Automotive. Metals and Engineering Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland v The Electrical Trades Union of Employees of Australia, Queensland Branch [1994] QIRC 453 (1994) 146 QGIG 984

L 984 Q UEENSLAND GOVERNMENT JNDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [26 August. 1994 ll###########/l#ll#####ll####ll#/l########/l/ll/#########11111//I### QU l:ENSL AN D 1\/D US TRIJ\ 1. RELATI ONS COMMISSI ON Industr ial R<> fatinm Act I 990 s. 144 - applic at io n for variaiion Automotive. Metals a nd En g in eering l nclu s 1ri al Un ion of 1:rnployees. Queensland (1\ 'o 11758 of 1993) AND The Ele ctri ca l Trades Union of Employees of Austra li a, Queensland Branch ( .\'o. 8 " 95 of 1993; AND The J\u~ tralian Wo rk ers· Uni on of b nployecs, Qu ee ns lan d (No. 823 of /994 ) AND Queensland Nickel Pt y. Ltd . QUEENS LAN D NICKEL EMPLOYEE 'A WAR D - STA TE CO MMISSION ER BLOOMFI EL D 5 May 1994 VARIATI ON TH IS matter corning on for hearing before the Commi ss ion at Bri sba ne on 29 April and 5 May 1994, thi s Commission do th order that t he said Award be var ied as follows as from th e ni n th day of May. 1994 :- By delet in g clause 3.3 (Wages) and in se rting the foll owing in lieu thereof:- "3 .3 Wages The minimum wage rates payable to the dilTeren t levds of employees in the Northern Divis io n Eastern District sha ll be as fo ll ows:- Award Rare Supple men tary Excess as from Rase Rare Cla ss ifi ca1 io11 Level Paymenr Paymen1 915/94 Per Week Per Week Per Week Per W ee k Level I Level 2 Level 3 Leve l 4 Level 5 l,evel 6 l.e, el 7 Leve l 8 l.evcl 9 Leve l 10 Le , cl 11 Le , cl 12 s 297 95 31 1 4 5 320 60 329 75 338 85 34 8 00 357 10 366 .2 5 40 2.75 42 1.05 -1 57.55 53060 s (Nore 2) 50 30 52,20 53.50 54.80 56 10 57 .40 58 .70 60 .00 65 .20 67 75 12 95 83 -10 $ s (No1e I) (N o1 e I) 20 80 369 05 23.4 5 387 to 23 .50 397 ,60 23 .55 40 8 10 26 .25 411 20 26 50 43 t.90 26 90 442.70 27 . 10 4 53 35 467 .95 488 80 530 50 61 4 00 No te I The Award Rate includes wage increases and adjus 1111e nts a ri s in g from State Wage Case decis ion s co ll oquially referred to as : 2nd Tier Adjus tm e nt : 1st (2 pa n s) and 2nd S1ructural Effi cie nc y Adjustments: Min imum Rates Adjustment and S8.00 Safety Net Adj usuncnt. Arising from these adjustmenis certain ·Exce ss Pa)'ments' have also been identified an d arc payable 10 employees engaged in such classifica ti ons as part of their Award Rate. These · fac ess Pay rncnL~· are not s ubjec1 to absorp1ion of th e Safety Ne t Adjustment. Such ' Excess Pa yment ' shall nol have any subsequent percent.age based wage in crease applied to i t. Such · Exc ess Payment' sha ll be paid to a ll existing and future employees. Note 2 The suppl ementary payment at each cla~silication le vel includes an $8.00 adjustme nt renc cling the application of the arbitrated Safely Net Adju stment Principle enunciated in the Fe bruar) 1994 Rc v ie" of Wage Fix ing Principles. Consistc 111 with the requiremen ts or 1h a1 p ri nciple the $8.00 Salely Net Adjus tm ent is absorba ble to the ex 1cn1 of any equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether overaward. award, indu s1 ri al agreement or cenifi ed ag reement - in excess of th e minimum rates (base rate and supplementary payme nt ) prescribed in 26 August, l 994] QUEENSLAND GOVE R MENT INDUSTRIAL GAZ ETT E accordance wi th the Octubcr 198 9 State Wage Ca se decis ion and adjus ted in accordan ce with 1h e J ul y 19 9 1 State \\' age Case decision. Any existing o vc rmvard payment is 10 bi: absorbed in to supp le men tary paymc111 s whe re such payments are h.:ing made. ·O ve r a war d · Payme nt b defined a~ the amo un t (whe th er it be te rm ed ·o, eraward paymen t'. ·attendan ce bonus· , · se rvice increment' , or any te nn whatsoever) in rates o f pay wh ich an employee \l'Ould receive in excess of the min imum award wage as prescribed in this A,vard_ for th e class il ica1ion in ,, hich such cmplo)'ce 1s engaged wh ich applied immediately prior 10 the date of operation o f thi s \'ari,ll io n: Pro vi ded tha t 1hi~ defi ni tion shall exc lud e overtime. shi ft allo11ancc s. p.:: nah~ rates. a ll o 11a nces. fares and trav elling time ;i llo" ances. or an y other anci lla~: payments of a like nature desc ri bed by th,s Award.. Dated this fifth day of Ma). 1994 Bv the Commission. [l~. S.] M..1 . CALL EN. lndustri.il Reg istra r. Operati, c Dat e: 9 Ma) 1994 Variati on - $8 .00 SN /\ Released: 11 Augus1 1994 ###################1/############## # ######li############/I 985 -- 1 of 1 --