HUNTER WATER CORPORATION EMPLOYEES (STATE) AWARD 1999
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
(No. IRC 4570 of 2004)
Before The Honourable
Mr Deputy President Harrison
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26 November 2004
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REVIEWED AWARD
1. Arrangement
GENERAL SECTION -
Applicable to both Wages and Salaried Employees
Clause No. Subject Matter
G1. Anti-Discrimination
G2. Definitions
G3. Contract
of Employment
G4. Casual
& Part-time Employment
G5. Re-Organisation
G6. Hours of
Work
G7. Shift Work
G8. Rest
Periods after Overtime
G9. Overtime
G10. Sunday and
Holiday Rates
G11. Special
Rates
Diving Allowance
Travelling, Accommodation and
Meal
Sauna, Bathing Allowance
Private Vehicle Usage Allowance
Hot Places
Lodging Allowance
G12. Union
Officials and Representatives
G13. Dispute/Grievance
Procedures
G14. Leave
Annual
Parental
Bereavement
Sick Leave
Long Service
Family including Personal
Carers’ Leave
Aborigines National Day
G15. Annual
Leave Loading
G16. Wage/Salary
Packaging
G17. Uniforms/Clothing
G18. Health and
Safety of Employees
G19. Policy
Matters
G20. Savings
G21. Area
Incidence and Duration
G22. Leave
Reserved
WAGES SECTION -
Applicable to Wages Employees Only
W1. Wages
W2. Relief
W3. Meal
Allowances
W4. Special
Rates
Wet Work
Dirty Work
Handling Chemicals
Height Allowance
Confined Space
Towing Allowance
First-Aid
Applying Obnoxious Substances
Scaffolding and Rigging
Wastewater Treatment Allowance
Fire Fighting Allowance
Working in Sewers or Sewer
Wells
Disability Allowance Wastewater
Operations
Wastewater Operations Allowance
Stand-by
Surveillance Allowance
W5. District Allowances
W6. Follow-the-Job/Depot
Allowances
W7. Service
Payments
SALARIED SECTION -
Applicable to Salary Employees Only
S1. Salaries
Part A -(i) Structure A
(ii) New Positions
Part B - Structure B
Part C - General
S2. Relief
S3. Vacant
Positions
S4. Meal
Allowances
S5. Special
Rates
First Aid Allowance
Floor Wardens
Out of Pocket Expenses
Overseers
Travelling Time and Expenses
Availability Allowance
S6. Temporary
Employees
S7. Training
and Development
Annexure A
Part (i) Wages Rates
Part (ii) Additional
Classifications
Part (iii)
Part A - Salary
Structure A Rates
Part B - Salary
Structure B Rates
Special Provisions
for S1 Part B
Part (iv) Definitions
Part (v) Incremental
Progression
GENERAL SECTION -
ALL EMPLOYEES
G1.
Anti-Discrimination
(1) It is the
intention of the-parties bound by this award to seek to achieve the object in
section 3(f) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 to prevent and
eliminate discrimination in the workplace.
This includes discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, marital
status, disability, homosexuality, transgender identity, age and
responsibilities as a carer.
(2) It follows
that in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute resolution procedure
prescribed by this award the parties have obligations to take all reasonable
steps to ensure that the operation of the provisions of this award are not
directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects. It will be consistent
with the fulfilment of these obligations for the parties to make application to
vary any provision of the award which, by its terms or operation, has a direct
or indirect discriminatory effect.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 persons 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.
(5) 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.
NOTES
(a) Employers and
employees may also be subject to Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation.
(b) Section 56(d)
of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 provides:
"Nothing in the Act affects ... any other act or
practice of a body established to propagate religion that conforms to the
doctrines of that religion or is necessary to avoid injury to the religious
susceptibilities of the adherents of that religion."
G2. Definitions
"Corporation" shall mean the Hunter Water
Corporation.
"Union" shall mean the Australian Services Union
NSW/ACT Services Branch - Hunter Water Division.
"Wages employee" shall mean an employee engaged as
such and paid on a weekly basis.
"Salaried employee" shall mean an employee engaged
as such and paid on a fortnightly basis.
"Craft Union" shall mean
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union
Automotive Food, Metals, Engineering Printing &
Kindred Industries Union
Electrical Trades Union of Australia NSW Branch
as appropriate.
"Divisional Manager" shall mean an employee who
has been appointed as such to manage an identified strand of functions, which
have been grouped together by the Corporation for administrative purposes.
G3. Contract of
Employment
(i) The following
forms of employment are available
Full-time Regular Employment
For continued ongoing full-time employment with the
Corporation.
Regular Part-time Employment
For continued ongoing employment working less than the
full-time hours per week for the position.
Temporary Full-time Employment
For a "fixed-term" of full-time employment of
two (2) weeks or more.
Temporary Part-time Employment
For a "fixed term" of part-time employment
(less than the full-time hours per week for the position) for two (2) weeks or
more
Casual Employment
For short term engagements of less than two (2) weeks
duration. Minimum payment of four (4)
hours pay for each start (employment terminated at the end of each shift).
(ii) Period of
Notice
(a) Except for
casuals, employment shall be terminated by giving the required period of notice
on either side or by the payment or forfeiture as the case may be, of
wages/salary for the period of required notice.
(b) For the
purposes of sub-section (a) above, the required period of notice is:-
(1)
Employees period of continuous service
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Period of Notice
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Not more than 1 year
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At least 1 week
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More than 1 year but not more than 3 years
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At least 2 weeks
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More than 3 years but not more than 5 years
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At least 3 weeks
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More than 5 years
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At least 4 weeks
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(2) provided that,
the period of notice is increased by one (1) week if the employee has completed
at least two (2) years continuous service and is over 45 years of age.
(iii) Termination
of employment by the Corporation will not be harsh, unjust or unreasonable.
(iv) Employees
shall attend and perform such work as the Corporation shall from time to time
reasonably require and except as otherwise provided by this Award, an employee
shall lose pay for the actual time of any such non-attendance or
non-performance.
(v) For the
purpose of meeting the needs of the industry the Corporation may require any
employee to work reasonable overtime including work on Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays and shift work at the rates prescribed by this Award.
(vi) The absence of
an employee from work for a continuous period exceeding ten (10) working days
without notification to the Corporation shall be prima facie evidence that the
employee has abandoned employment. Following the expiration of ten (10) working
days, the Corporation shall, in writing, inform the employee that employment
will be terminated from the date of the first day of absence unless the
employee furnishes a reasonable explanation for such absence. When an employee fails
to respond to such notice within a further period of five (5) working days,
termination of employment shall be automatic from the first day of absence.
(vii) The
Corporation may direct an employee to carry out such duties as are within the
employee’s skill, competence and training.
(viii) The
Corporation shall have the right to suspend an employee for refusal of duty or
misconduct on the part of the employee and to deduct payment for any day or
portion of a day during which the employee is so stood down. Provided that no
employee shall be suspended before an adequate investigation of the
circumstances of the alleged offence has been made, the immediate salaried
supervisor in the section to which the employee is attached shall make any
decision as to the suspension of the employee following consultation with the
Section Head.
(a) Where an
employee has been suspended, he/she is entitled to lodge an appeal with the
Employee Services Section and a conference will be convened immediately between
the Corporation and relevant Union.
(b) Should the
appeal demonstrate that the employee was not guilty of the offence such
employee shall receive payment from the time of suspension.
(c) Nothing in
this section restricts the rights of the parties to pursue the issue through
the Grievance/Dispute Procedures of this Award after the above procedures have
been followed.
This clause shall not affect the right of the
Corporation to dismiss an employee without notice for refusal of duty or
misconduct and in such cases the wages/salary shall be payable up to the time
of dismissal only, provided that:-
An employee who allegedly committed one (1) of the
aforementioned offences, shall be stood down without loss of pay by the
Corporation and an investigation of the alleged offence carried out immediately
by the Corporation before any decision as to the dismissal of an employee
without notice is made; provided that where the investigation demonstrates that
the employee was guilty of the offence then he/she shall not be entitled to
payment for the period he/she has been stood down.
Where such allegations are brought against an employee,
he/she is entitled to be represented by an accredited representative of the
relevant Union.
(ix) The
Corporation shall not make any deduction from wages/salary for time lost owing
to weather conditions provided that the employee:-
(a) shall continue
working until such time as the Supervisor on the job orders work to cease;
(b) shall stand by
as directed by the Supervisor on the job;
(c) shall stand
by until work has been officially
abandoned for the day.
(x) Where a wages
employee relieves in a salaried position, he/she shall come under the general
conditions of employment applicable to that position.
G4. Casual and
Part-Time Employment
(i) Casual
employees (day workers)
(1) A casual
employee shall be paid for not less than four (4) hours work for each
engagement.
(2) An employee
should not be required to work more than five (5) hours without a meal break,
such meal break shall be of 1/2 hour duration and unpaid. Employees shall not
be required to take their meal break at their work station.
If employed for seven (7) hours or more on any one day,
the employee will be entitled to a 10 minute paid morning and afternoon tea
break.
(3) The working of
overtime by a casual employee will be restricted to circumstances where the
employee volunteers to work such overtime and overtime payment will be
calculated on the loaded base rate for casuals.
(4) Casual
employees shall be paid a loading of 20% in addition to their normal hourly
rate.
The 20% loaded pay rate shall be inclusive of payment
in lieu of entitlements to the provisions of:-
Clause G10 -
Sundays and Public Holidays
Clause G14 -
Aborigines National Day
Bereavement Leave
Long Service Leave
Parental Leave
Sick Leave
Family including Personal/Carers Leave
Clause G19 - All listed leave entitlements
(5) For Salaried
employees the normal hourly rate shall be calculated as follows:-
Annual Salary of Classification
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X
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a
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b X c
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Where:-
"a" is the number of days in a fortnight,
i.e. 14
"b" is the number of days in the year, i.e.
365.25, and
"c" is the number of hours in a fortnight
(6) The offer of
overtime will be made to regular and temporary employees in preference to a casual
employee where it is both appropriate and practicable to do so.
(7) At the
completion of each engagement, a casual employee will be paid annual leave
entitlements calculated at 1/12 of earnings based on the loaded base rate for
casuals.
(8) Casual
employees will only be engaged to provide temporary assistance of less than two
(2) weeks duration for each engagement and will not be employed to work fixed
and regular hours for periods of two (2) weeks or more where temporary
employment is available to the Corporation.
(9) The relevant
Unions shall be notified in writing on a quarterly basis of the numbers,
classifications and sections in which casuals have been employed.
(10) Prior to the
engagement of a casual employee, preference will be offered to any existing
employee who is available and competent to undertake the work.
(11) Limitations:-
The total number of hours worked by one or any number
of casual employees employed in an identified section/department/ business unit
or the like shall not exceed 25% of the total hours for the week worked by
regular and/or temporary employees engaged in such work places. This limitation will not prevent the
engagement of a casual employee (being the only casual employee in the section)
to work in a particular section for a period of up to two (2) weeks duration.
(ii) Part-time
employees
(a) A part-time
employee shall mean an employee who is employed to work set and regular hours
which are less than the hours worked by regular full-time employees employed by
the Corporation.
(b) The span of
ordinary hours of work shall be the same as those prescribed for full-time
employees of the same classification.
(c) Part-time
employees whose scheduled hours are five (5) or less per day, are not entitled
to meal breaks but will be entitled to morning and afternoon teas if their
scheduled hours cover the normal time of taking such teas within that section.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Award, part‑time employees shall be eligible
for all leave prescribed by this Award on a pro rata basis relative to the
employees scheduled hours and/or days of work.
Public Holidays falling on a scheduled working day will
be paid at ordinary time rates unless the employee is required to work, in
which case the provisions of sub-clause (ii) of Clause G10 (Sundays and Public
Holidays) will apply.
Where an employee has worked both full and part-time,
the leave entitlement shall be paid on the proportion of part-time and full-time
service during the relevant period.
(e) Overtime shall
not be payable until the standard full-time hours per day for the
classification are exceeded or time is worked outside the span of ordinary
hours.
Provided that where the standard full-time hours per
day for the classification are exceeded or for work outside the span of
ordinary hours, overtime shall be paid in accordance with this Award.
The working of additional hours (excluding overtime) by
a part‑time employee will be restricted to exceptional circumstances and
where the employee volunteers to work the additional hours (excluding
overtime).
G5.
Re-Organisation/Consultation With Unions
(i) On any major
re-structures, the Corporation shall consult with the relevant Unions and
consider their representations prior to making a final decision.
(ii) The procedure
shall be as follows:-
(a) When the
proposals are fully developed by the Corporation, the relevant Unions shall be
provided with details of the proposed re-structure at an information session.
(b) Fourteen (14)
calendar days from receipt of the details, the Unions shall respond setting out
any matters of concern. These issues
shall be directly related to the restructure.
(c) The
Corporation, on receipt of the Unions response, shall arrange a meeting within
fourteen (14) calendar days to confer on the issues, after considering the
issues raised by the relevant Unions.
(d) During the
ensuring fourteen (14) calendar days the parties shall endeavour to resolve all
outstanding issues.
(e) After this
procedure has been followed the Corporation shall proceed to implement the
re-structure, incorporating any variations adopted as a result of the Unions
representations.
