On 1 February 2007 the NSW Industrial Relations Commission made the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2007) Award by consent. The award is part of the settlement of the 2004 PSA public sector salary claim.

The award corrects errors in the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2004) Award and also provides for a 4% increase to salaries and related allowances with effect from the beginning of the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2007 (as per the Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the Government and the PSA, in December 2004).

The Awards, Agreements and Determinations that will receive the pay increases are listed in Attachment A. Pay schedules for some key classifications subject to adjustment are contained in Attachment B for information. Attachment C sets out allowances that are to be adjusted in line with salaries.

1. SALARY AND WAGE RATES SUBJECT TO VARIATION

Only rates of pay contained in the attached schedule of Awards, Determinations and Agreements are to be increased (Attachment A).

Please also note that the salaries agreement does not cover:

• classifications covered by other awards or other industrial instruments;
• staff employed under the Crown Employees (Institute Managers in TAFE) Salaries and Conditions Award.

Some Awards, Agreements, Determinations, Enterprise Agreements and other forms of industrial instruments NOT listed in Attachment A may have provisions to vary salaries consequent to variations to the public sector salaries award. They may have provisions like:

'Rates of pay will be adjusted in accordance with the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2004) Award or any award replacing that award.'

The Director of Public Employment (DPE) has determined that Department's may grant increases to classifications under those instruments pending formal application for variation.

The Public Employment Office should be contacted if organisations wish to seek advice on whether rates of pay under particular industrial instruments should be adjusted in line with the 2007 Award.

Agencies should also ensure that they report new salary rates for employees to Pillar Administration to ensure that the increased salaries are taken into account for superannuation purposes.

The errors in the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2004) Award that were corrected are mostly rounding errors of a few dollars and agencies are generally paying employees correctly. Agencies should review and adjust any underpayments. Overpayments are to be ignored.

2. METHODS OF ADJUSTMENT - SALARIES AND WAGES

2.1 Salaries - Annual Rates
Annual salaries, except for those specified below, shall be adjusted by an increase of four per cent (4%), with effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2007.

All annual rates are to be rounded off to the nearest dollar, with figures less than 50 cents going to the lower amount, and with figures 50 cents or more going to the higher amount.

Junior rates, calculated as a percentage of an adult rate
These rates are to be adjusted in accordance with their percentage relative to the adult rate.

Junior rates, other than those calculated on a percentage basis
These rates are to be adjusted as specified in the normal way.

2.1.1 Wages - Weekly Rates
Weekly wages, except for those specified below, shall be adjusted by an increase of four per cent (4%), with effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2007.

All weekly rates are to be rounded off to the nearest 10 cents, with figures less than 5 cents going to the lower amount, and with figures 5 cents or more going to the higher amount.

Junior rates, calculated as a percentage of an adult rate
These rates are to be adjusted in accordance with their percentage relative to the adult rate.

Junior rates, other than those calculated on a percentage basis
The rates are to be adjusted as specified in the normal way.

2.2 Adjustment of Allowances

Allowances listed in Attachment B titled 'Allowances Subject to Adjustment', shall be adjusted by an increase of four per cent (4%), with effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2007.

Those allowances listed in Attachment C titled
'Allowances Not Subject To Adjustment' are not to be adjusted.

2.2.1 Shift Allowances

Shift allowances expressed as a percentage of a salary or wage shall continue to be calculated as a percentage of such salary or wage.

Annual shift allowances shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar, with figures less than 50 cents to go to the lower amount and with figures 50 cents or more to go to the higher amount.

Weekly shift allowances shall be rounded off to the nearest 10 cents, with figures less than 5 cents to go to the lower amount and with figures 5 cents or more to go to the higher amount.

In the case of sums expressed as payable per shift or per hour, they are to be converted to a weekly equivalent and adjusted in the manner indicated above. The resultant figure is to be divided by five or the appropriate number of weekly hours normally worked.

2.2.2 Other Allowances

Allowances expressed as a percentage of a salary or wage shall continue to be calculated as a percentage of such salary or wage.

