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IN THE TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1984
The current proviso to D - Part-time and Casual Employees, of Clause 8 - Salaries, of the General Officers Award (the award) reads:
This application by the Minister for Public Administration seeks to add the following:
There was no objection to the addition to the proviso from the Tasmanian Public Service Association (TPSA). Mr Jarman spelt out in some detail the reasons for the additional wording. Simply put, it would allow for greater flexibility in the utilisation of allotted hours to Department of Community Welfare employees. This in turn would lead to better use of available funds. Its practical application would see employees paid for actual hours worked instead of on occasions being paid a minimum of three hours when that time was not required. The TPSA submitted that it was satisfied that there was sufficient protection in the new wording to satisfy the interests of its members. In any case there would be recourse to this Commission if there was a dispute over its application. The new wording does not offend the public interest, in fact it could be said that there are very good public interest reasons why the award should be varied as requested. I compliment the parties on a commonsense application and indicate that the award will be varied effective from the first pay period commencing on or after 5 August 1987.
J.G. King
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