Automotive, Metals and Engineering Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland v The Electrical Trades Union of Employees of Australia, Queensland Branch [1994] QIRC 121 (1994) 145 QGIG 774

774 QUEENSL AN D GOVERNMENT INDUSTR IAL GAZETTE [8 April, 1994 ###################### #### #################### ## #### QUEE NSLAND IN DU STR IAL RELATIONS COMMISSION lnduscrial Relacions Ace 1990 s. 131 - application for va riation Automoti ve, Me tals and Eng ineering Industri al Union of Emp loyees, Queensland ANO Th e Elec tr ical Trades Union of Em p lo y ees of Austra li a, Queensland Branch AND Crown and O th ers (No. B759 of 1993 and B 15 of 1994) ENGI N EER ING AWARD - STATE COMMISSIONER NU TTER 17 March 1994 VAR I AT ION THIS matter coming on for h ear ing before the Co mmi ssion at Bris bane on 17 March 1994, this Com mi ssio n doth o rd er th at t he said Award be varied as follows as fr om t he twenty-first day of March, 1994:- By del eti ng subcl ause (1) of clau se 3.4 (Wages) an d inserting t he following in li eu thereof:- "3.4 W ages (lJ Weekly Wage Rates - An employee's award rate of pay in t he South ern Division, Eastern Di st rict for eac h Wage Level is se t out below and shall be paid for all purposes of the Award. The n ew class ification st ructure expresses the awa rd rate payabl e, being the combinati on of the pe rcentage base rate, a supp lementary payment wh ich includes the $8 safety net ad j ustm ent. The award rat e includes all increases and adjustments arising as a resul t of t he Second Tier. 1st and 2nd structural effici en cy payment and st ru ctural effic iency ad j ustment and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th mi nimu m rates ad j us tm ents. Supple- m en1 ary Bas e Ra te Pa yment Award Rat e \ •Vage Group Pe, \!\leek Per W fek Per Week s s $ .. C14 - 79% ' . .. '.'. 284.80 48.60 333.40 ( 13-82 % . . . . . . . . 299.50 50 .60 350. 10 Cl 2-87 .4¾ . . .... ' 319.20 53.40 372.60 ( 11 - 92.4% 33 7.40 56.10 393.50 ( 10- 100% 365 20 60.00 425.20 C9 - 105% . . 383.50 62.60 446.10 C8 - 110% . . . . . . . . 401. 70 65 20 466.90 (7 -1 15% . . - - - ... 420 00 67 .80 487.80 C6 -1 25% . .... . . 456. 50 73 .00 529.50 C5- 130% 4 74.80 75.00 549.80 C4 - 135% 493.00 78 .2 0 571.20 CJ - 145% ' . . . . . . . 529.50 83.40 612.90 C2(a) - 150% 547.80 86.00 633.80 C2 (bJ -160 % 584.30 91.20 675.50 The supplementary payments as pr esc r ib ed above are in substit ution of any overaward payment as defined he re under which wo uld otherwise have been pai d, as of 9 September 1991. ••i n add i tion to t he C14 rate a surpl us amount of $4.20 shall be pa i d, such su rpl us amount being non-adjustabl e. 8 April, 1994] QUEENSLAND G OVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE "The Supplementary paymen t at each classifi ca tion includ es an $8.00 adjustmen t reflecting the appli ca tion of the arbitrated safety net adjustment pri nc iple enunciated in the February 1994 Rev iew of Wage Fixing Principles. Consi sten t w i th the requirements of t hat Pr in ciple the $8.00 safety net adjustment i s absorbab le to t he exten t of any equi va lent amount in rates of pay - whether over awa rd, awa rd , industri al agree m en t or certified agreement - in excess of the m ini mum rates (class ification rate and supplementary payment) prescribed in accordance with the October 1989 State Wage Case decision and ad ju sted in accordance with t he Ju ly 1991 State Wage Case decision. Overaward Paym ent - Overaward payment i s defined as the amount in r ates of pay which an empl oyee wou ld receive in excess of the minimum awa rd wage as prescribed in this Award for t he class ification in which such empl oyee is engaged which applied immediately pri or to t he d ate of operati on of this v ar ia tion: Provided that this defini tion sha ll excl ude overtime, sh ift a llowanc es, penalty ra tes, expense r ela ted allowance s, industry allowa nces, di sab i li ty allowances, vaca tion allowances, special rate_s or a llo wance s, res ponsibility allowances, or any other ancillary payments of a like nature described by th is Aw ard. The percent age re lativiti es re l ate to percen tages applying before the application of the $8.00 arbit rated safety ne t adjustment made in accordance wi th the Feb ruary 1994 Rev i ew of Wage Fixing Princip les .". Da ted th i s seventeenth day of March, 1994. By the Commis si on, [ L.S. ) M .J. CALLEN , Industrial Reg i st rar. Operati ve Date: 21 March 1994 Variation - $8 Safety Net Adj ustment Re l eas ed: 29 March 1994 ########## ########################################## 775 -- 1 of 1 --