Allowances expressed as a formula or by reference to a salary or wage shall continue to be calculated as specified in the relevant Award, Agreement or Determination.

Annual allowances shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar, less than 50 cents to go to the lower amount and 50 cents or more to go to the higher amount.

Weekly allowances shall be rounded off to the nearest 10 cents, less than 5 cents to go to the lower amount and 5 cents or more to go to the higher amount.

In the case of sums expressed as payable per shift or per hour, such sums shall be converted to a weekly equivalent and adjusted in the same manner indicated above for weekly rates. The resultant figure is to be divided by five or the appropriate number of weekly hours normally worked by that classification.

3. OVERTIME
 
In accordance with Clause 96 of the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2006, the maximum salary rate on which overtime payment may be calculated, is set out below:

• $73,939 per year with effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2006.
  
• $76,897 per year with effect from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2007.

 4. PART-TIME AND CASUAL EMPLOYEES
 
Where an industrial instrument, including a determination of the Director of Public Employment has specified the method or formula for calculating part-time or casual rates, agencies should now adjust the part-time or casual rate according to the formula.
 
All other part-time and casual rates will be considered separately upon application to the Public Employment Office.
 
5. STAFF RECEIVING SALARY MAINTENANCE
 
Staff who are receiving salary maintenance to a salary rate subject to adjustment, are to have their salaries adjusted in line with the above instructions.

Any enquiries may be directed to Debbie Arrebola on telephone number 9228 3565.

C Gellatly
Director-General

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ATTACHMENT A

SCHEDULE A

LIST OF AWARDS, AGREEMENTS AND DETERMINATIONS

The wages, salaries and relevant allowances under this Award are payable to employees appointed to or performing the duties of any of the positions covered by the following Awards, Agreements and Determinations

Awards:

