Country Energy Far West Interim
Award 2008
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Notification under section 130 by Country Energy of a
dispute with Barrier Industrial Council and others re negotiations for
replacement award.
(No. IRC 852 of 2008)
Before The Honourable
Mr Deputy President Harrison
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9 September 2008
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AWARD
Contents
Definitions
Clause No. Subject Matter
1. Anti-Discrimination
2. Coverage
and Parties
3. Date and
period of Operation
4. Objectives
5. Future
Negotiations
5A Secure
Employment
6. Collective
Enterprise Awards
7. Consultative
Process
8. Consultative
Committees
9. Introduction
of Change
10. Unions
delegates’ Rights
11. Grievance
and Dispute Resolution Procedure
12. Disciplinary
and Counselling Procedure
13. Terms of
Employment
14. Permanent
part time Employment
15. Temporary
Employees
16. Casual
Employees
17. Apprentices
and Trainees
18. Appointments
and Grading
19. Mixed
duties and Functions
20. Hours of
Work
21. Flexible
Working Hours
22. Shift Work
23. Quick Shift
24. On call and
Standing By
25. Payment
26. Salary
Sacrifice
27. Overtime -
Other Than for Shift Workers
28. Rest Period
After Overtime
29. Meal time
and Allowances
30. Redundancy
31. Sick Leave
32. Personal
Carer’s Leave
33. Annual Leave
34. Long
Service Leave
35. Parental
Leave
36. Jury
Service
37. Award
Holidays
38. Bereavement
Leave
39. Special
Leave (Water Division)
40. Accident
Pay
41. Travelling
Time and Fares
42. Drivers
Licences
43. Private
Motor Vehicle - Allowances
44. Trade
Unions Leave
45. Training
46. Apprentices/trainees
47. Living Away
48. Camping
49. First Aid
Allowance
50. Leading
Hand Allowance
51. Tools
52. Area
Climate Allowance (BEL, ASU)
53. Aircraft
Allowance (BH electricity & BEL)
54. Climbing
Allowance (BH electricity & BEL)
55. Uniforms/protective
Clothing
56. Wet Weather
and Extreme Conditions
57. Outsourcing
58. No Extra
Claims
59. Leave
Reserved
60. Classifications
and Rates of Pay
61. Allowances
- Table 1 Part B
62. Appendix 1
63. Appendix 2
64. Appendix 3
65. Appendix 4
66. Appendix 5
67. Appendix 6
68. Appendix 7
- Classifications and Rates of Pay
69. Appendix
8 Payroll history
Definitions
Ordinary Pay
"Ordinary Rate of Pay" shall mean the rate of
pay prescribed for work being performed in accordance with the classification
contained within this Award.
Consultative Process
A formal consultative process with employees to achieve
the objectives contained in clause (4) of this Award and to ensure that the
views of employees are taken into account by Country Energy (CE) and that CE
has an informed basis on which to make decisions. The Unions will be entitled to access to the consultative process
detailed in clause (7).
1.
Anti-Discrimination
It is the intention of the parties to seek to achieve the
object in Section 3(f) of the New South Wales Industrial Relations Act
1996 to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the grounds of race, sex,
marital status, disability, homosexuality, transgender identity and age. The parties have obligations to take all
necessary steps to ensure that the operation of the provisions of this Award
are not directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effect.
Under the Anti Discrimination Act 1977, it is
unlawful to victimise an employee because the employee has made or may make or
has been involved in a complaint of unlawful discrimination or harassment.
Nothing in this Clause is to be taken to affect:
a) Any conduct or
act which is specifically exempted from anti discrimination legislation;
b) Offering or
providing junior rates of pay to person’s under 21 years of age;
c) Any act or
practice of a body established to propagate religion which is exempted under
Section 56(d) of the Anti Discrimination Act 1977;
d) a party to this
Award from pursuing matters of unlawful discrimination in any State or Federal
jurisdiction.
This Clause does not create legal rights or obligations in
addition to those imposed upon the parties by the legislation referred to in
this Clause.
2. Coverage and
Parties
(i) This Award shall
apply to Country Energy and its employees.
(ii) This Award
governs all employment, wages, and conditions of the employees to whom this
Award applies and takes precedence and overrides any previous award, agreement
or contract.
(iii) This Award
shall be registered in the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
as the "Country Energy Far West Interim Award 2008". The parties are
Country Energy, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Mining and
General Division (South Western District) NSW Branch, Broken Hill Town
Employees’ Union (TEU) and United Services Union (ASU) affiliated with the
Barrier Industrial Council.
(iv) For the
avoidance of doubt this Award is not intended to apply to any employee if that
employee is receiving a Total Remuneration Package which exceeds the highest
classification (inclusive of super) as detailed in the classifications &
rates of pay under this Award.
3. Date and Period of
Operation
This Award shall commence on 11th July 2008 and remain in force
for two years.
4. Objectives
The parties to this Award will work towards the achievement
of the following objectives:
(i) Country
Energy’s values, business objectives and key performance areas, eliminating
workplace accidents and delighting our customers.
(ii) To be the
leading and preferred provider of retailing, distribution, maintenance and
construction of water, energy and utility services to inland Australia.
(iii) Development of
on going career opportunities and the development of training and occupational
health and safety programs and policies.
(iv) Commitment to
and involvement in Country Energy’s quality service and continuous improvement
programs.
(v) Commitment to
and involvement in consultative processes for continuous organisational
improvement.
(vi) Commitment to
and involvement in the agreed dispute settlement procedure.
(vii) To recognise
the contributions of all employees to improvements in productivity, efficiency,
and their participation in the achievement of these objectives.
(viii) To provide
terms and conditions of employment in conjunction with Country Energy’s
policies with a view to maximising job security.
5. Future
Negotiations
At least six (6) months before the nominal expiry date of
this Award the parties shall commence negotiations for a replacement Award.
5A. Secure Employment
(a) Objective of
this Clause
The objective of this clause is for the employer to
take all reasonable steps to provide its employees with secure employment by
maximising the number of permanent positions in the employer’s workforce, in
particular by ensuring that casual employees have an opportunity to elect to
become full-time or part-time employees.
(b) Casual
Conversion
(i) A casual
employee engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for
a sequence of periods of employment under this Award during a calendar period
of six months shall thereafter have the right to elect to have his or her
ongoing contract of employment converted to permanent full-time employment or
part-time employment if the employment is to continue beyond the conversion
process prescribed by this subclause.
(ii) Every employer
of such a casual employee shall give the employee notice in writing of the
provisions of this sub-clause within four weeks of the employee having attained
such period of six months. However, the employee retains his or her right of
election under this subclause if the employer fails to comply with this notice
requirement.
(iii) Any casual
employee who has a right to elect under paragraph (b)(i), upon receiving notice
under paragraph (b)(ii) or after the expiry of the time for giving such notice,
may give four weeks’ notice in writing to the employer that he or she seeks to
elect to convert his or her ongoing contract of employment to full-time or
part-time employment, and within four weeks of receiving such notice from the
employee, the employer shall consent to or refuse the election, but shall not
unreasonably so refuse. Where an employer refuses an election to convert, the
reasons for doing so shall be fully stated and discussed with the employee
concerned, and a genuine attempt shall be made to reach agreement. Any dispute
about a refusal of an election to convert an ongoing contract of employment
shall be dealt with as far as practicable and with expedition through the
disputes settlement procedure.
(iv) Any casual
employee who does not, within four weeks of receiving written notice from the
employer, elect to convert his or her ongoing contract of employment to
full-time employment or part-time employment will be deemed to have elected
against any such conversion.
(v) Once a casual
employee has elected to become and been converted to a full-time employee or a
part-time employee, the employee may only revert to casual employment by
written agreement with the employer.
(vi) If a casual
employee has elected to have his or her contract of employment converted to
full-time or part-time employment in accordance with paragraph (b)(iii), the
employer and employee shall, in accordance with this paragraph, and subject to
paragraph (b)(iii), discuss and agree upon:
(1) whether the
employee will convert to full-time or part-time employment; and
(2) if it is agreed
that the employee will become a part-time employee, the number of hours and the
pattern of hours that will be worked either consistent with any other part-time
employment provisions of this award or pursuant to a part time work agreement
made under Chapter 2, Part 5 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW).
Provided that an employee who has worked on a full-time
basis throughout the period of casual employment has the right to elect to
convert his or her contract of employment to full-time employment and an
employee who has worked on a part-time basis during the period of casual
employment has the right to elect to convert his or her contract of employment
to part-time employment, on the basis of the same number of hours and times of
work as previously worked, unless other arrangements are agreed between the employer
and the employee.
(vii) Following an
agreement being reached pursuant to paragraph (vi), the employee shall convert
to full-time or part-time employment. If there is any dispute about the
arrangements to apply to an employee converting from casual employment to
full-time or part-time employment, it shall be dealt with as far as practicable
and with expedition through the disputes settlement procedure.
(viii) An employee
must not be engaged and re-engaged, dismissed or replaced in order to avoid any
obligation under this subclause.
(c) Occupational
Health and Safety
(i) For the
purposes of this subclause, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) A "labour
hire business" is a business (whether an organisation, business
enterprise, company, partnership, co-operative, sole trader, family trust or
unit trust, corporation and/or person) which has as its business function, or
one of its business functions, to supply staff employed or engaged by it to
another employer for the purpose of such staff performing work or services for
that other employer.
(2) A "contract
business" is a business (whether an organisation, business enterprise,
company, partnership, co-operative, sole trader, family trust or unit trust,
corporation and/or person) which is contracted by another employer to provide a
specified service or services or to produce a specific outcome or result for
that other employer which might otherwise have been carried out by that other
employer’s own employees.
(ii) Any employer
which engages a labour hire business and/or a contract business to perform work
wholly or partially on the employer’s premises shall do the following (either
directly, or through the agency of the labour hire or contract business):
(1) consult with
employees of the labour hire business and/or contract business regarding the workplace occupational health
and safety consultative arrangements;
(2) provide
employees of the labour hire business and/or contract business with appropriate
occupational health and safety induction training including the appropriate
training required for such employees to perform their jobs safely;
(3) provide
employees of the labour hire business and/or contract business with appropriate
personal protective equipment and/or clothing and all safe work method
statements that they would otherwise supply to their own employees; and
(4) ensure employees
of the labour hire business and/or contract business are made aware of any
risks identified in the workplace and the procedures to control those risks.
(iii) Nothing in
this subclause (c) is intended to affect or detract from any obligation or
responsibility upon a labour hire business arising under the Occupational
Health and Safety Act 2000 or the Workplace Injury Management and Workers
Compensation Act 1998.
(d) Disputes
Regarding the Application of this Clause
Where a dispute arises as to the application or
implementation of this clause, the matter shall be dealt with pursuant to the
disputes settlement procedure of this award.
(e) This clause has no
application in respect of organisations which are properly registered as Group
Training Organisations under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 (or
equivalent interstate legislation) and are deemed by the relevant State
Training Authority to comply with the national standards for Group Training
Organisations established by the ANTA Ministerial Council.
6. Collective
Enterprise Awards
CE is committed to collective bargaining and will not enter
into individual employment contracts with employees covered by this Award
without the agreement of the Union representing the employee.
When employees move through the highest classification
(inclusive of super) as detailed in the classifications & rates of pay
under this award, they may elect to enter into individual contracts with
CE. This is optional and at the
discretion of both the employee and employer.
Any contract offers will be advised to the relevant Union as
per our Award relating to consultation (refer to clause 7).
7. Consultative. Process
The parties concerned will use this consultative process
where alternatives to this Award’s provisions are being considered.
Participation in the consultative process by all parties
shall be from the onset where alternatives to the provisions of this Award are
being considered.
(i) All parties
concerned are to be involved in the analysis and decision making process about
a proposed alternative arrangement.
(ii) Country Energy
will take all possible means to ensure that any adverse effect on an employee
will be minimised or resolved.
(iii) Employees,
their Union or Country Energy may initiate the consultative process.
8. Consultative
Committees
(i) Consultative
committees will be established by mutual agreement by the parties to this
Award. A consultative committee shall
comprise representatives of Country Energy and employees.
(ii) The role of a
consultative committee shall be to discuss and develop methods of achieving the
objectives of this Award, addressing difficulties or impediments to the achievement
of those objectives, and developing alternative arrangements permitted under
this Award.
(iii) The form,
structure and procedures of consultative committee meetings shall be determined
by agreement between Country Energy and the employees.
(iv) The members of
a consultative committee reserve the right to seek advice on matters under
discussion by the consultative committee.
(v) Consultative
committees shall not be utilised in respect of matters, which are being or
should be processed pursuant to the Grievances and Disputes Settlement
procedures.
(vi) Senior
management and the Unions may attend and participate in consultative committee
meetings.
9. Introduction of
Change
(i) Where Country
Energy (CE) makes a decision to introduce major changes in production, program,
organisation, structure or technology for reasons of an economic,
technological, structural or similar nature, that will have significant effects
on employees, CE shall consult with the staff and Union/s who may be affected.
(ii) "Significant
effects" include termination of employment, major changes in the
composition, operation and size of Country Energy’s workforce or in the skills
required; the elimination or diminution of job opportunities, promotion
opportunities or job tenure; the alteration of hours of work; the need for
retraining or transfer of employees to other work or locations and the
restructuring of jobs.
(iii) CE shall
discuss with employees affected and the Union/s, the effects the changes are
likely to have on employees and measures to minimise their impact on employees,
and shall give prompt response to matters raised by the employees and the
Union/s.
(iv) For the purpose
of this sub clause, consultation means the parties will consult and confer.
Nothing in this sub clause should imply that consultation includes negotiation,
nor should it imply agreement.
10. Union Delegates’
Rights
Union Delegates at Country Energy shall have the right to:
(i) Approach, or be
approached by a member for the payment of Unions dues or other payments, or to
discuss any matter related to this member’s employment, during working hours.
(ii) After advising
the employer upon arrival and obtaining permission the right of the Union
organiser/official and the Union delegate to move freely for the purpose of
consulting other delegates during working hours and to negotiate with the
management together with other Union delegates on behalf of all or part of the
members and on any matters in accord with Unions policy affecting the employment
of members.
(iii) Call meetings
and for members to attend these meetings on the job, such meetings to be
outside of work time unless prior permission obtained.
(iv) Have protection
from victimisation and this right to be expressed in prohibiting the employer
seeking to separate the Union delegate from the Union members that elected them
without first consulting with the Unions.
(v) Have access to a
telephone, computer, intranet and internet, to have within their work proximity
suitable cupboards and furniture to enable them to keep records, Union
circulars, receipt books, etc so as to efficiently carry out the Union
responsibilities.
(vi) Place notices
on notice boards after advising the employer of the notice details. Notices can be placed on notice boards
dealing with matters of interest to members and within the policy of Country
Energy.
(vii) Attend meetings
(e.g. regional, organisational or delegates) held by the Union in which they
hold office without loss of any or rights following the approval of the Country
Energy.
(viii) Have all Awards
and arrangements negotiated with Country Energy set out in writing, and for
these Awards and arrangements to be provided to delegates on request.
11. Grievance and
Dispute Resolution Procedure.
(i) Workplace
grievances should be prevented, and disputes resolved, by the provision of
information and explanation, and by consultation, co-operation and negotiation,
as quickly as possible, and at the lowest level possible within Country Energy.
(ii) When an employee
believes that a grievance or dispute has arisen or is likely to occur,
regarding an employment matter, the following steps will be taken:
Step 1.
The employee will discuss with their supervisor the
substance of the grievance or dispute and will state the remedy sought. The
supervisor will investigate the grievance or dispute and will respond to the
employee within two working days.
Step 2.
Should the grievance or dispute remain unresolved, the
employee will notify the relevant departmental or divisional manager, in
writing, of the substance of the grievance or dispute, state the remedy sought,
and request a meeting to discuss the matter. The departmental or divisional
manager will investigate the grievance or dispute, will respond to the employee
within two working days and will, if necessary, arrange a meeting of all
concerned parties, including the Unions, to address and resolve the matter. The
meeting will be conducted within five working days, or such longer period as
may be determined by mutual agreement.
Step 3.
Should the grievance or dispute remain unresolved, a
conference will be arranged, by mutual agreement, for Country Energy and the
Union to address and resolve the matter
Step 4.
Should the grievance or dispute remain unresolved, Country
Energy or the Union may refer the matter to the appropriate industrial tribunal
for resolution.
(iii) An employee
will be entitled to seek the advice, assistance and attendance of their Union
Delegate or Industrial Officer, or an employee representative, at any stage of
this procedure.
(iv) This procedure
will not prevent Country Energy or the Union from making direct representations
to one another on any matter giving rise, or likely to give rise, to a
grievance or dispute.
(v) During the
application of the grievance and dispute resolution procedure, the normal work
situation that existed prior to the grievance or dispute arising will, where
practicable, be maintained and no party will be prejudiced.
12. Disciplinary and
Counselling Procedure
(i) Country Energy
shall promulgate and implement an agreed disciplinary and counselling procedure
containing provisions for the downgrading of employees who breach safety
standards in force at Country Energy.
(ii) Country Energy
shall promulgate and implement with agreement by the parties to this Award, a
disciplinary and counselling procedure containing provisions for the
downgrading of employees who breach safety standards in force at Country
Energy.
(iii) The intent of
the procedure is that disciplinary action be used as a last resort.
(iv) In most
instances relating to the performance or conduct of staff, counselling of staff
members should be considered as an alternative to embarking on more formal
disciplinary action. In any case (with the exception of serious misconduct),
counselling should be the preliminary step to disciplinary procedures.
(v) To immediately
categorise a situation as disciplinary would generally be counter-productive
and may create an antagonistic environment, making positive improvement
difficult to achieve. Immediate disciplinary action would also deny the staff
member’s right to respond at the earliest opportunity to any concerns and could
discourage the disclosure of the cause of any problem.
(vi) An
investigation team will assess each case before any decision is made to down
grade an employee. The team will
consist of the representative from HR, the supervisor/manager and Union
representative.
