Crown
Employees (Audit Office) 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 March 2011
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VARIATION
1. Insert in the
Arrangement of Annexure 4 of the award, published 31 December 2010 (370 I.G.
580), the following new clause number and subject matter:
6.18 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 6.17.8 of clause 6.17, Special Leave of Annexure 4, the following new
subclause:
6.17.9 Matters arising
from domestic violence situations.
When the leave entitlements referred to in clause 6.18
Leave for Matters Arising From Domestic Violence have been exhausted, the Audit
Office 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 6.17, Special Leave, of Annexure 4, the following new clause:
6.18 Leave for
Matters Arising from Domestic Violence
6.18.1 The definition of
domestic violence is found in clause 2, Definitions, of this award;
6.18.2 Leave
entitlements provided for in clause 6.5 Family and Community Services Leave,
6.12 Sick Leave and 6.14, Sick Leave to Care for a Family Member, in Annexure 4
may be used by employees experiencing domestic violence;
6.18.3 Where the leave
entitlements referred to in subclause 6.8.2 are exhausted, the Audit Office
shall grant Special Leave as per clause 6.17.9;
6.18.4 The Audit Office
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;
6.18.5 Personal
information concerning domestic violence will be kept confidential by the Audit
Office;
6.18.6 The Audit Office
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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the authority of the Industrial Registrar.