NEW SOUTH WALES COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SECRETARY V/S AUTOMOTIVE, FOOD, METALS, ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION, ET AL. CASE

Australia, June 12 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 13:

1. This decision concerns an application filed on 21 February 2025 by the Industrial Relations Secretary, on behalf of Fire and Rescue NSW, to vary the Crown Employees (Fire and Rescue NSW Tradespersons) Award 2022, to provide for an increase of 3% to salaries and salary-related allowances in the Award from 1 July 2024 and to vary a number of other terms of employment.

2. As I will explain in more detail below, the application to vary the Award in the manner proposed is made with the consent of all the parties to the Award, however such consent is provided without prejudice to the parties' positions in relation to two related...