COMMUNITY WELFARE DEPARTMENT HOSTELS AWARD NO. A27 OF 1981

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

PARTIES Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union, Western Australian Branch

APPLICANT

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The Honourable Minister for Community Development

RESPONDENT

CORAM Commissioner P E Scott

DATE TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2007

FILE NO APPL 147 OF 2006

CITATION NO. 2007 WAIRC 00068

Result Award Varied

Order

HAVING heard Ms E Palmer on behalf of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union, Western Australian Branch and Mr A Harper on behalf of the respondent, and by consent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred under the Industrial Relations Act 1979, hereby orders:

THAT the Community Welfare Department Hostels Award 1983 (No. A 27 of 1981) be varied in accordance with the following Schedule and that such variation shall have effect from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the 5th day of February 2007.

Commissioner P E Scott

SCHEDULE

1. Clause 8. – Overtime:  Delete subclause (5) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:

(5) Where an employee has not been notified the previous day or earlier that they are required to work overtime the employer shall ensure that the employee working such overtime for an hour or more shall be provided with any of the usual meals occurring during such overtime or be paid $9.75 for each meal.

2. Clause 18. – Special Rates and Provisions:  Delete subclause (1) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:

(1) (a) All employees called upon to clean closets, connected with septic tanks or sewerage shall receive an allowance of 64 cents per closet per week.

(b) For the purposes of this clause one metre of urinal shall count as one closet and three urinal stalls shall count as one closet.

3. Clause 21. – Wages:  Delete subclause (3) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:

(3) General Conditions:

(a) Junior employees may be employed in the proportion of one junior to every two or fraction of two not being less than one adult employee employed in the same occupation, provided that this ratio may be altered by written agreement between the Union and the employee concerned.

(b) Senior employees appointed as such by the employer shall be paid $21.80 per week in addition to the rates prescribed herein.

(c) A leading hand placed in charge of not less than three other employees shall be paid $21.80 per week in addition to the rates prescribed herein.

(d) Employees who are required to work their ordinary hours each day in two shifts and where the break between the two shifts is not less than three hours shall be paid $3.45 per day reimbursement for travelling expenses.