Appeals
(i) An employee
against whom disciplinary action has been taken has a right to appeal. Any
appeal shall be lodged within 14 days of receiving a copy of CE’s
determination. Appeals are to be lodged
with the General Manager Human Resources and will include a written notice of
appeal specifying the grounds for appeal against the Investigating Committee’s
determination, together with the submissions the employee wishes to have
considered in support of the appeal.
(ii) Upon receipt
of a written notice of appeal the GMHR in consultation shall convene an Appeal
Committee consisting of the GMHR, Union representative and an independent
officer. The appeals committee will be independent of the investigation
committee (as described in 12 (v) above).
(iii) The Appeal
Committee shall consider the Investigating Committee's determination and
reasons and the employee’s grounds of appeal and submissions, together with any
other material that it may call for.
(iv) The Appeal
Committee shall not be obliged to conduct a hearing or receive oral submissions
nor shall the rules of evidence apply to its deliberations.
(v) The Appeal
Committee shall determine the appeal by allowing it in whole or in part, in
which event it shall set aside CE’s determination in regard to disciplinary
action and substitute its own determination as the determination of CE, or
dismiss the appeal in which event the disciplinary action taken by CE shall be
of full force and effect.
13. Terms of
Employment
(i) Notice of
Termination:
(a) To terminate
employment, an employee shall give written notice of termination of employment
of not less than four days. Country
Energy shall give written notice of termination of employment of not less than
four weeks. The period of notice may be reduced by mutual Award.
(b) Where an
employee is over 45 years of age and has completed at least two years’
continuous service with Country Energy, an additional week of notice must be
given by the employer.
(c) Except where the
period of notice is reduced by mutual agreement, payment or part payment in
lieu of notice shall be made by Country Energy if the full notice or part
notice is not given. If the employee
fails to give notice or gives incomplete notice, Country Energy shall withhold
an amount of money for the period of notice not given from any termination
payment due to the employee.
(d) The period of
notice shall not apply to summary dismissal.
(ii) Time off Work
during the Period of Notice
An employee working during notice of termination (notice
given by the employer) shall be allowed at least one day off with pay to look
for work. Time off shall be convenient
to the employee after consultation with Country Energy. Further time off may be granted at Country
Energy’s discretion.
(iii) Statement of
Employment
(a) Country Energy
shall, give an employee whose employment has been terminated, a written
statement specifying the period of employment and the classification and type
of work performed by the employee.
(b) Country Energy
will provide telephone references relating to former CE employees from
prospective employers when requested.
14. Permanent Part
Time Employment
(i) A part time
employee is an employee who works less than the number of ordinary hours worked
by full time employees. Unless
otherwise mutually agreed between the employer and the employee, the minimum
number of days to be worked per week under this clause is two (2).
(ii) Part time
employees shall be paid an hourly rate calculated by dividing the appropriate
salary by the number of hours worked by full time employees in the same
classification.
(iii) A part time
employee shall be entitled to Award conditions. Annual leave, long service leave and all other authorised leave
shall be on a proportional basis as the employee’s average hours of work relate
to those worked by full time employees.
(iv) A part time
employee shall receive overtime rates for any time worked in excess of the
ordinary hours specified for a full time employee.
15. Temporary
Employees
(i) A temporary
employee is an employee employed temporarily for a period of not more than
twelve months and includes a temporary part-time employee. At the expiration of that period, work
requirements will be reviewed in consultation with the Unions.
(ii) A casual
employee shall not be employed as a temporary employee.
(iii) Temporary
employment shall not be used as alternative to full time employment
(iv) Full time or
part time temporary employees shall be paid the rate of pay as is applicable
for the classification to which they have been appointed.
(v) Temporary
employee shall be entitled to the same wage, conditions and entitlements as a
permanent employee in the same classification as the temporary employee,
together with agreed superannuation, long service leave and sick leave
provisions calculated on a pro-rata basis.
16. Casual Employees
Refer Clause: 59, Leave Reserved
(i) A casual
employee is one engaged intermittently in work of an irregular, occasional
and/or unexpected nature, and who is engaged and paid by the hour. Full time,
part time and temporary employees are not casual employees.
(ii) Casual
employees are not to be used as fulltime employees nor work fulltime hours.
(iii) A casual
employee shall be paid the hourly rate of pay for the appropriate
classification plus a loading of (20%) with a minimum payment of three hours
pay for each start. The (20%) casual loading is not included in the calculation
of overtime.
(iv) The casual
loading is in lieu of annual leave, sick leave and award holidays.
(v) Casual employees
required to work on a penalty shift or public holiday shall be paid the
appropriate penalty in addition to their casual rate of pay.
17. Apprentices and
Trainees
(i) The provisions
of this Award apply to apprentices and trainees employed by Country Energy.
(ii) Employment as
an apprentice or trainee shall not continue beyond the completion of the term
of the apprenticeship or traineeship unless further employment is offered and
accepted.
(iii) Recognition
for time served whilst undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship - refer to
clause 34.8 (viii).
18. Appointments and
Grading
Refer Clause: 59, Leave Reserved.
(i) Appointment,
promotion and annual incremental progression shall be subject to:
(a) The employee’s
satisfactory performance of duties and functions and; if training is provided
by CE
(b) The employee
undertaking, employer endorsed training relative to the employee’s duties and
functions whenever required.
(ii) Appointment to
a classification or grade shall be determined by
Country Energy.
(a) Country Energy
shall maintain an agreed job evaluation system to determine the Award
classification rate of pay for each position.
The job evaluation system shall be used where the duties, functions,
responsibilities and skill requirements of a position are altered. Until there
is an agreed evaluation system in place incremental progression shall
occur.
(b) Promotion to a
classification, a higher grading, accelerated progression, shall be determined
by Country Energy having regard for the duties, functions, responsibilities,
skill requirements and work value principles.
(c) An employee who
agrees to work in an equal or lower paid position may be reclassified or
regraded to that position. However, the
employee’s rate of pay shall not be reduced in the first four weeks after
reclassification or regrading. This
provision does not apply in cases of reclassification or regrading under clause
19 (ii) of this Award.
(iii) Where an
employee is not satisfied with a decision relating to appointment or grading,
the employee may apply in writing to the authorised person within 28 days for a
review of the decision.
19. Mixed Duties and
Functions
An employee, who is competent to do so, shall where required
perform alternative work to that usually performed by the employee, without
reduction in pay. This is subject to mutual Award by both parties.
1. Acting Higher
Grade
a) Employee’s in
field positions who perform the work of another employee for a minimum one (1)
full day and for clerical/professional staff who perform the work of another
employee for a minimum of one week which is paid at a higher rate than the
employee’s position, the employee shall be paid according to the employee’s
skills, qualifications and experience but not less than the entry level for the
position.
b) Where an Award
holiday or group of Award holidays occurs during a period when an employee is
acting in a higher paid position, the employee shall be paid for the holiday/s
at the rate for acting in the position.
c) An employee
shall not receive higher grade pay whilst on leave unless the employee has
acted in the position for an aggregate of at least six (6) months during the
twelve (12) month period prior to going on leave or continuously for at least
three (3) months immediately preceding the commencement of the leave.
d) Except where an
employee is relieving an employee who is on approved leave, periods of acting
in a higher grade position shall not exceed six (6) months.
e) At the
completion of the alternate work period an employee shall return to their
former position or a mutually agreed role.
20. Hours of Work
(i) Spread of
Ordinary Hours of Work
Country Energy and its employees
agree there are three objectives to consider in determining the structure of
working hours under this Award:
(a) The most
effective way of servicing the customer; and
(b) The most
effective way of meeting employee's needs for satisfying work, personal
development, health and workplace safety.
(c) The most
efficient production and delivery of the service.
Unless otherwise determined in
accord with the provisions of this Award, standard hours are hours worked
between:
0755 to 1600 hours (water
division),
0730 to 1512 (electricity
northern division)
0730 to 1615 (electricity
southern division)
0715 to 1700 (USU field
staff)
0800 to 1600 (USU
administration staff)
0830 to 1730 (northern
administration staff - RDO)
0830 to 1642 (northern
administration staff No RDO)
Mondays to Fridays inclusive
subject to starting and finishing times.
This spread of hours (standard
hours of work) may be altered by agreement between Country Energy and employees
concerned.
(ii) The span of
ordinary hours of work for day workers shall be between (6.00 a.m. and 6.00
p.m.) Monday to Friday inclusive.
(iii) Starting and
Finishing Times
(a) Where agreement
is reached between Country Energy and an employee or employees, up to 10
ordinary working hours per day may be worked without the payment of
overtime. Where an employee’s ordinary
hours of work exceed seventy two in any two week cycle, the employee shall be
paid overtime rates for those hours worked in excess of seventy two, provided
that Country Energy has required that employee to work in excess of the seventy
two hours.
(b) The starting and
finishing times within the spread of hours shall be determined by Country
Energy in consultation with the employees concerned.
(iv) Ordinary Hours
of Work - Day Workers
(a) The fortnightly
ordinary hours of work for day workers receiving a RDO shall be (seventy two
per fortnight), to be worked on (nine weekdays at 8 hours per day) RDO’s are to
be staggered so that services are maintained.
(b) Where Country
Energy and the Unions, in conjunction with the employees concerned, agree, the
ordinary hours of work may be worked to a total of one hundred and forty four
on nineteen weekdays in any four week cycle.
(c) The fortnightly
ordinary hours of work for day workers not receiving a RDO shall be seventy two
hours per fortnight worked at 7.2 hours per day worked between 0830 - 1642
hours.
(d) The hours of
duty for employees are provided in the Flexible Working Hours Arrangement. The
arrangement provides for flexible working hours to meet the operational and
client service needs of the work area and the personal needs and interests of
employees. It does this by providing flexible starting and finishing times, as
well as access to an accrued full day or days off within a work cycle.
(e) An employee who
requests to work a thirty six hour, five day week for family or personal
reasons may, with the consent of Country Energy may do so.
(f) Where an
employee’s rostered day off falls on an award holiday, the employee may either
take the next working day as a rostered day off or with the consent of Country
Energy take another mutually agreed day instead.
(g) Employees at either
Country Energy’s request or on their own request and with the approval of
Country Energy, may defer and accumulate rostered days off to be taken at a
mutually agreed time provided that an employee shall not accumulate more than
five rostered days off at any one time.
(v) Ordinary Hours
of Work - Shift Workers
Except as otherwise provided, the ordinary hours of
work for shift workers shall be in a roster cycle, the number of weeks in the
cycle multiplied by thirty-six.
(vi) Hours of Work -
General
It is a consideration for the ordinary hours of work
being (thirty six per week) that the ordinary hours of work be actual hours
worked inclusive of morning tea break.
(vii) Crib/lunch
breaks for day workers (field) are to be unpaid.
(viii) Lunch breaks for
administration staff are to be unpaid.
21. Flexible Working
Hours
(i) The
arrangements that will apply to Administration & Professional Staff are:
(a) Ordinary hours
of work will be seventy two (72) hours per fortnight.
(b) The span of
ordinary hours of work will be 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Monday to Friday
inclusive. All hours worked outside of the spread of ordinary hours will be
overtime (Refer Clause 27).
(c) Standard core
hours of work for administration staff utilising flexitime will be 8.00 a.m. to
4.00 p.m. or 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., with a 48 minute lunch break taken between
12.00 noon and 2.00 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive.
(d) Employees may
work flexible hours by varying their standard hours; starting and finishing
times and lunch breaks within the spread of ordinary hours of work.
(e) Employees who
fail to honour the spirit of the Flexible Working Hours provisions shall revert
to standard hours.
(f) Flexible
working hours will be determined by consultation and agreement between an employee
and the employee’s supervisor, and will be managed by the employee’s supervisor
and will be recorded on a time sheet.
(g) Flexible working
hours will be reconciled over a period of four weeks, the settlement period,
which will correspond with two consecutive pay periods.
(h) Employees who
work in excess of the ordinary hours of work may accrue a maximum credit of 15
hours, and any credit up to the maximum may be carried over from one settlement
period to the next. An employee who accrues in excess of the maximum credit of
15 hours in a settlement period will be paid overtime rates for those excess
hours, in the pay period immediately following that settlement period.
(i) Employees who
work less than the ordinary hours of work may accrue a maximum debit of 10
hours, and any debit up to the maximum may be carried over from one settlement
period to the next. An outstanding debit may be deducted from an employee’s
entitlements upon termination of employment.
(ii) Flexible
working hours arrangements are for permanent full time employees only. Temporary and part-time employees are not
entitled to this provision.
22. Shift Work
(i) Employees may
be required to work a 1, 2 or 3 shift system and shall be paid a shift
allowance in accord with the provisions of this Award.
(ii) The ordinary
hours of work for shift workers is an average of seventy-two (72) hours per
fortnight over a roster cycle. Shift workers may be required to work more than
72 hours in any one fortnight, but the total number of ordinary hours worked in
a roster cycle must not exceed:
(a) Number of
fortnights in roster cycle multiplied by 72 hours.
(b) The number of
fortnights in a roster cycle shall not exceed 4.
(iii) Shifts may be:
(a) Afternoon Shift:
a shift finishing after 18:30 and before or at midnight;
(b) Night Shift: a
shift - finishing between midnight and 06:30, or commencing between midnight
and at or before 05:00.
(c) Day Shift:
standard hours - normally 0755 to 1600.
(iv) Employees
working shifts (shift workers only), as defined in clause 22 (i, ii, iii),
shall be eligible for the allowances listed below.
(a) Afternoon Shift
Allowance
Employees working the afternoon shift will be paid an
allowance, with pro rata payment for portion of an afternoon shift worked.
(b) Night Shift
Allowance
Employees working the night shift will be paid an
allowance, with pro rata payment for portion of a night shift worked.
(c) Morning Shift
Allowance
Employees working the morning shift will be paid an
allowance, with pro rata payment for portion of a morning shift worked.
23. Quick Shift
(i) Where an
employee is a day worker or a shift worker and is required to work a Quick
Shift; (i.e. any two (2) completed shifts within any period of 24 hours) the
employee, subject to other provisions of this sub-clause, shall be paid at
double time for the second shift worked.
(ii) Where a Quick
Shift is worked on Monday to Friday inclusive (excluding Public Holidays) the
payment of double time shall be made for the second shift only.
(iii) Where a Quick
Shift is worked on a weekend, Public Holiday or Leisure Day, only the rate
prescribed by this clause in respect of such quick Shift, shall apply, i.e.
double time will be the maximum total rate payable for the second shift worked.
(iv) The classification
of Quick Shifts shall not apply by reason of:
(a) Normal change of
shift, under regular shift workers' routine;
(b) Change of shift
at employee's request.
24. on Call and
Standing By
(Refer Clause: 59, Leave Reserved).
(i) On Call and Standing
By
(a) Employees may
make themselves available for "on call and standing by".
(b) Country Energy
will consult with employees in determining an "on call and standing
by" roster.
(c) If insufficient
employees have nominated themselves for an adequate "on call and standing
by" roster Country Energy will nominate the employees to be included in
the "on call and standing by" roster.
(d) An employee
designated as "on call and standing by" shall be available for
emergency and/or breakdown work outside the employee’s usual hours of duty.
(e) On call and
stand by is not pre-arranged overtime that has been pre-arranged prior to an
employee’s normal ceasing time.
(ii) Emergency
and/or Breakdown Work:
Emergency and/or breakdown work includes restoring continuity
of supply returning to safe operating conditions any plant and equipment, which
has failed, or is likely to fail, and/or maintenance work of an urgent nature
to avoid interruption to supply. This
work includes all aspects of a customer’s installation, plant, equipment or
appliances, which if not attended to, will cause distress, hardship or loss to
the customer and/or other occupants of the premises.
(iii) Call Out:
A call out shall commence from the time of attending
the call, or calls, and will include the time spent on attending the call, for
emergency and/or breakdown work, to the time the employee arrives home or other
authorised place. A call out also
includes work involved on any further calls for service which the employee may
receive whilst out on duty or before arrival at home. A call out does not include ordinary working time, which is
continuous with a call out.
(iv) On Call Duty
Officer:
An on call duty officer, after the usual hours of work
organises the work of calls received for emergency and/or breakdown work, and
directs employees to respond to those calls.
An on call duty officer usually does not carry out emergency and/or
breakdown work whilst acting as duty officer.
(v) Service Call:
A service call is all work in answering a customer call
and directing on call employees to carry out work related to the call. A
service call of less than fifteen minutes shall be counted as fifteen minutes.
(vi) Officer-in-Charge:
An Officer-in-Charge, shall be available at all times
after the usaal hours of work to take charge of major emergency and/or
breakdown work.
(vii) Availability:
An employee on call and standing by shall:
(a) Be in the
general vicinity of the on call area for which they are responsible and be
contactable at all times and respond to call outs without undue delay.
(b) Not engage in
activity or be committed in a way, which would prevent the employee immediately
responding to a call out.
(viii) On Call and
Standing By Roster:
No employee shall be required to be constantly
available beyond four weeks where other employees are available for duty. Where no other employees are available for
inclusion in an on call and standing by roster, the employee concerned shall
have at least one weekend off duty in each four weeks with out reduction in the
availability allowance.
(ix) Availability
Allowance - On Call and Standing By:
An on call and standing by employee shall be paid an
availability allowance as set in Item 1 of Table 1 of Part B of this Award.
(x) Payment for
Call-Outs:
An on call and standing by employee shall be paid, in
addition to the availability allowance, at double ordinary time rate of pay for
the time worked on each call-out.
(xi) Minimum
Payment:
The minimum payment for a call-out is three hours at
double ordinary time rate of pay (electricity northern division, BEL &
USU), 3.6 hours at double ordinary time rate of pay (water division).
(xii) On Call Duty
Officer - Availability:
(a) An employee
required to act as On Call Duty Officer, shall remain at home at all times,
unless otherwise required in the course of the employee’s duties, or except
when allowed to leave home by permission of the Officer-in-Charge.
(b) An On Call Duty
Officer shall not be required to be constantly available beyond a period of
four weeks where other employees are available for duty. Where no other employee is available for
inclusion in the On Call Duty Officer roster, the employee concerned shall have
at least one weekend off duty in each four weeks without reduction of the On
Call Duty Officer Allowance.
