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austlii:qld/QIRComm/1999/133
mixed. The variations sought were approved. The Award was directed to be consolidated and reprinted.
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The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission approved an application by a union to reduce working hours in the Paint and Varnish Making Award from what was presumably a higher number to 38 hours per week. The Commission had previously required the union and employer representatives to negotiate 'cost offsets' (essentially trade-offs to compensate employers for the cost of reduced hours) and workplace flexibilities. Once the parties agreed on these matters, the Commission approved the variation. The Commission also decided to consolidate and reprint the entire award because it had been a long time since this was last done and many small changes had accumulated.
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Industrial Relations Act 1999 - s. 125 - application to vary award
Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch,
Union of Employees AND Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited,
Industrial Organisation of Employers (No. B363 of 1999)
This application is for a reduction in working hours to 38 hours per week. The matter has been before the Commission on a number of occasions and the parties have been directed to confer on the matter of cost offsets and flexibilities to enable the reduction in hours sought in compliance with the Commission's policy.
The parties have agreed on a range of cost offsets and flexibilities which meet the standards required by the Commission. These matters have been incorporated in a draft new Award which the parties propose as a replacement for the existing document.
In view of the time which has elapsed since the Award was last consolidated and reprinted and the number of variations which have been made since that date it is appropriate that the Award be now consolidated and reprinted.
The variations sought are approved and it is directed that the Award be consolidated and reprinted.
* Mr C. Barrett and Mr J Martin for the Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees
* Ms S. Duus and Ms C. Hoberg for the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited, Industrial Organisation of Employers .
LHMU
QCCI and Others
The variations sought were approved. The Award was directed to be consolidated and reprinted.