AUSTRALIA POST OPERATIONS AWARD 1999
(CLAUSE 7) Adult employees employed in the following classifications will be paid no less than the relevant annual salary in the opposite column:
Classification Minimum Rate $ per annum AGENCY ASSISTANT Agency Assistant Grade 1 20210 Agency Assistant Grade 2 20495 ELECTRONIC MAIL Electronic Mail Operator 22785 Electronic Mail Co-ordinator 26030 FOOD SERVICES Attendant 19762 Senior Attendant 21005 Chef 23046 Senior chef 25172 Cafeteria Manager Grade 1 23046 Grade 2 25172 Grade 3 27875 Catering Manager Grade 1 27875 Grade 2 34331 Grade 3 37648 MAIL PROCESSING Trainee Mail Officer Level 1 20210 Mail Officer 21433 Senior Mail Officer Grade 1 24685 Grade 2 25723 MAIL PROCESSING CO-ORDINATOR Trainee Mail Processing Co-ordinator 24167 Mail Processing Co-ordinator Grade 1 26280 Grade 2 28261 Grade 3 31278 Grade 4 34812 MAIL ROOM SOLUTIONS Mail Room Officer 20349 Mail Room Supervisor 28444 PARCELS Trainee Parcels Post Officer Level 1 20210 Parcel Post Officer 22330 Senior Parcel Post Officer Grade 1 24685 Grade 2 25723 Parcel Post Co-ordinator Grade 2 28261 Grade 3 31278 POSTAL DELIVERY Trainee Postal Delivery Office 20210 Postal Delivery Officer 21433 Senior Postal Delivery Officer Grade 1 24041 Grade 2 24591 Grade 3 25283 Postal Delivery Co-ordinator Grade 1 26280 Grade 2 28261 Grade 3 31278 POSTAL SERVICES Trainee Postal Services Office 20495 Postal Services Officer 21735 Senior Postal Services Officer Grade 1 26661 Grade 2 28931 POSTAL MANAGER Postal Manager Grade 1 31983 Grade 2 35926 Grade 3 41346 SPRINTPAK Sprintpak Level 1 20349 Level 2 24482 Level 3 28444 STORES Stores Officer 21988 Senior Stores Officer 23220 Stores Supervisor 25999 Senior Stores Supervisors Grade 1 27808 Grade 2 30063 Grade 3 33345 SUPPORT SERVICES Support Services Officer Grade 1 20693 Grade 2 21945 Grade 3 23409 Grade 4 25000 TRANSPORT Postal Transport Officer 22167 Senior Postal Transport Office 23873 Postal Transport Co-ordinator Grade 1 25303 Grade 2 27127 Grade 3 30229 Grade 4 31952 Grade 5 34192 Garage Attendant 20902The rates of pay in this award include the arbitrated safety net adjustment payable under the April 1997 and April 1998 Safety Net Review - Wages decisions [Prints P1997 and Q1998]. This arbitrated safety net adjustment may be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to certified agreements, currently operating enterprise flexibility agreements, Australian workplace agreements, award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and overaward arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.
Increases made under previous National Wage Case principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.
SCHEDULE B - ALLOWANCES (CLAUSE 9)
Item Allowance Amount
1 Dirty cleaning work allowance (clause 9.1) $1.42 per day
2 Divide allowance (clause 9.2) $4.36 per day
3 Gladstone locality allowance (clause 9.3):
With dependants $700 per annum
Without dependants $360 per annum
4 In-charge allowance (clause 9.4) retail employees $30010
5 Parcel post allowance (clause 9.5) 750 per annum
6 PDO functional allowance (clause 9.6) $4.36 per day
SCHEDULE C - FORMER PAID RATES AWARD - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
C.1. EMPLOYEES COVERED BY FORMER PAID RATES AWARD
C.1.1 The provisions of this Schedule only apply to an Australia Post employee who was employed in Australia Post immediately prior to 20 January 2000 - an "eligible employee".