(f) Nothing in
this Award shall affect the rights of the parties at any time to notify the
Industrial Registrar of the existence of a dispute pursuant to the provisions
of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
G6. Hours of Work
(i) 35 Hour Week
Employees
(a) Subject to
sub-clause (ii) of this clause, the ordinary hours of work shall be thirty five
(35) hours per week to be worked seven (7) hours per day between the hours of
7.00 am and 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday inclusive. However, where there is mutual
agreement between the employee and the immediate supervisor, the ordinary hours
of work may be worked between the hours of 7.00 am and 7.00 pm.
Provided further that, where the Corporation agrees, an
employee may elect to work his/her ordinary hours of work outside the normal
span of hours without attracting shift penalty rates.
The Corporation may direct an employee to vary his or
her starting and finishing times within the span of hours covered by this
Agreement subject to the employee being given at least seven (7) days notice of
the required change.
(b) Lunch breaks
for thirty-five (35) hour week employees shall be taken between the hours of 12
noon and 2.00 pm (at regular rostered periods approved by their section
supervisor). Lunch breaks of thirty (30) minutes, forty-five (45) minutes or
one (1) hour must be taken.
No employee shall be required to work longer than five
(5) hours without a lunch break (see clause G8 (vi)).
(c) All employees
will be allowed a break of ten (10) minutes for morning tea to be taken in or
about their places of work.
All employees will be allowed afternoon tea without
interruption to normal duty at their places of work where possible.
(d)
(1) The following
schemes are available: either a twenty (20) or nineteen (19) day four‑week
period or a nine (9) day two-week period. The nineteen (19) day four-week period involves working an
additional twenty five (25) minutes each day. This entitles an employee to one
(1) day's rostered leave.
The nine (9) day two-week period involves working an
additional fifty five (55) minutes each day. This entitles the employee to one
(1) day's rostered leave.
Operation:
Choice of Working Hours -
The twenty (20) day period involves working seven (7)
hours per day (four-week period).
The nineteen (19) day period involves working seven (7)
hours twenty five (25) minutes per day (four-week period).
The nine (9) day period involves working seven (7)
hours fifty five (55) minutes per day (two-week period).
Employee choice between these schemes is subject at all
times to the following:
that normal working function of the section is not
adversely affected;
that inconvenience is not experienced by the public;
that the employee concerned does not have a poor record
for absenteeism or punctuality.
The Corporation shall not change an employee's choice
of scheme of working hours once elected by an employee unless the employee so
agrees, other than by agreement with the Union, or, failing agreement with the
Union, subject to the approval of the Industrial Commission or the Conciliation
Committee for the industry.
(2) Subject to the
provisions of paragraph (a) of this subclause, employees must submit to their
section supervisor prior to the commencement of each four (4) week cycle,
nominations for rostered days off. Subject to work requirements, the
appropriate Manager will give approval to the nominated rostered days off.
(3) Subject to the
provisions of paragraph (a) of this subclause employees may only change the
nominated rostered day off if their supervisor considers that it is warranted. Such approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(4) Employees may
only change from that scheme already nominated (to the nineteen (19) or nine
(9) day scheme), at the beginning of a four (4) week cycle. A time slot of
working hours must be selected.
Employees may change to the twenty (20) day scheme at
any time, but will have roster day off entitlements reduced unless a four (4)
week period is completed.
(5) Each day that
an employee fails to work the additional twenty five (25) or fifty five (55)
minutes, roster day off entitlements will be affected. Following the
accumulation of nine (9) such days, leave entitlements under a nineteen (19)
day month, will be reduced to half day. In this case, employees must work for
3.5 hours on that day, either in the morning or afternoon, consistent with
normal starting or finishing times. No
lunch break will be taken.
(6) Employees
working a nine (9) day fortnight who accumulate ten (10) such days will only be
entitled to one (1) rostered day during the next four (4) week period.
A. Subject to
subclause 2 hereof, rostered day off entitlements will not be reduced when an
employee is absent on authorised leave for portion of the period covered by
his/her roster cycle. All other absences will lead to a reduction.
B. Rostered days
off will not accrue for periods of leave without pay in excess of one (1) day.
C. Rostered days
off will not accrue when an employee is absent on authorised leave (excluding
Annual Leave) for the full period covered by his/her roster cycle.
(7) Employees who
resign from the Corporation will be paid any roster day entitlement that has
accumulated.
(8) The attendance
year is divided into thirteen (13) periods of four (4) weeks and absences
accumulated at the end of the thirteenth attendance period will not be carried
forward into the following attendance year.
(ii) 38 Hour Week
Employees
The ordinary hours of work for all full-time wages
employees and the following classes of full-time salaried employees shall be
thirty eight (38) hours per week worked in accordance with the following
provisions for a four (4) week work cycle.
All designated field supervisors including:-
Contract Co-ordinator Operations
Field Supervisor (Civil) Operations
Field Supervisor (EMM) Operations
Compliance Officer Operations
Telemetry Systems Officer Operations
Field Auditor
Fleet Services Co-ordinator Operations
Inspector
Foreman
Day Workers and Shift Workers
(a)
(1) Fixed and
Regular Standard Roster Day Off
The ordinary working hours shall be worked as a
nineteen (19) day four (4) week cycle of eight (8) hours each day with .4 of
one hour of each day worked accruing as an entitlement to take the standard
roster day off (as adopted by the Building Trades Group) in each cycle as a day
off paid for as though worked.
The span of working hours for day workers shall be
Monday to Friday inclusive between the hours of 7.00 am and 5.30 pm as directed
by the Corporation.
(2) Fixed and
Regular Alternate Roster Days Off
Provided that to accommodate the service to be provided
to the community, employees will, where necessary, take an agreed alternate day
off so that the service is available each day Monday to Friday inclusive
(Public Holidays excepted) that would be provided on an ordinary working day.
(3) Employees
Recalled to Work on a Scheduled Roster Day Off
An employee recalled to work on a roster day off
without being notified prior to ceasing work on the last ordinary working day,
shall be paid overtime rates for time worked as though the work had been
performed on a Saturday. Payment for the roster day off is made separate and in
addition to the payment made for overtime worked.
(b) Where the
standard roster day off or agreed rostered day prescribed by sub-paragraph (a)
(1) above falls on a Public Holiday, the next working day shall be taken in
lieu of the rostered day off, provided that by agreement in special
circumstances another day may be substituted in that or the next four (4) week
cycle.
(c) Each day of
paid leave taken and any Public Holiday occurring during any cycle of four (4)
weeks shall be regarded as a day worked for accrual purposes. No other leave
taken will be regarded as time worked for accrual purposes.
(d) An employee
who has not worked a complete nineteen (19) day four (4) week cycle shall
receive pro rata accrued entitlements for each day worked or regarded as having
been worked in such cycle, payable for the rostered day off or, in the case of
termination of employment, on termination.
(e) Two (2) breaks
per day will be allowed off for day workers other than shift workers. The first break of twenty (20) minutes
duration to be counted as time worked to be commenced at or within three (3)
hours of commencing work. The second break of thirty (30) minutes duration to
be commenced at or within six (6) hours of commencing work. These breaks shall
be in substitution of morning and afternoon tea and lunch breaks.
(f) No relief
payment will be made to an employee whilst relieving a person who is absent on
rostered leave.
(g) Provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything mentioned elsewhere in this clause:-
(1) The starting
and finishing times of employees wherever practicable shall be mutually agreed
upon by the relevant Union and the Corporation.
(2) Where it is
necessary, the starting and finishing times for day workers may be varied
between 6.00 am and 7.00 pm in cases of exigency or in other situations
following prior agreement between the field supervisor and employees on the
job, without liability on the part of the Corporation to pay overtime.
The term "exigency" shall be taken to mean:-
(A) where the work is
dependent on the flow of tides;
(B) where ordinary
working hours cannot be worked owing to heavy traffic;
(C) where the
transport facilities are not convenient for working the ordinary hours.
(iii) All Employees
(a) Flexible
Arrangements (Employee Requests)
In lieu of the employees scheduled roster day, the
employee may take an alternate roster day off (subject at all times to section
operational requirements) on any working day, within the same roster cycle.
This alternate RDO must be mutually agreed between the employee and the
supervisor on the job or by agreement the employee may have the roster days
banked to be taken at some future time.
Generally employees are expected to take scheduled
roster days when they are due and employees who do not avail themselves of
scheduled roster days will not accrue in excess of five (5) days.
(b) Flexible
Arrangements (Management Requests)
Where work requirements do not allow the taking of a
roster day as scheduled, the employee will have the option of taking an
alternate day within the same roster period as agreed between the employee and
his/her supervisor, (such agreement shall not unreasonably be withheld) or
having the roster day banked to be taken at some future time.
Management will only request an employee to defer
taking a RDO in special or emergency circumstances. Requests by Management for
an employee to defer the taking of a scheduled roster day off must be in
writing.
The Corporation will take all reasonable steps to
ensure that the total roster days banked does not exceed five (5) days,
however, where the bank of roster days unavoidably exceeds five (5) days, the
employee will not have a limit placed on the number of days which can accrue as
a result of such management requests.
Any roster days accumulated as a result of management
requests will be taken within a time frame mutually agreed between the
supervisor and the employee.
(c) Sick when on
RDO
An employee who is sick on a roster day off, to claim a
substitute day off, shall where practicable notify their supervisor within four
(4) hours of normal starting time on that day.
(d) Make-up Time
Subject to Section/Business Unit convenience and
approval by the relevant manager, an employee may take time off during ordinary
hours and work these hours at a later time which fall during the spread of
ordinary hours provided in the Award at the ordinary rate of pay
G7. Shift Work
(i) For the
purpose of this clause -
"Afternoon shift" means any shift finishing
after 7.00 pm and at or before midnight.
"Night Shift" means any shift finishing
subsequent to midnight and at or before 7.00 am.
Thirty (30) minutes shall be allowed to 38 hour week
shift workers each shift for a meal which shall be counted as time worked
subject to the employee being immediately available at the work location
according to the exigencies of the work.
35 hour week employees engaged on shift work shall take
unpaid meal breaks of thirty (30) minutes, at regular rostered periods approved
by their section supervisor.
Tea Breaks: A tea break of ten (10) minutes during the
periods both before and after the meal break shall be allowed to each shift
worker, such break to be counted as time worked, subject to the employee being
immediately available at the work location according to the exigencies of the
work.
(ii) Shift workers
whilst on afternoon shifts shall be paid for such shift 17 ½ per cent more than
their ordinary rate of pay and whilst
on night shift shall be paid for such shift 22 ½ per cent more than the
ordinary rate of pay.
(iii) Saturday
rates for Shift Workers (including seven (7) day roster employees)
For an ordinary shift performed on Saturdays, Shift
Workers shall be paid a minimum of time and one half.
Such extra rate shall be in substitution for and not
cumulative upon the shift premiums prescribed in sub-clause (ii) of this
clause.
(iv) Sunday and
Holiday rates for Shift Workers (including seven (7) day roster employees)
Ordinary shifts performed on a Sunday or Holiday shall
be paid in accordance with Clause G10 - Sunday and Holiday Rates.
Such extra rate shall be in substitution for and not
cumulative upon the shift premiums prescribed in sub-clause (ii) of this
clause.
Shift workers rostered off duty on a public holiday
shall be paid at single time rates for such holiday.
(v) Shift Workers
- Change of Shift or Roster
Except as provided hereunder, a Shift Worker who is
required to change from one shift to another, shall where practicable, be given
twenty four (24) hours’ notice of the proposed change. Where this notice is not
given by the Corporation, overtime rates shall be paid for the ordinary time so
worked (plus the addition of shift allowance) until the expiration of such
twenty four (24) hours. Provided that:-
(a) a Shift Worker
transferred from one roster to another shall, in respect of the first day upon
which he/she is required to work the new roster, which day would have been
his/her day off on the old roster, be paid at the rate of double time;
(b) shifts so
worked shall be regarded as forming part of the employee’s ordinary week’s
work.
(vi) Shift Workers
Transferred to Day Work
Except as provided hereunder, a shift worker who is
transferred to day work shall, where practicable, be given twenty four (24)
hours’ notice of the proposed change. Where this notice is not given by the
Corporation, overtime rates shall be paid for the ordinary time so worked until
the expiration of such twenty four (24) hours from the time of notification.
Provided that:
(a) shifts so
worked shall be regarded as forming part of the employee's ordinary week's
work;
(b) this provision
shall not apply to work performed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
(vii) Day Workers
Transferred to Shift Work
When a day worker is called upon to temporarily
transfer to shift work or relieve a roster employee, the employee shall be paid
for the first one (1) and up to five (5) afternoon and/or night shifts worked
at the rate of time and one half for time worked on such shifts. Should the
employee be called upon to work for more than five (5) shifts for which these
penalty rates have applied, the foregoing provisions of the regular roster
shall apply. Provided that:
(a) an employee
shall be paid at overtime rates for any afternoon or night shift upon which the
employee is employed as a shift worker under this subclause in respect of which
the employee has not been given at least twenty four (24) hours notice;
(b) shifts so
worked shall be regarded as forming part of the employee's ordinary week's
work.
(viii) For the
purpose of this clause, any shift, the major portion of the ordinary hours of
which are worked on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday, shall be deemed to
have been worked on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday and shall be paid for
as such.
(ix) Where a shift
worker fails to report for work, the shift worker from the preceding shift may
be required to remain at work and shall be entitled to claim overtime payment
in accordance with this Award.
G8. Rest Periods
After Overtime
An employee required to continue work for seven (7) hours or
more after his/her proper ceasing time shall be entitled to a rest period of
ten (10) hours before again commencing his/her next ordinary shift, and be paid
for any working time lost at ordinary rates.
