Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2006

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Public Employment Office.

 

(No. IRC 1772 of 2007)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete clause 1, Arrangement of the award published 10 March 2006 (357 I.G. 1108) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART A

 

1.  Arrangement

 

PART A

 

Clause No.         Subject Matter

 

Section 1 - Framework

 

1.         Arrangement

2.         Title

3.         Definitions

4.         Application

5.         Conditions of Employment

6.         Coverage

7.         Statement of Intent

8.         Work Environment

9.         Grievance and Dispute Settling Procedures

 

Section 2 - Attendance/Hours of Work

 

10.       Local Arrangements

11.       Working Hours

12.       Casual Employment

13.       Part-time Employment

14.       Morning and Afternoon Breaks

15.       Meal Breaks

16.       Variation of Hours

17.       Natural Emergencies and Major Transport Disruptions

18.       Notification of Absence from Duty

19.       Public Holidays

20.       Standard Working Hours

21.       Flexible Working Hours

22.       Rostered Days Off for 38 Hour Week Workers

23.       Non-Compliance

24.       Flexible Work Practices

25.       Existing Hours of Work Determinations

 

Section  3 - Travel Arrangements

 

26.       Travelling Allowances - General

27.       Excess Travelling Time

28.       Waiting Time

29.       Meal Expenses on One day Journeys

30.       Travelling Allowances when staying in Non Government Accommodation

31.       Travelling Allowances when Staying in Government Accommodation

32.       Restrictions on payment of Travelling Allowances

33.       Increase or Reduction in Payment of Travelling Allowances

34.       Production of Receipts

35.       Travelling Distance

 

Section 4 - Allowances and other matters

 

36.       Camping Allowances

37.       Composite Allowance

38.       Allowance Payable for Use of Private Motor Vehicle

39.       Damage to Private Motor Vehicle Used for Work

40.       Camping Equipment Allowance

41.       Allowance for Living in a Remote Area

42.       Assistance to Staff Members Stationed in a Remote Area When Travelling on Recreation Leave

43.       Overseas Travel

44.       Exchanges

45.       Room at Home used as Office

46.       Semi-official Telephones

47.       Flying Allowance

48.       Uniforms, Protective Clothing and Laundry Allowance

49.       Compensation for Damage to or Loss of Staff Member’s Personal Property

50.       Garage and Carport Allowance

51.       Forage for Horses

52.       Community Language Allowance Scheme (CLAS)

53.       First Aid Allowance

54.       Review of Allowances Payable in Terms of This Award

 

Section 5 - Union Consultation, Access & Activities

 

55.       Trade Union Activities Regarded as on Duty

56.       Trade Union Activities Regarded as Special Leave

57.       Trade Union Training Courses

58.       Conditions applying to On-Loan Arrangements

59.       Period of Notice for Trade Union Activities

60.       Access To Facilities by Trade Union Delegates

61.       Responsibilities of the Trade Union Delegate

62.       Responsibilities of the Trade Union

63.       Responsibilities of Workplace Management

64.       Right of Entry Provisions

65.       Travelling and Other Costs of Trade Union Delegates

66.       Industrial Action

67.       Consultation and Technological Change

68.       Deduction of Trade Union Membership Fees

 

Section 6 - Leave

69.       Leave - General Provisions

70.       Absence from Work

71.       Applying for Leave

72.       Parental Leave

73.       Extended Leave

74.       Family and Community Service Leave

75.       Leave Without Pay

76.       Military Leave

77.       Observance of Essential Religious or Cultural Obligations

78.       Recreation Leave

79.       Annual Leave Loading

80.       Sick Leave

81.       Sick Leave - Requirements for Medical Certificate

82.       Sick Leave to Care for a Family Member

83.       Sick Leave - Workers Compensation

84.       Sick leave - Claims Other Than Workers Compensation

85.       Special Leave

 

Section 7 - Training and Professional Development

 

86.       Staff Development and Training Activities

87.       Study Assistance

 

Section 8 - Shiftwork and Overtime

 

