T2543
TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1984 Federated Clerks Union of Australia ESTATE AGENTS AWARD
Structural Efficiency Principle - second stage REASONS FOR DECISION In this matter the Federated Clerks Union of Australia, Tasmanian Branch (FCU) sought the variation of the Estate Agents Award to reflect the second structural efficiency adjustment. As with a number of other structural efficiency matters considered by the Commission as variously constituted, Mrs Dowd appearing for the FCU indicated in respect of the classification structure that this would be pursued at a later date following the conclusion of negotiations with the Tasmanian Confederation of Industries (TCI) on the clerical structure proposed for the Clerical and Administrative Employees (Private Sector) Award. Mrs Dowd tendered a draft order, Exhibit D1, which set out the structural efficiency initiatives proposed for the award and which I endorsed in the proceedings held on 25 November 1991. Whilst a number of mechanical changes have been made to the award to make it gender neutral and to generally tidy it up, the principal structural efficiency initiatives relate to the following provisions: Clause 12 - Contract of Employment In addition to the foregoing provisions the parties indicated that they also consented to the inclusion of a provision in the award: Clause 22 Payment of Wages, whereby the employer meets the banking costs of one deposit and one withdrawal per pay period for each employee subject to electronic funds transfer. This matter has been the subject of a Full Bench decision (T.1328 of 1988) in the public sector where the Bench declined to award recompense for bank costs incurred by employees. This was because electronic funds transfer was a trade off in four per cent second tier negotiations. Had this matter in this case before me not been by consent I would have requested the parties to address me more fully on this issue rather than bringing it to their attention only. I n all of the circumstances I confirm the operative date of this decision as the first full pay period to commence on or after 25 November 1991. The order is attached.
R.K. Gozzi Appearances: Date and place of hearing: |