Employees recalled to work after ceasing work, who work for
more than a total of four (4) hours in any 12 hour period and finish on the
last occasion at a time which does not allow the employee to have a seven (7)
hour rest period before their next normal starting time, will be entitled to a
rest period of ten (10) consecutive hours. Employees will be paid for any
working time lost.
If any employee is directed to resume or continue work
without having had the required rest period, the employee shall be paid at
overtime rates until released from duty, and shall then be entitled to be
absent until the employee has had a rest period of ten (10) consecutive hours
without loss of pay for ordinary working time occurring during such absence.
The provisions for rest periods shall apply in the case of
shift workers as if eight (8) hours were substituted for ten (10) hours when
overtime is worked:
(a) for the
purpose of changing shift rosters; or
(b) where a shift
worker does not report for duty and a day worker or a shift worker is required
to replace such shift worker;
(c) where a shift
is worked by arrangement between the employees themselves.
G9. Overtime
(i) Subject to
Clause (i)(a) Hunter Water may require an employee to work reasonable overtime
at either overtime rates or as otherwise provided in this award or registered
agreements.
(a) An employee
may refuse to work overtime in circumstances where the working of such overtime
would result in the employee working hours which are unreasonable.
(b) For the
purposes of clause 1.2 what is unreasonable or otherwise will be determined
having regard to:
(1) any risk to
employee health and safety;
(2) the employee’s
personal circumstances including any family and carer responsibilities;
(3) the needs of
the workplace or enterprise;
(4) the notice (
if any ) given by the employer of the overtime and by the employee of his or
her intention to refuse; and
(5) any other
relevant matter.
(ii) Overtime
shall mean all time worked in excess of the ordinary hours prescribed by this
Award.
Subject to Clause G10 (Sundays and Public Holidays)
employees shall be paid all time worked in excess of or outside the ordinary
working hours prescribed by this Award at the rate of time and a half for the
first two (2) hours and double time thereafter with the exception that all work
performed after 12 noon on Saturday shall be paid for at the rate of double
time.
For the purpose of this clause, ordinary hours shall be
taken as being inclusive of time worked for rostered day off accrual purposes.
(iii) Recalled to
Work Overtime
Employees recalled from their residence after the usual
ceasing time and before 6.00 am on the next working day shall be paid for all
time worked outside normal working hours at overtime rates with a minium
payment of four (4) hours, such payment to cover any subsequent call within
that four (4) hours. The time in each case will be computed from the employees
home to work and return.
(iv) Planned
Overtime (notified prior to ceasing work on the last ordinary shift)
(a) Day workers
shall be paid a minimum of four (4) hours, at overtime rates for planned
overtime worked on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday.
(b) Shift workers
shall be paid a minimum of four (4) hours, at overtime rates for planned
overtime worked on a roster day off in accordance with the normal shift roster.
(v) Shift Workers
Shift workers for all time worked:-
(a) in excess of
the ordinary working hours prescribed by this Award; or
(b) on more than
eleven (11) ordinary shifts in twelve (12) consecutive days; or
(c) on a rostered
shift off;
shall, subject to Clause G10 - (Sundays and Public
Holidays) be paid at the rate of time and one half for the first two (2) hours
and at the rate of double time thereafter. This sub-clause shall not apply when
the time worked is:-
(1) for the
purpose of effecting the customary rotation of shifts; or
(2) by arrangement
between the employees themselves.
(vi) Overtime
Limitations
(a) Salaried
employees whose salary, or salary and allowances exceeds the salary for salary
point 27 shall not be entitled to payment for overtime except in exceptional
circumstances as approved by the relevant Executive Manager, with such
authorised payment of overtime paid at the salary for salary point 27.
(b) Entitlements
to overtime payments will lapse if claims are not received within three (3)
calendar months of the overtime being worked.
(vii) Working
through lunch breaks
An employee who is directed to work during the
recognised meal break shall be paid overtime rates until the employee is released
for a lunch break which shall be taken without loss of pay.
(viii) Time off in
lieu of pay for Overtime
(a) An employee
may elect, with written 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.
(b) 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.
(c) If, having
elected to take time off as leave in accordance with sub-clause (a) above, 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.
(d) Where no
election is made in accordance with sub-clause (a) the employee shall be paid
overtime rates in accordance with the award.
G10. Sundays and
Public Holidays
(i) Subject to
the following provisions, employees shall be entitled to the following Public
Holidays without loss of pay: New
Year’s Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac
Day, Labour Day, Queen’s Birthday, Bank Holiday (first Monday in August), Show
Day (local fixture), Christmas Day, Boxing Day or any days in lieu thereof,
together with all other gazetted holidays proclaimed to operate throughout the
State.
(ii) All time
worked on any Public Holiday shall be paid for at the rate of double time and
one half until released from duty. [See Clause G9 iii(a)].
(iii) All time
worked on Sunday shall be paid for at the rate of double time until released
from duty.
(iv) Picnic Day
Picnic Day shall be that day approved by the
Corporation to be the Picnic Day.
Leave of absence shall be granted to employees subject
to the following conditions:-
(a) Relevant Managers
determine that the employee can be spared from duty that day, having first
considered the requirements of service to the public, and any special or urgent
work required.
Employees not required to work must take the approved
Picnic Day.
(b) Those employees
required to work will be paid ordinary time and shall be allowed a day off in
lieu at a later date provided that such day taken off in lieu must be taken
within four (4) months or entitlement forfeited.
(v) August Bank
Holiday and Local Show Day
A day's leave of absence in lieu of August Bank Holiday
and local Show Days shall be granted to each employee on an individual basis.
They shall be allowed a day off in lieu which must be taken within four (4)
calendar months of the respective entitlement date, subject to the following
conditions:-
(a) All sections
will be adequately staffed on any one day to ensure provision of services.
(b) Those
employees scheduled to work on the gazetted day will be paid ordinary time
except as otherwise prescribed in sub-clause (vii) hereof.
(c) Show Day shall
not be granted more than once per annum to an employee.
(vi) Where an
employee is absent from his/her employment on the working day before or the
working day after a public holiday without reasonable excuse or without the
consent of the employer, the employee shall not be entitled to payment for such
holiday.
(vii) Shift Workers
rostered to work on Public Holidays shall be required to work in accordance
with the roster. Payment will be made at the rates prescribed for Sunday and
Holiday Rates and the employee will not be entitled to time off in lieu.
(viii) Public
holidays or time in lieu are not available to employees on approved long
service leave or parental leave (with or without pay).
(ix) Employees
participating in the Inter-City Sport Club activities as well as those desirous
of attending the local Show activities shall be afforded every opportunity to
take the day appropriate to those activities subject to section work
requirements.
G11. Special Rates
(i) Diving
Allowance
In recognition of the skills associated with diving
work following requisite training and associated duties of pre-dive planning
and the selection and care of equipment, an allowance of $1,000.00 per annum
(to be reviewed annually) shall be paid to employees who:-
(a) are in
possession of the appropriate agency, Class 3 Certificate of Competency; and
(b) are nominated
on the Corporation's panel of divers to undertake underwater diving activities.
An allowance of $465 pa (to be reviewed annually) will
apply to trainee Divers nominated on the panel.
This allowance shall only be maintained whilst the
employee involved indicates preparedness and fitness to continue such duties.
The payment of this allowance does not affect the
employee's right to decline diving duties provided an acceptable reason is
given. However, such payment would discontinue if and when an employee
indicated that he or she no longer wished to participate in such activity.
An allowance of $1.27 cents per 0.3 metres of total
depth will be paid to the above employees when diving at a depth in excess of
fifteen (15) metres. Such allowance to be paid once only per day as a daily
allowance when incurred.
(ii) Travelling,
Accommodation and Meals
(a) When an
employee is required to travel on Corporation’s business and returns to work or
home the same day, (not including journeys to and from the employee’s regular
depot), actual and necessary expenses other than meal expenses shall be
reimbursed.
(b) When employees
are required to proceed on duty from the place of work at which they are
depoted, on journeys from which they cannot return to that place of work or
home on the day of departure, the employee shall be entitled to the following
allowances which will be subject to an annual review:-
(1) When required
to stay overnight in a Capital City or in Canberra $245.55 per day.
(2) When required
to stay overnight other than in a Capital City or Canberra $151.75.
(3) For the
purposes of claims at the set rate under subparagraph (1) and (2) above, the
allowance only applies for absences of 24 hours‘ duration and which involve an
overnight stay. Nevertheless payment of the appropriate allowance may be made
where the employee satisfies the Corporation that, despite the period being of
less than 24 hours’ duration, expenditure for accommodation and three meals has
been incurred. Where an employee is unable to so satisfy the Corporation or
where some part day travel at the end of the trip is involved, the allowance
payable for part days of travel shall be limited to the actual expenses
incurred during such part day travel.
(4) When expenses
unavoidably exceed the allowance, the actual cost shall be paid by the
Corporation subject to the approval of the relevant Manager. Such approval
shall not unreasonably be refused on production of receipts.
(c) The
Corporation reserves the right to have regard to the standard of accommodation
used and available in the area, and for the approval of upper limits of the
cost of such accommodation and meals where receipts are provided and actual
expenses are claimed
(iii) Sauna Bathing
Allowance
A sauna bathing allowance will be paid to any employee
who comes into contact with sewage to the extent that it attaches to the
employee's clothing or person. The amount of the allowance will be $7.12 per
week where contact with sewage is on a regular basis, i.e. three (3) or more
days per week, and where contact is less than three (3) days per week, the
allowance will be $3.57 per week.
(iv) Private Vehicle
Usage Allowance
An employee who, with the prior approval of their
relevant Manager or immediate Supervisor uses a privately-owned motor vehicle
in the course of or in connection with employment, shall be paid for such
casual use in accordance with the following rates which will be reviewed
annually:-
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<1600 cc
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>1600 cc <
2700 cc
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> 2700 cc
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Specified Journey Rate v
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21.5 c
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25.5 c
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27.5 c
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Official Business
Rate v
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51.6 c
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72.0 c
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77.4 c
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Specified Journey Rate
This rate is payable where other transport is available
to permit travel within a reasonable time but the employees elect the use of a
private motor vehicle in connection with official or approved travel.
Official Business Rate
This rate is to be paid to employees who use a private
motor vehicle in the performance of their duties and the following conditions
are met:
no official vehicle is available;
no public or other transport is available to permit
travel within a reasonable time and at a reasonable cost; and
the use of the employee’s private motor vehicle is
essential to, or necessary for the economic performance of the employee’s
duties.
(v) Hot Places
(a) An employee
working for more than one (1) hour in the shade in places where the temperature
is raised by artificial means to between 46 - 54o C shall be entitled to 53
cents per hour extra.
(b) An employee
working for more than one (1) hour in the shade in places where the temperature
is raised by artificial means to more than 54o C shall be entitled to 61 cents
per hour extra provided that where work continues for more than two (2) hours
in temperatures exceeding 54o C employees shall be entitled to twenty (20)
minutes rest after each two (2) hours work without deduction from pay.
(c) Employees
working in tanks, reservoirs and pipes where weather conditions raise the
temperature shall be treated as though the temperature had been raised by
artificial means.
(vi) Lodging
Allowance - Chichester Dam
Where the Corporation requires an employee to lodge at
the Corporation’s quarters provided at Chichester Dam the following payments
will apply:-
(a) Where meals
and lodging are provided, any necessary out-of-pocket expenses shall be paid.
(b) During any
period when meals are not provided, an additional allowance of $133.75 per five
(5) day week or $26.75 per day or part thereof, shall be paid.
G12. Union
Officials and Representatives
(i) A Union
Official is an employee elected as a Union Official in accordance with Part
viii Clause 55 of the Rules and Constitution of the Australian Services Union
(NSW/ACT Services Branch) and shall upon notification by the Union to the
Corporation in writing, be recognised as an accredited representative of the
Union.
All employees who are Accredited representatives are
first and foremost employees of the Corporation and shall, subject to the
clause, conduct themselves accordingly.
A Union Official shall be allowed all reasonable time
during working hours to attend to Union affairs without loss of pay, provided
that:
(a) The Union
Official concerned first advised and obtains permission from their immediate
supervisor to absent him/herself from duty, and
(b) A Union
Official will not be permitted paid absence for the following activities:
(1) attendance to
matters involving internal union activities
(2) conferences,
tribunal appearances and absences related to disputes or grievances or claims
by the union.
(3) conferences,
tribunal appearances and absences related to award applications or claims.
Provided that where a Union Official attends a conference
with management during working hours at management’s request he/she shall be
paid.
(ii) Union and
Craft Union Delegates
The Corporation shall give recognition to any employee
who is the delegate representing a group of employees where he/she is employed
and shall be allowed the necessary time to interview the Corporation’s
representatives during working hours in case of a claim, issue or dispute
affecting the group of employees.
G13.
Dispute/Grievance Procedures
(i) Grievance
Procedure - Individual Employee
(a) An employee
who has a grievance must notify the Corporation, in writing if requested, as to
the substance of the grievance, request a meeting with the Corporation for
bilateral discussions and state the remedy sought.
(b) In the first
instance, the employee must raise a grievance with the employee’s immediate
supervisor and if the matter is not settled at that level the grievance must be
further discussed and resolution attempted at increasingly higher levels in the
Corporation with final resolution being attempted between the Employee Services
Representative, the Manager concerned and the employee.