(xiii) On Call Duty
Officer Allowance:
An On Call Duty Officer shall be paid a Duty Officer
Allowance as set in item 1 of Table 1 of Part B of this Award whilst required
to act in that capacity.
(xiv) On Call Duty Officer
- Payment for Service Calls and Direction of Work:
An employee acting as On Call Duty Officer shall be
paid, in addition to the On Call Duty Officer allowance, double ordinary time
rate of pay for the time required to attend to all service calls and to direct
and record all work in respect of emergency and/or breakdown work. The minimum time payable for the work shall
be fifteen minutes at double ordinary time rate of pay.
(xv) Availability
Allowance - Officer in Charge:
An Officer-in-Charge shall be paid an availability
allowance as set in item 1 of Table 1 of Part B of this Award whilst so
engaged.
(xvi) Emergency and/or
Breakdown Work - Officer-in-Charge:
(a) An
Officer-in-Charge shall be paid in addition to the availability allowance,
double ordinary time rate of pay for all time spent attending emergency and/or
breakdown work.
(b) An
Officer-in-Charge who attends emergency and/or breakdown work shall at all
times ensure that satisfactory arrangements are made so that the
Officer-in-Charge may be contacted without undue delay.
(xvii) Officer in
Charge - Availability:
An Officer-in-Charge shall not be required to be
constantly available beyond a period of four weeks where other employees are
available for duty. Where no other
employees are available for inclusion in an Officer-in-Charge roster, the
employee concerned shall have at least one weekend off duty in each four weeks,
without reduction of the availability allowance paid.
(xviii) Allowances -
General:
(a) Payment during
Periods of Leave
Allowances paid under this clause shall continue to be
paid to an employee during annual leave, long service leave, sick leave and
worker’s compensation, provided the employee has been on call and standing by
or has been acting as a Duty Officer or Officer-in-Charge, either constantly or
on a roster, for at least one month prior to the leave.
(b) Other Allowances
Employees on call and standing by shall be entitled to
all other allowances prescribed by this Award as may be applicable.
(c) Calculation of a
Week or Part Thereof
The allowances prescribed by this clause relate to a
full week of seven days. Where the on
call duties of an employee do not cover a whole week, the allowances shall be
calculated and paid on the basis of one fifth of the amount for each or part
ordinary working day, and one quarter of the amount for each or part Saturday,
Sunday and/or Award Holiday. An on call period occurs on a Saturday, Sunday or
Award Holiday if the major part of the on call and standing by period occurs on
those any of those days.
(xix) Rosters
Where an employee works to a roster, the allowance
shall be divided by the proportion of the number of weeks on duty in any
rolling period and paid in equal amounts for each week in the period. An
employee required to perform extra duty at any time during their usual rostered
off period shall receive additional payment for the extra duty in accordance
with this clause.
(xx) Work on An Award
Holiday
An employee required to be On Call and Standing By on
an Award holiday shall be granted one (1) day’s leave in lieu.
(xxi) Meal Breaks /
Allowances
Meal breaks and meal allowances shall apply (where
applicable) to employees engaged in on-call and standing by emergency and/or
breakdown work.
(xxii) Short Notice
Where an employee is called upon to replace an employee
on the on-call roster due to unforeseen absences, and the notice is less than
48 hours, then an allowance as per table 1 - Allowances shall apply (this does
not apply to changing of set rosters at employees request). The short notice
has to be approved by the responsible supervisor before the replacement is
made.
(xxiii) Menindee and
Wilcannia (Electricity Northern
Division)
Employees required to work at Menindee or Wilcannia
shall, if required to remain on continuous stand-by for three (3) weeks, be
relieved for one (1) day either at weekends or during the normal working week
whichever is mutually satisfactory.
(xxiv) Standby (Water Division)
A daily allowance will be paid to employees who are required
to "Stand-by": holding themselves available for duty, and shall be
paid whether or not the employees are called in to work.
Employees shall perform stand-by duties as directed,
but shall be given reasonable notice. Stand-by shall be arranged by roster
within each workgroup. Such employees shall ensure that they can be contacted
and can respond to a request to attend to duties while they are on stand-by, in
a manner satisfactory to Country Energy.
Weekday
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12 midnight to 8.00 am
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1 hour at the base hourly rate.
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4.00 pm to 12 midnight
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1 hour at the base hourly rate.
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Public holiday
|
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8 hours at the base hourly rate
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Weekend midnight Friday to mid
|
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8 hours per day at the base
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night Sunday
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hourly rate
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25. Payment
(i). Employees shall
be paid fortnightly and their pay shall be transferred to each employee’s
nominated bank, building society or credit Unions account no later than the
close of business on the working day prior to pay day for funds to be available
on payday.
(ii) Pay periods
will commence on Sundays and conclude on the following Saturday. Pays will be credited to individual employee
bank accounts on the following Thursday after the close of the pay period.
(iii) Country Energy
reserves the right to change the day in which payment is made. In this
instance, employees would be compensated accordingly. Consultation between the
parties would be held prior to any action being undertaken.
(iv) Country Energy
shall deduct from an employee’s pay any amounts, which the employee authorises
in writing being contributions or payments for purposes approved by Country
Energy, including Union membership fees.
26. Salary Sacrifice
(i) Employees may
elect to receive superannuation benefits in lieu of a proportion of their Award
wages. The employee’s election to vary their superannuation benefit must be in
writing and would occur no more than once per calendar year.
(ii) An employee
may elect to receive an in house benefit up to a total value of $1330.00 per
annum in lieu of receiving the equivalent amount ($1330) in wages under this
Award.
(iii) All
entitlements (long service leave, sick leave, annual leave, superannuation,
overtime) will be paid at the full rate prior to the salary sacrifice
arrangements being made.
(iv) The maximum
amount of salary sacrifice is 30% of the base rate of pay.
This amount may be increased to 40% based on the employees
remaining tenure within the organisation and will be on a case for case basis.
(v) Where super
contributions are made on a salary sacrifice basis, overtime and leave loading
will be paid at the employee's pre-sacrifice salary rate.
(vi) The employee’s
salary for severance and termination payments will be the gross salary, which
the employee would receive if not taking part in salary sacrificing.
27. Overtime - Other
Than for Shift Workers
(i) Requirement to
Work Reasonable Overtime:
Where required, employees shall work reasonable
overtime.
(ii) Payment for
Working Overtime:
An employee directed to perform work in excess of the
usual ordinary working hours or outside the usual working hours shall be paid
at double ordinary time rate of pay until the employee is released from work as
follows: -
(a) Where, on any
day, an employee works overtime immediately prior to the usual commencing time
and immediately after the usual ceasing time, the total hours of both periods
of overtime shall be taken into account for the purpose of the commencement of
double ordinary time rate of pay.
(iii) Payment for
Work on a Holiday:
An employee who works on an award holiday shall be paid
as follows:-
(a) Any time worked
between the usual commencing and usual ceasing time, at double ordinary time
rate of pay in addition to the employee’s ordinary pay for the day.
(b) Any time worked
before or after the usual ordinary hours of work, at double ordinary time plus
one half the ordinary rate of pay until the employee is released from work.
(iv) Time off In
Lieu Of Payment:
An employee may elect, with the consent of Country
Energy, to take time off, in ordinary time, in lieu of payment for overtime at
a time or times agreed with Country Energy.
Time off in lieu shall be on the basis of one hour off for each hour of
overtime worked and shall be taken at a mutually agreed time.
(v) Time off in Lieu
Options:
(a) Overtime worked
paid at ordinary hours plus equivalent time off in lieu.
(b) Overtime paid at
overtime rates (no time in lieu)
(c) No payment for
overtime - equivalent hours @ appropriate overtime rate (actual hours worked)
in lieu.
(d) Country Energy
shall, if requested by an employee, provide payment, at the relevant overtime
rate for any overtime worked which was to be taken as time off in lieu and
which has not been taken within four weeks of accrual, provided Country Energy
was responsible for the employee not being able to take the relevant time off.
(vi) Standing By:
An employee directed to stand-by to work overtime shall
be paid at ordinary time rate of pay from the time of commencement of the
stand-by until released from the stand-by or until he commences working
overtime.
(vii) Minimum Payment
for Recall to Work Overtime:
An employee notified at work to start overtime later
than one hour after the usual ceasing time, or earlier than two hours before
the usual starting time, or an employee notified after finishing work to work
overtime shall be paid a minimum of three hours (3) pay at overtime rates. However, the minimum payment shall not apply
where overtime is continuous, including any meal break, with starting or
finishing of the employee’s usual working hours.
(viii) Transport of
Employees:
When an employee, after having worked overtime finishes
work at a time when reasonable means of transport are not available, Country
Energy shall provide the employee with transport to the employee’s home or pay
the employee at the ordinary time rate of payment for reasonable time to travel
home.
(ix) Rostered shift
workers
Shift workers, or employees required to relieve shift
workers, who perform shift work during their rostered break, shall receive
payment at the rate of double time for work so performed, except where a
definite transfer from one roster to another has been arranged.
28. Rest Period After
Overtime
(i) Wherever
reasonably practicable, employees shall have at least eight (8) consecutive
hours off duty before commencing ordinary time work
(refer flow chart appendix 1).
(ii) An employee,
recalled to work overtime after midnight, shall be entitled to extend the usual
commencing time on the day following by an equivalent period. An employee shall receive payment for any
ordinary hours, which fall within the extended start time period.
(iii) If on the
instruction of the supervisor, such employee resumes or continues work without
having had 8 consecutive hours off duty, they shall be paid double their
standard rate until they are released from duty for eight consecutive
hours. These arrangements are subject
to the ruling that when an employee has been working for 16 hours they will
cease work. A review will be undertaken
after 12 hours consecutive work to assess the competence of the employee to
continue carrying out their normal duties safely.
(iv) Rest periods
shall not apply if any employee works overtime for less than three (3) hours.
(v) To qualify for a
rest period after overtime, an employee is required to work overtime or
call-out for three (3) hours or more, either continuous or in broken periods,
between midnight and their standard starting time (e.g. 8.00am) on their next
standard working day.
29. Meal Time and
Allowances
(i) Meal Breaks:
(a) An employee
shall not, at any time, be compelled to work for more than five hours without a
break for a meal.
(b) Field employees
shall be allowed an unbroken meal break of not less than thirty minutes without
pay on each ordinary working day.
Employees shall be granted a paid ten-minute morning tea break taken at
the location of the work being undertaken.
(c) The provisions
of this sub-clause may be applied to shift workers when working on a day shift,
which falls within the ordinary hours of work for day workers.
(d) Administration
employees shall be allowed a meal break of one hour (1) without pay on each
ordinary working day.
(ii) Meal Times -
Shift Workers:
Shift workers shall be allowed in each ordinary working
shift, a meal crib time of thirty minutes.
(iii) Meal Times:
The times fixed for the taking of meal breaks during an
ordinary working day or ordinary rostered shifts may vary for groups of
employees and/or individual employees, as may be necessary or appropriate for the
conduct of Country Energy’s business and/or the management and best use of any
mealtime facilities and equipment provided.
(iv) Working in
usual Break:
(a) An employee’s
usual time for the taking of a meal break may, by mutual Award, be varied
temporarily or shortened in special circumstances rather than on a regular
basis.
(b) Where an
employee is required to work through the usual meal time the employee shall be
paid a crib allowance as prescribed in Part B table 1 for the period during
which the meal break was deferred.
(v) Overtime Meal
Breaks:
An employee required to work overtime shall have a
thirty-minute meal break at the appropriate overtime rate on the following
basis:
(a) After one and
one half hours or more overtime following the employee’s usual finishing time.
The meal break may be taken by mutual arrangement at the commencement of or
during the overtime period.
(b) After which,
each additional period of four hours of overtime worked, meal breaks shall be
taken during the overtime period by mutual arrangements. An employee shall not be compelled to work
overtime for more than five hours without a meal break.
(c) Paid meal breaks
are time worked for the purpose of calculating overtime.
(d) Meal breaks may
be extended to not more than one hour, provided that any extension beyond
thirty minutes shall be taken without pay.
(e) An employee
entitled to a meal break shall be paid a meal allowance as set in item 2 of
Table 1 of Part B of this Award.
(f) An employee who
either works two hours or more prior to normal working hours or works overtime
which is broken by a period of ordinary working hours or rostered shift, and
the overtime in the aggregate is two hours or more, the employee shall be
entitled to a meal allowance as set in item 2 of Table 1 of Part B of this
Award. This entitlement does not
entitle the employee to a meal break.
(vi) Shift Work
Overtime:
Meal breaks during periods of overtime and the payment
of meal allowances shall apply to shift workers required to work overtime
outside the hours of their ordinary rostered shift, except where, by an
approved arrangement made between employees or at their request, excess time is
incurred in changed shifts or in their ordinary rostered shifts.
30. Redundancy
(i) Where Country
Energy has made a definite decision that an employee’s job is redundant,
Country Energy shall hold discussion with the employee directly affected and
their Union.
Discussions are to identify alternatives to
retrenchment including transfers to other work, retraining and voluntary
redundancy programs.
For the purposes of the discussion Country Energy
shall, as soon as practicable, provide to the employees concerned and their
Union or Unions, all relevant information about the proposed redundancy
including the reasons for, the number and categories of employees likely to be
affected, and the number of workers normally employed and the period over which
the retrenchments are likely to occur. Country Energy shall not be required to
disclose confidential information, which is not in its business interests.
(ii) Where an
employee is transferred to lower paid duties as an alternative to retrenchment,
the employee shall be entitled to four weeks notice of transfer and the
prevailing salary maintenance program as agreed between the Unions and Country
Energy will be applied.
(iii) Where a
business is, before or after the date of this Award, transmitted to Country
Energy and an employee who as a result of the transmission transfers to Country
Energy:
(a) the continuity
of the employment of the employee shall be unbroken because of a transmission;
and
(b) the period of
employment, which the employee had with the transmitter or any prior
transmitter, shall be service with Country Energy.
(iv) During the
period of notice of termination given by Country Energy an employee shall be
allowed at least one day’s time off without loss of pay during each week of
notice for the purpose of seeking other employment.
(v) Where a decision
has been made to make a position redundant, Country Energy shall notify the
appropriate agency as soon as possible of the number and categories of the
employees likely to be affected and the period over which the terminations are
intended to be carried out.
(vi) An employee
whose employment is terminated shall be entitled to the following amount of
severance pay in respect of a continuous period of service:
Voluntary Redundancy
(refer appendix 4)
Service Between 1 Year and 13 Years -
(a) Four weeks
notice or payment in lieu. Plus an additional one weeks notice or pay in lieu
for employees aged 45 years and over with 5 or more years of completed service.
(b) Severance pay at
the rate of 3 weeks per year of continuous service up to a maximum of 39 weeks,
with pro rata payments for incomplete years of service to be on a quarterly
basis.
(c) The benefit
allowable as a contributor to a retirement fund.
(d) An additional
acceptance payment, if a severance offer is accepted within two weeks of the
written offer, as follows:
Period of Continuous
Service
|
Severance Pay
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Less than one year
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2 weeks pay
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One year and less than two years
|
4 weeks pay
|
Two years and less than three years
|
6 weeks pay
|
Three years or more
|
8 weeks pay
|
"Weeks’ pay" means the ordinary time rate of pay
for the employee concerned.
Service Between 14 Years and 17 Years -
52 weeks with pro-rata payments for incomplete years of
service to be on a quarterly basis.
Service of 18 Years Plus -
(a) Severance pay at
the rate of 3 weeks per year of continuous service, with pro-rata payments for
incomplete years of service to be on a quarterly basis.
(b) In the event
that payment under enforced redundancy is less that what would be received
under voluntary redundancy, then clause (vi) above applies.
(c) In addition to
the above payments, an employee who has a preserved balance of sick leave under
Clause 31 (iii) (a) of this Award shall be paid for that preserved balance of
sick leave.
(d) An employee may
terminate employment during a period of notice and, if so, shall be entitled to
the same benefits and payments under this clause had the employee remained with
Country Energy until the expiry of the notice.
(e) This clause
shall not apply where employment is terminated as a consequence of conduct that
justifies instant dismissal, including malingering, inefficiency or neglect of
duty, in the case of temporary employees, casual employees or apprentices.
31. Sick Leave
(i) An employee who
is absent from work due to personal illness or injury, not due to injury by
accident arising out of and in the course of employment, shall have access to
Sick Leave with pay subject to the following:
a) An employee
shall where possible notify their manager/team leader, within one (1) hour of
the employee’s usual starting time, of the employee’s inability to attend on
account of personal illness or injury and advise of the estimated duration of
absence.
b) An employee will
not be required to produce medical certificates except as required in Clause 31
(c). However, an employee is required
to satisfy their manager/team leader that an absence is due to personal illness
or injury.
c) The management
of Sick Leave shall be in accordance with Country Energy’s Sick Leave and
Personal Carers Leave Policy. If an employee is to undergo sick leave case management,
the employee may be required to produce satisfactory medical evidence.
d) Where an
employee has a long term illness, which has caused the employee to be absent
for more than 26 weeks, Country Energy will consult with the employee’s Union,
and the employee’s medical adviser or refer the employee to a nominated medical
practitioner to determine the likelihood of the employee returning to
work. If the medical advice confirms
that the employee will be unable to return to work, Country Energy may terminate
the employee’s service.
e) Where it has
been established, on medical advice, that the employee is unlikely to return to
work because of the employee’s illness or injury, Country Energy may terminate
the employee’s service. In addition to
other termination of employment entitlements, the employee will be paid an
amount equivalent to two (2) weeks pay for each year of service with Country
Energy up to a maximum of twenty six (26) weeks pay plus four (4) weeks pay in
lieu of notice.
(ii) Avoidance of Duplicate
Benefits
An employee, who has been granted Sick Leave under this
Clause, and who in respect of the same period of Sick Leave receives
compensation under any Act or law, shall reimburse Country Energy from that
compensation, any amounts paid as Sick Leave.
(iii) Existing
Accumulation
(a) Employees shall
have their untaken Sick Leave accumulated preserved in accordance with the
following entitlements:
BIC electricity @1 April 1994.
Administration Staff @ 1 April 1994.
ASU/MEU @ 1 November 1997.
