UTS Members Bargaining Report 5

PROGRESS AT THE BARGAINING TABLE

Your bargaining team met the University on 3 September and 14 September 2009.

At the meeting on the 3 September we clarified a number of points in our log of claims and went through the current Agreement to identify clauses that all parties agree can be maintained and rolled over. It was agreed to roll over the following clauses:

SUPERANNUATION, INCREMENTAL PROGRESSION, FLEXIBLE SALARY PACKAGING, PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, ANNUAL LEAVE, CHRISTMAS – NEW YEAR LEAVE, LEAVE WITHOUT PAY, ORDINARY HOURS OF WORK, ABSENCE FROM DUTY, OVERTIME, PAYMENT FOR WORK ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, ON-CALL, EQUITY, INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, PROVISION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION, MANAGING UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR MISCONDUCT, SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT ON MEDICAL GROUNDS, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTORS.

Before the 14 September meeting your Bargaining team tabled clauses on SICK LEAVE, PERSONAL LEAVE, LONG SERVICE LEAVE & PARENTAL LEAVE. Our parental leave clause included a provision for paid Grand Parent Leave. If agreed to this would be a groundbreaking provision in the sector.

These draft clauses were compiled from the information provided to us by members in our focus groups. You can read the clauses by clicking here: Draft CPSU clauses

The clauses were discussed at the meeting on 14 September and the university provided a verbal without prejudice response to the clauses. Any points of difference will be discussed, and hopefully resolved at the next meeting.

The CPSU also requested workforce data related to, phased return to work after maternity leave, leave used for professional development, job sharing and job sharing availability opportunities @ UTS.

The next EB meeting is scheduled for Thursday September 28th 2009.

For this meeting your bargaining team will table draft clauses on DISPUTES, STAFF AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, PROBATION AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT.

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Email Rosa Bow with YOUR ideas for these clauses

In principle agreement on:   What's not agreed? Why? Superannuation Definitions & objectives Yet to be discussed Increments Policies, procedures & guidelines & consultation Yet to be discussed Flexible Salary Packaging AWA's Yet to be discussed Public Holidays Length / application Yet to be discussed Annual Leave Resolving disputes Yet to be discussed Christmas/New Year Leave Salary increases / rates of pay Yet to be discussed Leave Without Pay Annualisation of salary Yet to be discussed Ordinary Hours of Work Classification / Broadbanding Yet to be discussed Absence From Duty Allowances Yet to be discussed Overtime Sick Leave UTS to respond to CPSU clause Payment on Public Holidays Personal Leave UTS to respond to CPSU clause On-Call Long Service Leave UTS to respond to CPSU clause Equity Parental Leave UTS to respond to CPSU clause Intellectual Freedom Community Leave Yet to be discussed Provision of Personal Information Managing Change / Redundancy Yet to be discussed Unsatisfactory Performance Shift Work Yet to be discussed Misconduct Flexible Hours Options Yet to be discussed Medical Retirement Modes & Categories of Employment Yet to be discussed Termination Contract of Employment Yet to be discussed Classification Descriptors Conversion of Casual Staff Yet to be discussed   Staff / Career Development Yet to be discussed     Probation Yet to be discussed     Performance Review / Development Yet to be discussed     Indigenous Employment Yet to be discussed     Reviewers and Investigators Yet to be discussed

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