Members Bargaining Report 4 September 2009

Your bargaining team met with the University on Thursday the 3^rd of September 2009.

In-principle agreement was reached on the following issues:

Personal Leave

This was discussed a few meetings ago, but was agreed to in principle by all parties.

Classifications

The CPSU had already given in-principle support to this issue. The classifications policy will come in to effect immediately – it won’t need to wait till the whole agreement is signed and sealed. There are significant improvements to the process, including the right of a general staff employee to initiate their own reclassification and a redesign of the classification and review committees.

Performance Management and Review

Management made some minor wording changes to the CPSU draft clause and in-principle agreement was reached

Still Being Negotiated

Premature celebration! We announced in our last EB report that agreement had been reached on Intellectual Freedom. Some late changes mean this clause is once more under discussion. Negotiations continue on other issues including Indigenous Employment, Dispute Resolution, Probation, Managing Unsatisfactory Performance, Misconduct, Union Rights, General Staff Workloads, and Purpose of Agreement. The CPSU tabled clauses on Occupational Health and Safety, and Incremental Progression. There is some difference in several clauses over union rights to represent staff. The CPSU will work on suitable wording to resolve this issue at the next meeting.

What’s Next?

The next EB meeting is scheduled for Thursday 17/09/2009. At this meeting we will be hopefully be able to resolve many of the outstanding issues currently on the table.

If you have any questions, or would like to discuss the progress of Enterprise Bargaining, please feel free to contact a delegate from your Bargaining Team.

The General Staff Bargaining Team

Progress with SCU Enterprise Bargaining at 3 September 2009

What has been agreed?	CPSU claim met		What has not been agreed?	Outstanding issue(s)
4 weeks notice to terminate			Relationships to Awards and Policies	Close to agreement
Long Service Leave			Workloads	Close to agreement
Joint Consultative Forum			Indigenous Employment	Unions to respond to mgt clause
4 weeks notice of non-renewal of fixed term contract			Disputes	Negotiations continue
Facilitation of Change and Labour Flexibility			Superannuation	Still to be negotiated
Variable hours			Overtime	Close to agreement
Sick leave			Union Rights	CPSU to respond
Travel			Misconduct	Negotiations continue
Annual Leave			Probation	Negotiations continue
Community Service Leave			Incremental Progression	Mgt to respond to CPSU clause
Salary Packaging			Occupational Health & Safety	Mgt to respond to CPSU clause
Fixed Term Employment (CPSU and SCU)			Unsatisfactory Performance	Negotiations continue
Classification			Abandonment of Employment	Still to be negotiated
General Staff Career Development			Salaries	Still to be negotiated
Family/Carers Leave			Parental Leave	Close to agreement
Environmental Sustainability			Intellectual Freedom	Close to agreement
Redundancy
Casual General Staff
Hours of Work Principles
Military Leave
First Aid Allowance
Leave Loading
Public Holidays
Shift Penalties and Allowances
Travel for Work
Personal Leave
Performance Mgt Review
Terms of Engagement (CPSU and SCU)

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