Crown Employees (NSW TAFE Commission - Administrative and Support Staff Conditions of Employment) Award 2009

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 1185 of 2009)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Insert in numerical order in clause 1, Arrangement of the award published 31 July 2009 (368 I.G.793), the following new clause number and subject matter:

 

72A.   Purchased Leave

 

2.        Insert after clause 72, Personal Carers Leave, the following new clause:

 

72A.  Purchased Leave

 

(a)      A staff member may apply to enter into an agreement with the NSW TAFE Commission to purchase either 10 days (2 weeks) or 20 days (4 weeks) additional leave in a 12 month period.

 

(1)      Each application will be considered subject to operational requirements and personal needs and will take into account NSW TAFE Commission business needs and work demands.

 

(2)      The leave must be taken in the 12 month period specified in the Purchased Leave Agreement and will not attract any leave loading.

 

(3)      The leave will count as service for all purposes.

 

(b)      The purchased leave will be funded through the reduction in the staff member’s ordinary rate of pay.

 

(1)      Purchased leave rate of pay means the rate of pay a staff member receives when their ordinary salary rate has been reduced to cover the cost of purchased leave.

 

(2)      To calculate the purchased leave rate of pay, the staff member’s ordinary salary rate will  be reduced by the number of weeks of purchased leave and then annualised at a pro rata rate over the 12 month period.

 

(c)      Purchased leave is subject to the following provisions:

 

(1)      The purchased leave cannot be accrued and will be refunded where it has not been taken in the 12 month period.

 

(2)      Other leave taken during the 12 month purchased leave agreement period i.e. sick leave, recreation leave, extended leave or leave in lieu will be paid at the purchased leave rate of pay.

 

(3)      Sick leave cannot be taken during a period of purchased leave.

 

(4)      The purchased leave rate of pay will be the salary for all purposes including superannuation and shift loadings.

 

(5)      Overtime and salary related allowances not paid during periods of recreation leave will be calculated using the staff member’s hourly rate based on the ordinary rate of pay.

 

(6)      Higher Duties Allowance will not be paid when a period of purchased leave is taken.

 

(d)      Specific conditions governing purchased leave may be amended from time to time by the Director of Public Employment in consultation with the Association.  NSW TAFE Commission may make adjustments relating to their salary administration arrangements.

 

3.        This variation shall take effect from 27 August 2009.

 

 

 

 

E. A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner

 

 

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