(669) / SERIAL C6633

Toy Makers' Employees (State) Award

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Application by The Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

(No. IRC 796 of 2008)

Before Commissioner Ritchie / 16 June 2008

VARIATION

1.Delete subclauses (i) and (vii), of clause 3, Wages, of the award published 8 June 2001 (325 I.G. 404), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(i)Adults - The minimum rates of pay for the classifications in this Award are set out hereunder.

(a)Employees engaged in the manufacture or preparation of soft toys and or dolls of all descriptions (including clay, rubber and sawdust) shall be paid the following rates of pay:

Classification / SWC 2006 / SWC 2007 / SWC 2007
Amount / Adjustment / Amount
$ / $ / $
Cutter - out / 512.70 / 20.00 / 532.70
Press operator - all materials except cloth / 510.70 / 20.70 / 531.40
Mould reproducer / 507.30 / 24.10 / 531.40
Spray gun operator / 507.30 / 24.10 / 531.40
Grinder or Buffer / 506.10 / 25.30 / 531.40
All other adult employees / 504.40 / 27.00 / 531.40

(b)Employees engaged in the manufacture and/or preparation of wooden toys shall be paid the following rates of pay:

Classification / SWC 2006 / SWC 2007 / SWC 2007
Amount / Adjustment / Amount
$ / $ / $
Sawyer / 512.70 / 20.00 / 532.70
Sanding machine operator / 507.30 / 24.10 / 531.40
Spray gun Operator / 507.30 / 24.10 / 531.40
All other employees / 504.40 / 27.00 / 531.40

(vii)The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2007. These adjustments may be offset against:

(a)any equivalent over award payment; and/or

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

2.This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 16 June 2008.

D.W. RITCHIE, Commissioner

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

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