Operational
Ambulance Managers (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996.
(No. IRC 187 of 2012)
Before The Honourable Mr
Justice Staff
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16 April 2012
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REVIEWED
AWARD
1. Delete the
definition "The Department" appearing in
clause 4, Definitions, of the award published 11 February 2011 (371 I.G. 85)
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"The Ministry" means the Ministry of Health.
2. Delete the
definition "Service" appearing in the said clause 4, and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
"Service" means continuous service with one
or more District Committees prior to 13 April 1973, and continuous service as a
servant of the New South Wales Ambulance Board on and from 13 April 1973, and
continuous service as a servant of the Commission on and from 1 January 1977
and continuous service as a servant of the Corporation on and from 17 August
1982 and continuous service with the NSW Department of Health on and from 17
March 2006, and continuous service with the Ministry of Health on and from 5
October 2011.
3. Delete
subclause (a) in clause 12, Public Holidays, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
(a) For the purpose
of this clause, the following shall be public holidays, viz: New Year’s Day,
Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen’s
Birthday, Local Labour Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day and any other standard
public holiday declared under section 4 of part 2 of the Public Holiday Act
2010.
4. Delete clause
17, Travel Allowance, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
17. Travel Allowances
Employees shall be granted travelling allowances on
such terms and conditions prescribed by the Ministry’s Policy Directive
2009_016 Travel - Official or its subsequent replacements.
5. Delete clause
23, Family & Community Services Leave and Personal/Carer’s Leave, and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
23. Family and
Community Services Leave and Personal/Carer’s Leave
Employees shall be granted family and community
services leave and personal/carer’s leave in accordance with the provisions of
the Ministry’s Policy Directive 2007_031 Family and Community Services Leave
and Personal/Carer’s Leave or its subsequent replacements.
6. Delete clause
26, Trade Union Leave, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
26. Trade Union Leave
Employees shall be granted Trade Union Leave on such terms
and conditions prescribed by the Ministry’s Policy Directive 2006_097 Trade
Union Activities or its subsequent replacements.
7. Delete clause
30, Redundancy-Managing Displayed Employees, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
30. Redundancy-Managing
Displaced Employees
Employees shall be entitled to the provisions of the
Ministry’s Policy Directive 2007_085 Managing Displaced Staff of the NSW Health
Service or its subsequent replacement.
8. Delete
subclause (j) of clause 33, Issues Resolution, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
(j) All matters in
dispute arising out of the application of this Award may be referred to a
Disputes Committee consisting of not more than six (6) members with equal
representation of the Ministry and the Union. Such Committee shall have the
power to investigate all matters in dispute and report to the Ministry and the
Union, respectively, with such recommendation as it may think right and in the
event of no mutual decision being arrived at by the Committee, the matter in
dispute may be referred to the Industrial Relations Commission of N.S.W.
9. Delete
subclause (b) of clause 36, Leave Reserved and No Extra Claims, and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
(b) The Award
arrangements for Operations Centres, including a new Award, classification
structures, rates of pay and conditions of employment.
No additional claims to the Award can be pursued during
the life of the 2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the
Union, which ceases on 30 June 2014, excepting the matters in (a) and (b)
above. Following the expiry of the Memorandum on 30 June 2014, the parties are
entitled to pursue variations to salaries, salary related allowances and
conditions of employment from 1 July 2014 onwards, which may include
instituting proceedings before the Commission if the parties are unable to
achieve agreement.
10. Delete clause
37, Area, Incidence and Duration, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
37. Area, Incidence
and Duration
(a) This Award
rescinds and replaces the Operational Ambulance Managers (State) Award
published 26 June 2009 (368 I.G. 527) and all variations thereof.
(b) This Award shall
apply to persons employed in classifications contained herein employed by the
Ambulance Service of New South Wales.
(c) This Award takes
effect from 24 December 2010 and shall remain in force for a period of three
years.
(d) The changes made
to the award pursuant to 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 NSW on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G.
359) take effect on 16 April 2012.
C.G.
STAFF J
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.