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 220 of 2011)
Before The Honourable
Mr Justice Staff
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17 February 2011
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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:
80A. Leave for
Matters Arising from Domestic Violence
2. Insert in
alphabetical order in clause 3, 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 (j) of clause 80 Special Leave, the following new subclause:
(k) Matters arising
from domestic violence situations.
When the leave entitlements referred to in Clause 80A
Leave for Matters Arising From Domestic Violence have been exhausted, the
Managing Director 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 80, Special Leave, the following new clause:
80A. Leave for
Matters Arising from Domestic Violence
(a) The definition
of domestic violence is found in clause 3, Definitions, of this award;
(b) Leave
entitlements provided for in clause 68, Family and Community Service Leave,
clause 75, Sick Leave and clause 72, Personal Carers leave, may be used by
staff members experiencing domestic violence;
(c) Where the leave
entitlements referred to in subclause 80A (b) are exhausted, the Managing
Director shall grant Special Leave as per subclause 80(k);
(d) The Managing
Director 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 Managing
Director, 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
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