(c) Reasonable
time will be allowed for discussion at each level of authority.
(d) At the
conclusion of the discussion, if the matter has not been resolved, the
Corporation shall provide a response to the employee’s grievance including
reasons for not implementing the employee’s proposed remedy.
(e) While this
procedure is being followed normal work must continue.
(f) The employee
may be represented by an accredited representative of the Union or Craft Union
as appropriate.
(g) The procedure
for resolving a dispute will be impartial, fair and non-discriminatory in
accordance with anti-discrimination law.
(ii) Dispute
Procedure - Group of Employees
(a) If a question,
dispute or difficulty arises between a group of employees and the Corporation
the matter must first be raised with the immediate supervisor of the employees
concerned in the dispute and if the matter is not resolved at that level the
matter shall continue to be discussed between the employees and the next level
of management in an endeavour to resolve the matter.
(b) The
Corporation may require the issues in dispute be advised in writing before
discussion takes place on the matter.
(c) A reasonable
period of time shall be allowed for discussion to take place in an attempt to
resolve the dispute.
(d) If the matter
is not resolved between representatives of the Corporation and the employees
the matter may be notified to the Industrial Relations Commission for
resolution in accordance with the Act.
(e) Whilst this
procedure is being followed, normal work must continue.
(f) The employee
may be represented by an accredited representative of the Union or Craft Union
as appropriate.
(g) The procedure
for resolving a dispute will be impartial, fair and non-discriminatory in
accordance with anti-discrimination law.
G14. Leave
(i) Annual Leave
(a) Annual leave
to the extent of four (4) weeks per annum (exclusive of Public Holidays observed
on a working day) shall accrue to each employee proportionately from month to
month at the rate of one and two-third days for each completed calendar month
of service or one-third day for six (6) calendar days for each incomplete month
- such leave to be credited without any qualifying period of service.
(b)
(1) Subject to
paragraphs (2) and (3) hereof, annual leave entitlements accrued up to 30 June
each year shall be taken in the ensuing financial year.
(2) In special
circumstances the relevant Divisional Manager may approve the accumulation of
all or part of any annual leave accrued but total leave accumulated at 30 June
in any year shall not exceed a maximum of fifty (50) days.
(3) If the
relevant Divisional Manager is of the opinion that it is not practicable to
allow an employee to take the whole or any part of the quantum within the
financial year that it was due to be taken, the leave may be mutually
postponed.
(c)
(1) Annual leave
for Salaried employees shall be taken at the salary the employee was receiving
immediately prior to the taking of the leave except where the employee takes
such leave immediately following a period of relief in a higher classification.
In these circumstances the employee shall be paid at
the salary the employee would have received if the employee were carrying out
normal duties.
(2) A Salaried
employee who takes Annual Leave during a period of relief (i.e. where a
continuous period of relief is interrupted by the taking of Annual Leave) shall
be paid for such leave at the relieving rate.
(3) The rate of
pay for a Wages employee entering on annual leave shall be the employees "ordinary rate of
pay" (see subclause (iv) of Clause W1 Wages).
(d) In the event
of the resignation or retirement of an employee, the cash equivalent of all
accumulated annual leave due to such employee and untaken at the date of
resignation or retirement shall be paid to the employee concerned. The cash
value of such leave shall be calculated at the salary the employee was
receiving immediately prior to resignation or retirement.
(e) In addition to
the benefits of four (4) weeks Annual Leave, an employee who, during the year
of employment with the Corporation was a seven (7) day shift worker shall be
entitled to the additional leave as below specified:-
(1) If during the
year of employment the employee has served the Corporation continuously as such
seven (7) day shift worker, the additional leave with respect of that year
shall be one (1) week.
(2) If during the
year of employment the employee has served for only portion of it as such seven
(7) day shift worker, the additional leave shall be one half day for every
eighteen (18) ordinary shifts worked as a seven (7) day shift worker.
(f) Subject to
Section/Business Unit convenience and approval by the relevant Manager, up to
five (5) days annual leave may be taken in single or part days.
(ii) Parental
Leave (maternity, paternity and adoption leave)
In addition to the Parental Leave provisions detailed
in Part 4 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996, the following conditions
will apply:
(a) For the
purposes of Maternity Leave, entitlements will include nine (9) weeks paid
Maternity Leave which will be available to full time female employees who have
completed 40 weeks continuous service.
This may be taken as either nine (9) weeks at full pay or 18 weeks at
half pay.
Part-time employees will have a pro-rate entitlement.
(b) For the
purposes of adoption leave, parental leave entitlements will include paid leave
which will be available to full-time employees who have completed forty (40)
weeks continuous service:-
(1) If the child
is aged 1-5:-
three (3) weeks at their ordinary rate of pay; or
six (6) weeks at half their ordinary rate of pay
commencing from the date of placement of the child.
For the purposes of this clause "ordinary rate of
pay" will mean the amount paid for the standard working hours.
(2) Where the
employee is the primary care giver and the child is under twelve (12) months
old:-
nine (9) weeks at their ordinary rate of pay; or
eighteen (18) weeks at half their ordinary rate of pay
commencing from the date of placement of the child.
(3) For part-time
employees, paid leave detailed in (1) and (2) above will be at a pro rata rate.
(c) The twelve
(12) month Maternity/Adoption Leave entitlement may be taken as follows:-
(i) full-time,
for up to a maximum of twelve (12) months, from the child’s date of
birth/placement of the child, or
(ii) part-time, up
to a maximum of two (2) years, from the child’s date of birth/ placement of the
child, or
(iii) a combination
of full-time and part-time leave, provided that no more than twelve (12)
months’ Maternity/Adoption Leave on a full-time basis is taken and that the
balance taken part-time will conclude before the child’s second birthday/second
anniversary of the child being placed.
(iii) Bereavement
Leave
(a) An employee,
other than a casual employee, shall be entitled to up to three (3) day’s
bereavement leave without deduction of pay on each occasion of the death of a
person prescribed in (d) below.
(b) The employee
must notify the employer as soon as practicable of the intention to take
bereavement leave and will, if required by the employer, provide to the
satisfaction of the employer proof of death.
(c) An employee
shall be entitled to a maximum of a further two (2) days’ leave without loss of
pay on each occasion and on the production of satisfactory evidence of the
death outside of Australia of an employee’s relative as referred to in (d), and
where such employee travels outside of Australia to attend the funeral.
(d) Bereavement
leave shall be available to the employee in respect to the death of a person
prescribed for the purposes of Personal/Carers’ Leave in Clause G14 (vi) (d),
as well as son-in-law and daughter-in-law, provided that for the purpose of
bereavement leave, the employee need not have been responsible for the care of
the person concerned.
(e) An employee
shall not be entitled to bereavement leave under this clause during any period
in respect of which the employee has been granted other leave.
(f) Bereavement
leave may be taken in conjunction with other leave which is available in the
context of personal/carer’s leave. In
determining such a request the employer will give consideration to the
circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of
the business.
(iv) Sick Leave
(a) Upon
completion of three (3) months' continuous service with the Corporation, where an employee is absent from duty owing
to personal ill‑health or accident which is not due to the employee's
negligence, the employee shall be paid ordinary pay during such absence subject
to the following:
(1) An employee
absent from duty by reason of such ill health or accident shall, if
practicable, within four (4) hours of his/her regular starting time notify the
Corporation of the reason for absence.
(2) An employee
absent on account of such ill health or accident, for more than three (3) days,
shall forward to the Corporation a medical certificate showing the nature of
the illness. In cases of extended absence, the relevant Manager may, if thought
fit, require a fresh medical certificate to be furnished each week.
(3) Should the
Corporation require an employee to furnish a medical certificate in respect of
periods of absence of less than three (3) days, the Corporation shall advise
the employee in advance and bear the actual cost to the employee of obtaining
such medical certificate required, providing such certificates shall certify
that the employee is unable to perform normal duties.
(4) Should the
Corporation become concerned as to the extent or nature of sick leave taken by
an employee, the Corporation may require that employee to attend a medical
practitioner nominated by the Corporation for the purpose of:-
Satisfying itself that the employee is or was unable on
account of such illness or incapacity, to attend for duty on the day or days
for which payment under this clause is claimed.
Satisfying itself that the Corporations duty of care to
employees in respect to Occupational Health and Safety is appropriately
exercised.
(5) The Sick Leave
entitlement of a part-time employee shall be pro rata. Any employee varying
from full-time to part-time (or vice versa) shall have their entitlement
adjusted on a pro-rata basis.
and
(b) Such employee
shall be entitled to payment for non‑attendance on the grounds of
accident or ill‑health up to ten (10) days in each year of service (equal
to two (2) ordinary working weeks); provided that should any such employee be
entitled to receive compensation for such accident or ill‑health under
any Act relating to compensation for workers, sick leave shall not apply, and
(c) Sick leave
shall accumulate from year to year so that such entitlements or any part
thereof, if not granted, shall be available to the employee in a subsequent
year upon the same conditions without diminution of the entitlements for that
year, and
(d) Service prior
to the commencement of this Award shall count as service for all purposes of
this clause, and
(e) At the
expiration of all sick leave entitlements, an employee may be granted such
periods of sick leave without pay as the Corporation may determine, and
(f) At the date
of commencement of this Award each Salaried employee will be credited with a
bank of sick leave calculated at 10 days per annum for the past five (5) years
of service.
Provided that any employee who has exhausted all sick
leave entitlements under this clause shall be entitled to further paid sick
leave to the extent (if any) that the employee would have been entitled to sick
leave with pay in accordance with the provisions applicable immediately prior
to the date of this Award. This entitlement ceases to have effect three (3)
years from the date of this Award.
(g) If an employee
has exhausted all paid sick leave entitlements, the relevant Manager, on being
satisfied that further leave is necessary on account of ill health, may at
his/her discretion grant additional sick leave on full pay.
(v) Long Service
Leave
(a) Long Service
Leave shall accrue to each employee in accordance with the following scale:-
Period of Service
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Leave On Full Pay
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Or Leave On Half Pay
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5 Day Working Week
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5 Day Working Week
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Days
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Days
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After 10 years of service
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43
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1/3
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86
|
2/3
|
After 15 years of service
|
97
|
1/2
|
195
|
|
After 20 years of service
|
151
|
2/3
|
303
|
1/3
|
After 25 years of service
|
205
|
5/6
|
411
|
2/3
|
After 30 years of service
|
260
|
|
520
|
|
After 35 years of service
|
314
|
1/6
|
628
|
1/3
|
After 40 years of service
|
368
|
1/3
|
736
|
2/3
|
After 45 years of service
|
422
|
1/2
|
845
|
|
After 50 years of service
|
476
|
2/3
|
953
|
1/3
|
(b) The term
"days" shall include all days other than Saturdays and Sundays.
(c) An employee is
entitled to Long Service Leave after the completion of ten (10) years' service.
After completion of the first ten (10) years of an
employee's service, Long Service Leave shall accrue from month to month pro
rata in accordance with the above scale.
Where the services of an employee are terminated or
cease for any reason, the Corporation shall pay to the employee, the money
value of all Long Service Leave not taken at the time of the termination of the
employee's services.
(d) Where the
services of an employee who has completed at least five (5) years' continuous
service as an adult and less than ten (10) years' overall service are
terminated by the Corporation for any reason except for serious and wilful
misconduct or by the employee on account of illness, incapacity or domestic or
other pressing necessity, or by reason of the death of the employee, shall be
entitled to be paid as Long Service Leave a proportionate amount on the basis
of two (2) months' for ten (10) years (such service to include service with the
Corporation as an adult and otherwise than as an adult).
(e) For the
purpose of this paragraph "service as an adult" shall be the period
of service with the Corporation which the employee has from the age of 18 years
or over.
(f) An employee
who terminates their service on account of illness, incapacity or domestic or
other pressing necessity must include in the notification of resignation the
reason for leaving the Corporation.
(g) The cash value
of Long Service Leave payable to a Wages employee shall be at the ordinary rate
of pay (see Clause W1 (iv)) and for a Salaried employee shall be calculated at
the salary the employee was receiving immediately prior to termination.
(h) For the
purpose of computing the amount of Long Service Leave accrued to an employee
under this clause, subject to the employee's consent, periods of Leave Without
Pay for three (3) months or more under this Award shall not be deemed to be
included in the period of service.
(i) The length of
employment of an employee for the purpose of this clause shall be determined in
respect of service as from the date of first employment by the Corporation
unless there has been a break in the continuity of service, in which case the
length of time not employed shall be deducted.
(j) Cash payment
for Long Service Leave on termination under the above provisions shall be in
extinction of all such leave.
(vi) Family Leave
(a) Employees,
other than a casual employee, will have an entitlement to family leave of five
(5) days per annum.
(b) Family leave
may be used for :-
Personal carers’ leave
Special leave
(c) The annual
five (5) days family leave entitlement is not cumulative and is capped as
follows :-
(1) Personal
Carers’ Leave - up to five (5) days per annum (with any residual balance from
the five (5) days being available for Special leave).
(2) Special Leave
- an employee may be granted special leave by the Managing Director in the case
of pressing necessity without deduction from ordinary pay for period or periods
not exceeding 2 1/2 days per annum.
Leave will be granted only in extraordinary or
emergency circumstances where employees are forced to absent themselves from
duty because of urgent pressing necessity and such leave as is granted will be
limited to the time necessary to cover the immediate emergency. Any absence
occasioned by personal exigencies, which might fairly be regarded as an obligation
on the employee, rather than the employer, to make good, will be charged
against the ordinary leave credits of the employee.
