Crown Employees (Department of Environment and Climate Change - Parks and Wildlife Group) Field Officer Payments Award 2007

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Department of Environment and Climate Change.

 

(No. IRC 1078 of 2007)

 

 

AWARD

 

1.          This Award reflects the agreement reached between the Public Service Association and Professional Officers’ Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales, the Director of Public Employment and the Department of Environment and Climate Change on 23 May 2007.

 

2.          Differential Payments

 

(i)         "Differential payments" as set out in Table 1 to this Award, are payable to those employees in the classifications of Senior Field Officer, Senior Field Officer (Plant), Field Supervisor and Senior Field Supervisor under the Crown Employees (National Parks and Wildlife Service) Conditions of Employment 2000 Award employed at the time of the making of this Award.

 

(ii)        The "differential payments" equal the difference between the annual salaries for these classifications as prescribed in the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2004) Award published on 23 September 2005 and the annual salaries for the equivalent classifications as set out in the Crown Employees (Department of Environment and Climate Change - Parks and Wildlife Group) Field Officers and Skilled Trades Salaries and Conditions 2007 Award.

 

(iii)       The "differential payments" are effective from 1 January 2005 and the first full pay periods on or after 1 July 2005 and 1 July 2006.

 

(iv)       The "differential payments" are payable pro rata for time worked in those classifications between 1 January 2005 and the last full pay period of June 2007.

 

(v)        For clarity, the annual "differential payment" at 1 January 2005 will be paid pro rata in respect of the period 1 January 2005 to 30 June 2005.

 

3.          One-off Payments

 

(i)         "One-off payments" as set out in Table 2 to this Award, are payable to those permanent and temporary employees in the classifications of Field Officer Grade 1/4 and Field Officer B3/B4 under the Crown Employees (National Parks and Wildlife Service) Conditions of Employment 2000 Award.

 

(ii)        The "one-off payments" are payable to permanent employees employed at 1 July 2007.

 

(iii)       The "one-off payments" are payable to temporary employees employed at 1 July 2007 on a pro-rata basis up to the end date specified by any contract of employment current at 1 July 2007.

 

(iv)       The "one-off payments" are equal to the difference between the annual salaries for those classifications at 1 July 2007 as prescribed in the Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2007) Award as published on 30 March 2007, and the annual salaries for those same classifications at 1 July 2007 as varied on the date this Award is made. 

 

4.          No accrual of payments

 

For the avoidance of doubt, no "differential payment" or "one-off payment" shall accrue with respect to any service after 1 July 2007.

 

5.          Grievance and Disputes Procedure

 

The Grievance and Disputes Procedure as set out in the Crown Employees (National Parks and Wildlife Service) Conditions of Employment 2000 Award and its successor awards shall apply.

 

6.          This Award shall take effect from 28 June 2007.

 

Table 1 - Differential payments

 

 

Table 2 - One-off payments

 

 

 

 

J. P. GRAYSON D.P.

 

 

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