Crown Employees (Roads and Maritime Services
Traffic Signals Staff) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Roads and Maritime Services Division of the Government
of New South Wales.
(No. IRC 167 of 2014)
Before The Honourable Justice Walton, President
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11 March 2014
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VARIATION
1. In clause 1,
Title, of the award made on 11 March 2014, following the words "Traffic
Signals Staff employed", delete the words "by Roads and Maritime
Services" and insert in lieu thereof "as members of the Transport
Service in the RMS Group".
2. Delete
subclauses 3.1 and 3.2 of clause 3, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
3.1 "RMS"
means the Secretary of the Department of Transport as head of the Transport
Service.
(Note: This definition was varied following the
commencement of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 to reflect that the
Roads and Maritime Division of the Government Service of New South Wales
established under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act
2002 was abolished, staff moved to the Transport Service, and that employer
functions are now exercised by the Secretary of the Department of Transport as
Head of the Transport Service. Notwithstanding that, in some instances in this
award, references to "RMS" refer to the business of the Roads and
Maritime Services rather than to the employer).
3.2 "Staff"
shall mean the Traffic Signals classifications set out in Part B, Monetary
Rates, employed as members of the Transport Service in the RMS Group".
3. Insert the
following a new subclauses 3.4 and 3.5 in the said
clause 3 as follows:
3.4 "RMS
Group" means the group of staff designated by the Secretary of the
Department of Transport in accordance with the Transport Administration (Staff)
Regulation as being part of the RMS Group who are not part of the Transport
Senior Service.
3.5 "Transport
Service" means the Transport Service of New South Wales established by the
Transport Administration Act 1988.
4. Delete
subclause 4.1 of clause 4, Purpose of this Award, and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
4.1 The main
purpose of this Award is to ensure that the Roads and Maritime Services, the
staff in the RMS Group and the ETU are committed to continually improving all
areas of the Roads and Maritime Services Authority to achieve lasting customer
satisfaction and increased productivity.
5. In subclause
5.2 of clause 5, Area, Incidence and Duration, delete the words "by Roads and
Maritime Services, Division of the Government Service of New South Wales, under
Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002" and
replace with "as members of the Transport Service in the RMS Group".
6. In paragraph
(a) of subclause 5.4, of the said clause 5, delete the words "Roads and
Maritime Services, Division of the Government Service of New South Wales"
and replace with "The Secretary of the Department of Transport as head of
the Transport Service.
7. Delete paragraph
(h) of subclause 24.1 of clause 24, Long Service Leave, and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
(h) Prior service
with other NSW Government bodies may also be recognised by RMS in accordance
with Part Three, Division 2 and Schedule 2 of the Government Sector Employment
Regulation 2014.
8. Delete
paragraph (e) of subclause 24.6 of the said clause 24, and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
(e) Staff who
resign and immediately commence employment in another government sector agency
or in a related government agency may be entitled to have their existing long
service leave accrual recognised by their new employer pursuant to Schedule 2
of the Government Sector Employment Regulation 2014.
9. This
variation shall take effect on and from 24 February 2014.
M. J. WALTON J , President
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.