AP839843 - Health Services Union of Australia (NSW/ACT Private Medical Imaging) Award 2004

PART 5 – REMUNERATION 
 
20. RATES OF PAY

20.1 Full-time employees

Minimum rates of pay for the classifications defined in this award for full-time employees are set out in Appendix A - Monetary rates.

20.2 Part-time and job share employees

Part-time employees in 6.1 and job share employees in 6.2 will be paid 1/38th of the rate of pay prescribed in Table 1 of Appendix A - Monetary rates for each hour worked.

20.3 Casual employees

20.3.1 Casual employees in 6.3 will be paid 1/38th of the rate of pay prescribed in Table 1 of Appendix A - Monetary rates plus a loading of 15 per cent for each hour worked with a minimum payment of two hours for each start.

20.3.2 Casual employees will be paid 1/12th of the ordinary rate as pro rata annual leave. Such payment will be made on the normal pay day of the employee.

20.4 Exemption - Medical Imaging Administration

Except as to the provisions of clauses 10 - Anti-discrimination; 12 - Redundancy; 13 - Without prejudice; 14 - Annual leave; 15 - Personal leave; 16 - Long service leave; 17 - Public holidays; 18 - Parental leave; 19 - Jury service; 23 - Annual leave loading; and 25 - Superannuation, this award will not apply to full-time clerks who are in receipt of a wage in excess of 15 per cent above the rate of pay for a Medical Imaging Administration Grade 5; provided that this exemption will not apply to an employee whose wage is in excess of 15 per cent above the rate of pay for Grade 5, if such wage includes overtime payments.

20.6 Work levels

The indicative tasks for the levels of Medical Imaging Administration are set out in Appendix B - Work level statement for medical imaging administration (MIA).

20.5 Arbitrated safety net adjustments

The rates of pay in this award include the arbitrated safety net adjustment payable under the Safety Net Review - Wages May 2004 decision [PR002004]. This arbitrated safety net adjustment may be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the award. Such above-award payments include wages payable pursuant to certified agreements, currently operating enterprise flexibility agreements, Australian workplace agreements, award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and overaward arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

Increases made under previous National Wage Case principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.