Tennis Strings and Sutures Industry (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 1062 of 2008)
Before Commissioner Bishop / 23 July 2008VARIATION
1.Delete clause 8, Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment, of the award published 30 May 2008 (365 I.G. 1940), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
8. Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment
(a)The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2008. These adjustments may be offset against.
(i)any equivalent overaward payments, and/or
(ii)award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum rates adjustments.
2.Delete Table 1 - Wages, of Part B, Monetary Rates and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Table 1 - Wages
Item No. / Brief Description / Total Rate Per Week$
A / Chemist -
Research Chemist / 663.25
Analytical and/or Chemist / 619.90
Trainee Chemist -
1st year of adult experience / 571.60
2nd year of adult experience / 594.40
3rd year of adult experience / 610.90
B / Manufacturers of all Catgut Products -
Employees engaged in the following -
Splitting and/or harvesting raw material / 577.80
Preparing and/or washing and/or processing raw material / 577.80
Grading / 577.80
Stripping / 577.80
Making and/or measuring and/or looping / 577.80
Employees engaged in spinning strings, responsible for final products / 582.05
Employees engaged in spinning strings, not required to use discretion
as to the final product / 577.80
Employees engaged as a spinning and/or drying room attendant / 577.80
Housekeeper / 563.20
C / Surgical Catgut Finishing Operations -
Employees engaged in the following -
Cutting down / 577.80
Taking down / 577.80
Sanding, polishing and grinding / 577.80
Grading / 577.80
Machine gauging / 577.80
Manual Gauging / 577.80
Counting / 577.80
Tying and packing / 577.80
Housekeeping / 563.20
D / Tennis and Other Non-surgical Catgut Finishing Operations -
Employees engaged in the following -
Taking down / 562.55
Sanding, polishing or grinding / 562.55
Coating and/or lacquering / 562.55
Cutting down / 562.55
Coiling / 562.55
Grading and/or inspecting finished strings / 562.55
Tying / 562.55
Gauging / 562.55
Branding and/or packaging / 562.55
E / Suture Preparation -
Employees engaged in the following -
Drying and/or sterilising sutures / 562.55
Filing and/or sealing sutures / 562.55
Inspection of packaged sutures / 562.55
Ampoule making / 562.55
Winding sutures / 562.55
F / Quality Control -
Group Leader -Quality Control Attendant / 579.95
Quality Control Attendant / 568.40
3.Delete Item 1, 2, 4, and 5 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Item No. / Clause No. / Brief Description / Amount$
1 / 6(d) / In charge of 1 to 5 employees / 22.50
In charge of 6 to 10 employees / 26.30
In charge of more than 10 employees / 31.50
2 / 13(e)(i) / Morning or afternoon shift allowance / 16.64 per shift
13(e)(ii) / Night shift allowance / 22.40 per shift
4 / 16 / Dusty, Dirty Work, etc / 0.52
5 / 17 / First-aid allowance / 2.89
4.This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period commencing on or after 24 July 2008.
E. A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.
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