C.1.2 The following provisions of this schedule set out the pay rates which applied under the former paid rates award which exceed the award minimum rate in Schedule A and the associated conditions which determined the appropriate pay point for employees. By applying these provisions to eligible employees, the award pay rate which applied to an employee immediately prior to 20 January 2000 can be determined. Where the award salary rate determined in accordance with this Schedule is higher than that otherwise applying under the general award provisions, it will apply to an eligible employee where the rate remains beneficial to the employee.
C.2 SALARY RATES
C.2.1 Classifications and Rates of Pay
All eligible employees performing work within the classifications listed in the following Table, will be paid no less than salary rate or within the range adjacent to the classification.
C.2.2 No adjustment of Rates
In accordance with the Paid Rates Decision of 20 October 1998 (Print Q7661), any future increases in salary rates in the award will not apply to the rates in this Schedule.
Classification Minimum Rate $ per annum AGENCY ASSISTANT Agency Assistant Grade 1 20609 Agency Assistant Grade 2 21730-22750 ELECTRONIC MAIL Electronic Mail Operator 23092 FOOD SERVICES Senior chef 25353 Cafeteria Manager Grade 2 25353 Grade 3 28596 Catering Manager Grade 1 28596 Grade 2 34879-35778 Grade 3 37746-38897 MAIL PROCESSING Mail Officer 21506-21960 MAIL PROCESSING CO-ORDINATOR Grade 2 28273-29055 Grade 3 31831-32761 Grade 4 35886 PARCELS Parcel Post Co-ordinator 28273-29055 POSTAL DELIVERY Postal Delivery Officer 21004-21469 Postal Delivery Co-ordinator Grade 2 28495 Grade 3 31160-32083 POSTAL SERVICES Postal Services Officer 22750-23980 Senior Postal Services Officer Grade 2 29930 POSTAL MANAGER Postal Manager Grade 1 32290-33820 Grade 2 36390-37920 Grade 3 42230 SPRINTPAK Sprintpak Level 2 25222-26013 Level 3 29143-30263-31383C.3 INCREMENTS
C.3.1 Frequency of Increments
An employee was, prior to 20 January 2000, entitled to progress one pay point within the pay scale for the employee's classification after twelve months service at a particular pay point. This incremental progression was subject to:
C.3.2 Promotion and Higher Duties Allowance
C.3.2.1 The salary to be paid to an employee on promotion or transfer is normally the minimum rate for that position except that in circumstances involving overlapping salary ranges, the new salary is normally the next highest salary point in the salary range for the new position.
C.3.2.2 An employee who was promoted will have included for the purpose of calculating the increment date, any previous period during which the employee acted at the new classification (or a higher classification). This applies whether or not the employee was on higher duties at the new level at the time of promotion provided that:
C.3.3 Deferral of Increments
C.3.3.1 Where Australia Post is of the opinion that the employee should not immediately receive an increment otherwise payable having regard to the conduct, diligence, efficiency or attendance for duty of the employee, Australia Post may direct that an increment not be paid for a specified period, not exceeding six months.
C.3.3.2 Where an increment has been deferred, Australia Post may determine that, for the purposes of future advancement, the increment shall be deemed to have been granted from the original date of incremental advancement. Provided that
where an increment has been deferred owing to misconduct or inefficiency, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply unless the employee's conduct diligence and efficiency during the ensuing twelve months is reported to be satisfactory.
C.3.4 Trained Employees
C.3.4.1 An employee who has resumed permanent employment with Australia Post in one of the following classifications in which the employee is trained can be re-engaged within the relevant salary range:
Postal Services Officer
Mail Officer
Postal Delivery Officer
C.3.5 Higher Duties Allowance
C.3.5.1 An employee who had been paid a higher duties allowance was eligible for the same incremental advancement as applied to an employee promoted to the level.
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