BEL @ 30 June 1997.
ETU @ 30 June 1997.
BIC Water - Calculate the number of sick days
accumulated @ date of termination and the number of days accumulated @ 14
February 1993. The maximum number of
accumulated days that can be cashed in is the lesser of the two figures.
(b) An employee
shall be paid their preserved balance (identified under (iii) (i) above) on
cessation of employment or where an employee’s service is terminated because
the employee is unable to return to work under sub-clause (i) (d) or (e) above,
or where an employee is made redundant by Country Energy.
(c) Where an
employee dies, the preserved balance shall be paid to the employee’s legal
representative.
(iv) Illness During
Annual and Long Service Leave
If an employee suffers personal illness or injury for a
period of at least five (5) consecutive days whilst on certificated leave, the
employee will be granted additional leave equivalent to the period of personal
illness or injury, which occurred during the leave. In these circumstances, satisfactory medical evidence will be
necessary.
Lesser periods will be considered on a case by case
basis provided satisfactory medical evidence is available.
32. Personal Carer’s
Leave
32.1 An employee,
other than an a casual employee, with responsibilities in relation to a class
of person set out in sub-clause 32.3.2, who needs the employee’s care and
support, shall be entitled to use, in accordance with this sub-clause, sick
leave provided for in the Award for absences to provide care and support, for
such persons when they are ill or who require care due to an unexpected
emergency. Such leave may be taken for part of one day.
Note: In the unlikely event that more than 10 days sick
leave in any one year is to be used for caring purposes the employer and the
employee shall discuss appropriate arrangements which, as far as practicable,
take account of the employer’s and employee’s requirements.
Where the parties are unable to reach agreement the
grievance resolution procedure of the Award should be followed.
32.2 The employee
shall, if required,
32.2.1 establish either
by production of a medical certificate or statutory declaration, the illness of the person concerned and that the
illness is such as to require care by another person, or
32.2.2 establish by
production of documentation acceptable to the employer or a statutory
declaration, the nature of the emergency resulted in the person concerned
requiring care by the employee.
In normal circumstances, an employee must not take
carer’s leave under this subclause where another person had taken leave to care
for the same person.
32.3 The entitlement
to use sick leave in accordance with this clause is subject to:
32.3.1 the employee being
responsible for the care and support of the person concerned: and,
32.3.2 the person
concerned being:
32.3.2.1 a spouse
of the employee; or
32.3.2.2 a de
facto spouse, who, in relation to a person, is a person of the opposite sex to the first mentioned
person who lives with the first mentioned person as the husband or wife of that
person on a bona fide domestic basis although not legally married to that
person; or
32.3.2.3 a child
or adult child (including an adopted child, a step child, a foster child or an
ex-nuptial child), parent (including a foster parent and legal guardian ),
grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee or spouse or de facto spouse
of the employee; or
32.3.2.4 a same
sex partner who lives with the employee as the de facto partner of that
employee on a bona fide domestic basis; or
32.3.2.5 a
relative of the employee who is a member of the same household, where for the
purpose of this paragraph :
1. "relative"
means a person related by blood, marriage or affinity
2. "affinity"
means a relationship that one spouse because of marriage has to blood relatives
of the other; or
3. "household"
means a family group living in the same domestic dwelling.
32.4 An employee
shall, wherever practicable, give the employer reasonable notice prior to the
intention to take leave, the reason for taking such leave and the estimated
length of absence, the employee shall notify the employer by telephone of such
absence at the first opportunity on the day of absence.
32.5 An employee may
elect with the consent of the employer, to take unpaid leave for the purpose of
providing care and support to a class of person set out in subclause 32.3.2
above who is ill or who requires care due to an unexpected emergency.
32.6 An employee may
elect with the consent of the employer, to take annual leave not exceeding ten
days in single day periods, or part thereof, in any calendar year at a time or
times agreed by the parties, for the purposes of providing care to a class of
person set out in subclause 32.3.2
32.6.1 An employee may
elect with the employer’s agreement to take annual leave at any time within a
period of 24 months from the date at which it falls due.
32.7 An employee may
elect, with the consent of the employer, to take time off in lieu of payment
for overtime at a time or times agreed with the employer within twelve (12)
months of the said election.
32.8 Overtime taken as
time off during ordinary time hours shall be taken at the ordinary time rate,
that is an hour for each hour worked.
32.9 If, having
elected to take time as leave, in accordance with subclause 32.7, the leave is
not taken for whatever reason, payment for time accrued at overtime rates shall
be made at the expiry of the twelve (12) month period or on termination.
32.10 Where no election
is made in accordance with the said subclause 32.7, the employee shall be paid
overtime rates in accordance with the Award.
32.11 An employee may
elect, with the consent of the employer, to work ‘make-up time’ under which the
employee takes time off ordinary hours, and works those hours at a later time,
during the spread of ordinary hours provided in the Award, at the ordinary rate
of pay.
32.12 An employee on
shift work may elect, with the consent of the employer, work ‘make-up time’
(under which the employee takes time off ordinary hours and works those hours
at a later time) at the shift work rate which would have been applicable to the
hours taken off.
32.13 An employee may
elect, with consent of the employer, to take a rostered day off at any time.
32.14 Personal Carer’s
Entitlement for casual employees
32.14.1 Subject
to the evidentiary and notice requirements in subclause 32.2 and 32.4, casual
employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work if
they need to care for a person prescribed in subclause 32.3.2 of this clause
who are sick and require care and support, or who require care due to an
unexpected emergency, or the birth of a child.
32.14.2 The
employer and the employee shall agree on the period for which the employee will
be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement,
the employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours
(i.e. two days) per occasion. The casual employee is not entitled to any
payment for the period of non-attendance.
32.14.3 An
employer must not fail to re-engage a casual employee because the employee
accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of an
employer to engage or not engage a cASUal employee are otherwise not affected.
33. Annual Leave
Annual leave shall accrue at the rate of:
(i) Five (5) weeks
(four weeks annual leave plus one additional week for being based in the
Western Division).
(ii) BIC
electricity and USU staff with the existing entitlement of six (6) weeks (four
plus one additional week for being based in the Western Division plus one
additional week) per annum is ring-fenced from 1 January 2004. This applies to present occupants only.
(iii) Annual leave
loading of 17.5% will be paid on the annual leave entitlement for BH
Electricity, Administration and Water division employees.
(iv) Annual leave
loading of 17.5% will be paid to employees who are discharged from Country
Energy’s service on the accumulated annual leave entitlement for staff as
entitled in (iii) above.
(v) All employees on
leaving or being discharged from Country Energy’s service shall receive payment
in lieu of annual leave pro rata according to the time worked.
(vi) Annual leave
entitlements shall be taken as soon as practicable after they fall due, subject
to approval and by mutual agreement.
(vii) Paid time lost
as a result of accident shall be regarded as time worked for the purpose of
calculating annual leave.
(viii) Employees
taking their annual leave shall give one month's notice (wherever practicable)
prior to date of holidays.
(ix) Shift workers -
Employees required to perform regular rostered shiftwork shall be entitled to 6
weeks annual leave.
(x) Employees who
relieve employees engaged on regular rostered shift work, shall be entitled to
one day additional annual leave for each 10 weeks or portion of such 10 weeks
they so relieved. A week shall mean any single period of 7 days.
(xi) Payment made
under this clause (for water division employees) will be based on the
employee’s personal average earnings for the preceding year excluding
allowances but including overtime.
(refer Clause 59, Leave Reserved).
(xii) Payment for BH
Electricity, BEL, USU and
Administration employees will be made at their current hourly rate.
34. Long Service
Leave
(i) Amount of Leave
Country Energy shall grant each employee, long service
leave on full pay after each period of continuous service on the following
basis:
Length of Service
|
Quantum of Leave
|
After 10 years
|
13 weeks
|
Between 10 and 15 years
|
1.7 weeks/year
|
Between 15 and 20 years
|
2.7 weeks/year
|
After 20 years
|
2.6 weeks/year
|
(ii) Accrual of
Leave
Long service leave shall accrue during a period of
continuous service on a basis proportionate to the scale of leave set out
above.
(iii) Taking of
Leave
An employee shall not be entitled to take any period of
long service leave until the employee has completed ten years service. Long
service leave should be taken "as soon as practicable" after the
leave becomes due taking in consideration of the business interests of CE and
by mutual agreement between the parties.
(iv) Fragmented
Leave
Long service leave when due, may, with the approval of
Country Energy, be taken in separate periods of not less than one week where
the employer and employee agree.
(v) Notice of Leave
An employee shall apply for long service leave by
giving at least one month’s notice (where practicable) of the date the employee
wishes to commence leave.
(vi) Continuous
Service
Continuous service shall be the period from the date of
commencement to the date of termination of employment and shall include:
(a) For employees
employed by Country Energy as at 1 January, 1997 who had been credited for
employment with a city, municipality, shire or county district, or local
government body or electricity distributor or for employment in New South Wales
with any person or corporation which has supplied electricity to the public
under franchise Award in accordance with the New South Wales Local Government
Act.
(b) All approved
leave
(c) Previous
employment with Australian Inland, Australian Inland Energy, Australian Inland
Energy and Water, Broken Hill Water Board, Murray River Electricity, BH City
Council and PcPro.
(d) Employment as a
part-time employee, where employment has been on a continuous basis.
Periods which shall not be included in the calculation
of continuous service are unapproved unpaid absences, absence on maternity
leave and leave with out pay.
(vii) Discharged
Entitlements
Long service leave shall be subject to the deduction of
any period of long service leave already taken and/or the period of long
service represented by any payment in lieu thereof made to the employee upon
termination of employment in respect of any service counted in accordance with
this clause.
(viii) Apprentices/Traineeships
Persons who have completed an
apprenticeship/traineeship with CE or third party and who are re-employed by CE
within 12 months of completing the apprenticeship shall have the period of the
apprenticeship recognised for long service leave purposes.
(ix) Payment
(a) Allowances
An employee who regularly receives payment of on-call
and standing by allowances, shift allowances, and leading hand allowance will
receive payment of those allowances during periods of long service leave on the
same basis of payment or average payment to the employee in the four week
(twelve month for leading hands) period prior to the date of commencement of
the leave.
(b) Full Pay
During a period of long service leave, an employee
shall be paid, the employee’s rate of pay which the employee would have
received for the period had the employee not been on leave.
(c) Payment Before
Leave
An employee shall be entitled to receive payment for
the full period of long service leave prior to the date upon which leave commences.
(x) Award / Public
Holidays
Long Service Leave shall be exclusive of all Award
Holidays which occur during the period of such leave.
(xi) Termination of
Employment
(a) Ten Years
Where an employee has completed at least ten years
continuous service and the employee’s employment is terminated for any reason,
or the employee dies, Country Energy shall pay to the employee or the
employee’s legal representative, the monetary equivalent of the employee’s
accrued long service leave.
(b) Short Service
Where an employee has completed at least five years
service and employment is terminated by Country Energy for any reason, or by
the employee, Country Energy shall pay to the employee or the employee’s legal
representative the monetary equivalent of the employee’s accrued long service
leave.
(c) Payment on
Termination
On termination of employment, an employee shall be paid
the ordinary rate of pay, excluding allowances, for the accrued long service
leave.
(xii) No Payment in
Lieu
An employee shall not be paid in lieu of long service
leave except on termination of employment.
35. Parental Leave
1) Employees shall
have, in connection with the birth or adoption of a child, maternity, paternity
or adoption leave in accordance with the provisions of the NSW Industrial
Relations Act, 1996.
2) An employee
shall, subject to the completion of twelve (12) months continuous service with
Country Energy, be entitled to;
a) maternity leave
with full pay for a period of 14 weeks, or, in the alternative, 28 weeks at half pay and;
b) adoption leave
with full pay for a period of 14 weeks, or in the alternative, 28 weeks at half
pay and;
c) Paternity leave
with full pay for a period of 2 week or in the alternative, 4 weeks at half
pay.
d) Return from
Parental leave on a Part Time basis until the child reaches school age.
3) An employee
shall be entitled to such additional leave without pay as shall amount in
aggregate to a total period of maternity leave and adoption leave not exceeding
one hundred and four (104) weeks.
4) In accordance
with this Clause, an employee may utilise the whole or part of any Annual Leave
and/or Long Service Leave or other paid leave provided that the total period of
leave does not exceed one hundred and four (104) weeks.
5)
(i) Refer to the
Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW). The Following provisions shall also apply in addition to those
set out in the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW).
(ii) An employer
must not fail to re-engage a regular cASUal employee (s.53(2) of the Act)
because:
(a) the employee or
the employee’s spouse is pregnant; or
(b) the employee is
or has been immediately absent on parental leave.
The rights of an employer in relation to engagement and
re-engagement of casual employees are not affected, other than in accordance
with this clause.
(iii) Right of
Request
(A) An employee
entitled to parental leave may request the employer to allow the employee:
(a) to extend the
period of simultaneous unpaid parental leave use up to a maximum of eight weeks;
(b) to extend the
period of unpaid parental leave for a
further continuous period of leave not exceeding 12 months;
(c) to return from a
period of parental leave on a part-time basis until the child reaches school
age;
to assist the employee in reconciling work and parental
responsibilities.
(B) The employer
shall consider the request having regard to the employee’s circumstances and,
provide the request is genuinely based on the employee’s parental
responsibilities, may only refuse the request on reasonable grounds related to
the effect on the workplace or the employer’s business. Such Grounds might
include cost, lack of adequate replacement staff, loss of efficiency and the
impact on customer service.
(C) Employee’s
request and the employer’s decision to be in writing The employee’s request and
the employer’s decision made under iii(A)(b) and iii(a)(c) must be recorded in
writing.
(D) Request to return
to work part-time
Where an employee wishes to make a request under
iii(A)(c), such a request must be made as soon as possible but no less than
seven weeks prior to the date upon which the employee is due to return to work
from parental leave.
(iv) Communication
during parental leave
(a) Where an
employee is on parental leave and a definite decision has been made to
introduce significant change to the workplace, the employer shall take
reasonable steps to:
(i) make
information available in relation to any significant effect the change will
have on the status or responsibility level of the position the employee held
before commencing parental leave; and
(ii) provide an
opportunity for the employee to discuss any significant effect the change will
have on the status or responsibility level of the position the employee held
before commencing parental leave.
(b) The employee
shall also take reasonable steps to inform the employer about any significant
matter that will affect the employee’s decision regarding the duration of
parental leave to be taken, whether the employee intends to return to work and
whether the employee intends to request to work on a part-time basis.
(c) The employee
shall notify the employer of changes of address or other contact details which
might affect the employer’s capacity to comply with paragraph (a).
6) Paid leave of
absence granted under this Clause shall be counted as service for the purposes
of this Award.
36. Jury Service
(i) An employee
shall notify Country Energy as soon as possible of the date upon which they are
required to attend for jury service. Employees shall be granted jury service
leave with out loss of pay.
(ii) An employee
shall be paid their normal base wage/salary by Country Energy during the period
of jury service and any monies received for jury service will be signed over to
Country Energy.
(iii) An employee
required to attend for jury service during a period of annual leave shall, on
application be credited with annual leave at a subsequent date, for the period
during which the employee would have been on annual leave had the employee not
been on jury service.
37. Award Holidays
(i) Holidays:
All full-time, part-time and temporary employees shall
be entitled to the following days as award holidays without loss of pay.
(a) Any day
proclaimed as a State wide public holiday.
Payment will not be made for a public holiday that falls on a weekend
where the employee does not work.
(b) The Country
Energy employees’ Unions Picnic Day to be held on a day (traditionally
Melbourne Cup Day) mutually agreed between Country Energy and the employees,
provided that a reasonable level of customer service is to be provided on the
day
(c) "Do-day"
to be taken on a day mutually agreed between Country Energy and the
employees. The commencement time and
duration time of the "do-day" function is subject to management approval
and consultation between the parties.
(ii) Employee
Absent Prior to and after Award Holiday
An employee who is absent from duty without
notification to Country Energy on the working day prior to and the working day
following an award holiday shall not be entitled to payment for the holiday,
unless satisfactory evidence for their absence is provided and accepted.
(iii) Award Holiday
during Leave of Absence
Where an employee is granted leave without pay by
Country Energy which exceeds five consecutive working days or shifts the
employee shall not be entitled to payment for any award holiday which occurs
during that period.
(iv) Award Holiday
on Shift Worker’s Rostered Day Off
If an award holiday occurs on an employee’s rostered
day off under a shift roster system, then the rostered day off must be paid for
at ordinary rate or another rostered day off allowed.
(v) On -Call
An employee who is on-call on an award/public holiday
shall be entitled to payment for the holiday plus an additional day off in lieu
to be redeemed on a mutually agreed date.
38. Bereavement Leave
(i) Where an
employee’s immediate family member dies, the employee, subject to providing
evidence satisfactory to the employer of the relationship and death, shall be
entitled to bereavement leave without loss of pay for any un-worked part of an
ordinary working day or rostered shift during which the employee was notified
of the death and up to a further two ordinary working days or ordinary shifts.
(ii) Where an
employee is unfortunate to suffer a number of deaths in a single year, the
entitlement arises on the occasion of each death.
(iii) Immediate
family member includes a spouse, a former spouse, a de facto spouse and a
former de facto spouse, same sex partner, a child or an adult child an adopted
child, a step child or an ex nuptial child, parent, parent in-laws,
grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee.
(iii) Bereavement
leave may be taken in conjunction with other leave available under this award.
In determining such a request the employer will give consideration to the
circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of
the business.
39. Special
Leave (Water Division)
(i) Employees shall
have any untaken special leave accumulated in accordance with (BHWB Wages
Award) preserved at the date of effect of this Award.
(ii) Special leave
is not payable on termination.
(iii) Employees
shall have access to their preserved special leave, in addition to:
Leave specified in Cl.32 Personal Carer’s leave;
Leave specified in Cl.35 Parental leave;
Leave specified in Cl.38 Bereavement leave; and
As granted for family or community service
responsibilities.
40. Accident Pay
(i) An employee,
after a period or periods of worker’s compensation totalling 26 weeks, shall be
entitled to accident pay for a further period of absence, or absences up to a
period of 26 weeks of incapacity.