(d) Personal
carers’ leave may only be used for illness of a family/ household member where
the illness is such as to require care by another person. A family/household
member is a person who is :-
(1) a spouse of
the employee; or
(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 bonafide domestic basis although not legally
married to that person; or
(3) a child or an
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
(4) a same sex
partner who lives with the employee as the de facto partner of that employee on
a bonafide domestic basis; or
(5) a relative of
the employee who is a member of the same household, where for the purposes of
this paragraph:
"relative" means a person related by blood,
marriage or affinity;
"affinity" means a relationship that one
spouse because of marriage has to blood relatives of the other; and
"household" means a family group living in
the same domestic dwelling.
(e) In the case of
Personal carers’ leave, the Corporation may require an employee to produce a
Medical Certificate stating that the illness is such as to require the care by
another person.
(f) Only one
person can take Carers’ leave for an ill person (eg only mother or father take
time off to care for a sick child, not both parents).
Further facilitative arrangements available for use in
association with Personal Carers’ Leave.
(g) Unpaid Leave
for Family Purposes - An employee may elect, with the consent of the
Corporation to take unpaid leave for the purpose of providing care to a family
member, as defined in (d) above, who is ill.
(f) Annual Leave
. See Clause G14 (i) Annual Leave (f).
(j) Time off in
Lieu of Payment for Overtime. See
Clause G9 (vii) - Time off in lieu of pay for overtime.
(k) Make-up time.
See Clause G6 Hours of Work (iii) (d) Make-up time.
(l) Rostered Days
Off. See Clause G6 Hours of Work (iii) (a) Flexible Arrangements (Employee
Requests).
(vii) Aborigines
National Day
Aboriginal employees may apply to the Corporation to be
granted one (1) day’s Special Leave per annum to participate in National
Aboriginal Day celebrations and such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
G15. Annual Leave
Loading
(i) Employees,
other than seven (7) day continuous shift workers, shall be granted an annual
leave loading, equivalent to 17 ½% of four (4) weeks’ ordinary salary/wages
(for this purpose ‘ordinary salary/wages’ does not include any regular payment
made on an annual or weekly basis as compensation for shift work performed).
(ii) The full
entitlement to the loading on annual leave that the employee has accrued over
the previous leave year is to be paid to him/her on the first occasion on which
he/she takes sufficient annual leave to permit him/her to be absent from duty
for at least two (2) consecutive weeks after 1 December in any year. The
loading will apply only to leave accrued in the year ending on the preceding 30
November.
(iii) In the event
of no such absence occurring by 30 November of the following year, the employee
(being still employed) is to be paid the monetary value of the annual leave
loading payable on leave accrued as at 30 November of the previous leave year,
notwithstanding that he/she has not entered on leave.
(iv) Shift Workers.
Unless determined otherwise, shift workers proceeding on annual leave are to be
paid in respect of leave taken in any period of 12 months commencing 1
December, shift premiums and penalty rates (or other allowance paid on a
regular basis in lieu thereof) they would have received had they been on duty,
or the 17 ½% annual leave loading as prescribed, whichever is the more favourable.
Payment of shift premiums and penalty
rates shall not be made for public holidays which occur during such period of
annual leave, nor to compensatory leave which has been added to a period of
annual leave in respect of public holidays worked, or public holidays which
fall on a seven (7) day shift worker’s rostered day off during a period of
leave. In the case of seven (7) day continuous shift workers, the 17 ½% annual
leave loading is to be calculated on the basis of 17 ½% of five (5) weeks’ ordinary
wages/salary.
(v) There shall be
a leave year ending 30 November in every year.
(vi) Upon
retirement, resignation, or termination by the employer for any reason other
than misconduct, an employee who has not taken annual leave qualifying him/her
for payment of an annual leave loading since the preceding 1 December, shall be
paid the loading which would have been payable had such leave been taken. The annual leave loading is not payable when
an employee is granted recreation leave to his/her credit, or the monetary
value thereof on resignation or dismissal for misconduct.
(vii) Broken service
during a year does not attract the annual leave loading, eg if an employee resigns and is
subsequently re-employed during the same year, only the service from the date
of re-employment attracts the annual leave loading, subject to the foregoing
conditions.
(viii) Rate of
Payment. The annual leaving loading is to be calculated on the wage/salary rate
paid for leave when taken, i.e. new rates granted by Award, Agreement, National
Wage Case Decisions, increments, etc during the period of leave are to be taken
into account unless otherwise prescribed by this Award and, if necessary,
retrospective adjustment of the loading is to be made. Where payment is made as
at 30 November, because no period of two (2) weeks’ leave has been taken during
the year, the payment is to be calculated at the rate which would have been
paid had the leave been taken at 30 November.
(ix) Provided
adequate notice is given, the annual leave loading will be paid prior to entry
on leave, normally at the same time as the advance on wages/salary.
G 16. Wages/Salary
Packaging
(i) Where the
Corporation agrees, an employee may elect to receive their wage/salary
entitlements in a remuneration package for all ordinary time as follows:-
(a) The benefit
of:
a motor vehicle
any other benefit mutually agreed, and
(b) An amount of
wages/salary equal to the difference between the employee’s total package and
the amount specified by the Corporation from time to time for the benefit
received by the employee in respect to (a) above.
(ii) The
Corporation will ensure that the structure of any agreed package complies with
taxation and other relevant laws.
(iii) The
agreement, the terms and conditions of which shall be in writing and signed by
both the Corporation and the employee, shall detail the components of the total
remuneration package. A copy of the agreement shall be made available to the
employee and where authorised by the employee a copy shall be made available to
the relevant union.
(iv) The
configuration of the remuneration package shall remain in force for a period
agreed between the employee and the Corporation.
(v) Except for the
provisions related to private use of motor vehicles prescribed by sub-clause
(vi) below, the Corporation will advise the employee in writing of the value of
other benefits before the agreement is entered into.
(vi) Where, at the
annual reconciliation the full amount allocated to a specific benefit has not
been utilised, it will be paid as wages/salary which will be subject to usual
taxation requirements.
(vii) Motor Vehicle
Where the provision of a motor vehicle for private
usage forms part of the remuneration package, the basis for determining the
benefit will be agreed and there will be an annual reconciliation of the
benefit received by the employee at which time the balance required to be paid
by either the Corporation or the employee will be determined.
(viii) Superannuation
(a) Notwithstanding
the wages/salaries prescribed by this Award an employee may elect, subject to
the agreement of the Corporation to sacrifice a portion of the wage/salary
payable under this Award to additional employer superannuation contributions.
Such election must be made prior to the commencement of the period of service
to which the earnings relate. The amount sacrificed must not exceed thirty (30)
percent of the wage/salary payable under this Award or thirty (30) percent of
the currently applicable superannuable wage/salary, whichever is the lesser. In
this clause, "superannuable wage/salary" means the employee’s
wage/salary as notified from time to time to the New South Wales public sector
superannuation trustee corporations.
(b) Where the
employee has elected to sacrifice a portion of that payable wage/salary to
additional employer superannuation contributions:
(A) subject to
Australian Taxation law, the sacrificed portion of wage/salary will reduce the
wage/salary subject to appropriate PAYG taxation deductions by the amount of
that sacrificed portion; and
(B) any allowance,
penalty rate, payment for unused leave entitlements, weekly workers’
compensation or other payment, other than any payment for leave taken in
service, to which an employee is entitled under this Award or any applicable
Award, Act or statute which is expressed to be determined by reference to an
employees wage/salary, shall be calculated by reference to the wage/salary
which would have applied to the employee under this Award in the absence of any
wage/salary sacrifice to superannuation made under this Award.
(c) The employee
may elect to have the portion of payable wage/salary which is sacrificed to
additional employer superannuation contributions:
(A) paid into the
superannuation scheme established under the First State Superannuation Act
1992 as optional employer contributions; or
(B) subject to the
Corporation’s agreement, paid into a private sector complying superannuation
scheme as employer superannuation contributions.
(d) Where an
employee elects to wage/salary sacrifice in terms of sub-clause (c) above, the
employer will pay the sacrificed amount into the relevant superannuation fund.
(e) Where the
employee is a member of a superannuation scheme established under:
(A) the Superannuation
Act 1916;
(B) the State
Authorities Superannuation Act 1987;
(C) the State
Authorities Non-contributory Superannuation Act 1987; or
(D) the First
State Superannuation Act 1992,
the Corporation must ensure that the amount of any
additional employer superannuation contributions specified in subclause (a)
above is included in the employee’s superannuable wage/salary which is notified
to the New South Wales public sector superannuation trustee corporations.
(f) Where, prior
to electing to sacrifice a portion of his/her wage/salary to superannuation, an
employee had entered into an agreement with the Corporation to have
superannuation contributions made to a superannuation fund other than a fund
established under legislation listed in sub-clause (e) above, the Corporation
will continue to base contributions to that fund on the wage/salary payable
under this Award to the same extent as applied before the employee sacrificed
portion of that wage/salary to superannuation. This clause applies even though
the superannuation contributions made by the Corporation may be in excess of
superannuation guarantee requirements after the wage/salary sacrificed is
implemented.
G17.
Uniforms/Clothing
(i) Where the
Corporation requires an employee to wear clothes of a particular design, the
Corporation shall provide an adequate supply of them.
(ii) Damaged
Clothing Compensation - An employee on providing satisfactory evidence to their
relevant Business Unit Manager will receive compensation to the extent of the
damage sustained to any of the private apparel being worn while in the course
of carrying out their duties.
G18. Health and
Safety of Employees
(i) The
Corporation shall,
provide a safe place of work and work practices
make appropriate provision for accommodation and
shelter
supply protective clothing and equipment suitable to
the nature of work and work environment
in accordance with the requirements of the Occupational
Health and Safety (OH&S) Act and Regulations.
(ii) The
Corporation shall comply with the requirements of the OH&S Act in
respect to:
establishing OH&S Committees
training of employees on OH&S Committees
monitoring OH&S Committees
(iii) The
Corporation and employees shall co-operate positively in respect to obligations
pursuant to the OH&S Act, Regulations and corporation standards of
practice as amended from time to time.
(iv) Employees
working alone in field locations, where there is no reasonable access to
communication with other persons, shall be provided with access to appropriate
communication devices.
(v) It is a
condition of employment that employees must use and wear such safety equipment
as is issued by the Corporation.
G19. Policy Matters
The following leave and allowance entitlements are included
in the Corporation’s Policy Manual:-
Leave -
Blood Donor Leave
Fire Fighting Leave
Jury Service
Military leave
Naturalisation Ceremony Leave
Study Leave
TUTA Leave
War caused disability leave
Leave without pay
Allowances -
Driving Licence Allowances
Telephone Allowances
The Corporation will not vary the policy in respect to any
of the above entitlements, existing immediately prior to the date of this
Award, without the consent of the relevant Unions.
G20. Savings
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Award, the Corporation shall not alter to the detriment, any conditions enjoyed
by an employee covered by this Award at the date of this award without the
consent of the relevant Union.
G 21. Area, Incidence
and Duration
This Award shall apply to the Hunter Water Corporation and
employees of the said Corporation (excluding those covered by the terms of the
Professional Engineers' Federal Awards and Agreements) who are employed within
the wages classifications listed in Annexure A and all Salaried employees whose
salary does not exceed the salary applicable to salary point 40.
This Award is made following a review under section 19 of
the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and replaces the Hunter Water Corporation
Employees (State) Award 1999 published 26 April 2002 (332 I.G. 1307).
It shall take effect from the first full pay period on or
after 5 October 2004 and shall remain in force thereafter for a period of 12
months.
This Award rescinds and replaces
HDWB Salaried
Employees Award 1987
The Hunter Water Corporation Salaried Employees’
Special Conditions Agreement
The Hunter Water Corporation Telemetry Systems Officers
Salaries and Promotions (State) Award
The Hunter Water Corporation (Operations Field
Supervisors) Agreement 1995
The Hunter Water Corporation Employees Enterprise
Agreement 1996
and the following Industrial Agreements filed under the
provisions of the NSW Industrial Arbitration Act 1940
Agreement No 7162 filed on 22 March 1984
Agreement No 7311 filed on 23 November 1984
Agreement No 7825 filed on 29 September 1987
Agreement No 7958 filed on 27 April 1988
Agreement No 8020 filed on 6 July 1988
Agreement No 8021 filed on 6 July 1988
Agreement No 8170 filed on 30 March 1989
Agreement No 8258 filed on 6 September 1989
Agreement No 8308 filed on 21 February 1990
Agreement No 8446 filed on 15 October 1990
Agreement No 8643 filed on 5 December 1991
G22. Leave Reserved
Leave is also reserved in respect to a "job
security" clause.
WAGES SECTION -
WAGES EMPLOYEES
W1. Wages
(i) Full-time
employees shall be paid the wages prescribed for their classification in the
Scale set out in Schedule A (i) Wage Rates and (ii) Additional Classifications
attached, on a weekly basis.
Payment will be made direct to a bank account or other
financial institution, provided that in isolated areas payment may be by cheque
to a given address.
(ii) All employees
shall be required to submit and sign their own time sheets which will be the
claim for wages.
(iii) All wages
shall be paid weekly and the Corporation shall have the right to hold one (1)
week’s pay in hand.
