T6314, T6353, T6354, T6388 etc
TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1984 The Australian Workers' Union, Tasmania Branch Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union National Union of Workers, Tasmanian Branch Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association, Tasmanian Branch BAKERS AWARD
Award variation - wage rates - third $8.00 Safety Net Adjustment - consent matter - application granted - award varied - operative date ffpp 14 August 1996 REASONS FOR DECISION These applications were lodged for the purpose of varying the above awards to reflect the third $8 Safety Net Adjustment arising out of the State Wage Case decision (T Nos. 6284 and 6305 of 1996) handed down by the Tasmanian Industrial Commission on 24 July 1996. All the 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 should be operative from the first full pay period to commence on or after 14 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. During the course of hearing application T.6406 of 1996 the parties amended the application to include the previously mentioned matter, and also to make a minor variation to Clause 21 - Parental Leave to correct a cross-reference error. 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.
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