WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION. PARTIES COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, ENERGY, INFORMATION, POSTAL, PLUMBING, AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION OF AUSTRALIA, ENGIN & ELECT DIV, WA BRANCH AND OTHERS, APPLICANT v. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS LIMITED , RESPONDENT CORAM COMMISSIONER J F GREGOR DELIVERED WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2001 FILE NO/S APPLICATION 1687 OF 2001 CITATION NO. 2001 WAIRC 04256 _______________________________________________________________________________ Result Award Varied _______________________________________________________________________________ Order. WHEREAS on 19 September 2001 the Applicant applied for an order pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act, 1979; and WHEREAS on 20 November the Commission listed the matter for hearing by consent, and;. WHERREAS at that hearing the Commission by consent of the parties, records the following— (a) The allowances at First schedule—Wages of the award and Clause 21.—Special Provisions subclause (1) have been adjusted by consent for Arbitrated Safety Net Increases totalling $15.00 arising from the 2001 State Wage Case decisions. The key classi- fication award rate used was that for a C10 Tradesperson (including supplementary and addi- tional payments) prior to the awarding of 2001 Arbitrated Safety Net Increase—$587.30. (b) Meal allowances at Clause 10.—Overtime of the award has been adjusted by consent for movements in CPI from the quarter ending June 2000 up to and including the quarter ending June 2001. The index used was ‘CPI : Food : Meals out and Take-away Foods’. (c) Clause 19.—Fares and Travelling; Clause 20.—Dis- tant Work of the award, have been adjusted by consent for movements in CPI from the quarter end- ing June 2000 up to and including the quarter ending June 2001. The index used was ‘CPI : Perth : Trans- portation’. NOW THEREFORE having heard Ms K Bowden on behalf The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering Printing and Kin- dred Industries Union of Workers and Ms L Dowden on behalf of the The Western Australian Builders’ Labourers’, Painters and Plasterers Union of Workers and The Construction, For- estry, Mining and Energy Union of Workers and Mr R Joyce on behalf of the Respondent, and by consent, the Commis- sion pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act, 1979, hereby orders— THAT the Electrical, Engineering and Building Trades (West Australian Newspapers Limited) Award, 1988 (No. A17 of 1985) be varied in accordance with the following schedule and that such variation shall have effect from the first pay period commencing on or after 20 November 2001. (Sgd.) J.F. GREGOR, [L.S.] Commissioner. Schedule 1. Clause 10.—Overtime: Delete subclause (6) of this Clause and insert in lieu therof the following— (6) Where an employee is entitled to a meal break pur- suant to subclause (13) of this clause; and (a) The employee has worked two hours or more of overtime immediately before any interme- diate or night shift or immediately after a day shift, such employee will receive at least a 30 minute unpaid meal break and be paid meal money of $8.75. (b) Where an employee works overtime that is continuous with their normal rostered shift and they work two hours or more overtime with- out a meal break, they will receive a 30 minute meal break which will be paid for at the ap- propriate overtime rate. 2. Clause 19.—Fares and Travelling: Delete this Clause and insert in lieu thereof the following— Where an employee is required to work away from their shop, the following provisions shall apply— (1) The employee shall be paid fares of $12.60 per day. (2) Where the employer requests the employee to use their own vehicle to transfer from one site to an- other and the employee agrees, an amount of $0.58 per kilometre shall be paid. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 81 W.A.I.G. 3070 3. Clause 20.—Distant Work: Delete subclause (2) of this Clause and insert in lieu there of the following— (2) Where an employee is required to use their own ve- hicle for distant work the employer shall insure that employee’s vehicle for the duration of the journey and pay the employee $0.65 per kilometre. 4. Clause 21.—Special Rates and Provisions: Delete subclause (1) of this Clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol- lowing— (1) An employee shall be paid an allowance of $3.30 per shift, or $1.95 per half shift, when engaged on work of an unusually dirty nature where clothes are necessarily unduly soiled or damaged or boots are unduly damaged by the nature of the work done or when, because of the dimensions of the compart- ment or space in which he/she is working, he/she is required to work in a stooped or otherwise cramped position, or without proper ventilation. 5. First Schedule—Wages: Delete subclauses (3) A: Delete subclauses (3) and insert in lieu thereof the fol- lowing— (3) Responsibility Payment An Engineering or Electrical Tradesperson, Special Class Electrician or Electronic Tradesperson or Building Tradesperson required to work when su- pervisory staff are not on duty shall receive the additional flat payment per shift— (a) Saturday $ 7.26 (b) Sunday $14.23 B: Delete subclauses (4) and insert in lieu thereof the fol- lowing— (2) In addition to the appropriate total wage prescribed in this schedule, a leading hand in charge of not less than three or more other employees shall be paid $42.51 per week. C: Delete subclauses (5) and insert in lieu thereof the fol- lowing— (5) An Industrial Electronics Tradesperson, an Electri- cian—Special Class, an Electrical fitter and/or Armature Winder or an Electrical installer who holds, and in the course of this employment may be re- quired to use, a current “A” Grade or “B” Grade licence issued pursuant to the relevant regulation in force on the 28th day of February, 1978 under the Electricity Act 1945 shall be paid an allowance of $16.19 per week. ELECTRICAL TRADES (SECURITY ALARMS INDUSTRY) AWARD No. R27 of 1979. 2001 WAIRC 04235