Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union, Western Australian Branch -v- Airlite Cleaning Pty Ltd, Auto Immaculation Bayswater, Berkeley Challenge Property Services Pty Ltd now Berkeley Challenge Pty Ltd
Document Type: Order
Matter Number: APPL 33/2008
Matter Description: Contract Cleaners Award, 1986
Industry: Cleaning
Jurisdiction: Single Commissioner
Member/Magistrate name: Commissioner S Wood
Delivery Date: 9 Oct 2008
Result: Award varied
Citation: 2008 WAIRC 01489
WAIG Reference: 88 WAIG 2121
CONTRACT CLEANERS AWARD, 1986
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
PARTIES LIQUOR, HOSPITALITY AND MISCELLANEOUS UNION, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BRANCH
APPLICANT
-V-
AIRLITE CLEANING PTY LTD AND OTHERS
RESPONDENTS
CORAM COMMISSIONER S WOOD
DATE THURSDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2008
FILE NO APPL 33 OF 2008
CITATION NO. 2008 WAIRC 01489
Result Award varied
Representation
APPLICANT MS J O’KEEFE
RESPONDENTS MR O MOON ON BEHALF OF AIRLITE CLEANING PTY LTD
Order
HAVING heard Ms J O’Keefe on behalf of the applicant and Mr O Moon on behalf of Airlite Cleaning Pty Ltd, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act, 1979, hereby orders:
THAT the Contract Cleaners Award 1986 as varied, be further 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 date of this order
COMMISSIONER S WOOD
SCHEDULE
1. Clause 7. – Overtime: Delete subclause (3) (a) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(3) (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subclause an employee, required to work overtime for more than two hours, shall be supplied with a meal by the employer or be paid $10.70 for a meal and, if owing to the amount of overtime worked, a second or subsequent meal is required the employee shall be supplied with such meal by the employer or paid $7.25 for each meal so required.
2. Clause 18. – Special Rates and Conditions:
A Delete subclause (8) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(8) All employees called upon to clean closets connected with septic tanks and sewerage shall receive an allowance as follows:
Rate Per Day$
(a)
Cleaners required to clean up to seven closets per day
0.34
(b)
Cleaners required to clean eight or more toilets per day
1.72
(c)
Cleaners who for a minimum of two hours per day are engaged in cleaning closets, in lieu of the allowance in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subclause shall receive an allowance of
5.70
For the purpose of this clause, one metre of urinal shall count as one closet and three urinal stalls shall count as one closet.
B Delete subclause (10) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(10) Height Money:
(a) A cleaner shall not be required to work from the top of a ladder more than three metres long which rests on the ground or floor level.
(b) Where it is necessary to go wholly outside a building to clean windows, an employee shall, if such cleaning be 15.5 metres or more from the nearest horizontal plane, be paid an allowance of $2.51 per day.
(c) Where an employee is required to clean windows from a swinging scaffold or similar device, he shall be paid 43 cents per hour extra for every hour or part thereof so worked.
C Delete subclause (11) of this clause and inset the following in lieu thereof:
(11) Broken Shift:
Where an employee is required to carry out the ordinary hours of duty at the same location each day in more than one shift and where the break is not less than four hours an allowance of $2.85 per day shall be paid.
3. Clause 19. – Fares, Travelling Time and Transport: Delete subclause (3) (c) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(c) A year for the purpose of this clause shall commence on the 1st day of July and end on the 30th day of June next following.
