AN120470 – Retail Services Employees (State) Award
(i) Leading Hands: Employees placed in charge of other employees shall be paid the rate as set out in Items 3 and 4 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances of Part B, Monetary Rates, in addition to their ordinary wages.
(ii) First-aid: An employee who is a qualified first-aid assistant and is employed to carry out the duties of a qualified first-aid assistant shall be paid an additional amount as set out in Item 5 or 6 of the said Table 2.
(iii) Qualification Allowance: An employee acting as a leading hand or Retail Building Assistant who is required to and successfully completes the Asset Maintenance (Cleaning Operations Management) at TAFE or a course deemed by the employer to be of equivalent qualification, shall be paid an additional amount as set out in Item 7 or 8 of Table 2. Such amount shall be part of the ordinary rate of pay for all award purposes.
(iv) Gun Allowance: An employee required by the employer to carry a firearm shall be paid an additional allowance per shift as set out in Item 9 of Table 2, with a maximum payment per week as set out in Item 10 of Table 2.
(v) Multi-purpose Machines (Retail Services Assistants): Employees required to use multi-purpose machines, mobile sweeping machines and other similar mechanical equipment and operate fork lifts shall be paid an additional amount per shift as set out in Item 11 of Table 2 or part thereof whilst so employed.
(vi) Refuse Disposal (Retail Services Assistants): Employees primarily engaged on refuse disposal and/or sorting for incinerators or furnaces shall be paid an additional amount per hour worked as set out in Item 12 of Table 2, with a maximum payment per week as set out in Item 13 of Table 2.
(vii) Toilet Cleaning (Retail Services Assistants): An employee required to work in lavatories, on outside steps, outside marble or outside brass or required to scrub marble, terrazzo, rubber floor corridors or stairs which necessitate the employee kneeling, shall be paid an amount as set out in Item 14 and 15 of Table 2. Lavatories of both sexes can be cleaned by either male or female cleaners as long as appropriate steps are taken to ensure that the lavatories are not in use at the time of cleaning.
(viii) Security Licence: Where an employee is required to hold a licence pursuant to the provisions of the Security Industry Act 1997, such employee shall have the cost of such licence reimbursed by the employer on completion of each 12 months' service.
(ix) Uniform Clothing - Laundering or Dry Cleaning: See the said Shop Employees (State) Award.
(x) Locomotion: Use of own vehicle or bicycle. See the said Shop Employees (State) Award.
(xi) Horticultural Certificate Course: An employee who has successfully completed the Horticultural Certificate Course at TAFE or a course deemed by the employer to be of equivalent qualification shall be paid an additional allowance per week as set out in Item 16 of Table 2 which shall be for all purposes of this award.
