Ambulance Service of New South Wales Administrative and Clerical Employees (State) Award 2019

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Ministry of Health.

 

(Case No. 170979 of 2020)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.         Insert after the definition of 'Employee' of clause 3, Definitions, of the award published 27 March 2020 (387 I.G. 452) the following new definition:

 

‘Employer’ means the Secretary of the Ministry of Health exercising employer functions on behalf of the Government of New South Wales (and includes a delegate of the Secretary).

 

2.         Delete subclause (h) of clause 7, Hours of Duty and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

h.         Where agreement cannot be reached, to work a nine day fortnight in accordance with subclause (g) in any area or location, the employee or employees concerned, or the Union may raise the issue with the appropriate manager, that is the General Manager, Corporate Services or the General Manager, Control. They shall review the decision and, if it is considered appropriate to meet the operational requirements of the Service, may approve a nine-day fortnight.

 

3.         Delete paragraph (ii) of subclause (l) of clause 7, Hours of Duty and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

ii.         The provision of paragraph (i) of this subclause shall not apply to employees employed in one of the Service’s Control Centres who work their ordinary roster of hours on a straight shift basis (i.e. a shift that does not include a meal break).

 

4.         Delete paragraph (ii) of subclause (c) of clause 12, Penalty Rates for Shift Work and Weekend Work and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

ii.         if working on a Saturday shift -

 

(base hourly rate) + (50% of base hourly rate for shift premium)

 

5.         Delete paragraph (vi) of subclause (c) of clause 18, Flexible Work Practices and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

vi.        Casual employees employed in one of the Service’s Control Centres will be required to undertake and successfully complete all requirements identified as such by the Service to perform the role in which they are engaged.

 

6.         Delete paragraph (i) of subclause (a) of clause 21, Public Holidays and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

i.          Public holidays shall be allowed to employees on full pay. Where an employee is required to and does work on any of the holidays set out in this subclause, whether for a full shift or not, the employee shall be paid one and one half day’s pay in addition to the weekly rate, such payment to be in lieu of weekend or shift allowances which would otherwise be payable had the day not been a public holiday.

 

7.         Delete paragraph (iv) of subclause (a) of clause 21, Public Holidays and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

iv.        The election referred to in paragraph (iii) of this subclause is to be made in writing by the employee at the commencement of each year of employment and is irrevocable during the currency of that year of employment.

 

8.         Delete paragraph (iv) of subclause (a) of clause 27, Sick Leave and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(iv)      Each day of sick leave shall be equal to the number of hours an employee works in a normal rostered shift. This subclause shall only apply to Control Centre Communications Assistants.

 

9.         Delete subclauses (a) and (b) of clause 39, Area Incidence and Duration and insert in lieu the following:

 

a.         This Award takes effect from 1 July 2019 and shall remain in force for a period of one year. The wage rates as outlined in clause 40, Classification Structure of Part B will apply from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020 respectively.

 

b.         This Award replaces and rescinds the Ambulance Service of New South Wales Administrative and Clerical Employees (State) Award published 17 July 2019 (384 I.G. 585) and all variations thereof.

 

10.      Delete clauses 40, Classification Structure, and 41, Climatic and Isolation Allowance, of Part B and insert in lieu thereof respectively the following:

 

PART B

 

40.  Classification Structure

 

Each date referred to in the table is a reference to the first full pay period to commence on or after that date.

 

 

41.  Climatic and Isolation Allowance

 

 

11.      This variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2020.

 

 

 

N. CONSTANT, Chief Commissioner

 

 

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