88.       Shift Work

89.       Overtime - General

90.       Overtime Worked by Shift Workers

91.       Overtime Worked by Day Workers

92.       Recall to Duty

93.       On Call (Stand-by) and On Call Allowance

94.       Overtime Meal Breaks

95.       Overtime Meal Allowances

96.       Rate of Payment for Overtime

97.       Payment for Overtime or Leave in Lieu

98.       Compensation for Additional Hours Worked by Duty Officer, State Emergency Services

99.       Calculation of Overtime

100.     Provision of Transport in Conjunction with Working of Overtime

 

Section 9 - Miscellaneous

 

101.     Anti-Discrimination

101A   Secure Employment Test Case

102.     Existing Entitlements

103.     Area, Incidence and Duration

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Payment of Allowances - Rates

 

Table 1 - Allowances

 

Schedule A

Schedule B

 

2.          Reformat the numbering in the standard format of (a)(1)(i), and make consequential changes to references and subclauses and paragraphs in the following clauses wherever appearing in the award as follows:

 

Clauses 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 33, 92, and 101A.

 

3.          Delete "Public Employment Office" wherever appearing in the award, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Director of Public Employment"

 

4.          Delete "PEO" wherever appearing in the award, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"DPE"

 

5.          Delete the apostrophe in "Workers" in all references to "Workers Compensation" and to the "Workers Compensation Act" wherever appearing in the award.

 

6.          Delete the definition "Department" and "Public Employment Office" in clause 3, Definitions and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Department means a Department specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1, Part 1, to the Act.

 

Director of Public Employment or DPE has the same meaning as in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.

 

7.          Delete the words "Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2004) Award in the definition "Ordinary hourly rate of pay" in clause 3, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Crown Employees (Public Sector - Salaries 2007) Award

 

8.          Insert an apostrophe in "Officers" in the definition of "Association" in clause 3.

 

9.          Insert after Schedule 1 in clause 6, Coverage the words and commas " , Part 1,"

 

10.        Delete "patter" in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (1) of subclause (c) of clause 12, Casual Employment and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"pattern"

 

11.        Delete "94" in paragraph (2) of subclause (c) of clause 12, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"91"

 

12.        Delete "permanent" in paragraph (7) of subclause (a) of clause 13, Part-Time Employment, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"full-time"

 

13.        Insert "without loss of pay" after "from duty" in the first sentence of subclause (a) of clause 19, Public Holidays.

 

14.        Insert in subclause (s) "or if directed to work, an additional half day's flex leave on another day within that settlement period" after "Good Friday public holiday" in clause 21, Flexible Working Hours.

 

15.        Insert "be" before "undertaken" in paragraph (3) of subclause (c) of clause 27, Excess Travelling Time.

 

16.        Insert "a" after "to" and before "camping" in subclause (c) of clause 36, Camping Allowances.

 

17.        Insert "(CLAS)" after "Scheme" in the clause title 52, Community Language Allowance Scheme.

 

18.        Delete the comma at the end of subclause (b) of clause 53, First Aid Allowance, and insert a full stop.

 

19.        Substitute "parental leave" in clause 72, Parental Leave, for "maternity, adoption or other parent leave" wherever appearing in the clause except in the first sentence.

 

20.        Delete subparagraph (4) of subclause (i) of clause 72, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(4)        Staff member’s request and the Department Head’s decision to be in writing

 

The staff member’s request under 72(h)(1) and the Department Head’s decision made under 72(h)(2) must be recorded in writing.

 

21.        Delete subclause (j) of clause 72, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(j)         A staff member has the right to his/her former position if she/he has taken approved leave or part time work in accordance with subclause (h), and she/he resumes duty immediately after the approved leave or work on a part time basis.

 

22.        Delete the duplicated (d) in clause 74, Family and Community Service Leave, and renumber subclauses accordingly.

 

23.        Delete the box after the words "up to 4 weeks" in subclause (a) of clause 79, Annual Leave Loading.

 

24.        Delete "the Government Medical Officer" in subclause (d), (e) and (g) of clause 81, Sick Leave - Requirements for Medical Certificate, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Healthquest"

 

25.        Insert "Act 1987" after "Workers Compensation" in subclause (a) in the first sentence of clause 84, Sick Leave - Claims Other Than Workers Compensation.

