NSW Health Service Allied Health Assistants (State) Award [2015] NSWIRComm 30

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: NSW Health Service Allied Health Assistants (State) Award [2015] NSWIRComm 30 Hearing dates: 21 – 24 September 2015; 1 and 8 October 2015 (written submissions) Decision date: 28 October 2015 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Walton J, President; Harrison DP; Newall C Decision: We adjourn stage one of the proceedings into conciliation before Harrison DP with a view to considering the form of the new award including the classification structure and quantification of salary adjustments arising under the new classification structure. His Honour shall commence that process with a conciliation conference held in Sydney at 10.30am on Thursday 12 November 2015. If the matter does not settle in that forum we will then adjudicate upon the balance of the matters in stage one of the proceedings at an early time. Catchwords: AWARD – application to make new award – new classification for allied health assistants – work value sub-principle – special case sub-principle – necessity for early indication of view – questions answered in favour of new classification structure in new award – statement issued Legislation Cited: Health Services Act 1997 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Industrial Relations (Public Sector Conditions of Employment) Regulation 2014 Cases Cited: Operational Ambulance Officers (State) Award [2015] NSWIRComm 17 State Wage Case 2010 (No 2) [2011] NSWIRComm 29; (2011) 206 IR 218 State Wage Case 2015 [2015] NSWIRComm 31 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Health Services Union NSW (Applicant) Secretary, Ministry of Health (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Gibian (Applicant) R S Warren (Respondent)