TELSTRA / CEPU LINES AND GENERAL
(SALARIES AND SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) AWARD 2001
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Status of Award
1. Title
2. Arrangement
3. Definitions
4. Parties bound
5. Operation
6. Duration
7. Inconsistency with Act and Determinations
8. Salaries and jobs
9. Work organisation
10. Payment of salary
11. Hours of work - other than shift workers
12. Shift work and overtime on shift work
13. Meal break
14. Overtime
15. Allowances
16. Public holidays - camping parties
17. Relationship to National Training Wage Award 2000
18. Transitional provisions BSO's
19. Safety net adjustments
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Telstra / CEPU Lines and General (Salaries and Specific Conditions of Employment) Award 2001.
1. Title
2. Arrangement
3. Definitions
4. Parties bound
5. Operation
6. Duration
7. Inconsistency with Act and Determinations
8. Salaries and jobs
9. Work organisation
10. Payment of salary
11. Hours of work - other than shift workers
12. Shift work and overtime on shift work
13. Meal break
14. Overtime
15. Allowances
16. Public holidays - camping parties
17. Relationship to National Training Wage Award 2000
18. Transitional provisions BSO's
19. Safety net adjustments
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
3.1 Telstra means the Telstra Corporation Limited.
3.2 Union means the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia.
3.3 GC means the Telstra Corporation General Conditions Award 2001 [AW806392 PR902661].
This award is binding on:
4.1 Telstra in respect of employees who are employed by Telstra in the jobs specified in clause 8 - Salaries and jobs, Appendix A, B, and C; and
4.2 the union and its officers; and
4.3 employees referred to in 4.1.
5.1 This award replaces and wholly supersedes the AOTC/APTU Award 1993 [Print K6914 [A0775]].
5.2 This award applies in conjunction with the provisions of the GC. However, to the extent that this award is inconsistent with the GC, this award prevails.
This award will come into force on and from 28 March 2001 and will remain in force for a period of six months.
7. INCONSISTENCY WITH ACT AND DETERMINATIONS
Where the provisions of this award are inconsistent with the Telstra Corporation Act 1992 as amended from time to time, or any determination made by Telstra then the provisions of this award will prevail.
The annual salaries and jobs for employees covered by this award are set out in Appendix A, B and C. The jobs covered by this award are set out below:
Communications Officer
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Material Distribution Officer
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Buildings Services Officer
1
2
3
Administrative Officer
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 2 (Holding)
Grade 3
Grade 3 (Holding)
Drafting Officer
Grade 1
Grade 2
Senior Drafting Officer
Grade 1
(Holding) Grade 1
Grade 2
Managers
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Communications Consultant
9.1 An employee may be directed to carry out such duties which are within the relevant position classification standards of the corporation and are within the limits of the employee's skill, competence and training. Provided that such duties are not designed to promote de-skilling and that when employees are required to work at a level above their designated work level, they will be remunerated at the level commensurate with the duties performed.
9.2 A requirement for supervisors to perform work of employees of a lower classification from time to time as short term relief or temporary support for other employees in appropriate circumstances does not constitute deskilling.
10.1 Salary will be expressed as an annual amount but will be paid fortnightly in arrears. Salary and any other associated payments will be deposited into a bank or other recognised financial institution nominated by the staff.
10.2 All claims for overtime or allowances will be either paid or notified to the employees as refused within one month of the claim.
11. HOURS OF WORK - OTHER THAN SHIFT WORKERS
11.1 The Flexible Working Hours Scheme (FWHS), unless otherwise provided in this award, will be made available to an administrative and office based employee who is employed in a job specified in Appendix B, in accordance with the FWHS guidelines. For employees working ordinary hours in accordance with the FWHS, the ordinary hours of duty will be 73.5 hours per fortnight.
11.2 Where an employee works ordinary hours in accordance with the FWHS the span of hours for ordinary hours of work will be within the limits of:
11.2.1 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday; and
11.2.2 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
11.3 There can be an extension to the ordinary hours span in 11.2.1 Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. and/or up to 7:00 p.m. by local agreement which involves union representatives and in accordance with the process agreed to by Telstra and the union. The maximum daily ordinary hours of work for an employee in these circumstances will be ten hours.