 

26.        Move subclause (d) Daylight saving, of clause 90, Overtime Worked By Shift Workers, to clause 88, Shift Work, and insert as a new subclause 88(n).

 

27.        Delete the box in paragraph (1) of subclause (b) of clause 91, Overtime Worked By Dayworkers, and insert apostrophe in "members".

 

28.        Delete the second full stop in the first sentence of subclause (g) of clause 92, Recall to Duty.

 

29.        Delete the box in subclause (a) of clause 94, Overtime meal breaks, and insert apostrophe in "members".

 

30.        Delete the box in paragraph (6) of subclause (b) of clause 97, Payment for Overtime or Leave in Lieu, and insert apostrophe in "members".

 

31.        Insert words and commas ", Part 1," after "Schedule 1" in subclause (a) of clause 103, Area, Incidence and Duration.

 

32.        Delete Part B - Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 - Allowances

 

Effective 1 July 2007

 

Item No.	Clause No.	Description		Amount
				$
1		Meal expenses on one day journeys
		Capital cities and high cost country centres
		(see list in item 2)
	29(1)	Breakfast		$20.20
	29(2)	Dinner		$38.95
	29(3)	Lunch		$22.65
		Tier 2 and other country centres
		(see list in item 2)
	29(1)	Breakfast		$18.05
	29(2)	Dinner		$35.60
	29(3)	Lunch		$20.65
2		Travelling allowances when staying in non-
		govt accommodation
	30(2)(a)	Capital cities		Per day
		Adelaide		$242.25
		Brisbane		$253.25
		Canberra		$211.25
		Darwin		$238.25
		Hobart		$201.25
		Melbourne		$247.25
		Perth		$233.25
		Sydney		$280.25
	30(2)(a)	High cost country centres		Per day
		Alice Springs (NT)		$195.25
		Ballarat (VIC)		$199.25
		Bendigo (VIC)		$204.75
		Broome (WA)		$250.25
		Bunbury (WA)		$194.25
		Burnie (TAS)		$210.75
		Carnarvon (WA)		$206.75
		Christmas Island (WA)		$217.25
		Cocos (Keeling) Island		$197.25
		Dampier (WA)		$247.25
		Derby (WA)		$236.25
		Devonport (TAS)		$203.75
		Emerald (QLD)		$193.75
		Exmouth (WA)		$224.75
		Geraldton (WA)		$194.25
		Gold Coast (QLD)		$215.25
		Halls Creek (WA)		$222.25
		Horn Island (QLD)		$216.25
		Jabiru (NT)		$287.25
		Kadina (SA)		$194.25
		Kalgoorlie (WA)		$199.75
		Karratha (WA)		$286.25
		Kununurra (WA)		$244.25
		Launceston (TAS)		$198.25
		Mackay (QLD)		$197.25
		Maitland (NSW)		$195.75
		Mount Gambier (SA)		$194.25
		Mount Isa (QLD)		$207.25
		Naracoorte (SA)		$193.25
		Newcastle (NSW)		$202.25
		Newman (WA)		$233.25
		Norfolk Island		$195.25
		Port Hedland (WA)		$276.75
		Port Lincoln (SA)		$193.25
		Port Macquarie (NSW)		$200.25
		Portland (VIC)		$198.25
		Thursday Island (QLD)		$262.25
		Wagga Wagga (NSW)		$197.75
		Warrnambool (VIC)		$196.75
		Weipa (QLD)		$222.25
		Whyalla (SA)		$194.25
		Wollongong (NSW)		$195.75
		Wonthaggi (VIC)		$208.25
		Yulara (NT)		$410.25
	30(2)(a)	Tier 2 country centres		Per day
		Albany (WA)		$180.75
		Bairnsdale (VIC)		$180.75
		Bathurst (NSW)		$180.75
		Bordertown (SA)		$180.75
		Bright (VIC)		$180.75
		Broken Hill (NSW)		$180.75
		Cairns (QLD)		$180.75
		Castlemaine (VIC)		$180.75
		Ceduna (SA)		$180.75
		Dalby (QLD)		$180.75
		Dubbo (NSW)		$180.75
		Echuca (VIC)		$180.75
		Esperance (WA)		$180.75
		Gladstone (QLD)		$180.75
		Horsham (VIC)		$180.75