Accident pay is not payable for the first 26 weeks of period of
incapacity.
(a) "Accident
Pay" shall mean a weekly payment of an amount representing the difference
between the amount of compensation to which the employee would be entitled to
under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1987, as amended and the employee’s
ordinary rate of pay.
(b) Accident pay
shall only be payable in respect of a period or periods of any incapacity of an
employee while the employee remains in the employment of Country Energy.
(c) An employee
shall be entitled to payment in respect of any period of incapacity for work
even though the employee has or is entitled to receive in respect of the period
any payment for annual leave, sick leave, long service leave or for any paid
award holiday.
(ii) An employee
shall upon receiving an injury for which the employee claims to be entitled to
receive accident pay, give notice in writing of the said injury to Country
Energy and of its manner of happening as soon as practicable after the
happening thereof and shall provide in writing all other information as Country
Energy may reasonably require.
(iii) Country Energy
may require an employee to have a medical examination by a legally qualified
medical practitioner, provided and paid for by Country Energy. An employee who
refuses a medical examination, shall have their accident pay suspended until an
examination has taken place.
(iv) An employee
shall not be entitled to receive accident pay if the employee fails to comply
with a request by Country Energy to give Country Energy-
(a) An undertaking
that if the employee obtains a verdict for damages against Country Energy in
respect of any injury or is paid an amount in settlement of any claim for
damages that the employee has made against Country Energy in respect of the
injury, the employee will immediately upon receipt of payment or upon receipt
of payment by the employee’s agent of a verdict for damages or amount in
settlement of the claim,
(b) Repay to Country
Energy the amount of accident pay which Country Energy has paid or may pay in
respect of the injury and an authority for Country Energy alternatively to
deduct the amount of the accident pay from any money owing or which may become
owing from Country Energy to the employee under a verdict or settlement;
(c) An undertaking
that where the injury was caused under the circumstances creating a liability
in a third party to pay damages in respect thereof and the employee obtains a
verdict for damages or is paid an amount of money in settlement of any claims
for damages he has made against that third party he will out of the verdict or
amount of money repay to Country Energy the amount of accident pay which
Country Energy has paid or may pay in respect of the injury; and
(d) An irrevocable
authority addressed to any third party requiring the third party out of any
verdict which may be obtained by the employee against the third party or any
amount of money payable to the employee in settlement of any claim for damages
made against the third party to pay to Country Energy the amount of accident
pay which Country Energy has paid or may pay to the employee.
41. Travelling Time
and Fares
(i) Normal Travel
to and From Work
Time spent by an employee in normal daily travel, to
and from the employee’s home and normal place of work to attend for work, shall
be at the employee’s expense and without payment.
(ii) Additional
Travel to and From Work
Time spent by an employee in travel, outside the usual
working hours and in addition to the employee’s normal travel time to attend
for work or overtime, will be paid at the appropriate ordinary time rate.
(iii) Travel Time
for Training
Time spent by an employee in travel, outside the usual
working hours and in addition to the employee’s normal travel time to attend
employer arranged training which is related to the employee’s current or
possible future appointment or grading, will be paid at ordinary time rate.
Travel for training, where possible, should be arranged
so that it occurs within the employee’s normal hours of work.
(iv) Normal Place
of Work
An employee’s normal place of work is the location to
which an employee is usually attached and is regularly used as the employee’s
base or headquarters or normal place of work.
In BH, this covers all locations to allow flexibility of employees
commencing at other depots.
(v) Payment of
Fares
The employee shall be reimbursed for any additional
fares, which the employee has reasonably incurred in respect of a period of
additional travel.
(vi) Use of Private
Vehicle
An employee who agrees to undertake additional travel
in a private motor vehicle shall receive, in addition to payment for travelling
time, reimbursement for the casual use at the Australian Tax Office kilometre
rates.
(vii) Reasonable
Travelling
When calculating travelling time, the most reasonable
way and the most expeditious route available will be used.
(viii) Travel Within
Minimum Period
An employee entitled to a minimum period payment for
overtime or other penalty work shall not be entitled to payment for travelling
time where the travelling occurred within that minimum period.
(ix) On Call Excluded
This Clause does not apply to travelling involved in
after hours On Call and Standing By emergency and/or breakdown work.
(x) Excess travel is
not paid for journey’s undertaken during work time.
42. Drivers Licences
(i) An employee
required by Country Energy to hold a motor vehicle driver’s licence or
motorcycle riders licence, shall be reimbursed the annual cost of the licence.
(ii) Where an
employee is eligible for and elects to renew a licence for a period of more
than one year, Country Energy may reimburse the employee each year an amount
equal to the pro rata annual cost.
(iii) Country Energy
may elect to reimburse the full cost of an employee’s multiple year licence.
Resignation/retirement or dismissal will see a pro rata adjustment through
termination payments being made.
(iv) Country Energy
shall not be liable to reimburse any cost of a probationary licence or any
penalty imposed on an employee because of traffic infringements.
(v) An employee
required by Country Energy to hold any special licences, shall be reimbursed
the annual cost of the licence.
(vi) Where on-going
necessary CE duties require employees to possess Classes HR (3B) and HC (5A)
licences, those employees will be paid a weekly allowance as per item 3 Table 1
Part B Allowances. An employee cannot receive allowances for both HR and HC
licences. (Water Division)
43. Private Motor
Vehicle - Allowances
Privately owned vehicles may only be used when an CE vehicle
is unavailable and when it is clearly uneconomical to hire a vehicle from an
external agency.
General Managers can authorise use of a privately owned
vehicle, subject to the owner of the vehicle being prepared to use the vehicle
for the purpose specified.
Employees using their own vehicles should be made aware that
they are not covered under CE’s motor vehicle insurance policy in the event of
an accident.
An employee who by arrangement uses a privately owned motor
vehicle at work shall be paid the rate as prescribed by the Australian Taxation
Office.
44. Trade Union Leave
(i) An employee may
make application to Country Energy for paid leave to attend Trade Union
courses/conferences.
Country Energy’s approval of an application for leave
is subject to:
(a) The taking of
the leave shall be dependent upon Country Energy being able to make adequate
staffing arrangements and sufficient notice being given (refer sub clause (c)).
(b) Training
courses/conferences are for Union delegates/ workplace representatives or
employees as identified.
(c) Written
application and at least four weeks notice, or other period as agreed, is to be
given by the employee.
(d) Paid leave will
not incur any other payment other than the employee’s ordinary rate of pay.
(e) An employee must
have at least one year’s service with Country Energy before leave can be
granted.
(f) An annual
non-cumulative entitlement of paid leave up to a maximum of 12 days will be
provided by Country Energy for employees to use for Trade Union leave.
Additional leave may be granted subject to approval.
45. Training
(i) Country Energy
will ensure that training and skill development is to be directed to:
(a) developing a
more highly skilled and flexible workforce;
(b) providing
employees with career opportunities through skill acquisition; and
(c) removing
barriers to the utilisation of skills acquired.
(ii) So that
employees have the skill, competence and training to perform duties and
functions, they shall undertake and complete employer endorsed training
relevant to their duties and functions. Country Energy shall meet all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by employees in undertaking training.
(iii) An employee
who is to undertake reasonable travel outside the ordinary hours of work to
attend employer required training shall be paid at ordinary time rate of pay
for all travel so incurred.
Travel for training, where possible, should be arranged
so that it occurs within the employee’s normal hours of work.
46.
Apprentices/Trainees
(i) Obligations
Apprentices and trainees will be provided with "hands
on" work experience, appropriate facilities and training at work to
acquire the knowledge and skills they need to complete their apprenticeship or
traineeship.
Apprentices and trainees shall be enrolled in an
approved course of formal training with a registered training organisation
(RTO).
Apprentices and trainees shall be allowed paid work
time to undertake their formal training with the RTO. This may involve attendance at a training institution, formal
training in the workplace or self paced learning.
CE will sign the apprentice’s / trainee’s competency
record book or work evidence guide (if available) which supports formal
training.
CE will liaise with the RTO regarding the apprentice’s
/ trainee’s attendance and their participation in formal training.
(ii) Leave
entitlements
Annual leave and other leave entitlements and
superannuation for apprentices and trainees will be paid in accordance with
this Award.
(iii) Wages
Apprentices and trainees employed by Country Energy or
under arrangements with a third party shall be paid the minimum apprentice
training wage as set out in this Award under "classifications and rates of
pay" for Apprentices/Trainees.
(iv) Dismissal
An apprentice or trainee cannot be dismissed after
completion of the probationary period or after the training contract has been
approved by DET, whichever is the later, as the contract is binding from that
date.
(v) Mutual
cancellation
CE and the apprentice / trainee can apply to cancel the
training contract at anytime if both parties agree to do this.
47. Living Away
(i) An employee
required to remain away overnight shall, except as provided for in paragraph
(ii) of this clause, be entitled to:
(a) Have CE pay
accommodation costs only and the employee be paid beforehand for meal and
incidental expenses as per table 1 Part B of this Award, or:
(b) Have CE arrange
to pay for accommodation costs, meals and incidental expenses, or:
(c) A lump sum
allowance paid beforehand equal to the table 1 Part B of this Award.
(ii) For
apprentices and for employees attending training sessions, conferences and
staff development activities Country Energy shall provide reasonable
accommodation and meals.
(iii) Accommodation
shall be at least NRMA 3 star rating, whenever practicable and subject to
availability.
(iv) Where a
Corporate Card has been issued to an employee the Card may be used to pay for
overnight and incidental expenses.
48. Camping
(i) Where an
employee is required to perform work that renders it necessary for an employee
to sleep away from the employee’s usual residence, the employee shall be paid
an allowance per day as set out in Table 1 Part B of this Award.
(ii) This allowance
shall not apply where CE pays the actual expenses incurred for an employee's
meals, board and/or lodging. In such cases the
"Living Away Allowance" applies - refer clause 47. Where CE does not provide permanent barracks
or camping facilities for employees, it shall pay the actual out-of-pocket
expenses incurred for board and lodging.
(iii) Where the
existing camping requirements cause extreme hardship to an employee and the
family because of some exceptional circumstances, AI, on application by the
employee, will review its policy on the matter in that particular case and
subject to the merits of the case an alternative arrangement to camping may be
negotiated.
49. First Aid
Allowance
(i) Country Energy
will encourage all employees to obtain a first aid certificate and will meet
the costs of obtaining and renewing the certificate.
(ii) An employee
designated by Country Energy as a first aid attendant or their substitute shall
be paid the weekly allowance as set in of table 1 of Part B of this Award. (BEL)
50. Leading Hand
Allowance
(i) An employee
employed in a field based position who is in charge of and responsible for a
work group comprising that employee and at least two (2) other employees shall
be classified as supervising leading hand and remunerated for as per the
classifications and rates of pay attached to this Award.
(ii) An employee
whilst undertaking the duties of Leading Hand shall be paid an allowance set in
of Table 1 of Part B of this Award.
(iii) The Leading
Hand allowance shall be added to the ordinary rate of pay of the employee
whilst undertaking the duties of leading hand, and the ordinary rate of pay
shall be increased by the amount of the allowance which shall be paid to a
leading hand when working overtime, or involved in travelling time.
(iv) An employee may
be designated as a leading hand on a temporary or on an acting basis to meet
short term business needs, in which case the weekly allowance is divisible as a
daily allowance.
(v) An employee
designated as supervising leading hand shall receive the line worker
classification of Supervising leading Hand set out in the attached wages
schedule of this Award.
51. Tools
(i) Country Energy
shall provide employees with the necessary tools to perform their duties.
(ii) Damaged, lost
or worn tools shall be replaced by Country Energy.
(iii) Employees
shall use the tools for their intended purpose only.
(iv) Employees shall
exercise all care in the use of and safe keeping of tools.
(v) (BEL) members
who supply their own tools, are to receive a tool allowance as set out in Table
1 Part B Allowances of this Award.
52. Area Climate
Allowance (BEL, USU)
(i) Employees
working within the area of supply of Country Energy shall be paid a daily
allowance as set in of Table 1 in Part B of this Award.
(ii) This allowance
shall not form part of the ordinary rates of pay for the purpose of the
calculation of overtime. This allowance
is not paid for other purposes.
53. Aircraft
Allowance (BH Electricity, ASU &
BEL)
(i) An employee who
is required in the course of employment to be engaged in a rotary or fixed wing
aircraft in inspection and reporting on the distribution network shall be paid
an allowance as per Table 1 - Allowances, per day or part thereof whilst so
engaged.
(ii) Paid on
Overtime - this allowance shall apply during periods of overtime. This allowance is not paid for other
purposes.
54. Climbing
Allowance (Bh Electricity, Usu &
Bel)
Employees who are qualified and trained in radio and
communications tower work on towers above 30 meters in height shall be paid for
climbing, a daily allowance as set in Table 1 of Part B - Allowances
55.
Uniforms/Protective Clothing
CE will provide uniforms to its employees (administration
and field) in accordance with "Country Energy Uniform Policy 2002 (refer
appendix 5).
(i) Uniforms will
be replaced on a fair wear and tear basis.
(ii) To fulfil
safety requirements relating to the provision of personal protective clothing,
Country Energy shall provide personal protective clothing as specified.
(iii) Employees must
ensure they wear and/or use appropriate clothing and/or equipment for the
purpose for which it was provided.
56. Wet Weather and
Extreme Conditions
(i) Where because
of wet weather, an employee stops work, the employee shall be paid for time not
worked provided the employee:
(a) remains at work
until directed to leave work;
(b) stands by as
directed; and
(c) reports for duty
as directed.
(ii) Individuals
working in heated conditions need to as a minimum adhere to the following
measures within the workplace:
Ensure that the appropriate PPE is worn at all times.
Ensure the adequate intake of fluids.
Observe that regular rest breaks are utilised.
Take early actions if any signs or symptoms of heat
stress occur.
(iii) In extreme
conditions, work should be arranged so that it is not performed when
temperatures are at their highest. In
such cases it may be an alternative to alter the commencing times to coincide
with the coolness of the morning subject to agreement between CE and the
employees concerned.
57. Outsourcing
(i) Where Country Energy
is considering outsourcing work, which affects employees, Country Energy shall
consult with the affected employees and Unions prior to tendering for such
work.
(ii) Country Energy
shall discuss with employees affected and the relevant Unions, the effects
outsourcing is likely to have on employees and measures to minimise the impact
on employees, and shall give prompt response to matters raised by the employees
and the Union, including consideration of employee generated alternatives.
(iii) Where the work
to be outsourced is likely to have a long term (in excess of three (3) months)
or major impact on either:
(a) a particular
geographical location, or
(b) a particular
classification group, or
(c) a particular
existing work function;
a meeting of the Consultative Committee shall be
convened and full details provided prior to the decision to tender.
(iv) Expressions of
interest or tenders when advertised, shall be timed so as to provide the
employees with an opportunity to submit a conforming expression of interest or
tender to do the work to an equivalent standard, timetable, and price.
(v) If an employee
generated conforming expression of interest or tender is submitted, it shall be
evaluated together with external submissions received.
(vi) The
Consultative Committee will consider whether the work activity being considered
for outsourcing, can be carried out by current employees or whether alternative
arrangements, such as permanent part time, temporary or casual employment are a
more suitable alternative and make recommendations considered appropriate.
(vii) When
considering contracting out or outsourcing, CE will take into account the
following:
(a) Insufficient
overall resources are available to meet the current Country Energy overall work
commitment and work timetable, or
(b) The failure to
complete the work in a reasonable time would jeopardise the safety of the
public or impact adversely upon system performance, or
(c) The use of
outsourcing or contracting to the work is commercially the most advantageous
option taking into account; quality; safety; performance; cost; and the overall
strategic direction of Country Energy.
(viii) If after this
process has been conducted a decision to outsource has been made, the
Contractor engaged to perform the work must:
(a) Provide a
written undertaking to comply with CE safety, environmental and quality
standards.
(b) Provide a
written undertaking to conform with all Acts, Awards and Agreements affecting
the employees of the Contractor.
(ix) Have in place
an Award with the relevant Union except where the Contractor is a Sole Trader
with no employees.
(x) Where an
employee's position is no longer required the position holder shall be subject
to the provisions of the Salary Maintenance Policy.
58. No Extra Claims
The parties to this Award agree not to pursue any additional
or extra claims during the term of this Award except where agreed by all
parties.
59. Leave Reserved
- Appointments and Gradings
- Casual Loading
- Allowances
- Mixed Duties and Functions
- On Call / Standing By
- Average Earnings (Water Division)
60. Classifications
and Rates of Pay
(i) Employees shall
be allocated an employment classification.
An employee’s classification shall be the classification, which describes
the employee’s major and substantial functions and duties.
(ii) An agreed job
evaluation method shall be used to grade positions, having regard for the
requirements of the position including qualifications and skill, within the
grades allocated for the classification.
(iii) During the
life of this Award, the parties through negotiation and agreement may vary or
simplify the structure and classification definitions.
(iv) The weekly
ordinary rates of pay for Balranald Energy Lodge (BEL) and USU staff contain a
1.35% component in lieu of an annual leave loading.
(v) Classifications
and rates of pay for Union members party to this Award are set out in Appendix
7.
