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T4569, T4570, T4574 and T4575

 

TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

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

Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees,
Tasmania Branch
(T.Nos.4569 and 4570 of 1993)

Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union,
Tasmanian Branch
(T.Nos.4574 and 4575 of 1993)

BUILDING TRADES AWARD
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AWARD

 

COMMISSIONER R J WATLING

HOBART, 3 September 1993

Award variation - Allowances - expense related allowances - consent matter - award varied - ffpp 1 September 1993

REASONS FOR DECISION

These applications made by the respective unions sought to increase the following expense related allowances in the Building Trades Award and the Building and Construction Industry Award.

Those allowances are:

- Fares and Travelling
- Tool Allowance
- Compensation for Clothes and Tools
- Meal Allowance
- Living Away from Home - Distant Work

The figures used to support the applications to determine the quantum of the increase were:

Fares and Travelling - Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index weighted average of Eight Capitals; Transportation; from and including the September quarter 1992 up to and including the June quarter 1993 (2.9%).

Tool Allowance/Compensation for Clothes and Tools - Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index weighted average of Eight Capitals; from and including the September quarter 1992 up to an including the June quarter 1993 (1.9%).

Meal Allowance - Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index weighted average of Eight Capitals; Food - Meals out and take away foods; from and including the September quarter 1992 up to and including the June quarter 1993 (2.5%).

Living Away from Home - Distant Work -

(a) Forward Journey - same as for Meal Allowance (2.5%).

(b) Return Journey - same as for Fares and Travelling (2.9%).

(c) Weekend Return Home - same as for Fares and Travelling (2.9%).

These allowances were last varied as a result of a decision1 handed down on 17 December 1992.

All parties at the hearing agreed that the applications should be endorsed by the Commission and Mr Dowd of the Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees, Tasmania Branch, tendered exhibits showing the effect of any successful application.

The applications conform with the Wage Fixing Principles and in particular the Allowances Principle.

These allowances have, in the past, been varied in accordance with the previously mentioned formulae. That being the case, the awards will now be varied in the manner sought, with an operative date from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 September 1993, being the agreed operative date submitted by the parties.

 

R J Watling
COMMISSIONER

Appearances:
Mr M Dowd for the Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees, Tasmanian Branch.
Mr M Clifford with Mr P Ridgeway for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Tasmanian Branch.
Mr C Atkins with Mr D Hayward for the Master Builders Association of Tasmania.
Mr T Edwards for the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited.

Date and place of hearing:
1993
Sept 1
Hobart

1 T.Nos. 4097, 4098, 4123, 4124, 4126, 4127 of 1991