		Innisfail (QLD)		$180.75
		Orange (NSW)		$180.75
		Port Augusta (SA)		$180.75
		Renmark (SA)		$180.75
		Roma (QLD)		$180.75
		Seymour (VIC)		$180.75
				Per Day
	30(2)(a)	Other country centres		$170.75
	30(2)(b)	Incidental expenses when claiming actual		$15.45
		expenses - all locations
	30(5)	Daily allowance payable after 35 days and		50% of the appropriate
		up to 6 months in the same location - all		location rate
		locations
3	31	Government accommodation - incidental		$15.45
		expenses
4		Camping allowance	Per night
	36(b)(1)	Established camp	$25.20
	36(b)(1)	Non established camp	$33.35
	36(b)(2)	Additional allowance for staff who camp in	$7.95
		excess of 40 nights per year
5	37(b)	Composite allowance (per day)	$120.30
6		Use of private motor vehicle	Cents per kilometre
	38(c)	Official business
		Engine capacity-
		2601cc and over	83.0
		1601cc-2600cc	77.3
		1600cc or less	55.3
	38(c)	Casual rate
		Engine capacity-
		2601cc and over	29.5
		1601cc-2600cc	27.4
		1600cc or less	23.1
		Motor cycle allowance
		Normal business	36.4
	38(h)(2)	During transport disruptions	18.3
	38(g)	Towing trailer or horse float	10.7
		Transport allowance
		Engine capacity-
		Over 1600cc	35.4
		1600cc and under	29.6
7		Camping equipment allowance	Per night
	40(b)	Camping equipment allowance	$24.90
	40(c)	Bedding and sleeping bag	$4.15
8		Remote areas allowance	Per annum
		With dependants
	41(b)(1)	- Grade A	$1597 pa
	41(b)(2)	- Grade B	$2118 pa
	41(b)(3)	- Grade C	$2829 pa
		Without dependants
	41(b)(1)	- Grade A	$1114 pa
	41(b)(2)	- Grade B	$1485 pa
	41(b)(3)	- Grade C	$1982 pa
9	42(a)	Assistance to staff members stationed in a
		remote area when travelling on recreation
		leave
		By private motor vehicle	Appropriate casual rate
			up to a maximum of
			2850 kms less $39.35
		Other transport - with dependants	Actual reasonable
			expenses in excess of
			$39.35 and up to
			$263.70
		Other transport - without dependants	Actual reasonable
			expenses in excess of
			$39.35 and up to
			$130.20
		Rail travel	Actual rail fare less
			$39.35
10	43	Insurance cover	Up to $A 1,173
11	44(b)	Exchanges	Actual cost
12	45(a)	Room at home used as office	$728pa
13	93(a)	On-call (stand-by) and on-call allowance	0.73 per hour
		(effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2007)
14	47	Flying allowance (effective ffpp on or after 1	$15.60 per hour
		July 2007)
15	48(a)	Uniforms, protective clothing and laundry	$3.85 per week
		allowance
16	50(a)	Garage and carport allowance	Per annum
		- Garage allowance	$515 pa
		- Carport allowance	$114 pa
17	52(a)	Community language allowance scheme	Per annum
		(effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2007)
		- Base Level Rate	$1036 pa
		- Higher Level Rate	$1,556 pa
18	53(a)	First aid allowance (effective ffpp on or after	Per annum
		1 July 2007)
		- Holders of basic qualifications	$666 pa
		- Holders of current occupational first aid	$1002 pa
		certificate
19	95(a)	Overtime meal allowances	Effective 1 July 2007
		Breakfast	$22.60
		Lunch	$22.60
		Dinner	$22.60
		Supper	$8.70

 

 

 

A. W. MACDONALD, Commissioner.

 

 

 

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