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T6313, T6327, T6405, T6359 and T6360

 

TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

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

The Australian Workers' Union, Tasmania Branch
(T6313 and T6327 of 1996)

Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union
(T6405 of 1996)

The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Tasmanian Branch
(T6359 and T6360 of 1996)

ABATTOIRS AWARD
MEAT TRADES AWARD
POULTRY AND GAME PRODUCTS PROCESSING AWARD

 

COMMISSIONER R J WATLING

HOBART, 22 August 1996

Award variation - wage rates - third $8.00 Safety Net Adjustment - allowances - consent matter - application granted - award varied - operative date ffpp 21 August 1996

REASONS FOR DECISION

These applications, as amended, were lodged for the purpose of varying the above awards to reflect the third $8 Safety Net Adjustment and where appropriate work-related allowances arising out of the State Wage Case decision (T Nos. 6284 and 6305 of 1996) handed down on 24 July 1996.

All the amended applications came before the Commission as consent matters. The awards sought to be varied, in all cases, reflected the first and second $8 per week Safety Net Adjustment and more than 12 months had elapsed between the second and third level Safety Net Adjustment.

The parties also agreed that the increases in the respective awards be operative from the first full pay period to commence on or after 21 August 1996.

I am satisfied that all the registered employee organisations with an interest in the respective awards have given a commitment to review the awards in the context of:

(i)  Consistent awards formatting;
(ii)  Removal of discriminatory provisions;
(ii)  Removal of obsolete or amendment of inaccurate award provisions;
(iv) Update Clause 6 - Parties and Persons Bound;
(v)  Rewrite the award in plain English;
(vi) The appropriate use of flexibility provisions;
(vii) The inclusion of an appropriate enterprise flexibility clause.

The submissions presented by the parties, in respect of all applications, conform with the requirements of the Wage Fixing Principles and the public interest requirements of s.36 of the Act.

Therefore the awards will be varied in the manner sought by the parties, including the operative date, and I decide accordingly. The Orders giving effect to this decision are attached.

 

R J Watling
COMMISSIONER

Appearances:
Mr G Cooper for The Australian Workers' Union, Tasmania Branch
Mrs H Dowd for the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union
Mr J Swallow for The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Tasmanian Branch
Mr T Benson for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Tasmanian Branch
Ms J Thomas for the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited

Date and place of hearing:
1996
August 21
Hobart