Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers [1994] QIRC 335 (1994) 146 QGIG 660
660 QU EENSL AN D GOVERNMENT IN DU ST RIAL GAZETTE 115July, 1994
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QUEENSLAND INDUST RIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
flldu stria/ Relations Act /99()
s. 131 - appl icat ion for variat ion
Au.stralian Liquor, Hospitali ty a nd Miscellaneous
Workers Un ion. Queensla nd Branch, Union of Emp loyees
.AND
Queensland Confederation of Industry Lim ited.
Union of Employers
(/11
0. 86 53 of 1993)
CE METE RY EI\I PLOYE£S' AWARD - STATE
COMMISS IO NE R DEMPSEY
20 April 1994
VA RIATION
THIS mailer coming on fo r hearing before the Co mmission at
Brisbane on 20 Ap ril 1994. this Com mi ss ion doth order th at the sa id
Award be varied as follows as from the twenty-fi fth day of April.
1994 :..
I. 13) deleti ng subcla usc ( I) of clause 5 ( Wuge s and
Allowances) a nd inserting the fo ll owing in l ieu th creof:-
"5.( I ) Subject to cl aus<: 4A hereof' the minimu m rates of wa ges
payable to employees shall be:-
(i) Local Gov .:: mment Au1 hor itit:s who are rn.:mbers of the I .ocal
Go vernment Association:-
Inte rim
Minii'num Supp le- A wa rd R a1e
C'lassi licatio n meniary P.: r \Veci.
Rate Pay mcn 1 As A t
Classificat ion Pe r Wee k Per \ Vee k 2;/ .t/94
s s $
(Note 2) l :S: ute I) (N ote !)
Gran~ Diggtr 372 .t () 8.00 380,40
Sc:·1h e Men & Mo tor
Mo" er Dri vers 35 5 I(\ 8.00 363 .10
Attendants to Graves &
Ornamen tal Shrubs 355 .1 0 8 .0 0 363.10
/\ II Others 349.90 8 00 357,90
(ti) All Otht'r f:5tu blishments
Gra, <' Digger 372 20 8 00 380 .2 0
Scythe M~n & tvlmor Mow~r
Dmws 354 9(1 8 0(1 362 90
Attenda nts to Gra,·cs 8:.
Orname ntal Shruhs 354 90 8. 00 362 .90
All Ot ile rs 3 -1 9.60 8. 0 (J 3576(;
No te I: The Award Ra te incl udes wage increases and
adj ustmen ts arising from State Wage Case deci si ons
colloquia ll y re fe rred 10 as: 2n d Tier Adj ustment; I s l (2
parts) and 2nd Stmctural Efficiency Ad justments and
th e Safety Net Adjustment.
Note 2: The suppleme111 ary payment at each class ification
level includes an $8 .00 adj ustment reflecting th e
app lication of the arbitrated Safety Ne t Adjustrne111
Principle enunciated in th e Fe bruary. 1994. Review of
Wage Fixing Pri nci ples. Consistent with the
requirements of that principle the $8.00 Safety Ne t
Adjustment is absorbable to the. ex tent of any
equivalent amoun t in rates of pay - whe ther
overaward, award, i nd ustria l agreement or certilied
agreement - in excess of t he mi n im um rates
(classificat ion rate and supplementary paymen t)
presc ri bed in acco rd ance wi th the July 1991 State
Wage Case decisio n.
Over-award Payment - Over-award paym ent is
defined as the amount in rates of pay which an
emp lo yee would receiv,: in excess of the
minimum award wa ge as presc ri bed in th is
Award f'or the classi fi cation in wh ic h s uc h
employee is engaged wh ich applied
imm ediately prior to the date of opera ti on of
this variation:
Pro vided that this defin it ion shall exclude
overtime, shift allowances. penalty rates.
expense related a ll owances. indus try
allowances, disability allowances, vacation
allowa nces, special rates or a ll ow ances.
re sponsibility allowanccs. or any o th er anci ll ary
payments of a like nature described by th is
,\ward .' '.
Dated this t wen ti eth day o f April. 1994.
By the Co mm ission.
I L.S .] M..I. CALLEN.
Industria l Reg istrar.
OpcratiYe Date : 25 Apri l 1994
Variat ion - $8.00 SN.A.
Rdcased: 5 July 1994
15 Ju ly , 199 4 ] QUEE NS LA ND G OVE RNMENT fN D US TRIAL GAZETTE 661
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