Crown
Employees (Safe Staffing Levels Department of Attorney General and Justice -
Corrective Services NSW) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial Relations
Act 1996.
(No. IRC 87 of 2012)
Before The Honourable
Mr Justice Staff
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4 April 2012
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REVIEWED
AWARD
1. Area, Incidence
and Duration
(a) This award shall
apply to Corrective Services NSW, the PSA and employees covered by the Crown Employees
(Correctional Officers, Department of Attorney General and Justice - Corrective
Services NSW) Award.
(b) The changes made
to the award pursuant to the Award Review pursuant to section 19(6) of the
Industrial Relations Act 1996 and Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of
Awards made by the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales on 28
April 1999 (310 I.G. 359) take effect on and from 4 April 2012.
(c) Changes made to
this award subsequent to it first being published on 26 February 2010 (369.I.G.
1228) have been incorporated into this award as part of the review.
(d) This award will
remain in force until 23 November 2012, this being the term of the original
award..
2. Definitions
"CSNSW" shall mean Corrective Services NSW, a
division within the Department of Attorney General and Justice.
"PSA" shall mean the Public Service
Association and Professional Officers’ Association Amalgamated Union of New
South Wales.
3. Safe Staffing
Levels
(a) Each
correctional centre operated by CSNSW shall have a management plan identifying
safe procedures for the operation of the centre.
(b) Each such
management plan shall include:
(i) the staff
establishment, maximum inmate number and classification;
(ii) the inmate
number and classification by wing/unit/pod (and any other operational area) and
the post structure for that wing/unit/pod (and any other operational area).
(c) Variations to
3(b)(ii) above are subject to local consultation if temporary.
(d) Permanent
variations to management plans shall be the subject of consultation as required
by Schedule A of the Crown Employees (Correctional Officers, Department of
Attorney General and Justice - Corrective Services NSW) Award ("the Agreed
Procedures").
(e) Any dispute
arising out of consultation concerning temporary or permanent variations to
management plans shall be resolved under the Agreed Procedures.
(f) The parties
acknowledge that there is no intention to staff wings/units/pods that are
empty.
4.
Anti-Discrimination
See clause 27 of the Crown
Employees (Correctional Officers, Department of Attorney General and Justice -
Corrective Services NSW) Award.
5. Grievance and
Disputes Settling Procedure
In the event that any dispute or grievance arises in relation
to any matter in this Award, the CSNSW, the PSA and employees shall comply with
the procedures in Schedule A Agreed Procedures for Settlement of Grievances and
Disputes of the Crown Employees (Correctional Officers, Department of Attorney
General and Justice - Corrective Services NSW) Award.
C.
G. STAFF J.
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.