• Crown Employees (Administrative and Clerical Officers - Salaries 2003) Award
• Casino Control Authority - Casino Inspectors (Transferred from the Department of Gaming and Racing) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (Aboriginal Housing Office 2004) Award
• Crown Employees (Catering Officers - Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation) Award
• Crown Employees (Correctional Officers, Department of Corrective Services) Award 2004 for Kempsey, Dillwynia and Wellington Correctional Centres
• Crown Employees (Court Officers Attorney General's Department) Award
• Crown Employees (Department of Juvenile Justice - Detention Centres 2005) Award
• Crown Employees (Department of Public Works and Services) Reviewed Award 2004
• Crown Employees (Department of The Arts, Sport and Recreation - Centres and Academy Managers) Award 2006
• Crown Employees Division Controllers (State Emergency Services 2005) Award
• Crown Employees (Domestic Services Officers - Department of Agriculture) Award
• Crown Employees (Environment Protection Authority New South Wales) Award
• Crown Employees (Environmental Planning Officers 2003) Award
• Crown Employees (General Assistants in Schools - Department of Education and Training) (State) Award
• Crown Employees (General Managers, Superintendents, Managers Security and Deputy Superintendents, Department of Corrective Services) Award 2005
• Crown Employees (General Staff Salaries) Award 2003
• Crown Employees (Geoscientist - Department of Mineral Resources) Award
• Crown Employees (Graphic Service Operators - Department of Lands) Award
• Crown Employees (Harness Racing New South Wales) Conditions of Employment Award
• Crown Employees (Heritage Office 2003) Award
• Crown Employees Historic Houses Trust (Gardens - Horticulture and Trades Staff) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (Home Care Service of New South Wales - Administrative Staff) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (Interpreters and Translators, Community Relations Commission) Award 2003
• Crown Employees (Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust) Salaries Award
• Crown Employees (Kingsford Smith Airport Travel Centre) Award 2003
• Crown Employees (Land Information Officers - Department of Mineral Resources) Award
• Crown Employees (Lands Officers, Department of Lands and Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources 2003) Award
• Crown Employees Learning and Development Officers (State Emergency Service 2004) Award
• Crown Employees - Legal Officers (Crown Solicitor's Office, Legal Aid Commission, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Parliamentary Counsel's Office) Award
• Crown Employees (Librarians, Library Assistants, Library Technicians and Archivists) Award 2005
• Crown Employees (Lord Howe Island Board Salaries and Conditions 2004) Award
• Crown Employees (Mine Safety and Environment Officers - Department of Mineral Resources) Award
• Crown Employees (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences - Casual Guide Lecturers) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (National Parks and Wildlife Service) Conditions of Employment 2000 Award
• Crown Employees (New South Wales Attorney General's Department Reporting Services Branch Sound Reporters) Award 2003
• Crown Employees (New South Wales Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care) Community Living and Residential (State) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (New South Wales Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care) Residential Centre Support Services Staff (State) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Department of Commerce, Government Chief Information Office and OICT Projects, Office of Public Works and Services) Award 2005
• Crown Employees (NSW Department of Lands - Conditions of Employment) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (NSW Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation - Program Officers) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Fisheries Salaries and Conditions of Employment) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Food Authority - Food Safety Officers) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Police Administrative Officers and Temporary Employees Conditions of Employment) Award 2006
• Crown Employees (NSW Police Administrative Officers and Temporary Employees - Salaries 2006) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Police Communications Officers) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Police Special Constables) (Police Band) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW Police Special Constables (Security)) Award
• Crown Employees (NSW TAFE Commission - Administrative and Support Staff
  Conditions of Employment) Award 2005
• Crown Employees (Officer in Charge Allowance - NSW Agriculture) Award
• Crown Employees (Operational Staff - NSW Agriculture) Award
• Crown Employees (Parks and Gardens - Horticulture and Rangers Staff) Consent Award 2004
• Crown Employees (Parliamentary Electorate Officers) Award
• Crown Employees (Parliament House Conditions of Employment 2004) Award
• Crown Employees (Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists and Music Therapists) Award
• Crown Employees (Prison Officers, Department of Corrective Services) Award
• Crown Employees (Professional Officers - Department of Agriculture) Award
• Crown Employees (Psychologists) Award
• Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2006
• Crown Employees (Regulatory Officers - Department of Agriculture) Award
• Crown Employees (Research Scientists 2004) Award
• Crown Employees (Resource NSW) Award 2005
• Crown Employees (Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales - Salaried Staff Conditions of Employment) Award
• Crown Employees (Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales - School Crossing Supervisors) Award
• Crown Employees (Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales - Toll Plaza Officers) Award
• Crown Employees (Rural Fire Service Salaries and Conditions of Employment 2003) Award
• Crown Employees (School Administrative and Support Staff) Award
• Crown Employees (Senior Assistant Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents, Department of Corrective Services) Award 2005
• Crown Employees (Senior Officers Salaries 2004) Award
• Crown Employees (Services Officers - Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation) Award
• Crown Employees (Sheriff's Officers) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (State Emergency Service Communication Centre - Continuous Shift Workers) Award 2006
• Crown Employees (State Library Security Staff) Award 2004
• Crown Employees (Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority 2003) Award
• Crown Employees (Technical Officers - Treasury) Award
• Crown Employees (Technical Staff - NSW Agriculture) Award
• Crown Employees (Tipstaves to Justices) Award
• Crown Employees (Trades Assistants) Award
• Crown Employees (WorkCover Authority - Inspectors) Award
• Exhibition Project Managers and Officers Australian Museum Award
• Forestry Commission of New South Wales (Trading as State Forests of NSW)
  Senior Staff Award
• Forestry Field Officers (Forestry Commission of New South Wales) Award
• Greyhound Racing Authority (NSW) Award
• New South Wales Department of Community Services (After Hours Service) Award
• Senior Managers (National Parks and Wildlife Service) Award 2004
• Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales Employees' (State) Award

Agreements and Determinations:

