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[2004] AIRC 373
procedural. Application approved; order to come into force from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 26 March 2004 and remain in force for six months
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The Australian Workers' Union successfully applied to update the Yarraville Refinery and Distillery Award 1998 to include safety net wage increases from 1998 to 2003 and insert standard clauses about overtime, parental leave for casual workers, supported wages for workers with disabilities, and termination of employment. The Industrial Relations Commission approved the application after being satisfied that all affected parties had been notified and had opportunity to respond. The changes took effect from the first pay period on or after 26 March 2004 and lasted for six months.
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s.113 application for variation
Safety Net Review - Wages - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003- Reasonable overtime - Parental leave re casuals - Supported wage system - Termination of employment.
[1] This is an application by The Australian Workers' Union pursuant to s.113 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (the Act) to vary the Yarraville Refinery and Distillery Award 1998 (the award). The application seeks to update safety net adjustments and allowances in accordance with Safety Net Review decisions for 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and to insert Test Case clauses for reasonable overtime, parental leave, supported wage system and termination of employment.
[2] The following decision (now edited) was given in transcript on 26 March 2004:
"The Commission is satisfied that on the materials tendered that all parties to this award were notified of the application and also were aware of the listing of the matter this morning, and had every opportunity.
In respect to the application itself, I intend to approve the application as set out in the draft order, covering the matters of wages and allowances for the safety net adjustment, the question of overtime, parental leave, as it affects casuals, supported wage and termination of employment. The order will come into force from the first pay period to commence on or after today, 26 March 2004, and the order shall remain in force for a period of six months. The parties are, within seven days, to confirm the correctness of the draft order calculations."
[3] The order (when issued) shall come into force from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 26 March 2004 and shall remain in force for a period of six months.
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Application approved; order to come into force from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 26 March 2004 and remain in force for six months