(476) / SERIAL C4084

MILK TREATMENT, &c., AND DISTRIBUTION (STATE) AWARD

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Application by Transport Workers' Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch, industrial organisation of employees.

(No. IRC 4716 of 2005)

Before Mr Deputy President Sams / 30 September 2005

VARIATION

1.Delete subclause (i) of clause 2, State Wage Case Adjustments, of the award published 30 November 2001 (329 I.G. 1084) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(i)The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2005. These adjustments may be offset against:

(a)any equivalent over-award payments; and/or

(b)award wage increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case and minimum rates adjustments.

2.Delete Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

PART B

MONETARY RATES

Table 1 - Wages

Classification / Former rate per week / SWC 2005 / Total rate per week
$ / $ / $
Division A: Production Section
Production Assistant / 505.90 / 17.00 / 522.90
Plant Operator Grade 1 / 515.40 / 17.00 / 532.40
Plant Operator Grade 2 / 528.50 / 17.00 / 545.50
Plant operator Grade 3 / 547.70 / 17.00 / 564.70
Division B: Transport Section
Milk Carter on rounds / 544.20 / 17.00 / 561.20
Relief milk carter / 546.70 / 17.00 / 563.70
Relief motor wagon driver / 553.90 / 17.00 / 570.90
Fork lift driver / 544.10 / 17.00 / 561.10
Tanker driver- 15,911 litres
capacity or more / 574.40 / 17.00 / 591.40
Tanker driver grader:
Under 15,911 litres capacity / 562.40 / 17.00 / 579.40
From 15,911 litres capacity / 577.30 / 17.00 / 594.30
Drivers of motor wagons
having a manufacturer’s gross
vehicle mass in tonnes:
Up to 13,948 / 553.60 / 17.00 / 570.60
Over 13,948 and up to 15,468 / 555.40 / 17.00 / 572.40
Over 15,468 and up to 16,919 / 556.50 / 17.00 / 573.50
Over 16,919 and up to 18,371 / 559.50 / 17.00 / 576.50
Over 18,371 and up to 19,731 / 561.00 / 17.00 / 578.00
Over 19,731 and up to 21,092 / 561.90 / 17.00 / 578.90
Over 21,092 and up to 22,453 / 563.90 / 17.00 / 580.90
The minimum rate of wages / (+3%, SWC 2005)
for milk carters’ assistants and
boys on carts:
Under 18 years of age / 290.30 / 8.71 / 299.00
At 18 and under 19 years / 356.20 / 10.69 / 366.90
At 19 and under 20 years / 394.65 / 11.84 / 406.50
At 20 and under 21 years / 415.50 / 12.47 / 427.95
The minimum rates of wages / (+3%, SWC 2005)
for an employee washing and
filling bottles and all work in
connection therewith and a
junior laboratory employee:
Under 18 years of age / 301.30 / 9.04 / 310.35
At 18 and under 19 years / 347.05 / 10.41 / 357.45
At 19 and under 20 years / 398.35 / 11.95 / 410.30
At 20 and under 21 years / 446.00 / 13.38 / 459.40

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

Item / Clause / Brief Description / New Amount per
No. / No. / week (+3%
SWC 2005 for
work-related
allowances)
$
1 / 6(i) / For drivers where the semi-trailer has:
A single axle / 32.35
Two axles / 39.75
More than two axles / 46.40
2 / 6(iv) / Leading Hands:
In charge of more than 2 but not more than 10 employees / 19.85
In charge of more than 10 employees / 25.30
3 / 6(v) / Charge Hands / 5.45 per day
4 / 6(vii) / First-aid allowance / 12.55 per week
5 / 6(viii) / Forklift drivers engaged in the loading and/or unloading of
trailers / 6.80 per week
6 / 6(ix) / Any employee in a Production Section classification required to
move Vendors’ vehicles / 2.80 per day
7 / 6(x) / Any employee in a Production Section who possesses a TAFE
Advanced Certificate or Associate Diploma / 16.75
8 / 6(xi) / Employees of Dairy Farmers Co-operative Ltd working in
Cargon Vendor Distribution Depots in cold temperatures
between 1 degree celsius and 7 degrees celsius / 0.46 per hour
9 / 6(xii) / Employees of Dairy Farmers Co-Operative Ltd working their
entire shift within a fully enclosed refrigerated warehouse or
depot where temperatures are below 5 degrees celsius / 0.46 per hour
10 / 8(i) / Shift Allowance:
(a) morning shift / 8.85 per shift
(b) afternoon shift / 11.65 per shift
(c) night shift / 14.75 per shift
(d) permanent afternoon shift or permanent night shift / 3.15 extra
11 / 11(ii)(b) / Overtime - meal allowance / 9.35
12 / 18(iii) / Laundry Allowance / 5.20

3.This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 24 September 2005.

P. J. SAMS D.P.

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.