Crown Employees (Parliamentary Electorate Officers) Award

 

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 220 of 2011)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Insert in clause 1, Arrangement of the award, published 24 September 2010 (370 I.G. 418), the following new clause number and subject matter:

 

19A.  Leave for Matters Arising from Domestic Violence

 

2.        Insert in alphabetical order in clause 2, Definitions, the following new subclause:

 

"Domestic Violence" means domestic violence as defined in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.

 

3.        Insert after clause 19, Family and Community Service Leave, Personal/Carer's Leave and Flexible Use of Other Leave Entitlements, the following new clause:

 

19A.  Leave for Matters Arising from Domestic Violence

 

(a)      The definition of domestic violence is found in clause 2, Definitions, of this award;

 

(b)      Leave entitlements provided for in clause 17 Sick Leave and clause 19 Family and Community Service Leave, Personal/Carers Leave and Flexible Use of Other Leave Entitlements, may be used by officers experiencing domestic violence;

 

(c)      Where the leave entitlements referred to in subclause 19A (b) are exhausted, the Speaker shall grant up to five days Special Leave, per calendar year, to be used for absences from the workplace to attend to matters arising from domestic violence situations;

 

(d)      The Speaker will need to be satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that domestic violence has occurred and may require proof presented in the form of an agreed document issued by the Police Force, a Court, a Doctor, a Domestic Violence Support Service or Lawyer;

 

(e)      Personal information concerning domestic violence will be kept confidential by the agency;

 

(f)       The Speaker, where appropriate, may facilitate flexible working arrangements subject to operational requirements, including changes to working times and changes to work location, telephone number and email address. 

 

4.        This variation shall take effect on and from 15 February 2011.

 

 

 

C.G. STAFF J

 

 

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