(647) / SERIAL C7274

Surveyors' Field Hands (State) Award

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

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

(No. IRC 1498 of 2009)

Before Commissioner Ritchie / 2 October 2009

VARIATION

1. Delete subclause (vi) of clause 3, Wages, of the award published 23 November 2001 (329 I.G. 889), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(vi) The rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable under the State Wage Case 2009. 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 Part B, Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

PART B

MONETARY RATES

Table 1 - Wage Private Sector

Weekly Hands Classification / SWC 2008 / SWC 2009 / SWC 2009
Amount / Adjustment / Amount
$ / % / $
Instrument Person / 621.30 / 2.8 / 638.70
Special class field hand / 618.80 / 2.8 / 636.10
First class field hand / 594.50 / 2.8 / 611.10
Second class field hand / 583.40 / 2.8 / 599.70
Operator of Echo- Sounding Machine / 615.60 / 2.8 / 632.80

Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances

Item No. / Clause No. / Brief Description / SWC 2008 / SWC 2009
Amount / Amount
$ / $
1 / 3(i)(b) / Daily Hands / 5.75 / 5.90
2 / 3(ii) / Motor Vehicle/Launch Allowance / 2.40 / 2.45
3 / 3(iii) / Four-wheel-drive Allowance / 3.15 / 3.25
4 / 3(iii) / Hydrographics Duties Allowance / 2.45 / 2.50
5 / 3(iv) / Inclement Weather Allowance / 27.80 / 28.60
6 / 4(i) / Wet Places Allowance / 0.56 / 0.58
7 / 6 / Underground Work Allowance / 0.63 / 0.65
8 / 14(i) / Distant Places Allowance / 1.11 / 1.14
14(i) / Distant Places Western Division / 1.91 / 1.96
9 / 14(ii) / Distant Places Snowy River / 1.85 / 1.90
10 / 17(iii) / First-aid Allowance / 2.44 / 2.51
11 / 20(ii)(d) / Meal Allowance / 13.45 / 14.10
28 / Meal Allowance / 13.45 / 14.10
28 / Each Subsequent Meal / 11.45 / 12.00
12 / 20(ii)(d) / Bed Allowance / 68.35 / 68.35
13 / 20(v)(a) / Return Home Allowance / 50.25 / 50.25
14 / 20(vii) / Travelling Allowance (Public Sector) / Per Day / Per Day
More than 3 but not more than 10 km / 4.85 / 4.85
More than 10 but not more than 20 km / 10.35 / 10.35
More than 20 but not more than 30 km / 15.50 / 15.50
More than 30 but not more than 40 km / 20.80 / 20.80
More than 40 but not more than 50 km / 25.50 / 25.50
More than 50 but not more than 60 km / 30.50 / 30.50
More than 60 but not more than 70 km / 35.75 / 35.75
More than 70 but not more than 80 km / 40.65 / 40.65
More than 80 but not more than 90 km / 45.70 / 45.70
More than 90 but not more than 100 km / 51.00 / 51.00
15 / 37 / Rain Allowance / 2.69 / 2.69

Note These allowances are contemporary for expense related allowances as at 30th June 2009 and for work related allowances are inclusive of adjustments in accordance with the July 2009 State Wage Case Decision of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales.

3. This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 3 October 2009.

D.W. RITCHIE, Commissioner

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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.

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