T6867
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TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1984 Minister for Public Sector Administration
Award variation - mainland allowance - accommodation allowance - consent matter - application approved - operative date ffpp 30 June 1997 REASONS FOR DECISION In this matter the Minister for Public Sector Administration applied to vary the Tourism Tasmania Award regarding accommodation allowances. Specifically, the Minister's application sought to vary paragraph (a) (i) (Accommodation Allowance) of Clause 16 - Mainland Allowances, by deleting existing annual allowances and inserting new money amounts calculated in accordance with the provisions of Clause 16(c) - Review of Accommodation Allowance. The respondent employee organisation, The Community and Public Sector Union (State Public Services Federation Tasmania) consented to the application. Clause 16(c) provides that the Accommodation Allowance "is to be the subject of an annual review having regard to the 'Annual Review of Major Residential Property Markets in Australia' (Median Rental Costs) published by the Real Estate Institute of Australia." The new per annum money amounts calculated by this process are as follows (existing amounts shown in brackets):
At the hearing on 30 June 1997 Mrs J McCann appeared for the Minister and Mr R Clegg appeared for The Community and Public Sector Union (State Public Services Federation Tasmania). When the Commission last varied the award regarding Mainland Allowances Commissioner Gozzi determined that "any subsequent adjustments will be required to be calculated from the September 1995 quarter through to the June 1996 quarter".1 The parties in the present proceedings informed me that they followed this direction in preparing the current application. Mrs McCann, supported by Mr Clegg, submitted that the application complies with the Commission's 1995 decision; is consistent with the award provisions; meets the requirements of the current Wage Fixing Principles; and contains no elements that are contrary to Section 36 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 concerning public interest. In the circumstances, being satisfied that the application met all relevant requirements, I approved the variation effective from the beginning of the first full pay period to commence on or after the date of hearing, i.e. 30 June 1997. My Order giving effect to that determination accompanies these Reasons for Decision.
B R Johnson Appearances: Date and Place of Hearing: 1 T5543 of 1995, 18 July 1995.
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