11.4 For an employee not covered by 11.1, the ordinary hours of duty will be 36.75 hours per week or an average of 36.75 per week.
11.4.1 The average weekly hours will be worked in one of the following ways:
11.4.1(a) five days of seven hours 21 minutes per day; or
11.4.1(b) where a reduced number of attendances are worked, the ordinary hours of work will not exceed eight hours ten minutes.
11.4.1(c) changes to work periods for employees employed in a job in Appendix A shall be by mutual agreement between the majority of affected employees and the corporation
11.5 Where an employee works ordinary hours in accordance with 11.4, the span of hours for ordinary hours of work will be within the limits of:
11.5.1 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday; or
11.5.2 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, for an employee employed in a job in Appendix B.
11.6 An employee employed as a Communications Consultant will not have a fixed span of hours. However, for the purposes of definition of salary and other conditions such as annual leave, sick leave public holidays; normal hours will be deemed to be seven hours and 21 minutes (i.e. 36.75 hour week).
11.7 Saturday work
11.7.1 An employee who works ordinary hours on Saturday in accordance with 11.2.2 will be paid an additional amount of 40% of salary for all ordinary time worked.
11.7.2 An employee not rostered to work ordinary hours on Saturday will be paid at the normal overtime rate for Saturday work as prescribed by clause 10 - Overtime of the GC.
11.7.3 Subject to clause 23 - Annual Leave of the GC, the additional payment for ordinary work on a Saturday will be made for any such work which an employee would have performed had they not been on annual leave.
11.7.4 The additional payment prescribed in 11.7 will be excluded when calculating overtime or determining any allowance based upon salary. It will also not be paid for any shift work attracting an additional payment.
11.8 Camping party
A camping party may arrange to work total weekly hours, Monday to Friday, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The decision on the hours to be worked within the span will be made by the majority of the camping party.
11.9 Northern Territory
In the application of 11.2 and 11.5.2 to an employee in a job employed in the Northern Territory 6:00 p.m. will be read as 5:30 p.m.
12. SHIFT WORK AND OVERTIME ON SHIFT WORK
12.1 An employee employed in a job in Appendix B and C may be required to undertake shift work. The ordinary hours of work of employees required to work shift work will not exceed 36.75 per week, or an average of 36.75 over a cycle of shifts.
12.2 Overtime will be payable to a full-time or part-time employee working in accordance with 12.1 for:
12.2.1 work performed on any day which is beyond the ordinary hours of work for a full-time employee on that day; or
12.2.2 for a part-time employee work performed in excess of 36.75 hour per week.
12.3 For overtime worked in accordance with 12.2.1 and 12.2.2 payment will be at the rate of 150% for the first three hours and 200% thereafter Monday to Friday.
12.4 Break between shifts
Where practicable, shifts will be so arranged that there is a minimum break of ten hours, including reasonable travelling time, between the completion of work on one shift and the commencement of work on the next.
12.5 Notice of roster change
12.5.1 An employee will be given seven days notice of variation to a shift roster. Where seven days notice is not given the employee will be paid at overtime rates (including Higher Duties Allowance) for those hours of the shift that differ from the originally rostered shift. The overtime rates will continue until seven days notice have been given.
12.5.2 The penalty payment will also apply when the employee is returning to his/her original roster until seven days notice of that change is given, unless the initial change of shift was for a definite limited period notified at that time to the employee.
12.5.3 Where the shift change is caused by the absence of another employee, of which Telstra did not have seven days notice, three days notice will apply in lieu of the seven days notice provided in clauses 12.5.1 and 12.5.2.
12.6 Exchange of shifts'
12.6.1 Employees will be allowed to exchange shifts, subject to the approval of the manager.
(Note: Refer also to the provision of clause 10 - Overtime, clause 11 - Overtime minimum payment, clause 15 - Saturday work - shift workers, clause 14 - sunday work, clause 17 - Shift work and clause 12 - Payment for public holiday work - of the GC).
13.1.1 No employee shall be required to work for a continuous period of more than five hours without a meal break of no more than one hour and no less than 30 minutes. Changes to meal breaks will be subject to the provisions of 11.4.1(c).