(iv) Where it is
necessary to determine an employee’s "ordinary rate of pay", it shall
be determined on the basis of the majority rate paid (the classification with
the most hours paid) to the employee for the previous twelve (12) month period.
Provided that where an employee has been appointed to a
higher classification or has worked for a period of three (3) months
continuously at a higher classification at the time the determination of the
employee’s ordinary rate of pay is to be made, such employee’s ordinary rate of
pay shall be the higher rate
W2. Relief
Any employee being required to perform the work of a higher
grade shall be paid, whilst so employed, the wages attaching to such higher
grade. Should, however, such work on a higher grade continue for more than two
(2) hours, the higher rate shall be paid for the full day.
Provided that no allowance is payable for relief occasioned
by an employee being on rostered leave arising from the 38 hour week, 19 day
month.
W3. Meal Allowances
(i) An employee
who works overtime for more than one (1) hour beyond the proper ceasing time,
or two (2) or more hours immediately preceding the normal commencing time,
shall were practicable be provided with a suitable meal or paid $8.80 as a meal
allowance. If overtime continues he/she shall be entitled to an additional
allowance for each further four (4) hours he/she is required for duty and
reasonable meal breaks of twenty minutes allowed without deduction of pay provided
however, that the first meal break shall not be taken until two (2) hours’
overtime is worked after normal ceasing time.
(ii) Should
however, overtime proceed for more than one (1) hour after the normal ceasing
time but does not extend for more than two (2) hours the employee shall not be
allowed to take a meal break until ceasing work, when a twenty minutes paid
meal break is to be added to his/her finishing time.
(iii) An employee
who commences work two (2) or more hours immediately preceding his/her normal
commencing time shall be allowed a reasonable meal break of twenty minutes
after four (4) hours work provided that if such meal break is due to be
commenced at or after normal starting time, the meal break of twenty minutes
shall be taken in lieu of the first twenty minute break specified in Clause G6
- (ii)(e).
(iv) Meal Time on
Overtime, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
An employee notified prior to ceasing work on his/her
last ordinary shift who works overtime on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays shall
be allowed a meal time of twenty (20) minutes without deduction of pay after
each four (4) hours of overtime worked if the employee continued work after
such meal time.
(v) Provision of
Meal (Recalled Employee)
An employee who is recalled from his/her place of
residence without being notified prior to the end of his/her last normal
working shift shall be entitled to:-
(a) a meal
allowance of $8.80 for each completed four (4) hours;
(b) a meal break
of twenty (20) minutes without deduction of pay for each completed four (4)
hours.
(vi) The allowance
specified in this clause for meals will be reviewed annually.
W4. Special Rates
(i) Wet Work
(a) Any employee
working under conditions which are exceptionally wet from any cause, shall be
paid $2.31 extra for the first hour or part thereof and 56 cents extra per hour
or part thereof for each further hour. Such payment shall be paid from the
first occurrence of the penalty until the employee ceases work for the day.
(b) Any employee
working in a place where water other than rain is continually dropping from
overhead so that the clothing of the employee becomes appreciably wet, or where
there is water underfoot so that the feet of the employee become damp shall be
paid $1.72 per day extra.
(c) When an
employee is working under conditions of an exceptionally wet and dirty nature,
he/she shall be paid $6.39 per day extra.
(ii) Dirty Work
(a) Employees
cleaning or tarring pipes, handling wet tarred pipes or doing work of a dirty
nature in excess of conditions which could be normally expected for the
classification that the employee is paid, including work in connection with
transformers or hydraulic oil or creosote shall be paid $1.72 per day extra.
(b) Employees will
be paid an extra dirty work allowance of $6.39 per day extra when coming into
contact with sewage matter.
(c) Employees,
when engaged in dirty work in connection with the overhaul of machinery, shall
be paid $1.96 per day extra.
(d) Employees
working under conditions which are of an exceptionally dirty nature shall be
paid $6.39 per day extra.
(iii) Handling
Chemicals
(a) Employees
loading, unloading, stacking or carrying cement, lime or alum in bags or
handling empty cement, lime or alum bags, or working on the maintenance of alum
or lime machines, shall be paid 51 cents per hour over ordinary rates up to
four (4) hours. If the time exceeds
four (4) hours, the employee shall be entitled to $3.32 per day extra.
(b) Employees
handling lime, alum or other powdered chemicals at water treatment works shall
be paid $2.24 per shift extra.
(c) Employees
spreading bleaching powder shall be paid 56 cents per hour extra.
(d) Employees on
maintenance of chlorine or fluoride chemical dosing machines or when handling
caustic soda or acids shall be paid $1.06 cents per hour.
(iv) Height
Allowance
An employee working on any structure at a height of
more than 6.0 metres shall be paid $3.72 per day in addition to his/her
ordinary rate.
Provided that no such payment shall be made where
either an adequate fixed support not less than 0.75 metres wide or a fixed
scaffold fitted with a handrail is provided. This sub-clause shall not apply to riggers.
(v) Confined
Spaces
An employee working in a confined space shall be paid
64 cents per hour extra. For the purpose of this sub-clause, confined space
means a compartment or a place, the dimensions of which necessitate an employee
working in a stooped or other cramped position or without proper ventilation.
(vi) Towing
Allowance
(a) A towing
allowance of $3.96 per day shall be paid to drivers of vehicles when they tow
registered plant or caravans.
(b) The above
allowances are not payable for towing on a job site unless the towing vehicle
is specially sent to the site to carry out the towing.
(vii) First Aid
Allowance
An employee carrying out first aid duties shall be paid
an allowance of $1.08 cents per day in addition to his/her ordinary rate of
pay.
(viii) Applying
Obnoxious Substances
(a) An employee
engaged in either the preparation and/or the application of epoxy based
materials or materials of a like nature shall be paid 64 cents per hour extra.
(b) For the
purpose of this sub‑clause all materials which include or require the
addition of a catalyst hardener and reactive additives or two (2) pack catalyst
system shall be deemed to be materials of a like nature.
(ix) Scaffolding
and Rigging Allowance
A tradesperson who at the direction of the Corporation
obtains a Scaffolding or Rigging Certificate issued by the appropriate
authority and is on duties where scaffolding could be required, shall be paid
an allowance of $4.77 per week.
(x) Wastewater
Treatment Works Allowance
Employees other than Classified Wastewater Treatment
Works Maintenance personnel working within the confines of an operational
Wastewater Treatment Works shall be paid 31 cents per hour extra whilst so
engaged.
(xi) Fire Fighting
Allowance
An employee engaged in fire fighting including routine
burning off on behalf of the Corporation shall be paid an allowance of 47 cents
per hour whilst so engaged, in addition to his/her ordinary rate.
(xii) Working in
Sewers or Sewer Wells
Employees working in a sewer pipe not over 1.07 metres
in height that is in use, or in a sewer well that is in use or has not been
cleared out, or at the bottom of a sewer shaft that is more than 6.10 metres
deep shall be paid whilst so employed at the marginal difference between the
hourly rate for the work he/she performs and that of a labourer general, the
marginal difference to be calculated on a 34 1/5 hour week basis.
(xiii) Disability
Allowance - Wastewater Operations /Wastewater Treatment
A special disability allowance of $7.12 per day shall
be paid to all employees working in Wastewater Operations/Wastewater Treatment.
The payment of this allowance will preclude the payment of penalties for dirty
conditions associated with the work or confined space. The allowance will be
paid for all purposes of the agreement except Overtime and Sunday and Holiday
Rates in which case it shall be paid as a flat rate of 90 cents (on an hourly
basis) and not subject to penalty addition.
(xiv) Wastewater
Operations Allowance
In addition to the allowance prescribed by sub-clause
(xiii), an allowance of $5.11 per day
shall be paid to all employees working in Wastewater Operations. This allowance shall cover all excessively
dirty conditions associated with the work and require all employees to carry
out the duties of appointment as directed.
The allowance will be paid for all purposes of the
agreement except Overtime, Sunday and
Holiday Rates and stand-by.
(xv) Standing-by in
Connection with the Water Supply System or Sewerage System
(a) An employee
rostered to stand-by at his/her home shall be paid a daily standing-by
allowance equivalent to two (2) hours’ pay at single rates at his/her ordinary
classification rate for each week-day night, Monday to Friday (excluding Public
Holidays) he/she actually stands by.
(b) An employee
rostered to stand-by at his/her home on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday
shall be paid a daily standing-by allowance equivalent to eight (8) hours’ pay
at single rates at his/her ordinary classification rate for each day, Saturday,
Sunday or Public Holiday he/she actually stands-by.
(c) Provided that
where an employee is required to stand-by on a Saturday, Sunday or Public
Holiday at quarters away from his/her normal place of residence, he/she shall
be paid a daily standing-by allowance equivalent to eight (8) hours’ pay at
time and one half rates at his/her ordinary classification rate for each day,
Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday he/she actually stands-by.
(d) Any overtime
worked during the period covered by the above standing-by allowances shall be
paid for in accordance with the provisions of Clause G9 - (Overtime) Clause G10 - (Sunday and Holiday Rates) and W3 Meal
Allowances of this agreement, and shall be I-n addition to any standing-by
allowance.
(xvi) Surveillance
Allowance
(a) Any employee
rostered to be available in connection with the alarm system at Chichester Dam
shall be paid a daily surveillance allowance equivalent to two (2) hours' pay
at single rates at his/her ordinary classification rate for each night, Monday
to Sunday inclusive, he/she is actually available.
(b) Any overtime
worked during the period covered by the surveillance allowance shall be paid in
accordance with the provisions of Clause G9 ‑ (Overtime), Clause G10 ‑
(Sundays and Holiday Rates) and W3 - (Meal Allowances) and shall be paid in
addition to any surveillance allowance.
(xvii) Special Rates
not Cumulative
When more than one (1) of the disabilities set out in
this clause exists on the same job, the Corporation shall be bound to pay only
one (1) rate, namely the highest for the disabilities so prevailing, but where
the disabilities are separate and distinctive they shall be cumulative.
(xviii) Special Rates
not Subject to Penalty Additions
The special rates prescribed in this clause shall be
paid irrespective of the times at which the work is performed and shall not be
subject to any premium or penalty additions.
(a) Notification
shall be given to the employee concerned of any claim for a special rate
prescribed in this clause that is disallowed by a supervisor.
(b) In the case of
disagreement between the supervisor and the employee over any special rate
prescribed in this clause, the employee or a job delegate on his/her behalf may
within twenty four (24) hours, refer the claim through the grievance handling
procedures of this Award.
In such case, a decision shall be given on the
employee’s claim within two (2) normal working days of it being asked for or
else the allowance shall be paid.
W5. District
Allowances
Until agreement is reached with the relevant Unions on
alternative arrangements, the district allowances provisions applicable immediately
prior to the date of this Award will continue to apply
i.e.
|
District Allowance Wastewater (DAW)
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=
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$2.86 per hour
|
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District allowance Other Duties (DAO)
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=
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$1.85 per hour
|
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District Allowance Leave (DAL)
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=
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$2.34 per hour
|
W6.
Follow-the-Job-/Depot Allowance
(i) Follow-
the-job
(a) A follow-the-job
allowance of $17.88 per day will be paid to all employees required to follow
the job and will be paid for each day of attendance at work except employees
recalled for emergency call-outs.
(b) This allowance
will not be paid for days absent due to paid leave including Public Holidays,
Annual Leave, Sick Leave or Long Service Leave.
(c) An employee:-
(1) normally
receiving this allowance but who is appointed to a depoted position will cease
to receive such allowance immediately on taking up the appointment;
(2) normally
receiving this allowance but who elects to take up a depoted position will
continue to receive the follow-the-job allowance for a period of two (2)
months;
(3) normally
receiving this allowance and who is directed to transfer to a depoted position
will continue to receive the follow-the-job allowance.
Follow-the-job employees who work planned overtime on a
Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday as specified in Clause G10 - Holidays hereof,
will be paid $17.88 per day for each day of attendance at work.
(d) Employees
other than employees depoted in the Port Stephens area who reside south or west
of the Hunter River from Newcastle to Raymond Terrace, or west of the Williams
River, who are required to report direct to a work site and travel past the
Soldiers Point turn off on the main Nelson Bay road to work sites on the
southern side of Port Stephens or to work sites at Karuah and who are eligible
for the above Travelling Allowance, shall be paid an additional allowance of
$8.93 per day being reimbursement of fares and/or travelling time.
(e) Follow-the-job
allowances are not applicable in circumstances where the employee is given
access to a Corporation vehicle for transportation to and from the job site.
(ii) Depot
Allowance
An allowance of $8.20 per day will be paid to each
employee required to report for work at a depot away from his/her home except
for those employees in receipt of Follow‑the‑Job Allowance. This allowance will be paid for all Public
Holidays, Annual Leave, Long Service Leave and paid Sick Leave, but will not be
paid in respect of lump sum payments on resignation, retirement or death of an
employee.
Depot employees who work overtime on a Saturday, Sunday
or Public Holiday will be paid the Depot Allowance of $7.01 per day for each
day of attendance at work.
An appointed depoted employee who transfers by
application to another depoted appointment will continue to receive the depot
allowance from the date of appointment (if applicable).
An appointed depot employee who is "directed"
to transfer to another depot will receive Follow-the-Job allowance for a
maximum period of two (2) months from the date of transfer.
