Operational Ambulance Managers (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Health Services Union, Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(No. IRC 1199 of 2009)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete Clause 36, Leave Reserved & No Extra Claims, of the Operational Ambulance Managers (State) Award, published 26 June 2009 (368 I.G. 527), and insert in lieu thereof following:

 

36.  Leave Reserved & No Extra Claims

 

This new Award recognises all work value and special case claims up to its commencement date, excepting for the following matters where leave is reserved to the parties to make application in respect of:

 

(a)      Additional Annual Leave as awarded in the Operational Ambulance Officers (State) Award in 2001; and

 

(b)      The Award arrangements for Operations Centres, including a new Award, classification structures, rates of pay and conditions of employment.

 

No additional claims can be pursued to the Award during the life of the 2009 Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the Union, which ceases on 30 June 2010, excepting those consistent with Clause 5 of that Memorandum. Following the expiry of the Memorandum on 30 June 2010, the parties are accordingly entitled to pursue variations to salaries, salary related allowances and conditions of employment for 1 July 2010 onwards, which may include instituting proceedings before the Commission if the parties are unable to achieve agreement.

 

2.        Delete Section 7 - Monetary Rates, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

Section 7 - Monetary Rates

 

Note: All rates contained in the following tables are effective from the first full pay period commencing on or after the date listed in the table.

 

Table 1 - Salaries

 

Classification	Rate from 13.9.2008		Rate from
	(Incl. 2.5% MOU)		1.7.2009
	$		$
	Min	Max	Min	Max
Operational Manager
Level 1	80,956	84,811	82,980	86,931
Level 2	82,881	98,304	84,953	100,762
Level 3	96,375	109,868	98,784	112,615
Level 4	107,939	129,144	110,637	132,373
Level 5	127,216	142,638	130,396	146,204
Operations Centre Manager
Level 1	78,878	82,633	80,850	84,699
Level 2	80,753	95,780	82,772	98,175
Level 3	93,901	107,047	96,249	109,723
Level 4	105,167	125,828	107,796	128,974
Level 5	123,949	138,976	127,048	142,450

 

Table 2 - Allowances

 

Item	Clause	Brief Description	Rate from 13.9.2008	Rate from
No.	No.		(With 2.5% MOU)	1.7.2009
			per week	per week
			$	$
1	13	Climatic and Isolation Allowance (a)*	4.30	4.30
2	13	Climatic and Isolation Allowance (b)*	8.70	8.70
3	37	Laundry Allowance per week*	12.50	12.50

 

* Rate move independently to award wage increase.

 

3.        This variation shall take effect 1 July 2009.

 

 

 

 

T. M. KAVANAGH J

 

 

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