61. Allowances -
Table 1 Part B
Allowances Increase in Line with Wage % Increases
Clause #
|
Allowance
|
|
BEL
|
BHE
|
ASU/MEU
|
Water
|
|
|
|
|
Division
|
|
|
24(ix)
|
On call
|
Per week
|
283.99
|
283.99
|
283.99
|
|
|
(week being 7 days)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On call weekly (5 Days)
|
Per day
|
202.85
|
202.85
|
202.85
|
|
|
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
|
24(ix)
|
On Call Weekday
|
Per week
|
40.57
|
40.57
|
40.57
|
|
24(ix)
|
On Call Weekend
|
|
47.33
|
47.33
|
47.33
|
|
24(xxii)
|
On Call Short Notice
|
|
47.33
|
47.33
|
47.33
|
|
24(xiii)
|
On call duty officer
|
Per week
|
283.99
|
283.99
|
283.99
|
|
24(xv)
|
Officer in Charge
|
Per week
|
283.99
|
283.99
|
283.99
|
|
29(v)(e)
|
Meal - Overtime
|
Per meal
|
24.32
|
24.32
|
24.32
|
24.32
|
|
Crib Time
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
7.29
|
42
|
Licence HC
|
Per week
|
|
|
|
6.69
|
|
Licence HR
|
Per week
|
|
|
|
5.21
|
47(i)(a)a
|
Living Away - Breakfast
|
Per day
|
19.41
|
19.41
|
19.41
|
19.41
|
|
Living Away - Lunch
|
Per day
|
22.20
|
22.20
|
22.20
|
22.20
|
|
Living Away - Dinner
|
Per day
|
38.32
|
38.32
|
38.32
|
38.32
|
47(i)(c)
|
Living Away
|
Per day
|
33.11
|
28.88
|
11.78
|
11.78
|
48(i)
|
Camping
|
Per day
|
28.06
|
|
37.53
|
37.53
|
49(ii)
|
First Aid
|
Per day
|
1.25
|
|
2.16
|
|
50(ii)
|
Leading Hand
|
Per hour
|
1.13
|
1.04
|
1.10
|
0.72
|
51(v)
|
Tools
|
Per week
|
9.42
|
|
|
|
52(i)
|
Area Climatic Allowance
|
Per day
|
1.41
|
|
1.22
|
|
53(i)
|
Aircraft Allowance
|
Per day
|
12.55
|
12.55
|
12.55
|
|
54(i)
|
Climbing Allowance
|
Per day
|
20.10
|
20.10
|
20.10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
|
|
|
Appendix
|
Lead Bonus
|
Per hour
|
|
3.23
|
|
3.23
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitumen
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
4.82
|
|
Powder Monkey
|
Per day
|
|
6.72
|
|
8.35
|
|
Confined Space
|
Per hour
|
|
5.01
|
|
5.01
|
|
Dirty Work
|
Per hour
|
|
.20
|
|
1.28
|
|
Dangerous substance
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
7.30
|
|
Dirty Dangerous
|
Per week
|
|
|
10.48
|
|
|
Conditions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Welding Galvanised steel
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
3.34
|
|
Sewer Access Chamber
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
15.18
|
|
Height
|
Per day
|
|
|
|
4.05
|
|
Towing
|
Per day
|
|
7.70
|
|
|
|
Semi Trailer - two axle
|
Per day
|
|
6.93
|
|
|
|
Shift - Morning
|
Per shift
|
|
|
6.94
|
5%
|
|
Shift - Afternoon
|
Per shift
|
|
|
14.88
|
15%
|
|
Shift - Night
|
Per shift
|
|
|
14.88
|
17.5%
|
|
Plant Operator
|
Per day
|
|
9.02
|
|
|
|
Phone Answering
|
Per week
|
49.87
|
|
|
|
62. Appendix 1 - Rest
Period After Overtime
See file.
63. Appendix 2
Sick Leave and Personal Carer’s Leave Policy
General:
Sick leave, as one form of absenteeism, should be
managed in a consistent way with other forms of unscheduled absences. It is most important that any procedures set
in place are well integrated with other human resource strategies.
Departments within Country Energy have a responsibility
to manage sick leave in a fair and equitable way, which takes account of the
circumstances and results of individual absences.
Definitions:
Sick Leave -
Sick leave is paid leave of absence, which may be
granted to protect the health of:
• The
employee concerned,
• Other
employees, and/or
• The
general public,
and is designed to cover those absences where the
supervisor is satisfied that the employee was unable to perform his/her duty on
account of illness. For the purpose of
this policy, reference to employees shall include temporary employees but shall
not include a casual employee.
Illness -
For the purpose of this policy, illness shall mean:
• A virus,
disease or infection;
• An
injury (other than a workers compensation injury);
• A
recognised psychological illness which may not be manifested as a physical
illness’ or
• An
injury not being due to serious misconduct.
Immediate Family -
Employee’s spouse (including former spouse, de facto
spouse and a former de facto spouse), same sex partner, or a child or an adult
child (including an adopted child, or a step child or ex nuptial child),
parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling and a relative, of the employee who
is a member of the same household.
Entitlement -
1. Leave with pay
will be provided to all employees, except casual employees, who are absent from
work due to personal injury. All
genuine cases of personal illness or injury will be supported.
Note: Casual employees receive a loading in lieu of any
Sick Leave entitlements.
2. An employee
shall inform their manager/supervisor/team leader as soon as possible
preferably within one hour of the employee’s usual starting time on the first
day of absence, of the inability to attend work and indicating the nature of
the illness and the likely length of the absence. The employee is required to keep in regular contact with the
manager/supervisor/team leader during their absence.
3. As soon as
possible after Sick Leave commences, the employee must complete and Application
for Leave form confirming the absence, stating the nature of the illness and
the total period of sickness leave required.
Medical Certificates -
There will be no requirement for medical evidence to be
produced (i.e. Doctors certificate).
The employee concerned only needs to satisfy their manager/
supervisor/team leader that the absence was due to personal illness or injury.
However, medical evidence may be required where an individual circumstances
warrant that case management procedures be implemented
Where the health of an employee causes concern, the
individual may be requested to obtain a medical report to determine their
fitness to perform their duties. In
these circumstances Country Energy would meet the costs of the medical report.
Sick Leave during other Leave -
If an employee suffers personal illness or injury for
at least five consecutive days whilst on Annual or Long Service Leave, the
employee may have that period of leave re-credited or will be granted
additional leave equivalent to the period of personal illness or injury which
occurred during the leave, whichever is more appropriate.
In these circumstances, satisfactory medical evidence
will be required and the period of time covered by the medical certificate is
then recorded as Sick Leave.
Rate of Pay During Sick Leave -
Paid sick leave shall be at the employee’s ordinary
rate of pay plus any allowance that the employee ordinarily would have received
where this is in accordance with the Award.
Other Compensation -
An employee, who has been granted Sick Leave, and who
in respect of the same period of Sick leave receives compensation under and Act
or law, shall reimburse Country Energy from that compensation, any amounts paid
as sick leave.
Control of Excessive Sick Leave -
The control of excessive sick leave is the
responsibility of individual department general managers. This responsibility
should be based on:
• Ensuring
the health and well-being of staff; and
• The
efficient and effective operation of the department.
Sick Leave to be monitored -
As with any form of absenteeism, the responsibility for
reducing sick leave at the organisational level requires the development of a
variety of HR management strategies.
This in turn involves a detailed assessment of the underlying causes of
sick leave, which may be related to work, (e.g. occupational hazards,
uninteresting or unchallenging work activities). Monitoring work attendance on a regular basis is vital to the
identification of causes and the evaluation of strategies developed to reduce
sick leave.
Counselling -
At all stages in the management process, the
responsibility for counselling the employee or referral to a counselling
service rests with the employee’s supervisor/manager. Such counselling must always precede application of any sanctions
(e.g. imposition of the medical certificate requirement), and must include
clear indications of the next steps to be taken.
Personal Carers Leave -
An employee shall have access to personal Carer’s Leave
with pay to provide short-term care and support for immediate family members
when they are ill. Personal Carer’s
Leave is not long term indefinite leave and only applies where no other carer
is available until alternative arrangements can be made.
The employee is obliged to put in place alternative
care arrangements as soon as possible.
Personal Carer’s Leave may be taken for part of a
single day.
An employee who needs to take personal carer’s leave
shall notify their manager/supervisor/team leader at the first available
opportunity.
Where practicable the employee shall complete a Leave
Form prior to taking Personal Carer’s Leave or else notify Country Energy by
telephone on the day of the absence.
In normal circumstances an employee shall not take
Personal Carer’s Leave where another person is providing care to a member of
the immediate family.
An employee may elect, with the consent of Country
Energy, to take unpaid leave for the purpose of providing care to a member of
the immediate family.
Requests for Personal Carer’s Leave will be managed on
a case-by-case basis. Managers/supervisors/team
leaders will have regard to the reason for the request and the extent of the
leave required. A maximum of five days
is available in the first instance.
Additional leave will be subject to application and
based on each applicants individuals personal circumstances. The employee is
obligated to put in place alternative care arrangements as soon as possible.
Case Management -
Case management is a process where each particular case
is managed individually to satisfy the needs of both the employee and Country
Energy. Case Management will be used in
the following scenarios:
Where an employee has frequent absences
In these situations the manager/supervisor/team leader
and the employee will review the circumstances and attempt to address the cause
of the absences. If an employee
continues to have absences without apparent reason, then performance
counselling and/or individual case management is to be undertaken. In these circumstances, evidence may be
required for every absence in an effort to correct what may be inappropriate
behaviour.
If performance counselling and/or case management is
undertaken, Country Energy will consult with:
• The
employee;
• The
employee’s Union;
• The
employee’s medical practitioner;
• A
nominated medical practitioner;
• A nominated rehabilitation provider or
other health care professional to assist the employee to return to work and
manage the personal illness or injury.
Where an employee has a long term or ongoing illness or
injury
Country Energy’s Rehabilitation Policy is to
rehabilitate employees regardless of whether the absence is due to workers
compensation or sick leave. Returning
the employee back to work as soon as possible, provided medically fit to do so,
is the most desirable outcome for both employee and Country Energy.
In cases of long-term illness or injury, the employee
will be required to undergo case management.
If case management is undertaken, Country Energy will
consult with:
• The
employee;
• The
employee’s Union;
• The
employee’s medical practitioner;
• A
nominated medical practitioner;
• A nominated rehabilitation provider or
other health care professional to assist the employee to return to work and
manage the personal illness or injury.
General -
Managers are responsible for the case management of
employees in consultation with the Human Resources Management team. If an employee is unlikely to return to work
due to a major personal illness or injury, the Human Resources management team
may be required to provide ongoing management of the particular employee.
Dependent on the medical condition prevailing it may be
appropriate for Managers or the HR Management team to ask the employee to
undergo medical examination.
Termination -
Where it is established, on medical grounds, that the
employee is unlikely to return to work because of the employee’s personal
illness or injury, Country Energy may terminate the employee’s services.
Prior to any termination decision being made, Country
Energy will consult with the employee and the employee’s Union.
Country Energy shall pay to the employee, in addition
to other termination of employment entitlements:
• An amount equivalent to two weeks pay
for each year of completed service with Country Energy up to a maximum of
twenty six weeks pay;
• Preserved sick leave;
• Four weeks pay in lieu of notice.
If an employee has a long-term illness, which has
caused the employee to be absent for more than six months, Country Energy will
consult with the employee’s Union, and the employee’s medical advisor or refer
the employee to a nominated medical practitioner to determine the likelihood of
the employee returning to work.
If the medical advice confirms that the employee will
be unable to return to work, Country Energy may terminate the employee’s services. If an ill health retirement does occur and
if the person recovers to a point where some employment can be undertaken, then
Country Energy may re-employ that employee up to two years after the agreed ill
health retirement.
Appeal against Termination -
An employee may appeal against a decision to terminate
their employment by requesting a review of the decision. The employee or the employee’s Union shall
contact the Human Resources Management team and the relevant manager to discuss
the appeal in an attempt to resolve any concerns. If the matter cannot be resolved the matter may be referred to
the Sick and Personal Carer’s Leave Committee for review.
An employee whose employment is terminated retains the
right to lodge a grievance with Country Energy and have it considered within 10
days of receiving advice of termination.
Sick and Personal Carer’s Leave Committee -
A standing committee, the Sick and Personal Carer’s
Leave Committee, will be established to manage the introduction of this policy
and to provide ongoing advice and guidance regarding case management.
The purpose of the Sick and Personal Carer’s Leave
Committee will be to ensure that the implementation and management of Debit
Free Sick Leave and Personal Carers Leave system is fair and equitable to all
employees. It will also be the
responsibility of this committee to ensure that appropriate strategies are
implemented where case management is necessary.
The committee shall consist of:
• The General Manager Human Resources or
their nominated delegate (chair);
• Another Senior Management
Representative;
• An independent employee representative
nominated by the other members of the Sick and Personal Carer’s Leave
Committee;
• A nominated Union official representing
the relevant employee, as agreed by the Union.
For individual case management review, the relevant
manager and Union official will be involved.
64. Appendix 3
Parental Leave Guidelines
Objective:
Country Energy is committed to encouraging the
development of our community by encouraging a family friendly workplace. We actively support mothers and fathers with
leave to care for their new child.
How Does it Work?
Parental Leave is a period of leave, up to a maximum of
52 weeks, available to employees after pregnancy. Employees must have worked
for AI in a full time position continuously for 12 months at the time Parental
Leave commences.
What is parental leave?
Parental leave is unpaid leave,
unless otherwise specified in an Award or Agreement. Parental leave taken by an
employee can be:
Maternity leave - is leave
taken by female employees during or after pregnancy. The period of leave available is up to 52 weeks. Special maternity leave is taken to recover
from a terminated pregnancy, when a child is stillborn or when the mother is
ill because of the pregnancy.
Paternity leave - is taken
by a male employee in connection with the birth of his child or his spouse’s
(including de facto spouse’s) child.
Short paternity leave is for two weeks only when the baby is born or the
pregnancy is terminated. Extended
paternity leave of up to 50 weeks is also available for the male employee who
is the primary care giver of the child.
Adoption leave - is taken by
either the adoptive mother or adoptive father when adopting a child (under 18
years of age). Short adoption leave is an unbroken period of up to three weeks
leave taken at the time of the child’s placement. Extended adoption leave is a further 49 weeks leave in order to
be the primary care giver of the child.
An employee does not have to be
married to be entitled to parental leave.
How much leave is an employee entitled to?
An employee is entitled to a maximum of 52 weeks leave.
it may be taken in the following manner:
Maternity Leave
full pay for a period of fourteen (14) weeks, or,
Alternatively, twenty-eight (28) weeks at half pay.
Balance of the 52 weeks entitlement unpaid.
Paternity Leave
Extended Paternity leave up to 50 weeks available to
male employees who are the primary carer. The amount of leave that is paid
leave is the balance of the untaken paid maternity leave entitlement of the
spouse.
Adoption Leave
Short adoption leave is an unbroken period of up to
three weeks leave taken at the time of the child’s placement.
Extended adoption leave is a further 49 weeks unpaid
leave in order to be the primary care giver of the child.
Other Forms of Leave
Unpaid Parental Leave may be combined with any accrued
Long Service Leave and/or Annual Leave entitlements, however the maximum amount
of combined leave, paid and unpaid, must not exceed 52 weeks, and must be
concluded by the child's first birthday
General Provisions
Special unpaid Parental Leave is available to female
employees, for recovery from a terminated pregnancy or an illness related to the
pregnancy. Special unpaid Parental Leave or paid Sick Leave (if any is
available) will be available for as long as a doctor believes it is necessary,
and this is specified on a medical certificate.
Parents may wish to share Parental Leave, however in all
circumstances the combined period of shared leave will not exceed 52 weeks.
An employee and his or her spouse may not take parental
leave at the same time, except where one spouse is on a period of 'short
paternity leave' or 'short adoption leave'.
Parental Leave does not break the employee's continuity
of service, however time away from work on Parental Leave will not count
towards Long Service Leave or Annual Leave.
Staff intending to return to work must notify the appropriate manager
two months prior to the end of Parental Leave (or special unpaid Parental
Leave, as the case may be), of the intention to return to work.
An employee, upon resuming duties after the expiration
of Parental Leave, will return to the position that was occupied immediately
prior to the commencement of the leave, however if the job no longer exists,
but there is another job that the employee is qualified to do, they may be
entitled to that job if the salary and status is comparable to the former
position.
If no such job is available they may be entitled to
redundancy pay, if it is provided in the relevant Awards or Enterprise
Agreements.
65. Appendix 4
Maximum under existing
entitlement 3 weeks per year of service uncapped service between 14-17 years at
max 52 weeks so no disadvantage at 3 weeks /year of service proposal
Calculation for
Redundancy Entitlement
Current
|
4 weeks in lieu
|
1 week if
|
3 week per
|
Additional
|
Total
|
Entitlement
|
|
45+ years old
|
year of service
|
acceptance
|
Weeks
|
|
|
|
max 39 weeks
|
Payment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
15
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
9
|
6
|
20
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
12
|
8
|
25
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
15
|
8
|
28
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
18
|
8
|
31
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
21
|
8
|
34
|
8
|
4
|
1
|
24
|
8
|
37
|
9
|
4
|
1
|
27
|
8
|
40
|
10
|
4
|
1
|
30
|
8
|
43
|
11
|
4
|
1
|
33
|
8
|
46
|
12
|
4
|
1
|
36
|
8
|
49
|
13
|
4
|
1
|
39
|
8
|
52
|
14
|
|
|
42
|
|
52
|
15
|
|
|
45
|
|
52
|
16
|
|
|
48
|
|
52
|
17
|
|
|
51
|
|
52
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
54
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
57
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
60
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
63
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
66
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
69
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
72
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
75
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
78
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
81
|
28
|
|
|
|
|
84
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
87
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
90
|
31
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
32
|
|
|
|
|
96
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
99
|
34
|
|
|
|
|
102
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
105
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
108
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
111
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
114
|
39
|
|
|
|
|
117
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
120
|
41
|
|
|
|
|
123
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
126
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
129
|
44
|
|
|
|
|
132
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
135
|
66. Appendix 5
Corporate Uniforms
Objective:
Country Energy presenting a friendly team image by
everyone wearing the uniform at all times
How does it work?
This will be achieved by:
• Everyone
wearing the complete uniform at all times
• People
starting the day with uniforms in a clean and tidy condition
• Maintaining
a detailed specification of the approved uniform
• Providing
an opportunity for recommending improvements to the uniform
• Ensuring
uniform safety requirements are always maintained
• Replacing
uniforms based on the concept of ‘ blunt for sharp ‘ - i.e. when worn out or
damaged
Please join in making a personal commitment to wearing
your uniform with pride.
67. Appendix 6
Miscellaneous Allowances
Lead Bonus (BH
Electricity - Water Division) -
Where work is performed for a Mining Company, on works
belonging to the Mining Company on their Mine Lease, employees will be paid the
Lead Bonus set by the Country Energy, on an hourly basis. Such payment will not apply when employees
carry out normal duties in connection with works of water supply and sewerage
for which CE is responsible.
