Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry limited, Union of Employers [1994] QIRC 224 (1994) 146 QGIG 224

224 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [20 May, 1994 ############################# ## ########### ## ######## QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELAT IONS COMM ISS ION lndu s( rial Re/aUons Ac( 1990 s. 131 - application for variation Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Work ers Un ion, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees AND Queensland Confederation of Industry limited, Union of Employers (No. 8650 of 1993) TA NNI NG IN DU STRY AWARD - STATE COMMISSIONER EDW,\ROS 14 March 1994 VARIATION TH IS matter corning on for hearing before the Commission at Br isbane on 14 March 1994, this Commission doth order that the said Award be varied as follows as from the twenty-first day of March, 1994 :- By deleting subclause (1) oi clause 5 (Wages) and inserting the fol low ing in lieu t hereof:- "5 . Wages (1) Adul t employees, i.e., employees twenty years of age and over, shall be pa id the follow ing mi nimum rates of wages:- The new classification structure expresses the award ra te payable, being the combination of the minimum classification rate and a supplementary payment which includes the $8 safety net ad1ustment. The award rate includes all increases and adjustments arising as a result of the Second Tie r, 1st and 2nd structural efficiency payment and structural efficiency adjustment and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th minimum rates adjustments. Award Supplt>m~n - Ra1e Base l at)' as from Ratl' Payment • 14.3. 94 Pt'fWt;ek Per \Vee,k Per Wee~ Classifi('a1ion and Rt>!a1iv1t}' $ \ s Group 1 (78.0%) 284 90 48.50 333.40 Group 2 (82.0%) 299.50 50.60 350.10 Gro up 3 (87.4%) 319.20 53.40 372.60 Group 4 (92.4%) 337.40 56 10 393.50 Group 5 (100.0%) 365.20 6000 425 .20 • The supplementary payment at each classification includes an $8.00 adjustment reflecting the application of the arbitrated safety net adjustment principle enunciated in the February 1994 Review of Wage Fixing Principles. Consistent with the req uirements oi Iha1 Principle the $8.00 safety net adjustment is absorbable to the extent of any equivalent amount in rates of pay - whether overaward, award, industri al agreement or certified agreement - in excess of the minimum rates (classification ra te and supplementary payment) prescribed in accordance w ith the October 1989 State \.\1age Case decision and adjusted in accordance w ith the July 1991 State Wage Case decision. ·overaward' Payment is defined as the amount in rates of pay which an employee would receive in excess of the minimum award wage as prescribed in th is Awa rd for the classificat ion in which such employee is engaged wh ich applied im mediately prior to the date of operation of this variation: Provided that this definition shall exclude overtime, shi ft allowanc es, penalty rates, expense related allowances, industry allowances, disabi li ty allowances, vacation allowances, special rates or allowances, responsibility allowances, or any other ancillary payments of a like nature described by thi s Award. fhe percentage relativities relate to per ce n1age s applying before the application of the $8.00 arbitrated sa fe ty net ad1 ustment made in accordance wiIh the I ebruary 1994 Review of Wage Fixing Pr in cip les.·. 20 May, 1994] QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE Dated this fourteenth day of March, 1994 By the Commission, [LS. ) M.J. CA LL EN, Industrial Reg istrar Operative Date: 21 Ma rch 1994 Va riation - $8 Safe ty Net Adjus tm ent Rel eased: 12 May 1994 ############################### # #################### 225 -- 1 of 1 --