Rates of hire for use of employee's own vehicle on employer's business:
Schedule 1 - Motor Vehicle Allowances
Area Details
Engine Displacement (in cubic centimetres)
Over 2600cc
OVER 1600CC - & 2600CC
1600cc Under
Rate per kilometre (Cents)
Metropolitan Area
88.4
76.9
68.0
South West Land Division
90.9
78.9
70.1
North of 23.5° South Latitude
99.7
86.9
77.4
Rest of the State
93.8
81.5
72.3
Schedule 2 - Motor Cycle Allowances
Distance travelled during a year on Official Business
Rate ¢/km
All areas of the State
30.5
Motor vehicles with rotary engines are to be included in the 1600-2600cc category
4. Clause 20. – Wages: Delete subclause (3) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(3) Leading Hands:
Any full-time employee placed in charge of other employees shall be paid, in addition to the appropriate wage prescribed, the following:
Rate Per Hour$
In charge of up to ten Cleaners
0.90
More than ten Cleaners
1.70
CONTRACT CLEANERS AWARD, 1986
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
PARTIES Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union, Western Australian Branch
APPLICANT
-v-
Airlite Cleaning Pty Ltd and others
RESPONDENTS
CORAM Commissioner S Wood
DATE Thursday, 9 October 2008
FILE NO APPL 33 OF 2008
CITATION NO. 2008 WAIRC 01489
Result Award varied
Representation
Applicant Ms J O’Keefe
Respondents Mr O Moon on behalf of Airlite Cleaning Pty Ltd
Order
HAVING heard Ms J O’Keefe on behalf of the applicant and Mr O Moon on behalf of Airlite Cleaning Pty Ltd, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act, 1979, hereby orders:
THAT the Contract Cleaners Award 1986 as varied, be further 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 date of this order
Commissioner S Wood
SCHEDULE
1. Clause 7. – Overtime: Delete subclause (3) (a) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(3) (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subclause an employee, required to work overtime for more than two hours, shall be supplied with a meal by the employer or be paid $10.70 for a meal and, if owing to the amount of overtime worked, a second or subsequent meal is required the employee shall be supplied with such meal by the employer or paid $7.25 for each meal so required.
2. Clause 18. – Special Rates and Conditions:
A Delete subclause (8) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(8) All employees called upon to clean closets connected with septic tanks and sewerage shall receive an allowance as follows:
|
Rate Per Day$ |
|
(a) |
Cleaners required to clean up to seven closets per day |
0.34 |
|
|
|
(b) |
Cleaners required to clean eight or more toilets per day |
1.72 |
|
|
|
(c) |
Cleaners who for a minimum of two hours per day are engaged in cleaning closets, in lieu of the allowance in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subclause shall receive an allowance of |
5.70 |
|
||
For the purpose of this clause, one metre of urinal shall count as one closet and three urinal stalls shall count as one closet. |
B Delete subclause (10) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(10) Height Money:
(a) A cleaner shall not be required to work from the top of a ladder more than three metres long which rests on the ground or floor level.
(b) Where it is necessary to go wholly outside a building to clean windows, an employee shall, if such cleaning be 15.5 metres or more from the nearest horizontal plane, be paid an allowance of $2.51 per day.
(c) Where an employee is required to clean windows from a swinging scaffold or similar device, he shall be paid 43 cents per hour extra for every hour or part thereof so worked.
C Delete subclause (11) of this clause and inset the following in lieu thereof:
(11) Broken Shift:
Where an employee is required to carry out the ordinary hours of duty at the same location each day in more than one shift and where the break is not less than four hours an allowance of $2.85 per day shall be paid.
3. Clause 19. – Fares, Travelling Time and Transport: Delete subclause (3) (c) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(c) A year for the purpose of this clause shall commence on the 1st day of July and end on the 30th day of June next following.
Rates of hire for use of employee's own vehicle on employer's business:
Schedule 1 - Motor Vehicle Allowances
Area Details |
Engine Displacement (in cubic centimetres) |
||
|
Over 2600cc |
Over 1600cc - & 2600cc |
1600cc Under |
|
|
|
|
|
Rate per kilometre (Cents) |
||
|
|
|
|
Metropolitan Area |
88.4 |
76.9 |
68.0 |
|
|
|
|
South West Land Division |
90.9 |
78.9 |
70.1 |
|
|
|
|
North of 23.5° South Latitude |
99.7 |
86.9 |
77.4 |
|
|
|
|
Rest of the State |
93.8 |
81.5 |
72.3 |
Schedule 2 - Motor Cycle Allowances
Distance travelled during a year on Official Business |
Rate ¢/km |
|
|
All areas of the State |
30.5 |
|
|
Motor vehicles with rotary engines are to be included in the 1600-2600cc category |
4. Clause 20. – Wages: Delete subclause (3) of this clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:
(3) Leading Hands:
Any full-time employee placed in charge of other employees shall be paid, in addition to the appropriate wage prescribed, the following:
|
Rate Per Hour$ |
In charge of up to ten Cleaners |
0.90 |
More than ten Cleaners |
1.70 |