Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemens' Association of Australasia Queensland Branch Union of Employees v Queensland Confederation of Industry Limited, Union of Employers [1993] QIRC 56 (1994) 145 QGIG 892

892 Q UEEN SLAND GOVERNMENT INDUS TRIAL GAZETTE [22 April, 1994 ####################################### ## ########### QUEENSI.AND IND USTRIAL RE LATIONS COMM ISS ION Industrial Rel at ions A c t 1990 s. 131 - appli cation for variati on Federated Engi ne Drivers' and Firemens· A ssoc iati on of Australasia Queensl an d Branch Uni on oi Em pl oyees ' ( No. 8 752 of 1993) AND Queensl an d Coniederation oi Indu st ry Limited, Un ion oi Emp loyers (No R16- 5 of 199 2) AND The Australi an Workers' Un ion of Emp loyees, Queensland QUARRY, CRUSHED STONE, SA ND AND GRAVEL IND UST RY AWARD - STATE COMM ISS IO NER BOUGOU RE 9 Seprernber 1993 VARIA TION !H ESE ma tt ers com ing on for hearing before the Commi ssi on at Brisb ane on 17 and 21 Ma rch 1994, th i s Comm i ss ion doth order tha t the sa id Award be va ri ed as fo ll ows as from the seventeenth day oi March, 1994 :- 22 April. 199 4) QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT CNDUSTRIA L GA ZETTE 893 By deleting clause 3.3 (VVag es) and inserti ng the fol l ow ing in lieu thereof: - "3.3 Wages ( 1) Wages Schedule Subject to clause 3.2 hereof, the minimum ra tes oi wages to be paid to the undermen ti oned levels of employees sha l l be as fol lows:- The new classificat io n structure expr esses the award rate payable, bei ng the combination of the pe rcentag e base rate and the supplemen tary payme nt w hic h incl udes the $8 safety net adj us tment. Such supplementary payment is absorbable to the ex ten t of equivalent overaward paymen ts w here such payments are being m ad e. The total award rate includ es all increases and adj us tments arising as a result of the secon d tier, st ructural eitici ency paymen ts , st ructural efficiency ad justments and m in im um r ates pro cess. The percentage relativiti es are based on a b ase rate and supplementary paymen t total ling $4 1 7. 20 per wee k. ' Overaward Payment' i s deiin ed as the amount (whether i t be te rmed ' ov eraward paym en t', 'a ttendance bonus', 'servi ce increment', or any te rm whatsoever) w hich an emp loyee wou ld receive i n excess of the ' Aw ard Wage ' w hich afpli ed immedia tely pr i or to the date of operat ion o any broadbanding or m inimum r at es adjustment awarded by the Commission fo r the classification in wh ich the employee i s engaged: Pr ov ided that such payment shall exclude ove11ime, sh ift all owan ces, penalty rates, al lowances, fa r es and travelling time all owan ces and any other ancil lary payment of a like nature pre scri b ed by thi s section. Bas• R.;11~ Per We(•k s Wage Group Q l 82% 299. 50 Wage Group Q 2 87.4 ¾ 319. 20 Wage Grou p Q3 9 2. 4% 337.40 Wage Group Q4 100% 365.20 Wage Gro up Q S 105% 383.50 Supplementary Payment ·• Per Week $ 50.60 53.40 56 .1 0 6000 62.60 l'ol31 Award Rate .lS JI l 71319• Per W<-ek $ 350.10 372.60 393.50 425 .20 44 6 10 • The supplementary payment at eac h cla ssi fication level incl ud es an $8.00 adju st ment reflecting the app li cation of th e arbi trated safety net ad justmen t prin cip le enuncia ted i n the February 1994 Rev iew of Wage Fixing Princ iples. Consistent w i th the re quiremen ts of that Princ iple the $8.00 sa fety net adjustm en t is absorb ab le to the extent of any equivalent amount i n r ates oi pay - whether overaward, award, i ndustri al agreement or certified agr eemen t - in ex cess of the mini mum ra tes (classifi ca tion rate an d su pplementary payment} prescr ib ed i n acc ordance wi th the Octo ber 1989 State Wage Case decision and adju sted in accordance w ith the July 1991 State Wage Case decision. {2) Junior Employees The rate of pay for ju nior employees sh al l be as ser ta ined by applying the follow ing percen tage po ints on the respectiv e rate oi pay tor Wage Grou p Q l :- Under 18 year, of age . . ... . . Between 18 and 19 y ears of age 'I. 60 75 Prov ided j uniors 18 yea rs oi age and over who perform 1he ordinary duti es of an adult employee sh all be pa id the ful l award r are for the cl ass of work on wh ich th ey are en gage d. (3) Casual Em ployees (as defined) The hourlv ra1e of p ay for casua l employees shal l be asce rtained by d ivi di ng rhe appropri ate weekly total award rate for emplovees of the same cla ss by th irty-ei ght, adding a l oading of 19% thereafter, an d th en adding the appropri a1e divisional and di stric t parity convert ed to an hourly basis.". Dated this th i rty-first day of March, 1994. By the Commission, [L. S.] M.J. CALLEN, Industrial Reg istrar. O perative Date: 1 7 March 1994 Variation - $8 SNA and Fin al MR.A Rel eased: 12 April 1994 #################################################### -- 1 of 1 --