Crown Employees (NSW Police Force Special Constables) (Security) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by NSW Police Force.

 

(No. IRC 1609 of 2011)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.         Insert in numerical order in the Arrangement of the award published 11 July 2008 (366 I.G. 190), the following new clause number and subject matter:

 

20A.    Leave for Matters Arising from Domestic Violence

 

2.         Insert after subclause (i) of clause 2, Definitions the following new subclause.

 

(j)        Domestic Violence means domestic violence as defined in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.

 

3.         Insert after clause 20 Leave, the following new clause:

 

20A.  Leave for Matters Arising from Domestic Violence

 

20A.1  The definition of domestic violence is found in clause 2(j), of clause 2 Definitions, of this award.

 

20A.2  Leave for Special Purposes and Sick Leave, provided for by the Uniform Leave Conditions for Ministerial Employees, Leave, may be used by officers experiencing domestic violence.

 

20A.3  Where the leave entitlements referred to in subclause 20A.2 are exhausted, the Commissioner shall grant upto five days Special Leave, per calendar year, to be used for absences from the workplace to attend to matters arising from domestic violence situations.

 

20A.4  The Commissioner will need to be satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that domestic violence has occurred and may require proof presented in the form of an agreed document issued by the Police Force, a Court, a Doctor, a Domestic Violence Support Service or Lawyer.

 

20A.5  Personal information concerning domestic violence will be kept confidential by the NSW Police Force.

 

20A.6  An application for leave for matters arising from domestic violence under this clause will trigger the NSW Police Force response to domestic and family violence with respect to the immediate and long term protection of victims, including specific police obligations for the investigation and management of such matters.  Such actions are in line with obligations under the Crimes (Domestic and Family Violence) Act.

 

20A.7  The Commissioner, where appropriate, may facilitate flexible working arrangements subject to operational requirements, including changes to working times and changes to work location, telephone number and email address.

 

4.         This variation is effective from 27 October 2011.

 

 

 

 

C.G. STAFF J

 

 

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