Powderman's Certificate
(BH Electrcicity - Water Division) -
Employees required by their duties to possess a
Powderman certificate of competency issued by the Workcover Authority of NSW,
will be paid a weekly allowance subject to the following:
• The
allowance to be paid for the full week whether it is used each day or not.
• Where
an employee works part of a week, payment will be for the full week.
• The allowance will not be paid when the
employee is on leave of any type for the full week, and no pro-rata payment of
the allowance will be made for overtime worked.
Confined Space (BH
Electricity - Water Division) -
Employees will receive a daily allowance for each day,
or part of a day, they are required to perform construction, maintenance and
repair jobs in a confined space.
Dirty Work (BH
Electricity - Water Division) -
An allowance will be paid to employees required to:-
1. work in the
sedimentation and flocculation tanks at Mica Street Water Treatment Plant when
the tanks are empty and repairs are undertaken;
2. work in the
suction tunnel at the Stephens Creek Pumping Station;
3. internally
clean fuel storages;
4. internally
clean service reservoirs and/or balance tanks;
5. internally
clean and/or repair sewerage settling and sludge digesting tanks (as distinct
from sewerage pump wells);
6. clean and oil
shutters;
7. work in
sewerage pump wells (wet or dry) or in any situation where the employee comes
in direct contact with sewage matter.
8. work on
equipment or plant contaminated with sewage matter.
9. work in
situations such that the employee is unable to arrange adequate protection
(e.g. water proof boots) from excessively wet or muddy conditions;
10. pull down dirty
ceilings or roofing.
Note: This allowance is not payable for items (1) to
(9) above, when organic dirt allowance is paid.
Dangerous Substance (Water Division) -
A daily allowance will be paid to employees for each
day, or part of a day, they are required to work with dangerous substances. The
allowance applies where the nature of the work requires the employee to wear
protective clothing, including respiratory masks, or fresh air supplied helmet.
Height (Water
Division) -
Employees working in places 7.62 metres (25 feet) above
the ground in a location where there is no adequate and safe fixed support
shall be paid an allowance per hour, with a minimum payment per day. Country
Energy shall provide adequate and safe scaffolding.
Sewerage Access Chamber Reconstruction (Water Division) -
A daily allowance shall be paid to members of the
construction gang only while engaged on sewerage access chamber reconstruction.
This allowance applies only where appropriate
conditions exist, i.e. splashing with sewage and sewer gases, and does not
apply in the case of new construction.
Welding Galvanised Steel
(Water Division) -
A daily allowance will be paid to employees welding
galvanised coated steel.
Towing (BH
Electricity) -
An employee required to drive a vehicle towing another
vehicle shall receive an allowance.
Semi-Trailer two axle
(BH Electricity) -
An employee required to drive a semi-trailer shall
receive an allowance where the semi-trailer has two axles.
Shift Allowances
(Water Division) -
Employees working the afternoon shift will be paid an
allowance, with pro rata payment for portion of an afternoon shift worked.
Employees working the night shift will be paid an
allowance, with pro rata payment for portion of a night shift worked.
Employees working the morning shift will be paid an
allowance, with pro rata payment for portion of a morning shift worked.
Plant Operator (BH Electricity) -
An employee required to drive a vehicle towing another
vehicle shall receive an allowance, provided it is understood that when plant
operating is not available to be carried out the operator will be required to
undertake whatever work is allocated to him by the supervisor.
Telephone Allowance (BEL) -
Employees who are required to provide a telephone at
their home for the purpose of Country Energy business, shall be given an
allowance, as set out in Table 1 Part B - Miscellaneous Allowances.
68. Appendix 7 -
Classifications and Rates of Pay
USU
Classification: Professional, Supervisory and Support Staff
(Corporate and Retail) -
An employee who performs work of an analytical nature which
requires a high degree of professionalism, skill and autonomy and is generally
in support of or answerable to a manager shall be classified as a professional,
supervisory and support officer.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
1239.84
|
2
|
1305.42
|
3
|
1366.15
|
4
|
1440.33
|
5
|
1518.38
|
6
|
1581.38
|
Classification: Information Technology Staff -
An employee who is appointed to the information technology
section and who has tertiary qualifications in a related field or discipline or
has skills equivalent to that status.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
1306.39
|
2
|
1366.15
|
3
|
1440.33
|
4
|
1518.38
|
5
|
1581.38
|
6
|
1639.19
|
7
|
1692.14
|
8
|
1745.27
|
9
|
1811.34
|
10
|
1875.56
|
Classification: Corporate and Retail Support Staff -
An employee who performs work which is principally of a
clerical or administrative nature in support either of corporate or retail professional
and supervisory staff shall be classified as a corporate or retail support
officer
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
516.93
|
2
|
579.92
|
3
|
647.61
|
4
|
717.41
|
5
|
810.37
|
6
|
900.73
|
7
|
961.30
|
8
|
1041.79
|
9
|
1096.52
|
10
|
1169.23
|
Note: Grade 1 is adult entry at School Certificate level or
acceptable equivalent.
Grade 3 is entry at Higher School Certificate level or
acceptable equivalent.
Annual incremental progression to grade 5 subject to
employee undertaking employer endorsed training and satisfactory performance.
Appointment beyond grade 5 is dependent on job evaluation.
Classification: Professional Officer (Network) -
An employee who has completed a recognised degree and who is
eligible for admission as a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
may be appointed to a position as a professional officer to carry out
professional engineering duties and functions.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
1426.23
|
2
|
1631.58
|
3
|
1729.07
|
4
|
1895.39
|
5
|
1998.38
|
Classification: Supervisory and Technical Support Officer
(Network)
An employee who performs tasks of an engineering management
or analytical nature generally in support of a professional officer (network)
shall be appointed as a supervisory and technical support officer. This
classification also covers those employed as a works co-ordinator; team leader;
design and investigation officer; network standards officer; safety officer or
metering officer.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
1182.68
|
2
|
1239.52
|
3
|
1301.54
|
4
|
1354.66
|
5
|
1414.25
|
6
|
1454.09
|
7
|
1530.69
|
8
|
1595.79
|
9
|
1663.49
|
10
|
1729.89
|
Grades 7 to 10 are for engineering officers with the grade
to be determined by job evaluation.
Grades 4 to 10 are for works co-ordinators with the grade to
be determined by job evaluation.
Grades 1 to 2 are for team leaders with progression from
grade 1 to grade 2 after twelve months.
Grades 1 to 3 are for electrical trade’s persons engaged in
advanced work and possessing post trade qualification with progression from
grade 1 to 2 to 3 after each twelve months.
Classification: Materials Management Officer -
An employee who is primarily engaged in the acquisition,
distribution, control and recording of stores, equipment, plant, and materials
including the operation of stores and quality of goods received and the
management of contracts in respect of these items, shall be appointed as a
material management officer.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
976.52
|
2
|
1065.92
|
3
|
1165.50
|
4
|
1196.92
|
5
|
1301.86
|
6
|
1360.66
|
7
|
1400.49
|
Materials managers shall progress annually from grade 1
through to grade 5
Appointment beyond grade 5 is dependent on job evaluation.
Classification: Technician -
A technician is a qualified tradesperson who is primarily
involved in related energy work, motor vehicles and plant or other associated
trades, or non-trades staff involved in the operation of a materials
distribution centre.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
990.51
|
2
|
1034.50
|
3
|
1062.20
|
4
|
1117.44
|
5
|
1172.69
|
6
|
1227.94
|
7
|
1283.18
|
8
|
1338.43
|
9
|
1422.83
|
Technicians shall progress annually from grade 1 through to
grade 4
A technician performing work on energy distribution systems
including installation protection systems, zone substations, and installation
inspection shall progress from grade 1 to grade 5.
Grades 6 and 7 apply to former Illawarra Electricity
employees who are on these rates at the commencement of this Award.
Motor mechanics shall progress annually from grade 1 through
to grade 3.
Painters and welders shall progress from grade 1 to grade 2
after twelve months.
Classifications 4+ and 3+ have an amount of $4.30 per week
included into the rate in consideration for disabilities encountered in the
work place in the nature of confined spaces, underground work, working at
heights, wet and dirty places and the use of power tools and explosives.
Classification: Energy Distribution Worker -
An Energy Distribution Worker is an employee who, has a
post-secondary qualification in:
(1) gas supply, or
(2) overhead
linework or other qualification recognised under the Overhead Lineworkers
Regulations, and who is engaged in the operation, maintenance and construction
of energy transmission and distribution systems up to and including
sub-transmission assets, including work on switchboards and metering equipment.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
Trainee
|
896.48
|
1
|
974.98
|
2
|
1017.94
|
3
|
1037.83
|
4
|
1074.30
|
5
|
1131.23
|
5L/H
|
1194.26
|
6
|
1174.77
|
6L/H
|
1237.82
|
Sup L/H
|
1338.42
|
Energy Distribution Workers are eligible to progress
annually from Grade 1 through to Grade 4 subject to work performance and/or
conduct not having been assessed as unsatisfactory during the twelve-month
period from the date of commencement or date of last incremental advancement.
An Energy Distribution Worker (Electrical) who is qualified
and performs liveline stick work shall be paid at Grade 5.
An Energy Distribution Worker (Electrical) who is qualified
and performs liveline glove and barrier work shall be paid at Grade 6.
A Probationary Energy Distribution Worker requires a minimum
of four months on the job training assisting Energy Distribution Workers
(Electrical) and has to undertake the overhead Lineworkers course and
supplementary in-school practical course.
A Probationary Energy Distribution Worker shall be graded and paid as an
Energy Distribution Worker (Electrical) Grade 1. On satisfactory completion of the probationary period and
courses, the employee will be advanced as an Energy Distribution Worker Grade
2.
Classification: Assistant -
An assistant is an employee who is engaged in either the
operation of plant or reading of meters and associated clerical duties, or
depot officer duties or the maintenance of plant and equipment, or cleaning,
routine store work, care of grounds, equipment and vehicles and other related
administrative and clerical functions.
Grade
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
1
|
865.41
|
2
|
882.64
|
3
|
900.09
|
4
|
931.61
|
5
|
966.46
|
6
|
1031.27
|
7
|
1044.89
|
Assistants shall progress annually through the grades as
follows:
Depot officers and storeworkers to Grade 6.
Meter readers and plant operators to Grade 4.
All others to Grade 3.
USU (BHWB) Salaried Officers
Grade
|
Level
|
01/01/08
|
Grade 1
|
|
|
|
1
|
789.23
|
|
2
|
807.91
|
|
3
|
827.04
|
|
4
|
846.65
|
|
5
|
866.73
|
Grade 2
|
|
|
|
1
|
895.38
|
|
2
|
916.70
|
|
3
|
938.52
|
|
4
|
960.92
|
|
5
|
983.86
|
Grade 3
|
|
|
|
1
|
1002.77
|
|
2
|
1026.72
|
|
3
|
1051.33
|
|
4
|
1076.57
|
|
5
|
1102.38
|
Grade 4
|
|
|
|
1
|
1122.83
|
|
2
|
1149.83
|
|
3
|
1177.48
|
|
4
|
1205.86
|
|
5
|
1234.92
|
Grade 5
|
|
|
|
1
|
1261.85
|
|
2
|
1292.32
|
|
3
|
1323.53
|
|
4
|
1355.55
|
|
5
|
1388.36
|
Grade 6
|
|
|
|
1
|
1420.15
|
|
2
|
1454.60
|
|
3
|
1489.88
|
|
4
|
1526.09
|
|
5
|
1563.10
|
Grade 7
|
|
|
|
1
|
1579.63
|
|
2
|
1618.06
|
|
3
|
1657.45
|
|
4
|
1697.78
|
|
5
|
1739.16
|
Water Wage Employees
Classification
|
Work Group
|
|
Weekly
|
|
|
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trades
|
Electrical
|
1
|
1032.95
|
|
|
2
|
1051.37
|
|
|
3
|
1070.96
|
|
|
4
|
1129.84
|
|
|
5
|
1178.95
|
|
|
Technical Officer
|
1275.85
|
|
|
Sup L/H 1
|
1247.03
|
|
|
Sup L/H 2
|
1282.11
|
|
|
Sup L/H 3
|
1315.10
|
|
|
|
|
Trades
|
Other
|
1
|
1015.60
|
|
|
2
|
1035.56
|
|
|
3
|
1055.36
|
|
|
4
|
1114.19
|
|
|
5
|
1163.52
|
|
|
Sup L/H 1
|
1220.84
|
|
|
Sup L/H 2
|
1250.01
|
|
|
Sup L/H 3
|
1279.92
|
|
|
|
|
Trades
|
Plumbers
|
1
|
1015.58
|
|
|
2
|
1044.26
|
|
|
3
|
1063.37
|
|
|
4
|
1067.18
|
|
|
5
|
1072.73
|
|
|
6
|
1114.19
|
|
|
|
|
Sewer
|
Non Trades
|
1
|
924.11
|
|
|
2
|
952.41
|
|
|
3
|
971.68
|
|
|
4
|
975.32
|
|
|
5
|
981.21
|
|
|
6
|
1144.07
|
Water Reticulation
|
|
|
|
Construct/Watching
|
|
1
|
837.32
|
|
|
2
|
865.61
|
|
|
3
|
884.90
|
|
|
4
|
888.52
|
|
|
5 Shift Supervisor
|
966.60
|
|
|
6 Sup L/H
|
1057.27
|
|
|
|
|
Stores
|
|
1
|
837.32
|
|
|
2
|
873.42
|
|
|
3
|
884.90
|
|
|
4
|
927.07
|
|
|
5
|
1057.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WPT
|
|
1/1
|
892.69
|
|
|
‘1/2
|
910.56
|
|
|
2/1
|
925.74
|
|
|
2/2
|
944.25
|
|
|
2 L/H
|
1029.45
|
|
|
3/1
|
994.84
|
|
|
3/2
|
1014.72
|
|
|
3 L/H
|
1119.20
|
|
|
4/1
|
1069.94
|
|
|
4/2
|
1091.33
|
|
|
Senior L/H 1
|
1220.84
|
|
|
Senior L/H 2
|
1250.01
|
Balranald Energy Lodge
Classification
|
Grade/Level
|
01/01/08
|
Electrical Technicians
|
1
|
990.51
|
|