W7. Service Payments
(i) Employees who
have completed twelve (12) months or more continuous service with the
Corporation shall be entitled to the following service payments:‑
After 1 years' service
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at the rate of $2.50 per week
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After 2 years' service
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at the rate of $3.80 per week
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After 3 years' service
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at the rate of $5.50 per week
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After 6 years' service
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at the rate of $7.30 per week
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After 10 years' service
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at the rate of $10.40 per week
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(ii) Such payment
shall be included in the calculating of Annual, Sick and Long Service Leave,
and other absences for which the employee is entitled to be paid his/her
ordinary wage provided such payment shall not be subject to any premiums or
penalty additions.
For the purpose of this clause, Continuous Service
shall be deemed not to have been broken by:-
(a) any absence from
work on leave granted by the Corporation; or
(b) any absence
from work by reason of personal illness, injury or other reasonable cause.
(iii) Service
increments are not payable to -
(a) Mechanical
Trades MT1, MT2 and MT3, or
(b) Mechanical
Trades Assistants ME1 and ME2, or
(c) Electrical
Trades Grades 1 to 5.
SALARIED SECTION -
SALARIED EMPLOYEES
S1. Salaries
PART A
(i) Salary
Classification Structure A
(a) The Salary
Classification Structure consists of 40 salary points as shown in Annexure A
(iii) Salaries - Part A.
(b) All positions
in the salary structure have been assessed and allocated to a salary point on
the structure.
(c) All employees
who commence employment with Hunter Water Corporation after the commencement of
this award will be employed in accordance with salary classification Structure
A.
(d) All employees
as at the date of this award, may elect at any time to move onto salary
Structure A. This election can be made only once.
(e) When a person
reaches 18 years of age they will be paid a minimum of Salary Point 4.
(ii) New Positions
(a) The salary for
new positions will be assessed either by an established job evaluation
methodology, benchmarking and/or market comparison (or a combination of some or
all) to determine the appropriate salary point relative to the position. The
assessed salary point will be one of the nominated salary points listed in the
table of salaries in Annexure A (iii) Salaries - Part A.
(b) At the
conclusion of the assessment, the Corporation will forward to the Union the
position profile and salary point assessed for the new position.
(c) The Union will
be afforded five working days from written advice by the Corporation to raise
in writing reasons for objection or issue, after which the Corporation may
proceed.
(d) If the Union
advises the Corporation of its disagreement to a Job Evaluation, a Committee
will be established to review the job evaluation. The Committee will comprise equal Corporation and Union
representation.
(e) If the process
in (d) above does not resolve the disagreement, either party may notify the
Industrial Relations Commission of NSW and the matter will be dealt with in
accordance with the Industrial Relations Act.
PART B
(i) Salary
Classification Structure B
(a) Those employees
not electing to voluntarily move onto salary classification Structure A will
remain on their existing salary and/or existing salary structure as shown in
Annexure A (iii) Salaries - Part B.
(b) Employees who
elect to remain on their existing salary and/or existing salary structure will
maintain their existing salary and incremental entitlements, in accordance with
that salary structure, as shown in Annexure A (v).
(c) Employees may
only move from the existing salary and/or existing salary Structure B to the
salary Structure A prescribed in Part A (i) in accordance with the election
detailed in Part A (i) (d).
PART C
(i) Full-time
employees shall be paid the Annual Salaries prescribed for their classification
specified in Structure A or Structure B attached, on a fortnightly basis.
The fortnightly equivalent of annual salary shall be
ascertained by multiplying the annual salary by the number of days in the
period (being 14) and dividing that product by 365.25.
The weekly equivalent of annual salary shall be
determined by dividing the fortnightly equivalent by two (2).
For the purpose of computing the daily rate, the
following formula should apply:-
Weekly Equivalent of Annual Salary
|
x
|
Ordinary Daily Hours
|
|
|
Ordinary Weekly Hours
|
(ii) Payment of
Salaries:-
(a) The pay period
shall be fortnightly from Friday to the appropriate following Thursday.
Payment will be made direct to a bank account or other
financial institution provided that in isolated areas payment may be by cheque
to a given address.
(b) Where an
employee is absent for any reason without pay in a pay period and no deduction
is made in that pay period, the deduction may be made in the next following pay
period.
(c) Payments for
overtime may be made in the pay period following the period in which the
overtime was worked.
S2. Relief
(a) Relief at
higher duties will be available to staff on either salary Structure A or B.
An employee directed to relieve at a higher grade,
shall be paid, provided the relief continues beyond three (3) days.
(b) Relief in a
position on Structure A will be at the salary point rate of the position or at
the employees salary, whichever is the higher.
Relief in a position on Structure B will be paid at the
1st year of the salary range attaching to the higher grade or at the employees
salary, whichever is the higher This
provision shall apply to positions being relieved up to and including the level
of Administrative Supervisor Grade 3.
S3. Vacant Positions
The Corporation will advise the Union in writing of a vacant
position when the Corporation takes the decision to fill the position. The Union will be afforded three working days
from advice by the Corporation to raise in writing reasons for objection or
issue prior to the position being filled.
All positions that are advertised externally will be
advertised internally.
The Union will be provided with copies of advertisements and
duty statements prior to publication.
S4. Meal Allowances
(i) 38 Hour Per
Week Employees
(a) Day Workers
(1) An employee who
works overtime for more than one (1) hour beyond the usual ceasing time shall
be provided with a suitable meal, where practicable, or paid $20.55 as a meal
allowance.
If overtime continues, the employee shall be entitled
to an additional allowance of $8.95 for each further four (4) hours such
employee is required for duty and where practicable a 20 minute meal break to
be paid as time worked:
(A) after one
(1) hour overtime is worked, and
(B) for each
completed four (4) hours thereafter
where it is not practicable for the 20 minute meal
break to be taken it shall be added to the ceasing time and paid for as time
worked.
(2) All employees
required to work overtime on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday, and such
work extends beyond the recognised meal break, shall have a meal break of
twenty (20) minutes to be paid for as time worked [see Clause G9 (iii)( a)].
(b) Shift Workers
A meal allowance of $20.55 will be paid when required
to commence work at a time which is in excess of one (1) hour before normal
starting time. When required to work overtime in excess of one and one half
hours after normal ceasing time, without having been notified the day prior, a
meal allowance of $20.55 will be paid. If the overtime continues, an additional
allowance of $8.95 for each further five (5) hours will be paid.
(ii) 35 Hour Per
Week Employees
An employee required to work or travel on the
Corporation's business after the employee's ordinary hours where overtime or
travelling time is payable and the time necessarily occupied is not less than
three (3) hours on any day from Monday to Friday inclusive, shall be entitled
to $20.55 for meal money provided that a meal break of not less than half an
hour is taken.
(iii) All Salaried
Employees
(a) An employee
recalled for overtime without being notified before ceasing ordinary hours of
work for the day shall be entitled to a meal allowance of $20.55 for the first
completed four (4) hours and $8.95 for each subsequent completed four (4) hours
such employee is required for duty.
(b) A meal break
of twenty (20) minutes shall be allowed without deduction of pay after each
completed four (4) hours overtime worked.
(c) An employee
required to work or travel on Corporation's business commencing at least one
(1) hour before the employee's usual
starting time, shall be paid an allowance of $20.55.
(d) Indoor
employees undertaking field duties outside the radius of seven (7) kilometres
from their usual office or depot during their lunch period shall be entitled to
an amount of $20.55 for lunch money provided that where the duties extend
beyond the Corporation’s water district (excluding Dungog area) such amount
shall be increased to $21.90.
For the purpose of this sub-clause, "indoor
employee" means an employee who is regularly employed on duties which do
not contemplate attendance in the field or on duties which only require
attendance in the field on infrequent occasions.
Field duties does not include reporting to another
established Depot or office within the Corporation’s area of operation.
(e) Employees
whose normal duties require them to work in the field will not be entitled to a
luncheon allowance except when undertaking duties outside the Corporation’s
water district (excluding Dungog/Chichester area) when they will be entitled to
a luncheon allowance of $21.90.
(f) When an
employee travels to Sydney on the Corporation’s business necessitating absence
for a whole working day, the employee shall be entitled to an allowance of
$61.65 to cover expenses for meals.
(g) The Allowances
specified in this clause for meals will be reviewed annually.
S5. Special Rates
(i) First Aid
Allowance
Any employee who is the holder of a current St John's
Ambulance First Aid Certificate and who is required by the Corporation to act
as a first aid attendant shall be paid an allowance of $2.28 per day or shift
in addition to the ordinary rate of pay.
(ii) Floor Warden
Allowance
(a) Building
Emergency Control Officer and Assistant Building Emergency Control Officer
shall be paid an allowance of $15.37 per week.
(b) District
Office Emergency Control Officers shall be paid an allowance of $9.84 per week.
(c) Floor Wardens
and Reserve Floor Wardens will be paid an allowance of $6.14 per week.
(iii) Out-of-Pocket
Expenses
Employees shall be entitled to be reimbursed for
necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
their duties.
(iv) Overseers'
Allowance
Working Overseers at Wastewater Treatment Works will be
paid special disability allowance of $8.17 per day in lieu of all other
penalties (except Sauna Allowance).
(v) Travelling
Time and Expenses (35 hr week employees)
Journeys occupying one (1) day only but not including
journeys to and from the employees regular depot:-
(1) Employees
whose ordinary hours of work prescribed by this Agreement are 35 hours per
week, shall be paid for travelling time on the Corporation’s business outside
such hours in excess of one (1) hour in any day at ordinary time rates.
(2) Employees
other than those who report to a permanent depot or office who are required to
travel to their place of employment shall be paid at ordinary time rates for
all time in excess of four-fifths of one hour in any day, travelling time to be
reckoned from their home to their place of employment and return by the
shortest possible route.
(3) Employees
transferred against their wishes so that they report to an office or depot a
distance of not less than four (4) kilometres from their pre-existing office or
depot shall be reimbursed the cost of public transport fares from their home to
their new place of work, provided that where convenient public transport is not
available the Corporation shall either maintain a vehicle for the employee’s
use or in lieu thereof pay the employee an allowance in accordance with Clause
G11 - (iv).
Employees subject to the provisions of this
sub-paragraph in receipt of a salary equal to or less than salary point 27
shall be paid at ordinary time rates for all time spent travelling in excess of
one (1) hour in any one (1) day.
Travelling time shall be reckoned from the employee’s
home to the place of work and return by the shortest practicable route.
The provisions of this sub-paragraph shall cease two
(2) months after the effective date of any one transfer.
Overtime shall be paid to an employee driving a
Corporation vehicle outside the Corporation’s area of operations and outside
normal working hours.
(vi) Availability
Allowance
(a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Clause G9 Overtime, of this Award, an employee directed to
stand-by at home shall be paid a daily availability allowance equivalent to two
(2) hours’ salary at the employee’s ordinary rate for each weekday night,
Monday to Friday (excluding Public Holidays) actually standing-by.
(b) An employee
directed to stand-by at home on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday shall be
paid a daily availability allowance equivalent to eight (8) hours’ salary at
the employee’s ordinary rate for each day, Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday
the employee actually stands-by. Provided that for the purpose of this
paragraph the period of standing by shall be deemed to commence from the close
of normal work on the previous day and continue until normal starting time on
the next working day.
(c) Any overtime
worked during the period covered by the above availability allowances shall be
paid for in accordance with the provisions of Clause G9 - Overtime, of this
Award and shall be in addition to any availability allowance.
S6. Temporary
Employees
The Corporation shall advise the Union prior to the
engagement of any temporary employee, of the preferred period of employment.
In the event of a dispute arising as to the proposed
engagement of a temporary employee for other than the purpose of providing
relief for a particular identified employee, the matter may be referred to the
Industrial Commission for determination prior to such engagement.
S7. Training and
Development
(a) Employees will
be provided with assistance in gaining training and development that is jointly
beneficial to themselves, allowing for career enhancement and the Corporation’s
objectives of continuous improvement which will result in the development of a
more highly skilled and responsive workforce.
(b) The parties
agree that all employees should have the opportunity to undertake and complete
relevant training as agreed in consultation with their manager and as
incorporated in the individuals annual review.
(c) It is
recognised that training and development shall not be limited to internal and
external training courses and may include exchange programs, secondments,
attendance at conferences, seminars or short term study courses which have been
approved by the Corporation and permission granted for the employee to attend.
Where practical, preference will be given to courses
with relevant National and/or Industry accreditation.
(d) For all base
entry level, cadet, and Call/Customer Centre/Support Officer Level 1 positions
on salary classification Structure A, which provide developmental opportunity
for promotion to a higher level the following will apply:-
On appointment to this position the Manager will
provide the appointee with an individual program outlining areas requiring
development to progress to the next level.
Promotion will be made at the time of attaining the
skills to perform the duties of the next level.
Development on and off the job, where necessary, will
be ongoing with regular assessments.
It would be envisaged a person would be elevated to the
next level within a specified period.
ANNEXURE A
All wage and salary rates contained in Annexure A are
inclusive of State Wage Case decisions.
