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T3776 and T3798

 

TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

Industrial Relations Act 1984
s.23 application for award or variation of award

Federated Clerks Union of Australia,
Tasmanian Branch
(T No. 3776 of 1992)

Tasmanian Confederation of Industries
(T.3798 of 1992)

INSURANCE AWARD

 

COMMISSIONER P A IMLACH

26 May 1992

Award variation - Minimum Rates Adjustment - second increase - deletion of and amendments to various definitions

REASONS FOR DECISION

These two applications, which were joined at the outset, were made by the Federated Clerks Union of Australia, Tasmanian Branch (the Union) (T.3776 of 1992) and the other (T.3798 of 1992) by the Tasmanian Confederation of Industries (the Confederation) for amendments to be made to the Insurance Award (the Award).

The Union's application was for the second Minimum Rates Adjustment (MRA) to be implemented in the Award. The first MRA instalment had been introduced into the Award in matter T3522 of 1991 by agreement between the parties. This application was merely for the next stage of the process to be completed.

The Union also sought for the date of operation of the amendment to be the first full pay period to commence on or after 4 June 1992.

The Confederation confirmed its agreement to the application and the operative date sought by the Union.

The Confederation's application was for certain provisions to be deleted from the Award on the basis that, being left over items when certain classifications and conditions were removed from the Award on the making of the Miscellaneous Workers Award some time ago, they were now irrelevant.

During proceedings the Confederation sought and was granted permission to amend its application by including the deletion of the proviso paragraph at the end of the definitions in Clause 7 of the Award which was confirmed as also unnecessary.

For practical purposes the Confederation sought for the operative date of its proposed amendment to be the same as that sought by the Union in the other matter, the first full pay period to commence on or after 4 June 1992.

The Confederation submitted that the application was not against the public interest nor the Principles of the Commission.

The Union advised its consent to the Confederation's application and the operative date sought.

I agree that both these applications are not against the public interest nor the Guidelines of the Commission: the Award will be amended as requested operative from the first full pay period to commence on or after 4 June 1992.

An order is attached.

 

PA Imlach
COMMISSIONER

Appearances:
H Dowd for the Federated Clerks Union of Australia, Tasmanian Branch.
T Edwards for the Tasmanian Confederation of Industries.

Date and place of hearing:
1992.
Hobart:
May 13.