TASMANIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

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

Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union
(T10346 of 2002)

PRINTERS AWARD

Award variation - application amended - 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 December 2002

REASONS FOR DECISION

(1) This is an application pursuant to s.23 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984, made by the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union lodged on 2 August 2002.

[2] The amended application sought to vary the Printers Award; and, in particular by:

• deleting from CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES IN DIVISION B - CLERICAL EMPLOYEES, Clause 10 - Annual Leave, subclause (e) the words "an amount of $345.40" "and inserting in lieu thereof "a loading of 17.1/2%."

• inserting in Clause 8 - Wage Rates, a new Division C - Minimum Wage arising out of Principle 7 of the State Wage Case decision;

[3] The parties at the hearing presented consent submissions in support of the application and requested the award be varied with a common operative date of the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 December 2002.

[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 I Paterson for the Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union
Mr J A Hargrave for the Printing Industries Association of Australia, Tasmanian Region
Ms J Thomas for the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited

Date and place of hearing:
2002
August 21
Hobart