The 2.5% per annum cap on increases in employee-related costs under cl 6(1)(a) of the Industrial Relations (Public Sector Conditions of Employment) Regulation 2011 (NSW) requires the Commission to take into account all increases in employee-related costs — including those arising from external sources such as increases in the Commonwealth superannuation guarantee charge — not merely those increases directly 'awarded' by the Commission. The guaranteed minimum conditions of employment (including superannuation) do not exempt such costs from the calculation unless compliance with the cap would be inconsistent with the paramount policy.
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