2
|
1034.50
|
|
3
|
1062.20
|
|
4
|
1117.44
|
|
5
|
1172.69
|
|
6
|
1227.94
|
|
7
|
1283.18
|
|
8
|
1338.43
|
|
9
|
1422.83
|
|
9 L/H
|
1471.16
|
|
|
|
Lineworker
|
Trainee
|
896.48
|
|
1
|
974.98
|
|
2
|
1017.94
|
|
3
|
1037.83
|
|
4
|
1074.30
|
|
5
|
1131.23
|
|
5 L/H
|
1194.26
|
|
6
|
1174.77
|
|
6 L/H
|
1237.82
|
|
Supervising L/H
|
1338.42
|
|
|
|
Electrical Worker
|
1
|
865.41
|
|
2
|
882.64
|
|
3
|
900.09
|
|
4
|
931.61
|
|
5
|
966.46
|
|
6
|
1031.27
|
|
7
|
1044.89
|
|
|
|
Apprentices
|
1st Year
|
528.25
|
|
2nd Year
|
623.17
|
|
3rd Year
|
716.51
|
|
4th Year
|
811.70
|
|
|
|
Stores Supervisor
|
1/1
|
925.26
|
|
‘1/2
|
953.20
|
|
1/3
|
996.00
|
|
‘1/4
|
1033.18
|
|
1/5
|
1059.63
|
|
1/6
|
1087.29
|
|
2/1
|
1120.93
|
|
2/2
|
1152.39
|
|
3/1
|
1188.73
|
|
3/2
|
1220.89
|
|
|
|
Foreman
|
1/1
|
1134.87
|
|
‘1/2
|
1159.40
|
|
1/3
|
1176.00
|
|
2/2
|
1205.69
|
|
3/1
|
1231.33
|
|
3/2
|
1264.13
|
|
|
|
Supervisory Technical
|
1
|
1137.18
|
Support Officer
|
2
|
1191.84
|
|
3
|
1251.48
|
|
4
|
1302.56
|
|
5
|
1359.86
|
|
6
|
1398.17
|
|
|
|
BIC Employees
Classification
|
Grade/Level
|
01/01/08
|
|
|
|
Clerical Officers
|
1/1
|
584.72
|
|
‘1/2
|
654.54
|
|
1/3
|
722.99
|
|
‘1/4
|
872.45
|
|
|
|
|
2/1
|
883.58
|
|
2/2
|
906.90
|
|
2/3
|
974.75
|
|
2/4
|
1014.52
|
|
2/5
|
1039.24
|
|
2/6
|
1072.10
|
|
2/7
|
1095.27
|
|
2/8
|
1152.37
|
|
|
|
|
3/1
|
1203.28
|
|
3/2
|
1247.40
|
|
|
|
|
4/1
|
1275.80
|
|
4/2
|
1304.70
|
|
|
|
|
5/1
|
1322.17
|
|
5/2
|
1350.23
|
|
5/3
|
1398.31
|
|
|
|
Admin Officers
|
1/1
|
1396.57
|
|
‘1/2
|
1432.08
|
|
2/1
|
1472.10
|
|
2/2
|
1513.80
|
|
3/1
|
1549.21
|
|
3/2
|
1578.65
|
|
4/1
|
1615.16
|
|
4/2
|
1637.33
|
|
5/1
|
1695.80
|
|
5/2
|
1744.30
|
|
6/1
|
1777.39
|
|
6/2
|
1795.88
|
|
|
|
Meter Readers cASUal
|
1
|
1027.24
|
|
2
|
1064.26
|
|
3
|
1114.34
|
Meter Reader Full time
|
1
|
928.62
|
Handyperson
|
1
|
919.66
|
|
2
|
1001.07
|
|
3
|
1061.18
|
|
|
|
Stores
|
1
|
966.46
|
|
2
|
990.47
|
|
3
|
1031.30
|
|
4
|
1066.77
|
|
5
|
1091.93
|
|
6
|
1118.31
|
|
7
|
1150.40
|
|
8
|
1180.32
|
|
Supervisor
|
1254.22
|
|
|
|
Electrical Technicians
|
1
|
990.51
|
|
2
|
1034.50
|
|
3
|
1062.20
|
|
4
|
1117.44
|
|
5
|
1172.69
|
|
6
|
1227.94
|
|
7
|
1283.18
|
|
8
|
1338.43
|
|
9
|
1422.83
|
|
9 L/H
|
1471.16
|
|
|
|
Lineworker
|
Trainee
|
896.48
|
|
1
|
974.98
|
|
2
|
1017.94
|
|
3
|
1037.83
|
|
4
|
1074.30
|
|
5
|
1131.23
|
|
5 L/H
|
1194.26
|
|
6
|
1174.77
|
|
6 L/H
|
1237.82
|
|
Supervising L/H
|
1338.42
|
|
|
|
Electrical Worker
|
1
|
865.41
|
|
2
|
882.64
|
|
3
|
900.09
|
|
4
|
931.61
|
|
5
|
966.46
|
|
6
|
1031.27
|
|
7
|
1044.89
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IT
|
|
|
|
1
|
1317.64
|
|
2
|
1544.67
|
|
3
|
1615.38
|
|
4
|
1731.78
|
|
5
|
1854.53
|
|
6
|
1938.58
|
|
7
|
2001.04
|
|
8
|
2063.88
|
|
|
|
Technical Officer
|
1/1
|
1382.65
|
|
‘1/2
|
1415.27
|
|
1/3
|
1443.34
|
|
1/4
|
1479.40
|
|
2/1
|
1512.24
|
|
2/2
|
1544.88
|
|
3/1
|
1582.75
|
|
3/2
|
1607.40
|
|
4/1
|
1644.14
|
|
4/2
|
1674.71
|
|
|
|
Apprentices
|
1st Year
|
528.25
|
|
2nd Year
|
623.17
|
|
3rd Year
|
716.51
|
|
4th Year
|
811.70
|
69. Appendix 8
Payroll History
USU
Professional,
Supervisory and Support Staff (Corporate and Retail)
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1150.79
|
1203.72
|
2
|
1211.67
|
1267.40
|
3
|
1268.03
|
1326.36
|
4
|
1336.88
|
1398.38
|
5
|
1409.23
|
1474.16
|
6
|
1467.80
|
1535.32
|
IT
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1212.57
|
1268.34
|
2
|
1268.03
|
1326.36
|
3
|
1336.88
|
1398.38
|
4
|
1409.33
|
1474.16
|
5
|
1467.80
|
1535.32
|
6
|
1521.46
|
1591.45
|
7
|
1570.61
|
1642.86
|
8
|
1619.92
|
1694.44
|
9
|
1681.25
|
1758.58
|
10
|
1740.76
|
1820.84
|
Corporate & Retail Support
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
479.80
|
501.87
|
2
|
538.27
|
563.03
|
3
|
601.09
|
628.74
|
4
|
665.88
|
696.51
|
5
|
752.17
|
786.77
|
6
|
836.04
|
874.49
|
7
|
892.26
|
933.30
|
8
|
966.96
|
1011.44
|
9
|
1017.77
|
1064.59
|
10
|
1085.26
|
1135.18
|
Professional Officer
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1323.80
|
1384.69
|
2
|
1514.40
|
1584.06
|
3
|
1604.89
|
1678.71
|
4
|
1759.26
|
1840.18
|
5
|
1854.85
|
1940.17
|
MMO
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
906.38
|
948.07
|
2
|
989.36
|
1034.87
|
3
|
1081.79
|
1131.56
|
4
|
1110.96
|
1162.06
|
5
|
1208.36
|
1263.94
|
6
|
1262.93
|
1321.02
|
7
|
1299.91
|
1359.70
|
STSO Network
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1097.74
|
1148.23
|
2
|
1150.50
|
1203.42
|
3
|
1208.06
|
1263.63
|
4
|
1257.37
|
1315.20
|
5
|
1312.68
|
1373.06
|
6
|
1349.65
|
1411.74
|
7
|
1420.75
|
1486.10
|
8
|
1481.18
|
1549.31
|
9
|
1544.01
|
1615.04
|
10
|
1605.64
|
1679.50
|
Technician
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
919.00
|
961.27
|
2
|
960.19
|
1004.36
|
3
|
985.45
|
1030.78
|
3A
|
990.40
|
1035.96
|
4
|
1023.78
|
1070.87
|
4A
|
1028.74
|
1076.06
|
5
|
1055.79
|
1104.36
|
6
|
1118.93
|
1170.40
|
7
|
1178.90
|
1233.13
|
Electrical Technicians
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
919.37
|
961.66
|
2
|
960.20
|
1004.37
|
3
|
985.91
|
1031.26
|
4
|
1037.18
|
1084.89
|
5
|
1088.47
|
1138.54
|
6
|
1139.74
|
1192.17
|
7
|
1191.02
|
1245.80
|
8
|
1242.30
|
1299.45
|
9
|
1320.64
|
1381.39
|
9L/H
|
1365.50
|
1428.31
|
Lineworker / cablejointer
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
Trainee
|
832.09
|
870.37
|
1
|
904.96
|
946.59
|
2
|
944.83
|
988.29
|
3
|
963.29
|
1007.60
|
4
|
997.14
|
1043.01
|
5
|
1049.99
|
1098.28
|
5L/H
|
1108.49
|
1159.48
|
6
|
1090.39
|
1140.55
|
6L/H
|
1148.92
|
1201.77
|
SUP L/H
|
1242.29
|
1299.44
|
Electrical worker
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
803.25
|
840.20
|
2
|
819.25
|
856.93
|
3
|
835.44
|
873.87
|
4
|
864.70
|
904.47
|
5
|
897.05
|
938.31
|
6
|
957.21
|
1001.24
|
7
|
969.84
|
1014.45
|
Apprentices
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
490.31
|
512.87
|
2
|
578.42
|
605.02
|
3
|
665.05
|
695.64
|
4
|
753.40
|
788.06
|
USU Salaried Officers
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1/1
|
732.55
|
766.24
|
‘1/2
|
749.89
|
784.38
|
1/3
|
767.64
|
802.95
|
‘1/4
|
785.84
|
821.99
|
1/5
|
804.48
|
841.48
|
2/1
|
831.07
|
869.30
|
2/2
|
850.86
|
890.00
|
2/3
|
871.11
|
911.18
|
2/4
|
891.90
|
932.93
|
2/5
|
913.20
|
955.21
|
3/1
|
930.75
|
973.57
|
3/2
|
952.98
|
996.82
|
3/3
|
975.82
|
1020.71
|
‘3/4
|
999.24
|
1045.21
|
3/5
|
1023.21
|
1070.28
|
4/1
|
1042.18
|
1090.12
|
4/2
|
1067.24
|
1116.34
|
4/3
|
1092.91
|
1143.19
|
4/4
|
1119.25
|
1170.74
|
4/5
|
1146.23
|
1198.95
|
5/1
|
1171.22
|
1225.09
|
5/2
|
1199.50
|
1254.68
|
5/3
|
1228.47
|
1284.98
|
5/4
|
1258.19
|
1316.07
|
5/5
|
1288.64
|
1347.92
|
6/1
|
1318.15
|
1378.78
|
6/2
|
1350.12
|
1412.23
|
6/3
|
1382.87
|
1446.49
|
6/4
|
1416.48
|
1481.64
|
6/5
|
1450.83
|
1517.57
|
7/1
|
1466.18
|
1533.62
|
7/2
|
1501.85
|
1570.93
|
7/3
|
1538.40
|
1609.17
|
7/4
|
1575.84
|
1648.33
|
7/5
|
1614.25
|
1688.51
|
GMGR1
|
1842.55
|
1927.31
|
Water Wages (BIC)
Classification
|
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
Trades Electrical
|
1
|
958.76
|
1002.87
|
|
2
|
975.86
|
1020.74
|
|
3
|
994.05
|
1039.77
|
|
4
|
1048.69
|
1096.93
|
|
5
|
1094.27
|
1144.61
|
|
Tech Officer
|
1184.22
|
1238.69
|
|
Sup L/H 1
|
1157.46
|
1210.71
|
|
Sup L/H 2
|
1190.02
|
1244.76
|
|
Sup L/H 3
|
1220.65
|
1276.80
|
|
|
|
|
Trades Other
|
1
|
942.66
|
986.02
|
|
2
|
961.18
|
1005.39
|
|
3
|
979.56
|
1024.62
|
|
4
|
1034.17
|
1081.74
|
|
5
|
1079.95
|
1129.63
|
|
Sup L/H 1
|
1133.15
|
1185.28
|
|
Sup L/H 2
|
1160.23
|
1213.60
|
|
Sup L/H 3
|
1187.99
|
1242.64
|
|
|
|
|
Plumbers
|
1
|
942.63
|
986.00
|
|
2
|
969.25
|
1013.84
|
|
3
|
987.00
|
1032.40
|
|
4
|
990.53
|
1036.10
|
|
5
|
995.69
|
1041.49
|
|
6
|
1034.17
|
1081.74
|
|
|
|
|
Sewer
|
1
|
857.74
|
897.20
|
|
2
|
884.01
|
924.67
|
|
3
|
901.89
|
943.38
|
|
4
|
905.27
|
946.91
|
|
5
|
910.74
|
952.64
|
|
6 SLH
|
1061.90
|
1110.75
|
|
|
|
|
Water Retic
|
1
|
777.18
|
812.93
|
|
2
|
803.44
|
840.40
|
|
3
|
821.34
|
859.12
|
|
4
|
824.71
|
862.64
|
|
5 Shift Sup
|
897.18
|
938.45
|
|
6 Sup L/H
|
981.34
|
1026.48
|
|
|
|
|
Stores
|
1
|
777.18
|
812.93
|
|
2
|
810.69
|
847.98
|
|
3
|
821.34
|
859.12
|
|
4
|
860.48
|
900.06
|
|
5
|
981.34
|
1026.48
|
Water Wages (BIC)
Classification
|
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
WPT
|
1/1
|
828.58
|
866.69
|
|
‘1/2
|
845.16
|
884.03
|
|
2/1
|
859.25
|
898.77
|
|
2/2
|
876.43
|
916.75
|
|
2L/H
|
955.51
|
999.46
|
|
3/1
|
923.39
|
965.86
|
|
3/2
|
941.84
|
985.16
|
|
3 L/H
|
1038.81
|
1086.60
|
|
4/1
|
993.09
|
1038.78
|
|
4/2
|
1012.95
|
1059.54
|
|
Senior L/H 1
|
1133.15
|
1185.28
|
|
Senior L/H 2
|
1160.23
|
1213.60
|
|
|
|
|
Apprentices
|
1
|
490.31
|
512.87
|
|
2
|
578.42
|
605.02
|
|
3
|
665.05
|
695.64
|
|
4
|
753.40
|
788.06
|
Balranald Energy Lodge
Store Supervisor
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1/1
|
858.81
|
898.31
|
‘1/2
|
884.74
|
925.44
|
1/3
|
924.47
|
966.99
|
‘1/4
|
958.97
|
1003.09
|
1/5
|
983.52
|
1028.76
|
2/1
|
1009.20
|
1055.62
|
2/2
|
1040.42
|
1088.28
|
2/3
|
1069.62
|
1118.82
|
2/4
|
1103.35
|
1154.11
|
2/5
|
1133.21
|
1185.33
|
Foreman
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1/1
|
1053.36
|
1101.82
|
‘1/2
|
1076.12
|
1125.63
|
2/1
|
1091.53
|
1141.74
|
2/2
|
1119.09
|
1170.57
|
3/1
|
1142.89
|
1195.46
|
3/2
|
1173.34
|
1227.31
|
Apprentices
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
490.31
|
512.87
|
2
|
578.42
|
605.02
|
3
|
665.05
|
695.64
|
4
|
753.40
|
788.06
|
Balranald Energy Lodge
Super, Tech Support Officer
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1055.51
|
1104.06
|
2
|
1106.24
|
1157.13
|
3
|
1161.59
|
1215.03
|
4
|
1209.01
|
1264.62
|
5
|
1262.19
|
1320.25
|
6
|
1297.75
|
1357.45
|
Electrical Technicians
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
919.37
|
961.66
|
2
|
960.20
|
1004.37
|
3
|
985.91
|
1031.26
|
4
|
1037.18
|
1084.89
|
5
|
1088.47
|
1138.54
|
6
|
1139.74
|
1192.17
|
7
|
1191.02
|
1245.80
|
8
|
1242.30
|
1299.45
|
9
|
1320.64
|
1381.39
|
9L/H
|
1365.50
|
1428.31
|
Lineworker / Cablejointer
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
Trainee
|
832.09
|
870.37
|
1
|
904.96
|
946.59
|
2
|
944.83
|
988.29
|
3
|
963.29
|
1007.60
|
4
|
997.14
|
1043.01
|
5
|
1049.99
|
1098.28
|
5L/H
|
1108.49
|
1159.48
|
6
|
1090.39
|
1140.55
|
6L/H
|
1148.92
|
1201.77
|
SUP L/H
|
1242.29
|
1299.44
|
Electrical Worker
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
803.25
|
840.20
|
2
|
819.25
|
856.93
|
3
|
835.44
|
873.87
|
4
|
864.70
|
904.47
|
5
|
897.05
|
938.31
|
6
|
957.21
|
1001.24
|
7
|
969.84
|
1014.45
|
BIC Far West
Clerical Officers
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1/1
|
542.73
|
567.69
|
‘1/2
|
607.53
|
635.47
|
1/3
|
671.06
|
701.93
|
‘1/4
|
809.79
|
847.04
|
2/1
|
820.12
|
857.84
|
2/2
|
841.77
|
880.49
|
2/3
|
904.74
|
946.36
|
2/4
|
941.65
|
984.97
|
2/5
|
964.60
|
1008.97
|
2/6
|
995.10
|
1040.88
|
2/7
|
1016.61
|
1063.37
|
2/8
|
1069.61
|
1118.81
|
‘3/1
|
1116.86
|
1168.23
|
3/2
|
1157.81
|
1211.07
|
4/1
|
1184.17
|
1238.64
|
4/2
|
1211.00
|
1266.70
|
5/1
|
1227.21
|
1283.66
|
5/2
|
1253.25
|
1310.90
|
5/3
|
1297.88
|
1357.58
|
Administration Officers
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1/1
|
1296.27
|
1355.89
|
‘1/2
|
1329.23
|
1390.37
|
2/1
|
1366.37
|
1429.22
|
2/2
|
1405.07
|
1469.70
|
3/1
|
1437.95
|
1504.09
|
3/2
|
1465.27
|
1532.67
|
4/1
|
1499.16
|
1568.12
|
4/2
|
1519.73
|
1589.64
|
5/1
|
1574.00
|
1646.40
|
5/2
|
1619.02
|
1693.49
|
6/1
|
1649.73
|
1725.62
|
6/2
|
1666.90
|
1743.57
|
Meter Readers
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
Casual 1
|
953.46
|
997.32
|
Casual 2
|
987.82
|
1033.26
|
Casual 3
|
1034.31
|
1081.88
|
Full-Time 1
|
861.92
|
901.57
|
Handy Person
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
853.61
|
892.88
|
2
|
929.17
|
971.91
|
3
|
984.97
|
1030.27
|
Stores
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
897.05
|
938.31
|
2
|
919.33
|
961.62
|
3
|
957.23
|
1001.26
|
4
|
990.15
|
1035.70
|
5
|
1013.50
|
1060.12
|
6
|
1037.99
|
1085.74
|
7
|
1067.78
|
1116.90
|
8
|
1095.55
|
1145.94
|
Supervisor
|
1164.14
|
1217.69
|
IT
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1223.00
|
1279.26
|
2
|
1433.73
|
1499.68
|
3
|
1499.36
|
1568.33
|
4
|
1607.40
|
1681.34
|
5
|
1721.33
|
1800.51
|
6
|
1799.35
|
1882.12
|
7
|
1857.32
|
1942.76
|
8
|
1915.64
|
2003.76
|
Technical Officer
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
1283.35
|
1342.38
|
2
|
1313.62
|
1374.05
|
3
|
1339.67
|
1401.30
|
4
|
1373.15
|
1436.31
|
5
|
1403.63
|
1468.19
|
6
|
1433.92
|
1499.88
|
7
|
1469.08
|
1536.65
|
8
|
1491.95
|
1560.58
|
9
|
1526.05
|
1596.25
|
10
|
1554.43
|
1625.93
|
Electrical Technicians
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
919.37
|
961.66
|
2
|
960.20
|
1004.37
|
3
|
985.91
|
1031.26
|
4
|
1037.18
|
1084.89
|
5
|
1088.47
|
1138.54
|
6
|
1139.74
|
1192.17
|
7
|
1191.02
|
1245.80
|
8
|
1242.30
|
1299.45
|
9
|
1320.64
|
1381.39
|
9L/H
|
1365.50
|
1428.31
|
Lineworker / Cablejointer
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
Trainee
|
832.09
|
870.37
|
1
|
904.96
|
946.59
|
2
|
944.83
|
988.29
|
3
|
963.29
|
1007.60
|
4
|
997.14
|
1043.01
|
5
|
1049.99
|
1098.28
|
5L/H
|
1108.49
|
1159.48
|
6
|
1090.39
|
1140.55
|
6L/H
|
1148.92
|
1201.77
|
SUP L/H
|
1242.29
|
1299.44
|
Electrical Worker
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
803.25
|
840.20
|
2
|
819.25
|
856.93
|
3
|
835.44
|
873.87
|
4
|
864.70
|
904.47
|
5
|
897.05
|
938.31
|
6
|
957.21
|
1001.24
|
7
|
969.84
|
1014.45
|
Apprentices
Grade
|
January 2006
|
January 2007
|
1
|
490.31
|
512.87
|
2
|
578.42
|
605.02
|
3
|
665.05
|
695.64
|
4
|
753.40
|
788.06
|
R.
W. HARRISON
D.P.
____________________
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the authority of the Industrial Registrar.