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Enterprise Bargaining Update No. 9 Enterprise Bargaining 2009Your CPSU Bargaining team met with the University on Wednesday 18 November for our 10th session of bargaining. We were able to quickly finalise several clauses that were outstanding to allow us to get into some strong discussion over the Managing Change clause. This clause has generated a great difference of opinion between all parties and may take significant negotiation to reach a mutually agreed position. For the Superannuation clause the CPSU asked management to provide information about how fixed term contracts and casual employees are paid superannuation. Your bargaining team also re-tabled our request for an administrative payment to be made. The CPSU pointed out that all other Universities have either concluded their bargaining or received an administrative payment. Management asked that the CPSU return to the table next meeting with some statistics on payment time tables and percentages from other Universities for discussion around management committing to making an administrative payment. At the next meeting on 2 December we will be discussing the overall structure of the Agreement, including the table of contents, how this reflects your Log Of Claims, how we proceed with negotiations on that Log, and a timetable for 2010. Up to this point the discussion has been on “common” clauses that appear in all three staff agreements. A positive outcome for the next meeting was the planned commencement of separate bargaining for the General Staff Agreement. We have already tabled our draft on General Staff Workload, and are keen to commence that negotiation. Continued discussions on the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Employment clause are scheduled for a special meeting on the 9 December. The table below shows the status of Clauses brought to the table or scheduled to be brought to the table so far.
The next EB meeting is scheduled for 2 December 2009.
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