13.1.2 Notwithstanding 13.1.1 an employee working under the FWHS in accordance with 11.1 will have an unpaid meal break after no longer than five hours continuous work. The meal break will be no less than 30 minutes.
[14.1 substituted by PR949795 ppc 05Jul04]
14.1 Telstra may require an employee to work reasonable overtime in accordance with the provisions of this clause.
14.1.1 An employee may refuse to work overtime in circumstances where the working of such overtime would result in the employee working hours which are unreasonable having regard to:
14.1.1(a) any risk to employee health and safety;
14.1.1(b) the employee's personal circumstances including any family responsibilities;
14.1.1(c) the needs of the workplace or enterprises;
14.1.1(d) the notice (if any) given by Telstra of the overtime and by the employee of his or her intention to refuse it; and
14.1.1(e) any other relevant matter.
14.2 Where an employee works ordinary hours in accordance with the FWHS as prescribed in 11.2 overtime is paid for work performed:
14.2.1 before 7:30 a.m. and/or after 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday
14.2.2 before 8:00 a.m. and/or after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday
14.2.3 between 7:30 a.m. and the normal commencing time on any day, Monday to Friday, where the employee performs duty after 6:00 p.m. on that day.
14.3 Where an employee works ordinary hours in accordance with the FWHS as prescribed in 11.3 overtime is payable for work performed:
14.3.1 before the agreed commencing time and/or after the agreed finishing time.
14.3.2 before 8:00 a.m. and/or after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
14.3.3 between the agreed commencing time and the normal commencing time on any day, Monday to Friday, where the employee performs work prior to the agreed span commencing time and also completes a normal day's work on that day.
14.3.4 for the period up to the agreed span finishing time after the completion of a normal day's work on any day, Monday to Friday, where the employee performs work after the agreed span finishing time on that day.
14.3.5 in excess of the ten hour maximum daily ordinary hours.
14.4 Overtime is payable where an employee is directed to work overtime within the ordinary hours bandwidth and this period when added to other hours worked within the fortnight exceeds 73.5 hours (excluding overtime work specified in 14.2 and 14.3 and flextime credits). The period taken as overtime cannot be counted as flex credit.
14.5 Where an employee works his/her ordinary hours in accordance with 11.4 overtime is payable for:
14.5.1 work performed on any day which is beyond the ordinary hours of work for a full time employee on that day; or
14.5.2 work performed on any day outside the span of ordinary hours.
14.6 For overtime worked in accordance with 14.2, 14.3, 14.4 and 14.5 payment will be made at the rate 150% for the first three hours and 200% thereafter for all overtime worked Monday to Saturday.
14.7 Rest relief after overtime
14.7.1 An employee will have at least ten consecutive hours off work (inclusive of reasonable travelling time) between periods of ordinary hours of work.
14.7.2 Where an employee works overtime between periods of ordinary hours work he/she will have ten consecutive hours off work between these times before commencing his/her next period of ordinary hours work, without loss of pay.
14.7.3 If an employee is required to resume or continue work without ten consecutive hours off work he/she will be paid at 200% until he/she ceases that period of work and will then be eligible to be absent from work until the staff member has had ten consecutive hours off work without loss of pay for ordinary hours work scheduled during that absence.
14.7.4 The provisions of 14.7.1, 14.7.2 and 14.7.3 will not apply to overtime worked in emergency situations covered by clause 18 - Emergency work - of the GC unless the actual time worked is at least three hours on each attendance.
14.7.5 The provisions of 14.7.1, 14.7.2 and 14.7.3 will not apply to overtime worked immediately prior to the commencement of ordinary hours of work, unless the overtime work is of at least three hours duration.
14.8 Overtime payments - part-time employees
14.8.1 A regular part time employee will be paid overtime in accordance with 14.6 when he/she works:
14.8.1(a) outside the span of ordinary hours; or
14.8.1(b) outside the regularly rostered daily hours of an equivalent full time staff member; or
14.8.1(c) work performed in excess of 36.75 hours per week or an average of 36.75 hours per week
14.9 Special payments - overtime
14.9.1 In addition to 14.5 where an employee, who is employed as a Communications Officer, is required to work overtime between the hours of 9:30 p.m. on one day and 6:30 a.m. on the next day overtime will be paid at 200%.
