Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers and Others [1994] QIRC 202 (1994) 146 QGIG 53

52 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [6 May, 1994 6 May, 1994) QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 53 #################################################### QUEENSLAND IND USTR IAL RELATIONS COMM ISS ION Indus trial Relations Act 1990 s. 131 - application for va ri at ion Austral ian Liquor, Hospi ta li ty and M i sce llaneous Wor k ers U nion, Qu eens land Branch, Union of Emp loy ees AND Queensland Confederation of Industry Limi ted , Union of Employers and Ot h ers (No 8657 of 1993) OPTICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES' AWARD - STAT E COMMISSIONER EDWARDS 14 March 199 4 VAR IATION . TH IS matler com ing on for hearing before the Commission at Brisban e on 14 Marc h 1994, this Commi ssion doth order that the said Award be vari ed as fol lows as from the fourteenth day of Ma rch, 1994:- By deleting subcl ause (1) of clause 3.4 (Wage s) an d i nserting the fol low ing in lieu thereof:- ' 3. 4 Wages (1) Subject to clause 3 .3 hereo f, the rn, n,mum w ee kly w age to be pa id to emplo yees in the Eastern D istrict of the So uthe rn D ivision shall be as fol low s:- The n ew classifi ca tion structure ex presses the award rate payabl e, be ing the co mbina ti on oi the perc en tage base rate and a supplemen tary payment whic h includes th e $8 safety net adjustmen t. Classif,ca ti on Level Mec h. Optician s Gr,1de I (105.0 %) Mech . Opt icia ns Grade II (100.0%) Optic al Employee Grade I (92 .4 %) Optical Emplo yee Grade II (87.4 %) Optical Employee Gr ade Ill (82.0%) Base Rate Per Week s 383 .30 36 5.10 33 7.30 319.00 299.30 Supple,. meniary Payment,. Per VVeek s 6 2.80 60. 10 56.20 53.60 50 .80 Award kdte as from 14. 3.94 Per Week $ 446 . 10 4 25 . 20 393.50 • • 3 72 .60 350 .1 0 Excess Payments - Emp loyees employed in the class if ication of Op tic al Employee Grade I sha ll receive an excess payment of $4.60 per week. Such amou nt i s nol to be adjusted. • The supplementary payme nt at each classi fication i nc lud es an $8.00 adju st ment reflecting the application of the arbitrated safety net adjustment principle enunciated in the February 1994 Revi ew of Wage Fixing Pri ncip l es . Consistent w ith the requ iremen ts of that Princ ip le the $8.00 safety neI adjustment is absorbable to the extent of any eq uivalent amount in r ates of pay - w hether overaward, award, industrial agreement or certifi ed agreement - in excess of the mini mum rates (cla ssi fication rate and supplementary paymen t) prescribed in accordance with the O c to ber 19 89 State Wage Case decisi on and adjusted in accordance w ith the July 1991 Sta te Wage Case decision. ' Overaward' - ' Overaward ' payment is de fi ned as the amount in rates of pay which an employee wo uld receive in excess of the min im um award wage as presc ribed in th is Award for the cl ass ification in wh ich such employee i s eng aged wh ic h applied im mediately pnor to the date of opera ti on of th is variation: Provided that th is definition sha l l excl ude overti me, sh ift allowances, penalty r ates, expen se related al lowances, industry al low ances, di sab i lity al lo wa nces, va ca tion al lowances, special r ates or al lo wances, resp ons ib i lity al lowan ces, or any other an cil lary payments of a like nature described by this Awa rd. The pe rcen tage relativi Ii es relate to percen tages app lyin g before the appl icati on of the $8.00 arbiI ra ted sa fety net ad ju stment made in accordance wit h the February 1994 Review of Wage Fi xing Princ ipl es . Dated this fourteen th day of M arch, 199 4. By the Commission, [ L. S.) M .J. CALLEN, Indu st ri al Registrar. Opera ti ve Da te: 14 Ma rc h 1994 Variation - $8 Safety Net Adjustment Re l eased: 28 Ap ri I 1994 I I -- 1 of 1 --