AN160141 – Gold Mining Consolidated Award 1980

43. - STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY - AWARD MODERNISATION

(1) Arising out of the decision on 7 August 1989 in the National Wage Case (Print H9100) and the State Wage Case on 8 September 1989 and in consideration of the wage increases resulting from the commencement of the first pay period beginning on or after 21 March 1990, employees are to perform a wider range of duties including work which is incidental or peripheral to their main tasks or functions.

(2) The parties to the award are committed to implementing a new wage and classification structure relevant to the size and nature of individual enterprises. In making this commitment, the parties -

(a) Recognise that the Gold Mining Consolidated Award is a common rule award having broad application across many and varied enterprises, and that as such, the award will be modernised to provide minimum industry standards which are capable of adaption to the specific requirements at each enterprise to enable structural efficiency to occur at the enterprise level;

(b) Accept in principle that the description of job functions within a new structure will be more broadly based and generic in nature;

(c) in undertaking to implement a new wage and classification structure, employees may undertake training for a wider range of duties and/or access to higher levels, provided that training shall be relevant to the needs of the operation;

(d) Will co-operate in the transition from the existing classification structure to the proposed new structure to ensure that the transition takes place in an orderly manner without creating false expectations or disputations.