WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION. Industrial Relations Act 1979. The Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Miscellaneous Workers Division, Western Australian Branch and Eric Dry Cleaners and Others No. 1571 of 1993. Dry Cleaning and Laundry Award 1979 No. R 35 of 1978. COMMISSIONER J.F. GREGOR. 16 March 1994. Order. HAVING heard Ms D. Blaskett on behalf of the Applicant and Mr P.G. Brunner on behalf of the Respondents, and by consent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 hereby orders— That the Dry Cleaning and Laundry Award 1979 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 31st day of January 1994. (Sgd.) J. F. GREGOR, [L.S.] Commissioner. Schedule. 1. Clause 30.—Wages: Delete subclause (1) of this clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: (1) Adult Wage Rates: An employee having reached the age of 21 years, shall be paid a rate of not less than that assigned in the following table to the relevant classification. The rate per week is comprised of the base rate plus the supplementary payment. (a) Group Classification *Base Supplemen- Rate Per Rate tary Pay- Week ment A Tradesperson Dry Cleaner/in charge of machinery mainte- nance and/or boiler 364.60 47.30 411.90 B "Invisible" Mender 356.60 29.70 386.30 B Tailor or Tailoress 356.60 29.70 386.30 C Presser 336.40 19.00 355.40 C Receiver and Despatcher in Charge (namely a person in charge of a depot and responsible for the keeping of records and responsible for cash) 336.40 19.00 355.40 C Cleaner (Operating Dry Cleaning Ma- chine) 336.40 19.00 355.40 D Repairer (other than Tailor or Tailoress) 326.50 19.00 345.50 D Spotter 326.50 19.00 345.50 D Presser (Off-set Press) 326.50 19.00 345.50 D Hand Ironer 326.50 19.00 345.50 D Receiver and/or Despatcher 326.50 19.00 345.50 E Wet Cleaner 321.50 23.50 345.00 E Steam Air Finisher 321.50 23.50 345.00 E Examiner of Garments 321.50 23.50 345.00 E Assembler of Garments 321.50 23.50 345.00 E Sorter of Garments 321.50 23.50 345.00 F All other Adult Em- ployees 316.40 15.10 331.50 Provided that a person employed in any area of operation of this award who is required to be solely accountable for all aspects of a self-contained dry cleaning establishment including the receiving of garments and articles, the cleaning, spotting, pressing, packaging and despatch of garments and articles, the handling of moneys, the keeping of records and the maintenance of the establishment shall be paid at a rate of not less than the rate prescribed in this table for the Tradesperson Dry Cleaner. Provided that in such a case all receivers and despatchers in that establishment shall be paid in accor- dance with the rates prescribed for Group D of such table. (b) Laundering Industry: Rate Per Week Classification *Laundry Employee— Grade 1 *Laundry Employee— Grade 2 Laundry Employee— Grade 3 Laundry Employee— Grade 4 Base Relativity Supple- Award Rate to Trade- mentary Rate s person Payment $333.75 80% $340.45 85% $367.00 91% $375.30 95% 8.00 $341.75 8.00 $348.45 8.00 $375.00 8.00 $383.30 * Provided that an employee at Grade 1 or Grade 2 who was paid $354.30 per week as a washing machine operator prior to the introduction of this wages structure shall continue to have their wage maintained at the weekly rate of $354.30. (c) (i) The supplementary payment set out in this clause includes an $8.00 adjustment reflecting the application of the Arbi- trated Safety Net Adjustment set out in 922 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 74 W.A.I.G. the December 1993 State Wage Deci- sion. Consistent with the requirements of that decision, the $8.00 safety net adjustment is absorbable to the extent of any equivalent amount in rates of pay (whether overaward, award or enterprise agreement) in excess of the minimum rates of pay (classification rate plus supplementary payment). (ii) The supplementary payment set out in this clause is to be paid in addition to the base rate prescribed by this clause, and the total rate prescribed by this clause is the award rate of pay prescribed by this clause for the respective classifica- tion. (iii) The supplementary payment set out in this clause represents payment in lieu of equivalent overaward payments. (iv) "Overaward payment'' is defined as the amount (whether it be termed "overa- ward payment", "attendancebonus" or any term whatsoever) which an em- ployee would receive in excess of the "award wage". Provided that such payment shall exclude overtime, shift allowance, penalty rates, disability al- lowances, fares and travelling time and any other ancillary payments of a like nature prescribed by the award. ENGINEERING TRADES (GOVERNMENT) AWARD, 1967 Nos 29, 30 and 31 of 1961 and 3 of 1962.