14.9.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 11 - Overtime minimum payment - of the GC an employee employed as Communications Officer will be paid a minimum of three hours at double time for overtime worked on a Sunday.
(Note: Refer also to the provisions of clause 10 - Overtime, clause 11 - Overtime minimum payment , clause 12 - Payment for public holiday work and clause 14 - sunday work - of the GC).
15.1 Wearing of breathing apparatus allowance
An employee who is required to work in areas where asbestos is evident will wear respiratory protective equipment supplied by the Company. The respiratory equipment will conform, where relevant, to the Australian Standard 1716 (Specification for Respiratory Devices). The staff member will be paid a Breathing Apparatus Allowance at the rate shown in Item 1 of Appendix D. of $1.38 for each hour worked in such an area.
15.2 Office renovation allowance
15.2.1 Where an employee is required to perform work in an existing building undergoing major structural or internal alterations and encounters a significant disability caused by the alterations for two hours or more on a shift, the employee will be paid an allowance as specified in Item 2 of Appendix D.
15.2.2 For the purpose of this clause, a significant disability occurs when an employee encounters, noise, dust, equipment (such as ladders, power cords) and activities which create disturbance.
15.3 Country employees meal allowance
15.3.1 An allowance shown as Item 3 of Appendix D will be paid to an employee at a country station when he/she is away from his/her usual workplace during the midday meal hour, providing that the employee normally returns to his/her home for their midday meal and the manager certifies that the employee was sent away from the usual workplace without notice being given before the employee left home, and without an opportunity of visiting home and arranging for a meal and that the employee was not within 6.4 kilometres of the workplace between the hours of l2.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m.
15.3.2 An employee will be paid the allowance as provided in 15.3.1 where an employee is required on any day or part thereof to work in snow at least 10cm deep.
15.3.3 Where an employee is eligible for an allowance as specified in 15.3.1 and 15.3.2:
15.3.3(a) an employee will only be eligible to claim payment for one Country Employees Meal Allowance per day;
15.3.3(b) an employee receiving Travelling Allowance will not be eligible to claim payment for Country Employee Meal Allowance;
15.3.3(c) in addition, an employee will be subject to the provisions of clause 20 - Meal allowance - of the GC.
15.4 Height allowance
An employee required to carry out work on a tower, mast, guy-rope and all telecommunications structures on the external faces of buildings and parapets, at a height of at least fifteen metres for a minimum of two hours in any day, shall be paid a Height Allowance at the rate shown in Item 4 of Appendix D.
15.5 Camping allowance
An employee in a job specified in Appendix A who is required to camp out for the performance of work while camping out will be paid an allowance as shown in Item 5 of Appendix D.
15.6 Excess fares
When an employee is required to work away from his or her designated work location the employee will be paid any travelling fares necessarily incurred in excess of the employee's usual fares.
16. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS - CAMPING PARTIES
Telstra may reach agreement with the majority of employees engaged in a camping party to work on any Public Holidays (except Christmas Day or Good Friday). No extra pay will be paid in respect of work on holidays, but an employee will have an extra day's leave for every holiday worked.
17. RELATIONSHIP TO NATIONAL TRAINING WAGE AWARD 2000
17.1 The parties to this Award will comply with the terms of the National Training Wage Award 2000 [Print T0813 [N0277], as varied, as though bound by clause 4 of that Award.
17.2 The terms of the National Training Wage Award 2000, as varied, will apply to employment under this Award so as to override the salaries in Appendix A, B and C in the manner specified in clause 5 of the National Training Wage Award 2000, as varied.
18. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS BSO'S
At the date of operation of this award an employee employed as a part-time BSO will continue to be employed under the terms and conditions that applied to him or her immediately before the commencement of this award.
The salaries in this award include the arbitrated safety net adjustment payable under the April 1998 Safety Net Review - decision [Print Q1998]. This arbitrated safety net adjustment may be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay set out in the Residuals column of salary tables in Appendix A, B and C below. This arbitrated safety net adjustment may also 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.