(i) Wage Rates @
1/6/2004
(a) Classifications
Wastewater Treatment (weekly rates)
7
|
Trainee
|
639.74
|
8
|
Grade 1/1
|
658.89
|
9
|
Grade 1/2
|
669.71
|
10
|
Grade 2/1
|
680.65
|
11
|
Grade 2/2
|
692.79
|
12
|
Ganger 1
|
705.03
|
13
|
Ganger 2
|
731.47
|
14
|
Ganger 3
|
777.61
|
Mobile Equipment (weekly rate)
Plant Operators
29
|
Group A 1
|
647.68
|
30
|
Group A 2
|
656.02
|
31
|
Group B 1
|
663.85
|
32
|
Group B 2
|
672.05
|
33
|
Group C 1
|
680.26
|
34
|
Group C 2
|
688.47
|
35
|
Group D
|
734.48
|
36
|
Dual Qualified Operator
|
712.71
|
Motor Lorry Drivers
37
|
Up to 2 Tonnes
|
640.12
|
38
|
2 to 5 Tonnes
|
646.13
|
39
|
5 to 7 Tonnes
|
649.90
|
40
|
7 to 10 Tonnes
|
657.46
|
41
|
10 to 12 Tonnes
|
666.05
|
Stores (weekly rates)
General Stores and Clerical Employee
42
|
Trainee
|
639.72
|
43
|
Grade 1
|
674.27
|
44
|
Grade 2
|
679.21
|
Trades Groups (weekly rates)
Mechanical Trades
45
|
MT 1
|
758.45
|
46
|
MT 2
|
796.38
|
47
|
MT 3
|
834.31
|
48
|
Building Trades -
|
758.45
|
|
Bridge Carpenter
|
|
|
Carpenter
|
|
|
Painter
|
|
|
Plasterer
|
|
49
|
Electrical Trades -
|
|
|
Grade 1
|
758.45
|
|
Grade 2
|
796.38
|
|
Grade 3
|
834.31
|
|
Grade 4
|
872.23
|
|
Grade 5
|
910.15
|
Trades Assistants (weekly rates)
50
|
Trainee
|
633.34
|
51
|
ME 1
|
664.88
|
52
|
ME 2
|
696.66
|
53
|
Other than Elec/Mech Trades
|
633.34
|
Apprentice Tradesperson
57
|
1st Year
|
54% of the prescribed rate for a tradesperson
|
58
|
2nd Year
|
64% of the prescribed rate for a tradesperson
|
59
|
3rd Year
|
72% of the prescribed rate for a tradesperson
|
60
|
4th Year
|
80% of the prescribed rate for a tradesperson
|
|
(the above rates to be rounded off to the nearest 10 ¢)
|
For the purposes of this sub-clause, the prescribed
rate for a tradesperson shall be the base weekly rate (excluding industry
allowance and tool allowances) applicable to a Tradesperson Carpenter in the
employ of the Hunter Water Corporation.
Miscellaneous (weekly rates)
61
|
Cleaner
|
629.16
|
62
|
Cleaner Head Office
|
664.36
|
63
|
Clerical/Operations
|
718.70
|
64
|
Construction Worker Group 1
|
629.96
|
65
|
Construction Worker Group 2
|
638.30
|
66
|
Construction Worker Group 3
|
643.51
|
67
|
Field Services Operator
|
656.96
|
68
|
Ganger Contracts
|
813.45
|
69
|
Ganger Stormwater Channels
|
739.69
|
70
|
Garage Attendant
|
642.74
|
71
|
Labourer General
|
626.30
|
72
|
Linesperson Electrical
|
677.53
|
73
|
Linesperson Electrical Special Rate
|
699.42
|
74
|
Maintenance Employee Stormwater Drainage
|
639.74
|
75
|
Meter Mechanic
|
664.23
|
76
|
Meter Mechanic Special Rate
|
758.33
|
77
|
Motor Bus Driver
|
663.71
|
78
|
Oiler Greaser
|
636.62
|
79
|
Supervisor Welder
|
695.13
|
80
|
Survey Field Hand
|
643.01
|
81
|
Welder - Pipeline
|
674.67
|
(b) Industry
Allowance
Employees engaged on any construction or maintenance
work shall receive an allowance at the rate of $24.00 per week or $4.80 per day
in addition to the ordinary rate of pay. This allowance is in consideration of working in the open and
thereby being subject to climatic conditions, i.e. dust and sand blowing in the
wind, extremes of weather, concrete drippings, obnoxious odours, sloppy and
muddy conditions, lack of usual amenities in the field compared with depot conditions
and any other general disabilities associated with the Corporation’s conditions
and any other general disabilities associated with the Corporations work not
compensable by the payment of a disability allowance payable in accordance with
the Award. This allowance shall form
part of the rate of pay for all purposes and is incorporated in the schedule of
rates of pay as listed in this clause.
(c) Tool Allowance
A tool allowance of $25.00 per week shall be paid to
all tradesperson and apprentices. This
allowance shall form part of the rate of pay for all purposes and in the case
of tradespersons, is incorporated in the schedule of rates of pay as listed in
this clause.
(d) Electrical
Licence Allowance
In addition to the rates prescribed in this clause,
Licensed Electrical Tradespersons shall be paid an allowance at the rate of
$27.80 per week, to be included in the rate of pay for all purposes. The
Electrical Licence Allowance will vary in accordance with movements in the
Electrical and Communication Contractors Industry (State) Award.
(e) Team Leader
Allowance
Electrical and Mechanical trades personnel who are
required to undertake the role of a Team Leader will be paid an all purpose
allowance of $44.00 pw whilst so engaged.
(f) Leading Hand
Allowance
(1) Non-trade, 2
to 5 employees $ 4.28 per day
(2) Trade, 2 to 5
employees $7.11 per day
(g) Gangers Major
Plant Allowance
Where gangs include one or more major plant items as
defined, a Ganger shall be paid $3.37 for each day or part thereof.
Major plant items shall mean tractors, front or back
end loaders, concrete pavers or power graders, provided that such items are of
30 kW or more and any other items of earth moving, stone crushing or sand
getting equipment of 30 kW or more but shall not include motor lorries.
(ii) Additional
Classifications
Wages
|
|
P/Week
|
1
|
Operations Employee Level 5
|
$826.22
|
2
|
Operations Employee Level 4
|
$792.74
|
3
|
Operations Employee Level 3
|
$761.56
|
4
|
Operations Employee Level 2
|
$723.23
|
5
|
Operations Employee Level 1
|
$698.39
|
6
|
Operations Employee Trainee
|
$669.87
|
Salaried
7
|
Operations Support Officers
|
- Grade 1
|
$40,805 pa
|
|
|
- Grade 2
|
$46,302 pa
|
8
|
Operations Field Supervisors
|
$65,160 pa
|
|
|
Plus Field Supervisors Allowance
|
$10,288 pa
|
|
|
Plus Roster Allowance
|
$4,741 pa
|
|
ANNEXURE A
(iii) Salaries
PART A
SALARY STRUCTURE A
Salaries @
1/6/2004
SALARY POINT
|
SALARY @ 1/6/04
|
POSITIONS
|
|
4%
|
|
1
|
22,805
|
Entry Level Clerical Officer <18 years of age
|
2
|
24,435
|
|
3
|
26,063
|
|
4
|
27,693
|
Trainee Finance Officer
|
|
|
Trainee Employee Services Officer
|
|
|
Trainee Audit Officer
|
|
|
Entry Level Clerical Officer >18 years of age
|
5
|
29,322
|
Trainee Information Systems Level 1
|
|
|
Cadet Engineer Level 1
|
6
|
30,951
|
|
7
|
32,580
|
Records Clerk
|
8
|
34,209
|
Finance Officer Level 1
|
|
|
Employee Services Officer Level 1
|
|
|
Audit Officer Level 1
|
|
|
Support Group Officer Level 1
|
|
|
Call Centre Officer Level 1
|
|
|
Customer Centre Officer Level 1
|
|
|
Operations Administrative Officer Data Entry
|
|
|
Meter Reader
|
9
|
35,836
|
Switchboard Operator - Call Centre
|
|
|
Revenue Recovery Officer
|
|
|
Trainee Information Systems Level 2
|
|
|
Cadet Engineer Level 2
|
10
|
37,467
|
Information Systems Support Officer
|
11
|
39,096
|
Entry Level Technical Officer
|
|
|
Cadet Engineer Level 3
|
12
|
40,724
|
Accounts Receivable Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Plan Services Officer
|
|
|
Procurement / Fleet / Accounts Payable Officer
|
|
|
Library Assistant
|
|
|
Property Management Officer
|
|
|
Support Group Officer Level 2
|
|
|
Administrative Assistant Legal & Risk Management
Services
|
|
|
Call Centre Officer Level 2
|
|
|
Customer Centre Officer Level 2
|
|
|
Urban Development Officer
|
|
|
Operations Contracts Administrative Officer
|
13
|
42,353
|
Employee Services Officer Level 2
|
|
|
Finance Officer Level 2
|
|
|
Economist Corporate Planning
|
|
|
Pricing Officer
|
|
|
Audit Accountant
|
|
|
Systems Administrator Information Support Level 1
|
|
|
Payroll Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Sewer Surcharge Strategic Operations Officer
|
|
|
Administrative Assistant Contracts
|
|
|
Information Resource Assistant
|
|
|
Secretary (Business Unit Manager)
|
14
|
43,984
|
Supply Officer Operations
|
|
|
Assets Information Officer
|
|
|
Trainee Information Systems Level 3
|
15
|
45,612
|
Control Centre Operator
|
|
|
Operational Issues Officer
|
|
|
Contracts & Strategic Operations Support Officer
|
|
|
Senior Call Centre Officer
|
|
|
Public Affairs Officer
|
|
|
Technical Officer Strategic Operations Level 1
|
|
|
Customer Centre Officer Level 3
|
16
|
47,241
|
Secretary (Executive)
|
|
|
Team Leader Support Group
|
17
|
48,870
|
Customer Centre Manager Level 1
|
|
|
Major Account Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Finance Accountant (Modelling, Systems, Assets)
|
|
|
Field Auditor
|
|
|
Contract Co-ordinator Operations
|
|
|
Payment Assistant Scheme Co-ordinator
|
18
|
50,500
|
Pollution Control Officer
|
|
|
Contracts Officer, Plumbing (Operations)
|
|
|
Real Estate Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Systems Administrator Information Support Level 2
|
|
|
Information Administrator
|
|
|
Technical Officer Strategic Operations Level 2
|
|
|
Contracts Administration Officer
|
|
|
Compliance Officer Operations
|
|
|
Information Systems Officer Help Desk
|
|
|
Employee Services Research Officer
|
|
|
Team Leader - Contact Centre (Voice & Data)
|
|
|
Business Systems Analyst
|
|
|
Management Support Officer
|
|
|
Working Overseer, Mechanical Services
|
19
|
52,128
|
Finance Accountant (Corporate Reporting)
|
|
|
Budget Accountant
|
|
|
Manager Business Administration Operations
|
|
|
Operations Accountant
|
|
|
Software Developer Information Services
|
20
|
53,758
|
Team Leader Help Desk
|
|
|
Supervisor Plan Services
|
|
|
Maintenance Management Officer
|
|
|
Technical Officer Planning
|
|
|
Urban Development Engineering Officer
|
|
|
Fleet Officer
|
|
|
OH&S Co-ordinating Officer
|
|
|
Environmental Officer
|
21
|
55,386
|
Contracts Inspector
|
|
|
Information Systems Officer - Operations
|
|
|
Systems Administrator - Accounting Systems
|
|
|
Systems Administrator MIMS
|
|
|
Contracts/Field Supervisor Operations
|
|
|
Public Affairs Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Manager Information Resource Centre
|
|
|
Environmental/Trade-Waste Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Technical Officer Strategic Operations Level 3
|
22
|
57,015
|
Customer Centre Manager Level 2
|
|
|
Personal Assistant to Managing Director
|
|
|
Policy Development Officer - Community Relations
|
|
|
Technical Officer Mechanical
|
|
|
Purchasing Manager
|
|
|
Financial Analyst/Systems Accountant
|
23
|
58,645
|
Systems Engineer/Team Leader Operations
|
24
|
60,273
|
Telemetry Systems Officer Operations
|
|
|
Occupational Health Nurse
|
25
|
61,902
|
Communication & Electronics Supervisor (EMM)
Operations
|
|
|
Field Supervisor (EMM) Operations
|
|
|
Manager Administrative Support
|
|
|
Contracts/Projects Officer Operations
|
|
|
Contracts Officer
|
|
|
Senior Audit Supervisor
|
|
|
Process Co-ordinator Developer Services
|
|
|
Human Resource Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Employment/Payroll Officer
|
26
|
63,532
|
Development Servicing Plans Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Manager Contact Centre
|
27
|
65,160
|
Assistant Secretary
|
|
|
Field Supervisor (Civil) Operations
|
|
|
Property Manager
|
|
|
Safety/Environmental/General Risk Manager
|
28
|
66,789
|
Insurance & Legal Co-ordinator
|
|
|
Science & Water Quality Officer
|
29
|
68,416
|
Information Systems Officer Operations - SNR
|
|
|
Manager Contracts & Projects Operations
|
|
|
Information Systems Officer Software Development - SNR
|
30
|
70,046
|
|
31
|
71,676
|
Senior Project Manager
|
32
|
73,304
|
Manager Shared Services
|
|
|
Accountant Corporate Reporting
|
|
|
Management Accountant
|
33
|
74,933
|
Manager Communication & Government Support
|
|
|
Business Development & Pricing Officer
|
34
|
76,563
|
Manager Compliance & Review
|
35
|
78,191
|
|
36
|
79,820
|
|
37
|
81,449
|
Manager Environmental Policy
|
|
|
Team Leader Software Development
|
|
|
Manager Customer Services
|
38
|
83,078
|
|
39
|
84,707
|
|
40
|
86,337
|
Technical Consultant Information Systems
|