BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd - Port Kembla Restructured Electrical Graded Trades Classifications Rates of Pay Award & other matters [2000] NSWIRComm 192

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd - Port Kembla Restructured Electrical Graded Trades Classifications Rates of Pay Award & other matters [2000] NSWIRComm 192 RESPONDENTS: BHP Steel (AIS) Pty Limited BHP Steel (JLA) Pty Limited PARTIES : Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch Australian Workers' Union, New South Wales Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (New South Wales Branch) Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, New South Wales Branch FILE NUMBER: IRC 2608; 2612; 2614; 2624; 2626; 2648; 2649; 2650; 2651; 2663; 2664; 2667; 5122; 5256 of 1999 & 1479 of 2000 CORAM: Walton J Vice-President CATCHWORDS : Award review - consolidation of awards - modernisation of awards - test case decisions - pay equity and discrimination LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1996 s19 Principles for Review of Awards - State Decision 1998 (1998) 85 IR 38 CASES CITED : Principles for Review of Awards - State Decision 1998 (unreported, Wright J, President, Hungerford J, Schmidt J, Sams DP and Redman C, 28 April 1999) Re Equal Remuneration Principle (2000) 97 IR 177 HEARING DATES: 07/12/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/29/2000

RESPONDENTS: Mr D Lloyd for the companies Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers

Mr W Tomlins Electrical Trades Union of Australia, New South Wales Branch;