"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:


Ah! Quick and dirty definition: An Award is an agreement that includes
conditons of service (annual leave, Leave loadings, sick leave, Long Service
Leave, hours of work, dispute resolution mechanisms, rates of pay and such
like)

We'd just call that a Union Contract. And yes, companies here too try to
slip in apparently harmless clauses that can be used to their advantage.
The labor climate here in the U.S. the past some years is such that many
such contracts are pretty toothless.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
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