TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

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

The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Tasmanian Branch
(T10323 of 2002)

MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY AWARD

Award variation - insertion new minimum wage clause as per State Wage Case July 2002 - amendment annual leave clause - consent matter - application granted - award varied - operative ffpp 1 August 2002

REASONS FOR DECISION

(1) This is an application pursuant to s.23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984, made by The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Tasmanian Branch and lodged on 23 July 2002.

[2] The application sought to vary the Meat Processing Industry Award; and, in particular by:

• inserting in Clause 8 - Wage Rates, new subclause 6 - Minimum Wage arising out of the State Wage Case decision;

• deleting from Clause 20 - Leave, Annual Leave, subclause (f)(ii) the figures "$319.40" "and inserting in lieu thereof "17.5%"; and

• deleting from Clause 20 - Leave, Annual Leave, subclause (f)(iii) the figures "$319.40" "and inserting in lieu thereof "17.5% of their fulltime weekly rate".

[3] The parties at the hearing presented submissions in support of the application and requested the award be varied with their consent.

[4] This application is approved, as it is consistent with the Wage Fixing Principles.

[5] The Order giving effect to this decision will be contained in the Order arising out of the State Wage Case decision (T10230 of 2002, T10288 of 2002 and T10289 of 2002).

R J Watling
DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Appearances:
Mr G Courtney for The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, Tasmanian Branch
Mr R Flanagan for The Australian Workers' Union, Tasmania Branch
Mr A Cameron for the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited
Ms K Mundy for the National Meat Association of Australia (Tasmanian Division

Date and place of hearing:
2002
August 8
Hobart