TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

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

Health Services Union of Australia
Tasmania No 1 Branch
(T.5107 of 1994)

NURSING HOMES AWARD

Award variation - fourth phased wage adjustment

REASONS FOR DECISION

This matter concerned the fourth wage adjustment in the Nursing Homes Award. Exhibit HSUA1 was a decision by Mr Commissioner R J Watling¹ which set out the background to this matter. This was essentially the commencement of the process of restructuring the Nursing Homes Award following the transfer of conditions of employment from the Hospitals Award.

In Mr Commissioner Watling's decision² he determined that increases in wage rates should be phased in over four instalments each subject to separate application. This current application before me is the last application in the processes endorsed by Mr Commissioner Watling.

Having regard to the background in this matter and the specific objective of this application to achieve pre-determined wage relativities in the award, the application to vary the award in the manner requested is endorsed.

The order, operative from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 July 1994, is attached.

R K Gozzi
COMMISSIONER

Appearances:
Mr T Kleyn for the Health Services Union of Australia, Tasmania No 1 Branch
Mr S Clues for the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited

Date and Place of Hearing:
1994
June 24
Hobart

1  T3987 of 1992 dated 23 December 1992
2  Ibid