Crown Employees (Safe Staffing Levels Department of
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.
(Case No. 2016/00009024)
Before Commissioner Stanton
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2 August 2016
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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) This award is
made following a review under Section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996
and rescinds and replaces the Crown Employees (Safe Staffing Levels Department
of Justice - Corrective Services NSW)
Award
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 2 August 2016.
The award remains in force until varied or rescinded,
the period which it was made having already expired
(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 2016, this being the term of the
original award..
2. Definitions
"CSNSW" shall mean Corrective Services NSW, a
division within the Department of 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 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 Justice - Corrective Services NSW) Award.
J. D. STANTON, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.