Crown
Employees (Parliament House Conditions of Employment) Award 2010
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)
Before The Honourable
Mr Justice Staff
|
17 March 2011
|
VARIATION
1. Insert in
clause 1, Arrangement of the award published 11 February 2011 (371 I.G. 14),
the following new clause number and subject matter:
51A. 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
subclause (vi) of clause 51, Special Leave, the following new subclause:
(vii) Matters arising
from domestic violence situations.
When the leave entitlements referred to in clause 51A,
Leave for Matters Arising From Domestic Violence have been exhausted, the
Clerk(s) shall grant up to five days per calendar year to be used for absences
from the workplace to attend to matters arising from domestic violence
situations.
4. Insert after
clause 51, Special Leave, the following new clause:
51A. Leave for
Matters Arising from Domestic Violence
(i) The definition
of domestic violence is found in clause 2, Definitions of this award;
(ii) Leave
entitlements provided for in clause 46, Family and Community Service Leave, clause
42 Sick leave to care for Family Member and clause 40, Sick Leave, may be used
by staff members experiencing domestic violence;
(iii) Where the
leave entitlements referred to in subclause 51A (ii) are exhausted, the
Clerk(s) shall grant Special Leave as per subclause 51(vii);
(iv) The Clerk(s)
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;
(v) Personal
information concerning domestic violence will be kept confidential by the
agency;
(vi) The Clerk(s),
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.
5. This variation
shall take effect on and from 15 February 2011.
C.G.
STAFF J
____________________
Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.