AP815828CRV - Australian Workers' Union Construction and Maintenance Award 2002

APPENDIX A - MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS - VICTORIA

1. APPLICATION

This appendix shall apply to:

1.1 The Australian Workers' Union and the members thereof (to any of whom the word employee when hereinafter used applies); and

1.2 Employers respondent to this award in respect of the employment by such employers of all employees, whether members of The Australian Workers' Union or not, in work done on the sites of major road construction projects listed in clause 4 hereof.

1.3 Save as to any matters dealt with in this appendix, the provisions of this award shall apply.

2. SCOPE

2.1 For the purposes of this appendix, a major road construction project shall mean a project involving the construction of duplicated carriageways, bridges and other ancillary works directly related to the project, containing disadvantages or disabilities not catered for in this award.

2.2 This appendix shall not apply to the restoration of a local road system except where such work is being carried out within the major road reserve and is not solely “at grade” intersection work.

2.3 The nature, type and cost of projects specified in clause 4 - Site allowance, of this appendix shall be a guide to the declaration that any new project be covered by this appendix.

2.4 Any dispute that this appendix apply on the ground that a particular project is a major project shall be referred to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to determine whether such project is a major project.

2.5 Bridge building for the purpose of this appendix shall mean the construction of all bridges, overpasses and underpasses including on-site steelwork, concrete work and the preparation incidental thereto.

3. RATES OF PAY

Employees shall be paid the appropriate rates of pay prescribed by the award, inclusive of the Level A supplementary payment set out in clause 19.1.1 of the award.

4. SITE ALLOWANCE

In compensation for disabilities associated with award special rates for dirty work, wet underfoot, fumes, confined spaces and disabilities for which the award does not provide compensation, each employee working on a project listed below shall be paid the following site allowance for each hour worked.

4.1 Group A - $1.30 per hour

• Princes Freeway (Morwell By-Pass) Project;
• South Eastern - Mulgrave Arterial Road Link.

4.2 Group B - $1.13 cents per hour

• Hume Freeway (Baddaginnie to Bowser) Project;
• Hume Freeway (Chiltern to Wodonga) Project;
• Hume Freeway (Euroa) Project;
• Hume Freeway (Bowser to Chiltern) Project.

4.3 Group C - $1.02 per hour

• Calder Highway (Gisborne) Project;
• Greensborough Project;
• Mornington Peninsula Freeway Project;
• Princes Freeway (Tynong and Longwarry Sections) Project;
• Princes Freeway (Warragul) Project;
• Western Freeway (Melton) Project;
• Western Highway (Ballarat By-Pass) Project - Stage 1.

4.4 Group D - $0.91 per hour

• South Gippsland Highway (Cranbourne to Bass Highway) Project.