Cemetery
and Crematoria Employees (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The
Funeral and Allied Industries Union of New South Wales Branch,
Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 1879 of 2008)
Before Commissioner
Bishop
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3 October 2008
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (i) of clause 6, Wages, of the award published 22 July 2005 (352 I.G.
614), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(i) The rates of
pay shall be the minimum to be paid to weekly employees in the classifications
as set out in Table 1 of Part B of this award:
The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments
payable under the State Wage Case 2006, 2007, and 2008. These adjustments may be offset against:
(a) any equivalent
overaward payments, and/or
(b) award wage
increases since 29 May 1991 other than safety net, State Wage Case, and minimum
rates adjustments.
2. Delete
paragraph (a), (b) (c) and (d) of subclause (iv) of clause 6 Wages, and insert
in lieu thereof the following:
(iv) An employee required to do any work in
connection with an exhumation shall receive an allowance for each body exhumed
in addition to his/her ordinary wage as set out in Part B, Monetary Rates, of
Table 2 - Allowances.
3. Delete clause
8, Leading Hand, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
8. Leading Hand
Where an
employer in his/her sole discretion appoints an employee as a leading hand,
such an employee shall be paid an allowance per week as set out in Part B,
Table 2, above his/her appropriate classification as provided for in subclause
(i) of Clause 6 - Wages, of this award.
4. Delete of clause 11, Tea Money, and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
11. Tea Money
(i) Employees
required to work overtime for more than two hours after their ordinary ceasing
time on any day, Monday to Friday inclusive, and who have not been so advised
the day previously, shall be paid a meal allowance as set out in Part B, of
Table 2.
(ii) Employees who
are advised that they are required to work overtime and who are not so required
to work shall be paid a meal allowance as set out in Part B, of Table 2.
5. Delete clause
25, First Aid Allowance and insert in lieu thereof the following
25. First Aid
Allowance
An employee who has been trained to render first-aid and who
is the current holder of appropriate first-aid qualifications, such as a
certificate from the St. John’s Ambulance or similar body shall be paid an
allowance per week as set out in Part B, of Table 2, if the employee is
appointed by an employer to perform first-aid duty.
6. Delete Part B,
Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Wages
Classification
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Base Rate
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New Base
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Hourly
|
New Base
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Hourly
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New Base
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Hourly
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|
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Rate 2006
|
Rate
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Rate 2007
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Rate
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Rate 2008
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Rate
|
|
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SWC
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SWC
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SWC
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|
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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General
Hand
|
587.59
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607.59
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15.99
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627.59
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16.52
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652.69
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17.18
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5 yrs
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599.45
|
619.45
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16.30
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639.45
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16.83
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665.03
|
17.50
|
10 yrs
|
611.31
|
631.31
|
16.61
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651.31
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17.14
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677.36
|
17.83
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15 yrs
|
623.17
|
643.17
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16.93
|
663.17
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17.45
|
689.70
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18.15
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Grave
Digger
|
615.09
|
635.09
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16.71
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655.09
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17.24
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681.29
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17.93
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5 yrs
|
627.64
|
647.64
|
17.04
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667.64
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17.57
|
694.35
|
18.27
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10 yrs
|
640.19
|
660.19
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17.37
|
680.19
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17.90
|
707.40
|
18.62
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15 yrs
|
652.74
|
672.74
|
17.70
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692.74
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18.23
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720.45
|
18.96
|
Transformer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hand
|
611.19
|
631.19
|
16.61
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651.19
|
17.14
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677.24
|
17.82
|
5 yrs
|
623.64
|
643.64
|
16.94
|
663.64
|
17.46
|
690.19
|
18.16
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10 yrs
|
636.09
|
656.09
|
17.27
|
676.09
|
17.79
|
703.13
|
18.50
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15 yrs
|
648.54
|
668.54
|
17.59
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688.54
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18.12
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716.08
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18.84
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7. Insert after
Table 1 Wages in Part B, the following new Table 2:
Table 2 -
Allowances
Clause.
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Brief Description
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Amount 2006 SWC
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Amount 2007 SWC
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Amount 2008 SWC
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No
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$
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$
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$
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6(iv)
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Body has been buried
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|
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|
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for 14 days or less
|
60.92 p.w.
|
63.36 p.w.
|
65.89 p.w.
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6(iv)
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>14 days but < 7 yrs
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|
|
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and has been artificially
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|
|
|
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embalmed
|
73.07 p.w.
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75.99 p.w.
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79.03 p.w.
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6(iv)
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>14 days but < 7 yrs
|
|
|
|
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and has not been artificially
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|
|
|
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embalmed
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121.85 p.w.
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126.72 p.w.
|
131.79 p.w.
|
6(iv)
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Body buried > 7 yrs
|
60.92 p.w.
|
63.36 p.w.
|
65.89 p.w.
|
8
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Leading Hand
|
29.99 p.w.
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31.19 p.w.
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32.44 p.w.
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11(i)
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Meal Allowance
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10.50 p.d.
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10.91 p.d.
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11.38 p.w.
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11(ii)
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Meal Allowance
|
6.51 p.d.
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6.76 p.d.
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7.05 p.w.
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25
|
First Aid
|
8.21 p.w.
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8.54 p.w.
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8.88 p.w.
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8. The 2006 and
2007 variations shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to
commence on or after 3 October 2008.
9. The 2008
variation shall take effect from the beginning of the first pay period to
commence on or after 3 October 2009.
E. A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.