Operational Ambulance Managers (State) Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Review of Award pursuant to Section 19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996.

 

(No. IRC 187 of 2012)

 

 

REVIEWED AWARD

 

1.        Delete the definition "The Department" appearing in clause 4, Definitions, of the award published 11 February 2011 (371 I.G. 85) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"The Ministry" means the Ministry of Health.

 

2.        Delete the definition "Service" appearing in the said clause 4, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

"Service" means continuous service with one or more District Committees prior to 13 April 1973, and continuous service as a servant of the New South Wales Ambulance Board on and from 13 April 1973, and continuous service as a servant of the Commission on and from 1 January 1977 and continuous service as a servant of the Corporation on and from 17 August 1982 and continuous service with the NSW Department of Health on and from 17 March 2006, and continuous service with the Ministry of Health on and from 5 October 2011.

 

3.        Delete subclause (a) in clause 12, Public Holidays, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(a)      For the purpose of this clause, the following shall be public holidays, viz: New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen’s Birthday, Local Labour Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day and any other standard public holiday declared under section 4 of part 2 of the Public Holiday Act 2010.

 

4.        Delete clause 17, Travel Allowance, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

17.  Travel Allowances

 

Employees shall be granted travelling allowances on such terms and conditions prescribed by the Ministry’s Policy Directive 2009_016 Travel - Official or its subsequent replacements.

 

5.        Delete clause 23, Family & Community Services Leave and Personal/Carer’s Leave, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

23.  Family and Community Services Leave and Personal/Carer’s Leave

 

Employees shall be granted family and community services leave and personal/carer’s leave in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry’s Policy Directive 2007_031 Family and Community Services Leave and Personal/Carer’s Leave or its subsequent replacements.

 

6.        Delete clause 26, Trade Union Leave, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

26.  Trade Union Leave

 

Employees shall be granted Trade Union Leave on such terms and conditions prescribed by the Ministry’s Policy Directive 2006_097 Trade Union Activities or its subsequent replacements.

 

7.        Delete clause 30, Redundancy-Managing Displayed Employees, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

30.  Redundancy-Managing Displaced Employees

 

Employees shall be entitled to the provisions of the Ministry’s Policy Directive 2007_085 Managing Displaced Staff of the NSW Health Service or its subsequent replacement.

 

8.        Delete subclause (j) of clause 33, Issues Resolution, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(j)       All matters in dispute arising out of the application of this Award may be referred to a Disputes Committee consisting of not more than six (6) members with equal representation of the Ministry and the Union. Such Committee shall have the power to investigate all matters in dispute and report to the Ministry and the Union, respectively, with such recommendation as it may think right and in the event of no mutual decision being arrived at by the Committee, the matter in dispute may be referred to the Industrial Relations Commission of N.S.W.

 

9.        Delete subclause (b) of clause 36, Leave Reserved and No Extra Claims, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

(b)      The Award arrangements for Operations Centres, including a new Award, classification structures, rates of pay and conditions of employment.

 

No additional claims to the Award can be pursued during the life of the 2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the Union, which ceases on 30 June 2014, excepting the matters in (a) and (b) above. Following the expiry of the Memorandum on 30 June 2014, the parties are entitled to pursue variations to salaries, salary related allowances and conditions of employment from 1 July 2014 onwards, which may include instituting proceedings before the Commission if the parties are unable to achieve agreement.

 

10.      Delete clause 37, Area, Incidence and Duration, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

37.  Area, Incidence and Duration

 

(a)      This Award rescinds and replaces the Operational Ambulance Managers (State) Award published 26 June 2009 (368 I.G. 527) and all variations thereof.

 

(b)      This Award shall apply to persons employed in classifications contained herein employed by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.

 

(c)      This Award takes effect from 24 December 2010 and shall remain in force for a period of three years.

 

(d)      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 NSW on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G. 359) take effect on 16 April 2012.

 

 

 

 

C.G. STAFF J

 

 

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