Re: Making of a modern award Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award State 2014

[2014] QIRC 136

QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION

CITATION: 

Re: Making of a modern award - Tourism and

Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014

[2014] QIRC 136

PARTIES: 

Tourism and Events Queensland

Together Queensland, Industrial Union of
Employees

CASE NO: 

MA/2014/110

PROCEEDING: 

Making of a modern award

DELIVERED ON: 

28 August 2014

HEARING DATE: 

18 August 2014

MEMBERS: 

Deputy President O'Connor

Deputy President Kaufman
Industrial Commissioner Neate

ORDERS: 

1.	That the Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014 be made.
2.	That the Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014 be operative on and from 31 August 2014.
3.	That the Tourism Queensland Employees' Award - State 2012 is repealed on and from 31 August 2014 subject to the provisions of s 824 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999.

CATCHWORDS: 

MAKING OF A MODERN AWARD - Section 140C(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 - request from the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice - Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014 - Modern Award made.

CASES: 

Industrial Relations Act 1999 Chapter 5 Division 2,
ss 140C(1), 140CE, 824.

APPEARANCES: 

Mr J. Shingles of Livingstones instructed by Ms D.
Cuman of Tourism and Events Queensland.
Mr R. Rule of Together Queensland, Industrial

Union of Employees.

Decision

[1] In accordance with Chapter 5 Division 2 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 ("the Act") (i.e. the Modern Award provisions of the Act) and the Request under s 140C(1) - Award Modernisation by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, the Award Modernisation Team ("AMOD Team") of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission has prepared an Exposure Draft of a proposed Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014 ("Proposed Award").

[2]        The Proposed Award was prepared by the AMOD Team in consultation with Tourism and Events Queensland and Together Queensland, Industrial Union of Employees.

[3]        Deputy President Bloomfield referred a finalised version of the Proposed Award to the Vice President for referral to a Full Bench of the Commission indicating that the abovementioned organisations had reached agreement on the terms of the Proposed Award. The Vice President referred the Proposed Award to this Full Bench.

[4] We have been advised that the Proposed Award complies with the Act.

[5]        We are advised that the Tourism Queensland Employees' Award - State 2012 is an award of the Commission of current application and will thus be repealed upon the making of any modern award subject to the provisions of s 824 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999.

[6]        Having heard from the representatives of the parties referred to in Clause 4 of the Proposed Award, and by consent of those parties, we make the following orders:

(i)	That the Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014 be made;
(ii)	That the Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014 operate on and from 31 August 2014;
(iii)	That, given the making of the Tourism and Events Queensland Employees Award - State 2014, the Tourism Queensland Employees' Award - State 2012 is repealed on and from 31 August 2014 subject to the provisions s 824 of the Industrial Relations Act 1999.