State Wage Case 2004 [2004] NSWIRComm 148

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : State Wage Case 2004 [2004] NSWIRComm 148 Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales Australian Business Industrial Australian Industry Group New South Wales Branch Australian Retailers Association, New South Wales Division Australian Services Union of New South Wales Employers First Furniture Industry Association (Management Services) PARTIES : Housing Industry (Industrial Relations) Association Labor Council of New South Wales Local Government and Shires Associations New South Wales New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority Minister for Industrial Relations Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales Public Employment Office State Chamber of Commerce (New South Wales) South Coast Labor Council FILE NUMBER: IRC 2672 of 2004 CORAM: Walton J Vice-President; Schmidt J; Boland J; Grayson DP; O'Neill C; Bishop C CATCHWORDS : State Wage Case - Summons to show cause - Awards - National decision - Sitting in Wollongong - Whether national decision should be implemented in New South Wales - Economic considerations - National economy - State economy - Submissions of the parties - Decision issued on 25 May 2004 - Reasons for decision now issued - Adoption of National Decision - Consequential minor variations to Principles - Claim for variation of principle 8(g) refused - Claim for general order refused - Principles issued - Orders made LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 Part 3 of Chapter 2 Safety Net Review - Wages, May 2004, Print PR002004 State Wage Case - August 1997 (1997) 73 IR 200 State Wage Case - June 1998 (1998) 79 IR 416 State Wage Case 2001 (2001) 104 IR 466 CASES CITED : State Wage Case 2002 (2002) 114 IR 81 State Wage Case 2003 (2003) 121 IR 446 Social and Community Welfare Service (State) Award, Re (Unreported, 6 December 2002, Wright J, President, Grayson DP and McLeay C) Social and Community Welfare Services Employees (State) Award, Re [2003] NSWIRComm 332 Social and Community Welfare Service (State) Award, Re (2002) 113 IR 119 HEARING DATES: 05/25/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/04/2004