Crown
Employees (Parliamentary Electorate Officers) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Public
Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of
New South Wales, Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(No. IRC 220 of 2011)
Before The Honourable
Mr Justice Staff
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17 March 2011
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VARIATION
1. Insert in
clause 1, Arrangement of the award, published 24 September 2010 (370 I.G. 418),
the following new clause number and subject matter:
19A. Leave for
Matters Arising from Domestic Violence
2. Insert in
alphabetical order in clause 2, Definitions, the following new subclause:
"Domestic Violence" means domestic violence
as defined in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.
3. Insert after
clause 19, Family and Community Service Leave, Personal/Carer's Leave and
Flexible Use of Other Leave Entitlements, the following new clause:
19A. Leave for
Matters Arising from Domestic Violence
(a) The definition
of domestic violence is found in clause 2, Definitions, of this award;
(b) Leave
entitlements provided for in clause 17 Sick Leave and clause 19 Family and
Community Service Leave, Personal/Carers Leave and Flexible Use of Other Leave
Entitlements, may be used by officers experiencing domestic violence;
(c) Where the leave
entitlements referred to in subclause 19A (b) are exhausted, the Speaker shall
grant up to five days Special Leave, per calendar year, to be used for absences
from the workplace to attend to matters arising from domestic violence
situations;
(d) The Speaker 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;
(e) Personal
information concerning domestic violence will be kept confidential by the
agency;
(f) The Speaker,
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
shall take effect on and from 15 February 2011.
C.G.
STAFF J
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the authority of the Industrial Registrar.