SYDNEY LIGHT RAIL (STATE)
AWARD 1997
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Notice of award review pursuant to section 19 of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996.
(No. IRC 3618 of
1999)
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Before the Honourable Justice Marks
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24 July 2000
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclauses (i) and (ii) of clause 2, Definitions, of the award published 13
March 1998 (303 I.G. 946), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(i) "Employer"
means Pyrmont Light Rail Pty Company (or such other person engaging employees
for the Sydney Light Rail Project in the classifications referred to in clause
7, Classification Structures).
(ii) "Union"
shall mean The Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union, New South Wales,
known as the RTBU.
2. Delete
clause 3, Objectives, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
3. Objectives
The employer and employees bound by this award recognise
that meeting the needs of internal and external customers is critical to the
future success of Sydney Light Rail (SLR) and this objective can be achieved
by:
creating a culture that supports the delivery of a
reliable, efficient and cost effective service that meets the needs of SLR
customers at every level of the organisation;
provision of high quality service delivery at all times
to enhance the image of SLR as a service provider and Pyrmont Light Rail
Company as an employer;
continuing to seek improved work practices and
efficiencies resulting in real and sustainable improvements in productivity,
with appropriate communication and consultative strategies with the union and
the employees;
recognising all employees as individuals and providing
the climate and expectation that everyone will be treated with fairness,
integrity and respect in a work environment that provides for equal employment
opportunity;
providing job satisfaction, competency based career
opportunities linked to improved remuneration, improved quality of work life
that allows for the utilisation of individual employee skills and talent.
Subject to the consultation provided for in clause 39,
Consultative Procedures, the parties are committed to a process of continued
improvement that may include but not be limited to:
continual review of work practices to identify areas of
improvement to productivity and implementing agreed changes to work practices
to ensure that measurable customer service standards are achieved;
continual review of employment practices within a
framework of team building, redesigning jobs that provide for multi-skilling
and best practice being achieved;
enhanced empowerment of individual employees through
flatter supervisory structure and reporting relationships, to be able to
achieve total quality service and measurement strategies.
3. Insert
after paragraph (e) of subclause (i) of clause 9, Hours of Work, the following
new paragraph (f):
(f) Employees
who are paid an annual wage as classified in clause 7, Classification
Structures, shall have shift rosters and overtime included into their Total
Annual Wage.
4. Delete
subclause (d) of clause 30, Sick Leave, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
(d) Employees
shall not be entitled to paid leave of absence for any period in respect of
which there is entitlement under the Injury Management and Workers’
Compensation Act 1998.
5. This
variation shall take effect on and from 24 July 2000.
F. MARKS J.
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.