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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FOR THE ACT

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No 307

Government Service - Over-Award Payments

Mr De Domenico - Asked the Minister for Industrial Relations upon notice on 8 September 1992:

(1) How many unions are involved with the ACT Government Service, including ACTEW, ACTION, Totalcare and ACT Forests.

(2) How many employees within the ACT Government Service including ACTEW, ACTION, Totalcare and ACT Forests receive over award payments.

(3) What do these employees receive in over award payments, both monetary and in lieu of wages.

Mr Berry - The answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) There are currently twenty-one (21) unions involved with the ACT Government Service. The number of unions involved with ACTEW, ACTION, Totalcare and ACT Forests is as follows:

AGENCY

NUMBER OF UNIONS INVOLVED

ACTEW

ACTION

TOTALCARE

ACT FORESTS

A comprehensive list of union involvement is provided at Attachment A.

(2) & (3) Questions (2) and (3) can be answered concurrently.

Over award payments are payments made outside the prescription of awards. Under a Minimum Rates Award, it is both legitimate and common industrial practice for parties to negotiate rates and conditions above the minimum prescribed by an award. This form of regulation is most common in the private sector.

The public sector relies on Paid Rates Awards and other employment legislation for establishing the framework of employment conditions. The following employment legislation has application to ACT Government employees:

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