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Enterprise Agreement 2010-2012

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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES (PDF 2121KB)
1. Title
2. Principles and objectives
 
SECTION 2: TECHNICAL AND GENERAL MATTERS (PDF 85KB)
3. Coverage
4. Interpretations/definitions
5. Duration and variation
6. Employment subject to other laws
7. Further agreements
8. Appeals against termination of employment
9. Procedures for preventing and settling disputes arising from this Agreement
10. Delegation
11. Formal acceptance of the Agreement
 
SECTION 3: EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT (PDF 41KB)
12. Parliamentary Executive level employees
13. Senate Management Advisory Group
 
SECTION 4: PEOPLE AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (PDF 188KB)
14. Recruitment
15. Induction, orientation and probation
16. Performance Communication Scheme
17. Managing under-performance
     Performance that requires development
     Unsatisfactory performance
18. Learning and development
19. Rotation and mobility
20. Consultation with employees
     Change management
     Consultation
     Workplace Consultative Committee
21. Occupational health and safety
     Fit-for-Work Scheme
22. Employee assistance
23. Informal review of employment actions
24. Managing suspected breaches of the Parliamentary Service Code of Conduct
25. Excess employees
     Consultation process
     Invitation to accept an offer of voluntary retrenchment
     Notice of termination of employment
     Severance benefit on voluntary retrenchment
     Rate of payment – severance benefit
     Retention periods and redeployment action
     Involuntary retrenchment
 
SECTION 5: REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES (PDF 125KB)
26. Rates of pay
     Rate of pay – casual Parliamentary Educators
     Payment of loading – sessional or casual employees
     Salary on commencement or promotion
     Supplementary salary
     Salary on temporary assignment to higher level
     Salary on reduction
     Payment of salary
     Flexible salary packaging
     Apprentices
     Supported wage for employees with a disability
27. Salary increases
     Salary increase where the overall performance is assessed as requires development or unsatisfactory
28. Salary advancement within classification levels
     Salary advancement - general
     Salary advancement – sessional employees
     Salary advancement for employees performing temporary assignment at a higher level
     Salary advancement – apprentices
     Movement above the APS Level 1/2 work value barrier
29. Superannuation choice
30. Allowances
     First aid allowance
     Footwear allowance
     House Sitting Allowance, Committee Allowance, and Special Additional Leave
     Meal allowance
     Senior Clerk of Committees allowance
     Adjustments to allowances
 
SECTION 6: HOURS OF DUTY AND OVERTIME (PDF 118KB)
31. Hours of duty
     Standard hours
     Span of hours
     Working patterns
     Unauthorised absence
32. Part-time work, job sharing and home-based work
33. Flextime
     Reversion to standard hours
34. Parliamentary Executive Level 2 employees – working patterns
35. Overtime and time off in lieu
     TOIL bank
     Volunteer duty at recognised conferences or open days
36. Shift work
 
SECTION 7: LEAVE PROVISIONS (PDF 156KB)
37. Annual leave
38. Personal/carer's leave
     Granting of personal/carer's leave
     Extended periods of personal/carer's leave
     Unpaid carer's leave
39. Compassionate leave
40. Other types of leave
     Long service leave
     Purchased leave
     Maternity leave
     Parental leave – birth of a child – supporting partner
     Parental leave – adoption of a child
     Community service leave - jury service
     Discretionary leave
     Defence reserve leave
     Leave for full-time defence service
     War service sick leave
41. Portability of accrued leave entitlements and recognition of prior service
 
SECTION 8: MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS (PDF 106KB)
42. Public holidays
43. Christmas/New Year closedown
44. Travel on official business
     Class of travel
     Travelling expenses
45. Child care / family care expenses
46. Relocation expenses
47. Loss or damage
48. Notice of resignation
49. Payment on death
50. Implementation arrangements
     Personal/carer's leave
     Maternity leave
     Introduction of paid parking
 
APPENDIX 1 CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY SCALES (PDF 70KB)
 
APPENDIX 2 SUPPORTED WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES WITH A DISABILITY (PDF 49KB)
Supported wage rates
Supported salary rate percentages
 
INDEX
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(PDF 123KB)

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