Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Brisbane Market Trust [1994] QIRC 108 (1994) 145 QGIG 723

722 QUEENS LAND GOVERNMEN T INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 131 Marc h, 1994 3 I March, 1994 j QUEENS LAND GOVERNMENT LNDUS T RIAL G AZETT E 723 ########## ####### ########### ######### ############### QU EENSLA ND INDUSTRIA L RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 132 - application /or varia ti on Australi an Liqu or, Hospi ta lity and M iscellaneous Workers Un ion, Queensl an d Branch, Un i on of Employees AND Bri sbane M arket Tru st (No s. R46-4 of 1990 and 8643 oi 1993) BR I SBAN E MAR KET TR US T - MARKET OFF ICER S INDUSTRI AL AG REE M EN T COMM ISS IONER BLOOMFIELD 28 February 1994 VA RIATION THESE ma tte rs corn ing on for hearing before the Commission at Brisbane on 28 February 199 4, this Commission doth order that the sa id Industrial Agreement be vari ed as follows as from the fi rs r day of March, 1994:- By deleting subclause (1) of clause 3.3 (Wages) an d i ns erting the fol l ow ing i n lieu ther eo f: - "( 1) Subject to cla uses 3.2 and 3 3A hereof the min imum rates of wages to be fiaid to the undermenti oned cl asses of empl oyees sha ll be as fo low s: - Aw3rd Rate, Supp le memary Pay me nt as from BasE- Ra1 e 1/3/94 Cbssi fi cation and P<"r \Vec-k P<"f \ Vce k re, W(•ek Re.Jati vily $ s $ (Note 3} /Not~ Z) (Nole I) Market Oificer Grade 1 299.50 50.60 350. 10 (82%) Market Officer Gr ade 2 321.40 53 70 375. 10 (88%) Ma rket Officer Grade 3 Yea r 1 (93%) .. .. ... 339 .60 56 .40 396.00 Year 2 (95%) . .... 3 46.90 57.40 40 4. 30 Year J (98 %) . 357.90 5900 416.90 Ma rket O fficer Grade 4 Year 1 (100%) 365 .2 0 60.00 425.20 Year 2 (102%) 3 72.50 6 1.00 433.50 Yea r 3 (105 %) 383.50 62.60 446. 10 Note 1 The Awa rd Rate i ncl udes wage increases and adj ustments arising from State Wage Ca se decisions col loquially reierred to as: 2nd Ti er Ad j ustment; 1st (2 pa r ts) and 2nd Structu ral Efficiency Adjustments; Min i mum Rates Adjustment an d $8 Safety Net Adj ustmen t. Arising from the se ad j us tmen ts certai n ' Ex cess Payments' have al so been id en tified and are payable to employees en gaged in such cl assi fications as part oi their Agreemen t Ra te (See cl ause 3.3A - Trans lat ion to New Cl ass ification Structure). These 'Excess Paym en ts ' are not subj ec t to absorption of th e safety net ad j us tm en t. Such ' Ex cess Paym ent' shafl not h ave any su bsequent percen t age based wage i ncrease appli ed to it. No te 2 The supplementary payment at each c!assiiication level i nclud es an $8.00 adjustment reflecting the application of th e arbitrated safety net ad justment princ iple enunciated in the Fe bruary 1994 Review of Wage Fixing Pr inciples. Consistent w ith the requiremen ts of that pri nci ple, b ut subject to clause 3.3A, the $8.00 saiety net adjustmen t is absorbable to the extent of any equivalent amount in r ates of pay - whether overaward, award, industrial agreement or cer ti fied ag reement - in excess of the min imum rates (baseiclassifi ca ti on rate an d supplementary payment) prescribed in accordan ce w i th the October 1989 State Wage Case decision an d ad j us te d in accordan ce wi th the July 199 1 State Wage C ase deci si on. 147320-6 2 'Overaward' Payment is deiined as the amount i n r ates of pay wh ich an employee would receive in excess of the minimum award wage as prescribed in this Agreement for the classi fica tion in wh ich such employee i s engaged wh i ch appli ed i mmediately prior to the date of operation ot this variation: Prov ided that this defin i:ion shall exclude overti me, sh ii t allowan ces, penalty r ates, expen se related al lowances, industry allowan ces, disabili ty al lowan ces, vacation a ll owan ces, special rates or allowances. responsibility a ll owances, or an y other ancil lary payments of a like nature described by this Agreement. Note 3 The percentage relativi ti es colu mn rela tes to perc en tages app lyin g beiore the application of the $8.00 arbitrated saiety net adJustrnen t rnade In accordance w i th the February 1994 Review of Wage Fixing Principl es . Th e percentage relat iv ities are based on a base rate and suppl ementary payment total ling $417.20 per week. The percent age re lativi ti es colu mn should also be ap plied by excluding amounts p aya bl e to employees pursuant to clau se 3.3A (Transla tio n to New Cl assi fication Structure).". Dated this twenty-eighth day of February, 1994. By the Commi ss ion, {L.S ] M.J . CAL LEN, Industrial Reg istrar. O perative Da te: 1 March 1994 Variation - 4th MRA and $8 Safe ty Net Adj ustmen t Re leased: 23 March 1994 #################################################### -- 1 of 1 --