TEACHERS NON GOVERNMENT (ENGLISH COLLEGES)

(STATE) AWARD 2003

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by the New South Wales Independent Education Union, industrial organisation of employees.

 

(No. IRC 2506 of 2003)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.          Delete subclause (b) of clause 2, Definitions, of the award published 22 August 2003 (341 I.G. 79), and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(b)        "Casual teacher" means:

 

(i)         a short-term casual teacher who is a teacher engaged by the hour or the day as required by the college for less than four weeks.  Provided that nothing in this clause shall mean that a teacher cannot be engaged as short-term casual on more than one occasion, provided further that each such occasion is less than four weeks; and

 

(ii)        an extended casual teacher who is a teacher engaged by the hour or the day as required by the college for not less than four weeks.

 

2.          Delete paragraph (a), of subclause 3.8 of clause 3, Rates of Pay and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(a)        One or more engagements of a sessional teacher with a college shall be deemed to be continuous unless more than six days elapse between those engagements provided that any engagement within that six-day period which is only to provide relief teaching for a specific purpose shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining continuity.

 

3.          Delete paragraph (a) of subclause 14.1 of clause 14, Terms of Engagement and Information to be Provided to Teachers, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(a)        A college shall; provide a teacher other than a short-term casual teacher on appointment with a letter stating, inter alia, the teacher's classification and rate of salary as at appointment, the normal hours that will be required and entitlements to superannuation (and related obligations of the teacher) pursuant to clause 17, Superannuation.

 

In the case of a sessional teacher, the letter shall also state the length of engagement.

 

4.          This variation shall come into force on and from 9 October 2003.

 

 

 

M. SCHMIDT  J.

 

 

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