Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers and Another [1994] QIRC 139 (1994) 145 QGIG 820

820 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT IND US TRIAL GAZETTE [ 15 April, 1994 #################################################### Q UEENS LAND IND USTR IAL RELATIO NS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 131 - application for variation Austral i an Liquor, Hospitali ty and Miscellaneous Wo rke rs Union, Q u ee nsland Branch, Unio n of Emp loyees A ND Queensla~d Con federat ion of Industry Limited, Union of Emp loyers and Another (No. R 12 -6 of 1990 and 8648 of 1993) SECU RITY INDUSTRY (CON TRA CTO RS) A WARD - STATE COMMISSIONER FISHER 11 March 1994 VARIA TI ON TH IS matter com ing on for hearing before 1he Commission at Brisbane on 4 and 11 March 1994, thi s Commiss ion doth order that the said Awa rd be varied as follows as from the fifth day of Ap ri l, 1994:- By del et ing subclause ( 1) oi clause 3 .3 (Wages) and inserting the foll ow ing in lieu thereof:- " (] } Adults - T he minimum ra tes oi wages payable to adult empl oyees sha ll be as foll ows:- The new cl ass ificat ion structure expresses the total award rate payabl e, being 1he comb ination of the percen tage base ra te and the supplementary paym ent wh ich inclu des the $8 safe ty net adiustment. Suc h supplementary payment i s absorbable to th e exten t. of equi va lent overaward payments where such payments a re being m ade. The total award rate inclu des all increases and ad)ustm ents arising as a res u lt of t he second ti er, structural effic_,ency payments, structural efficiency ad j ustmen ts and m1 n1mum rates process. The percentage relativiti es are based on a base rate and suppl ementary payment totall ing $4 17.20 per week. 'Overaward Payment' is defined as the amoun t (whether it be termed 'overaward payment', 'attendance bonus ', 'service 15 April, 1994) QU EEN SLAND GOV ERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GA ZETTE inc rement' or any te rm whatsoever) wh ich applied imm ed iately pri or to the da te of operat ion of any m inimum rates ad justment awarded by t he Commi ss ion for the cl assification in wh ich 1he employee is engaged: Provided tha1 such payment shal l ex cl u de overtime, sh ih al lowances, penalty rates, allowan ces fares and travel ling time al lowances and any 01her anci llary payment of a li ke nature prescribed by this Award. The uhim a1e relativi ti es for t he new c lass ifications are as follows :- Cl assHicalion Lev~I Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..... . 1 ........ .... ........ . . 2.. .. .... ......... ... .. . 3 . .... . .. .. .... ......... . 4 ....... .. .. . .... .. s. . .... .. Percentag e 82 87.4 91 93.5 93 100. 9 The percentage relativiti es column rel ates to percen tages applying before the application of the $8.00 arbitrat ed sa fety _n et adjustment made in accordance wit h the Feb ruary, 1994, Rev iew of Wage Fixing Pri nc ipl es. To1at Awatd Supple- Ra1e mentary AS a1 Ba se Ra te P aymen 1 5/4 /94 Classi fica tion I.eve\ Per Week P~r Week Per week $ $ s Entry Proba1i onary 342 .10 8.00 350 .10 Sec urity Guard 35 2.60 20.00 372 60 2 Security Guard (Mob i le) . . . 372.1 0 15. 60 387.70 3 Sec urity Guard (Control Room) 373.0 0 25. 10 398 10 4 Secu rity Guard (Control Room) 373.00 35.50 408.50 s (New Classification} .. 4 17.00 12 .00 429 . 00 The supplementary payment at each class ification level includes an $8 .00 ad j us tment re fl ec ting the app lication of the arbitrated safe ty net ad justment principle enunciated in the February 1994 Rev i ew of Wage Fi xing Principles. Consistent with t he requirements of that Pr i ncipl e 1he $8.00 sa f ety net adjustment i s absorbable to the extent of any equival en t am ou nt in rates oi pay - whe1her overaward, awa rd. industrial agreement or cert ifi ed ag reement - in excess of the minimum rates (classification rate and supplementary payment) prescribed in accordan ce with the October 1989 Sta te Wage Case decision and ad j ust ed in accordan ce with th e Ju ly 199 1 State Wage Case decision. The tota l interim wage ra te includes the fo ll owi ng wage increases: 1987 REP; the first and second 1989 SEP i nc reases; 1991 SEA and all minimum ra tes adjustments.". Dated this eleventh day of March, 1994. By the Commission, [ L.S.] M.]. CALLEN, Industri al Reg i strar. Operative Date: 5 April 1994 Vari ati on - Fourth MRA; $8 SNA Re l eased : 30 March 1994 821 -- 1 of 1 --