MODERN AWARDS – 4 yearly review – s.156 Fair Work Act 2009 – Full Bench – in July 2016 it was proposed that National Training Wage Schedule (NTW Schedule) be standardised and removed from all awards except Miscellaneous Award 2010 (Miscellaneous Award) and that NTW Schedule be incorporated into other awards by reference to Miscellaneous Award – in February 2017 Full Bench expressed provisional view that where parties requested that NTW Schedule be tailored to particular modern award, this would occur – in June 2017 Full Bench outlined that terms of award-specific NTW Schedules be inserted into modern awards where applications have been made to maintain award-specific schedules – further noted that where schedules were tailored to each award, schedules would be consistent with final plain language NTW Schedule – in August 2017 Full Bench finalised NTW Schedule to be inserted into Miscellaneous Award – parties invited to comment on proposed NTW Schedule – no comments received – award-specific schedules prepared based on finalised NTW Schedule and parties’ draft schedules – Ai Group noted potentially relevant qualifications included in standard NTW Schedule that have been excluded in AMWU draft schedule – AMWU invited to file submissions in response to Ai Group – AMWU’s submissions in reply of 7 April 2017 proposed inclusion of Civil Construction and Metal and Engineering Technical Traineeships AQF III in Building and Construction General On-site Award 2010 – CFMEU invited to file submissions on matters raised by AMWU – interested parties invited to file submissions on award-specific schedules – replies to follow. 4 yearly review of modern awards – National Training Wage
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