Aged Care Industry Broken Hill Consoidated Award [2003] NSWIRComm 255

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Aged Care Industry Broken Hill Consoidated Award [2003] NSWIRComm 255 APPLICANT: PARTIES : Broken Hill Town Employees' Union RESPONDENT: Aged Services Association of New South Wales FILE NUMBER: 3800 of 2003 CORAM: Sams DP CATCHWORDS : Application to vary award - State Wage Case 2003 - wages and allowances - consent of parties - application consistent with State Wage Case Principles - application approved - award varied. LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 HEARING DATES: 07/23/2003 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 07/23/2003

APPLICANT: Mr Brett Campbell for the Broken Hill Town Employees Union LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT: No apearance for the Aged and Community Services Association of New South Wales

JUDGMENT: - 1 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES CORAM : SAMS, DP 8 August 2003 Matter No. IRC03/3800

AGED CARE INDUSTRY BROKEN HILL CONSOLIDATED AWARD

Application by The Broken Hill Town Employees' Union for variation re State Wage Case 2003

DECISION [2003] NSWIRComm 255

1 This is an application pursuant to s17 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (the "Act") by the Broken Hill Town Employees Union ("the applicant") for a variation to the Aged Care Industry Broken Hill Consolidated Award 326 IG 255.

2 At a hearing of the matter on 23 July 2003, Mr B Campbell and Mrs R Greenwood appeared for the applicant. There was no other appearance. However, the Commission noted a letter from the Aged and Community Services Association of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory in which it consented to the application. Mr Campbell said that the purpose of the application was to increase all rates and allowances in schedule A in accordance with the State Wage Case 2003.