Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers [1994] QIRC 344 (1994) 146 QGIG 667

666 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT lNDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [15 July, I 994 15 J uly, 1994] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRlAL GAZETTE 667 ####################################################### QUEENSLAND IND USTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSI ON lndus1rial Re/a1i ons Acl 1990 s. 131 - application for variation Austra li an Liquor, Hospi tality and Mi scellaneous Workers Union , Queensland Branch, Union of Employees AND Queensland Confederation of Indu s try Limited. Un ion of Employers ( l\10 R653 of 1993) LAUN DRY WORKER S' AWARD - BRISBAi'IE COMM IS SIONER DEMPSEY 20 Apri l 199 4 VARIATION T HIS maner coming on for hearing before t he Commission at Brisbant on 20 April I 994, this Commission do th order t hat the said Award be varied a~ fol lows as from the twenty-filth day of Apr il, 1994: - 7 -- 1 of 2 -- 668 QUEENS LA ND GOVERNM ENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE IIS July ,1 994 By de le ti ng clause 4 (Wages) and inserting the following in l ieu thereof:- 4. Subject to clause 3 hereof the minimum rate of wages payable to employees sh all be a~ follows: - lls:-i.ific.tiion Adults Rfn$Cr, washing machine attendant h)-drot..::1rac1or anendant sh in and co lhu ma1.:hinist, rc:pai,er. pr~ and ~h irt machi m:;1 and na1 \, or k machi nist Juni cn·s: Unde r 18 Yea rs <>L'\ gc .. 18 and Unde r 19 YcMS of Ag~ ,\ Jinim\JITI ffas~ ifi ca1101l Rate Pe r W ~ek s (~otc 2) 1<10 JO 19 and Under 20 Years of Age ...... Tht,reaflcr at t he appropriate adllll rai l' Interim Supple- mc:ni ary Pa y men1 Per Weck 5 (i\o te lJ S Oil 8 00 Av.ard Kate Per Week -\>At 2">.' 4.19.l C=" otc I J Perce 1,tagc o fM io imrnn Adull Kale 05~0 . 75% . ...... .. 85% .Ju nior rates shall be calcu la ted in mu ltiples of' ten ce nt s with any result of fi ve ce n ts or more being taken to t he next hig he st t en cent mu lliplc. All afternoon an d night shi ft workt: rs shall be paid $7 .47 pe r shill in add it io n 10 th e r ates presc ri bed abcwc. An e mpl oy ee wh o is qua li tied and is ap pointed as a first a id person sha ll be paid an all owance of S7 .3 0 per "·cek for a ll purposes under the i\11·,u-d. Note I T he Award Raic includes wage i nc reases ;ind adj ustments arising from State Wage Case dec isi on s colloquially rclcm:d to as: 2 nd Tier Adj ustment: Ist (2 parts) and 2nd Structura l Ul icicncy t\d jusunents a nd the Safety Net Ad jus tm e nt. • N(lle 2 The supplem en tary payment at each classiIi cation lcvd inclu de , an $fU)0 adj ustment rcllect in1:< the a pp lication of th e arhitra ted Safety Net Adj ustment Principle en unciated in th e February. 1994 . Review of Wa ge Fixing Princip le s. C'ons islc nt with th e re quirements of that princi ple the $8.00 Safe1y Net Adjus1me111 is absorbab le to the e.,tcnt or anv equiva le nt amount in ra tes of pay •· whcth(r ovcraward. awa rd . ind us trial agrcc mc11 1 or certi fi ed agreem e111 - i 11 excess (>f the m in im um raks (classificll t ion ra 1c and supplementary pa) me nt) prescribed in accordance with 1he .lu ly I991 S1a1 c Wage Case decision. Ove r- award Payment - Over -a "'a rd payme nt is defined as the amo unt in rates of pay which an e mpl oy ee would receive in ex cess of the mi ni mu m awa rd wage as prescri bed in th is Awa rd for the cla,sification in w hi ch such em ployee is engaged \\·hi ch Jppli cd im mediately prior to the date of operation of this n 1ri ation: Provided th at this definiti on shal l exclude overt im e. shili allowances, penalty rates. expense re lated a ll owances, industry allowances. di sability a ll owances. va ca ti on allowances, speci al rates or allowances. respon si bility allowances, or any other ancillary payments of a like nature described by thi s Award.". Dated th is t m; ntieth day of Ap ril. 1994. 13y the Commissio n. [L .S.J M.J. CALLEN. Industri al Regi strar. Operat iv e Dale: 25 .1\pr il 1994 Va riat io n - $8.00 SNt\ Released: 29 June 19 94 ####################################################### 15 July, l994J QUEENS LAN D GOVERNMENT lND US TRIAL GAZETTE 669 -- 2 of 2 --