T5172
TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1984 Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, RETAIL PHARMACY AWARD
New award - title and scope REASONS FOR DECISION This application, lodged by the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, Tasmanian Branch, pursuant to section 23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984, was for the purpose of making a new award to be known as the Retail Pharmacy Award. This consent application arose out of discussions held during the course of restructuring the Chemists Award. The parties were of the view that the retail pharmacy industry was in need of a review in terms of the structural efficiency principle. They also stated that there was a need to modernise the existing award and this could be best achieved by making a new award which was industry specific and excluded wholesale and manufacturing chemists that it would be more appropriate to split that award into the areas of wholesale and retail. In passing it must be noted that an application has been lodged with the Commission for the making of a new award to cater for the needs of manufacturing/wholesale pharmacy industry. The parties described the retail pharmacy industry as any premises that are
I am prepared to accept the submissions presented by the parties in support of establishing a new award. I also recognise that the application is part of the restructuring programme for the Chemists Award and provides an avenue to create a new award that will be more industry specific and capable of implementing appropriate classification standards and career paths for employees in that industry. The application is endorsed by the Commission in the terms outlined by the parties and will be operative from 10 November 1994, however, until the wage rates and conditions of employment have been determined for this new award, the Chemists Award should be observed in its entirety by those falling within its scope. The Order giving effect to this decision is attached. Having decided to establish this new award, it is now open to any registered organisation to seek an interest in the award in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 1984. After determining which organisations have an interest in the award, the Commission will continue to hear submissions in respect of wage rates and conditions of employment.
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