea ring before the Commission at Brisbane on 10 May 1994, this Commi ssion doth order that the said Award be vari ed as follows as from the sixteenth day of May, 1994:- l . By adding a new pa ragraph to clause I (Application) as follows: - • As to the employ ers named in the Schedu le to this Award the provisions of the Award are modifi ed in accordance with the re qu ir ements of the individual Orders listed in such Schedule." . 2. By deleti ng provisi ons (a) and (b) of subcl ause (1) of clause 7 (Wages) and inserting the following in lieu thereof:- "Wages 7.(1 ) Subject to clause 6 he reof, t he mi nim um rat es of wages payable to the following cl asses of employees in t he Sou th ern Division (Eastern District) sha ll be:- (a) Cashiers, Teller s, Audio-typi sts, Stenographers, Tele-- typists, Punch Card Verifier Operators, Operators of Accounting or Ledger Machines and Computer Terminals:- 1,, 1efim M inimum Inte rim C lassif~ Sup ple- Award Rale arion mentMy as from Ra1e Pa ymem 16/5/ 94 Per Week Pef Week Per Week $ $ $ <Note 2l ( Note I) 1st year experience as such 369.00 8.00 377.00 2nd year experience as such 377.10 8.00 385.10 3rd year experience as such 385.50 8.00 393.50 4th year experience as such 393 80 8.00 401.80 5th year exfuerience as suc h and therea ter .... ... 402 .20 800 4 10.20 Emp loyees engag~d after the ma king of this Award having had prior experience m a Building Soc iety in re spect of work covered in this subclause shall be given credit therefor provided such experience is declared to the employer pr ior to engagemen t. (bJ All other clerical employees including switchboard operators:- lnte, im Minimum Classif,. ca1 ion Ra1e Per Week s 1st yea r experience as such 363 .70 2nd year experience as suc h 372.20 3rd year experience as such 380.50 4th year experience as such 388.50 5th year experience as suc h lntenm Suppl&- mentary Paymen1 Per Week $ (Note 2) 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Award Rate as from 16/5/94 Per VVeek $ (Note 1) 371.70 380.20 388.50 396.50 and thereafter . 397.00 8.00 405.00 Emp loyees engaged after the making of th is Award having had prior experience in a Bui lding Society in respect of work covered in this subclause sha ll be given credit therefor provided such experience is declared to the employer prior to engagement. Divisional and District Allowances - Adu lt employees (21 years and over) in the Mackay Division sha ll be paid 90c per week and adult employees (21 years and over) in the Eastern District of the Northern D ivision shall be paid $1 .05 per week in addition to the ra tes above prescrib ed . Note 1 Th e Award Rate includes wage increases and ad ju stments arising from State Wage Case decisions colloquia lly refer red to as: 2nd Ti er Adjustmen t; 1st (2 part s) and 2nd Structural Efficiency Adjustments; and $8.00 Safe ty Net Adjustment. Note 2 The Supplementary payment at each c lass ification level reflects the $8.00 arbitrated safety net adjustment principle enunciated in the February 1994 Review of Wage Fixi ng Pr incipl es . Consistent wi th the requirements of that princ iple the safety net adjustment is abso rbable to the extent of any equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether overaward, award, industrial agreement or ce rtified agreemen t - in excess of t he minimum rates (cl assification ra te and supplementary payment) prescribed in accordance with the October 1989 State Wage Case decision and adjus ted in accordance with the Ju ly 1991 Sta te Wage Case decision. 'Overaward' Payment is defined as the amount in ra tes of pay wh ich an employee would receive in excess of the minimum award wage as p re sc ri bed in this Award for the cla ssi fication in which such employee is engaged wh ich applied immediately prior to the date of operation of this variat ion: Provided that this defin ition sha ll exclude overtime, sh i ft al lowances, penalty rates, expense re lated al l owances, vacati on allowances, special rates or al lowances, respons ib ility allowances, or any other anci llary payments of a like nature descr ibed by th is Award.". 3. By del et ing the Sc hedule to the Award and inserting the fol low i ng in lieu thereof:- -- 1 of 2 -- 320 QUEENS LAND GOVE Rl\TMENT INDUSTR JAL GAZETTE "Sc he du le L1s1 of [mplover< w,rh Seconcl 7i<'r Ord<'" wh,ch ro ~.uy111g di:gree, " ,..,,,_ the PtO\/Stons ol tfo A"ard ""J"' • Suncorp Budding Sorn•l\ f 11,1 Pro,111 r.11 Buold,nM Soc.,.lv lp..,\-\1 ·r· .111 \Ve,t \.10f• 101 8u1lrlmg Son l'f .,:.,rka, PrrmJO-:'<>l Bu king S<,c,...i, Ptune,:r P, rn1Jll1·nl Buol l,n~ St><..icl) Northern 8111lrlon\( S<K 11'1~ 1he R<X k IJu,lcl1ng 50< ll'ly \,\ ,d., BJ) c.,,~Korn Bur~t,ng Soof'h I ~ l•~•• Bu,kt n'.( Son"lv Da1cd t hr~ 1cnth day 01 May, 19'1·1 By the Cornm,ssion (LS.] \1 J CALLE1'. lndus1roa! Rf'g1s1rar Opera11v(• f)dle: I& May 1994 Vanatron $8 Sal<'lY N P! Adiu,tnwnt 84'J lilll! 811111/1!'1 81118.8'• 8168/8'' 8186.1\'I BlRfl/11'1 B181\ill'I 8188.11111 8.?11 •2 l/8/811 18/4 8'1 1&'4 8'• 111.; 89 18 4.8'• 18/4/811 l R/4/81 1 18/4 811 10; 11 ReleasPCI 23 May 19'1-I ###### # ################################### ## ######## f3 J un e, 1994 3 Jun e, I 9941 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMEN T INDUST RIAL GAZETTE 32 1 -- 2 of 2 --