Ambulance Service of New South Wales - Sydney
Ambulance Centre (Employee Car Parking) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996.
(Case No. 288177 of 2018)
Before Chief Commissioner Kite
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13 March 2019
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REVIEWED
AWARD
Preamble
The Sydney Ambulance Centre (SAC), operated by the Ambulance
Service of New South Wales (the Service), is located within leased premises at Australia
Technology Park (ATP), Eveleigh, Sydney, New South Wales.
Employees of the Service employed at the Sydney Ambulance
Centre have sought provision of access to secure car parking facilities at ATP
at rates subsidised by the Service.
Secure parking at ATP is available only at a commercial
facility.
This Award provides for specific subsidies to employees of
the Service who, subject to the terms of the Award, subscribe for allocation of
car parking at the facility operated by ATP, where the car parking space to be
utilised is leased by the Service from ATP.
PART 1
Definitions
"The Service" means The Ambulance Service of New
South Wales.
"ATP" means the Australia Technology Park,
Eveleigh.
"Employee" means an employee of the Service whose
normal place of employment is the SAC, Eveleigh.
“SAC employee” means an employee of the Service whose normal
place of employment is the SAC, Eveleigh, including employees of the Medical
Retrieval Unit (MRU).
PART 2
Car Parking Subsidy for Employees
(1) The following
arrangements shall apply on and from 22 February 2019.
(2) The Employer
will subsidise a maximum of 50 car spots which may be shared among SAC
employees.
(i) SAC
Employees who wish to subscribe to the car parking arrangement provided by this
Award must agree to contribute to the cost of parking under the terms of this
Award for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
(3) Car Parking
Subsidy - SAC Employees
(i) Where
no less than 25 SAC employees agree to subscribe, and continue to subscribe, to
car parking arrangements in accordance with the terms of this Award, the
Service shall make available to those employees such car parking spaces at a
ATP car parking facility as are agreed between the Service and the car park
provider.
(ii) Where no less
than 25 and no more than 50 SAC employees agree to subscribe to the car parking
arrangement, each such employee shall contribute $47.85 per week toward the
cost of the parking by way of payroll deduction.
(iii) Where more than
50 SAC employees subscribe to the car parking arrangement, each employee shall
contribute an equal amount per week, which shall be reduced proportionately
from the amount of $47.85 per week for each employee in excess of 50 employees
who subscribes to the car parking arrangement i.e. Where 100 such employees
subscribe, the contribution per employee shall be $23.95, calculated as
follows: 50/100 x $47.85 per week.
(iv) Employee
contributions under this Award shall be adjusted in direct proportion to
variations to the cost to the service of the car parking spaces charged.
(4) No Further
Claims
(i) The
employees (and their union) undertake not to pursue any extra claims award or
over award, arising from or connected with, directly or indirectly, the
provision of car parking for employees at SAC.
(ii) The benefits
of this Award apply only to SAC employees and identified MRU employees in
Schedule 1 while their normal place of work remains the SAC at Eveleigh.
(5) Dispute
Resolution
(i) The
provisions of clause 42, Issues Resolution, of the Operational Ambulance
Officers (State) Award published 14 September 2018 (383 I.G. 1276), as updated
or replaced from time to time, shall be used by the parties to resolve any
disputes or grievances arising out of the operation of this Award.
(6) Commencement
and Term of Award
(i) The
changes made to the award following the Award Review pursuant to section 19(6)
of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and Principle 26 of the Principles
for Review of Awards made by the Industrial Relations Commission of New South
Wales on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G. 359) take effect on and from 22 February 2019.
(iii) This award
remains in force until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made
already having expired.
P. M. KITE, Chief Commissioner
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.