asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the pay increases, in addition to the national agreements 1978 and 1979, paid to the categories of forestry workers listed in a reply to a similar question of 15 May 1979 and the operative date.
Written Answers. - Forestry Workers' Pay.
446.
Apart from the award of the Labour Court referred to in the reply dated 15 May 1979, there have been no increases in forest workers' basic pay other than those arising under national pay agreement.
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asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the average bonus earnings in State forests for each month in 1979 in the form of a reply to a similar question of 15 May 1979.
The hourly average bonus earnings of forest workers at all State forests are as follows:
|
January 1979 |
25.92p per hour |
|
February 1979 |
24.35p per hour |
|
March 1979 |
26.57p per hour |
|
April 1979 |
29.15p per hour |
|
May 1979 |
30.00p per hour |
|
June 1979 |
31.60p per hour |
Bonus @ 100% was increased from 27.5p per hour to 30p on 1 March 1979 and to 32.5p on the 1 June 1979.
The above figures are the latest available.