• Architects etc. Agreement No. 1733 of 1971
• Artists, etc., Australian Museum; Designers and Senior Designer, National Parks & Wildlife Service; Artist, Chief, Exhibitions Department and Keeper of Exhibits, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Agreement No. 2196 of 1975
• Bandmaster, Department of Corrective Services, Determination No. 936 of 2004
• Cadet Conditions and Rates of Pay, Various Departments Determination No. 938 of 2004
• Cartographers, Engineering Survey Drafting Officers, Survey Drafting Officers, Photogrammetrists, Computers All Departments Agreement No. 2439 of 1982
• Casual Drug Counsellors - Department of Corrective Services Determination No. 935 of 2004
• Clerical Officers Agreement No. 2515 of 1988 and Determination No. 877 of 1989
• Computer Operators - Salaries - Public Service Board Determination No. 642 of 1981 and Determination No.801 of 1983
• Computer Systems Officers -TAFE - Public Service Board Determination
• Conservators, Cultural Institutions Agreement No. 2504 of 1987
• Co-ordinators and Directors Community Justice Centres, Department of the Attorney General Determination No. 808 of 1983
• Coordinator, Visual Arts, Long Bay Correctional Complex - Department of Corrective Services Determination No. 929 of 2002
• Curators and Registrars Cultural Institutions Agreement No. 2508 of 1987
• Dental Auxiliaries (TAFE) - Public Service Board Advice 77/4514 of 14.7.82
• Departmental Professional Officers Determination No. 866 of 1987
• Department of Transport Officers Employment Conditions Agreement No. 2548 of 1998
• Education Officer Department of Training and Education Co-ordination Determination No. 912 of 1996
• Engineers Agreement No. 1734 of 1971
• Escorts and Travelling Attendants Agreement No. 2270 of 1980
• Gardening, Parks and Horticultural and Landscape Staff Amending Agreement No. 2320 of 1982; Gardening, Parks and Horticultural and Landscape Staff Agreement No. 2266 of 1980; Determination No. 767 of 1982
• General Division Driver/Assistant etc Various Departments Agreement No. 2478 of 1985
• General Division (Trade Based Groups) Agreement No. 2301 of 1980; Amending Agreement No. 2317 of 1981; Determination No. 764 of 1982
• Glenfield Park School Staff, Department of Education, Determination No. 787 of 1983
• Guidance Officer, Department of Industrial Relations; Research Officers, Division of Vocational Guidance Services, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Corrective Services, Department of Family and Community Services, Department of Health NSW; Research Officers (Non Legally Qualified) Law Reform Commission, Department of Attorney General; Psychologists, Department of Health NSW, Department of Corrective Services, Department of Family and Community Services; Research Anthropologists, Department of Health NSW; Rehabilitation Counsellor Workers Compensation Commission Agreement No. 2405 of 1982; Amending Agreement No. 2520 of 1989
• Interpretive Assistants, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Industrial Authority Determination
• Laboratory Attendants, Trainee Technical Officers (Scientific), Technical Officers (Scientific) and Senior Technical Officer (Scientific), Various Departments Agreement No. 2369 of 1982
• Legal Officers, Various Departments Agreement No. 2375 of 1982
• Maintenance Officer State Library of NSW, Determination No 939 of 2004
• Media Monitoring Unit, Premier's Department Agreement No. 2546 of 1997
• Miscellaneous Professional Officers, Department of Water Resources Agreement No. 2535 of 1991
• Parliament House, Administrative and Clerical Officers, Determinations of the Presiding Officers
• Parliament House, Other Clerical Officers, Determinations of the Presiding Officers
• Parliamentary Attendant Staff, Determinations of the Presiding Officers
• Parliamentary Staff (Security Officers, Attendants/Gatekeepers, Joint Services Staff, Food and Beverages Staff) Agreement No. 2379 of 1981, Agreement No. 2381 of 1981, Agreement No. 2382 of 1981
• Parole Officers, Department of Corrective Services Industrial Authority Determination
• Petty Sessions Officers Local Courts Administration Determination No. 741 of 1982
• Pharmacists Agreement No. 2441 of 1982
• Pilots Forestry Commission Determination No. 843 of 1985
• Publicity Officers and Public Relations Officers Agreement No. 2126 of 1975
• Scientific Officers Various Departments Agreement No. 2433 of 1982
• Security Officers and Senior Security Officers, Various Departments Determination No. 768 of 1982
• Social Workers, Various Departments Agreement No. 2374 of 1