1. SALARIES Employees employed in jobs specified below will be paid an annual salary as shown. The description of the work performed for Communication Officer jobs is contained in Clause 2 of Appendix A.
Residual Total Rate Position Minimum Rate$ Lowest$ Highest$ Lowest$ Highest$ Communications Officer Grade 1 22,048 751 3,519 22,799 25,567 Grade 2 25,700 892 2,327 26,592 28,027 Grade 3 27,674 968 2,198 28,642 29,872 Grade 4 29,740 1,053 4,025 30,793 33,765 Grade 5 33,590 1,200 2,635 34,790 36,225 Grade 6 36,946 1,329 _ 38,275 38,275 Material Distribution Officer Grade 1 21,158 719 2,256 21,877 23,414 Grade 2 23,084 791 1,970 23,875 25,054 Grade 3 25,008 866 2,404 25,874 27,412 Grade 4 27,278 954 3,207 28,232 30,485 Grade 5 30,530 1,083 3,850 31,613 34,380 Grade 6 33,984 1,216 4,560 35,200 48,544 Buildings Services Officer Grade 1 20,710 701 1,315 21,411 22,025 Grade 2 21,854 746 1,899 22,600 23,753 Grade 3 23,432 806 2,457 24,238 25,8892. JOB DESCRIPTIONS
2.1 Communications Officer Grade 1
Work performed:
2.2 Communications Office Grade 2
2.3 Communications Officer Grade 3
2.4 Communications Officer Grade 4
2.5 Communications Officer Grade 5
2.6 Communications Officer Grade 6
1. SALARIES AND JOBS
Residual Total Rate
Position Minimum Rate$ Lowest$ Highest$ Lowest$ Highest$
Administrative Officer
Grade 1 20,885 709 3,251 21,594 24,136
Grade 2 24,686 854 4,875 25,540 29,561
Grade 2
(Holding) 23,600 812 5,149 24,412 29,561
Grade 3 29,831 1,055 7,032 30,886 36,863
Grade 3
(Holding) 27,881 977 8,982 28,858 36,863
Drafting Officer
Grade 1 22,936 786 4,660 23,722 27,596
Grade 2 25,600 889 6,277 26,489 31,877
Senior Drafting Officer
Grade 1 31,716 1,127 3,223 32,843 34,939
(Holding)
Grade 1 28,166 988 7,649 29,154 35,815
Grade 2 34,563 1,252 3,551 35,815 38,114
2. SALARIES - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
An employee under 21 years of age, employed as an Administrative Officer 1, will be paid a salary calculated as a percentage of the salary rate for the equivalent adult job as show below.
Age of Employee Percentage of Minimum Salary Under 18 years 60 At 18 years 70 At 19 years 81 At 20 years 91
1. SALARIES
Residual Total Rate Position Minimum Rate$ Lowest$ Highest$ Lowest$ Highest$ Manager Grade 1 43,652 1,592 3,539 45,244 47,191 Grade 2 47,798 1,751 3,596 49,549 51,394 Grade 3 52,436 1,930 4,493 54,366 56,929 Communications C onsultant 42,409 1,543 18,336 43,952 60,745
Item 1: Wearing of Breathing Apparatus Allowance = $1.38 for each hour worked (clause 15.1).
Item 2: Office Renovations Disability Allowance = $2.84 per shift (clause 15.2).
Item 3: Country Employees Meal Allowance = $11.80 (clause 15.3)
Item 4: Height Allowance = $6.00 for each such day (clause 15.4)
Item 5: Camping Allowance:
TELSTRA / CEPU LINES AND GENERAL (SALARIES AND SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) AWARD 2001
This award as varied to 21 July 2004 (variation PR949795)
Note: This award consolidates AW765828 AOTC/APTU Award 1993
AW806384 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
Workplace Relations Act 1996 Review of award pursuant to Item 51 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 (C No. 00407 of 1998)
AOTC/APTU AWARD 1993 (ODN C No. 07120 of 1985) [Print J2015 [A0775]]
Various employees Telecommunication services
COMMISSIONER LEWIN MELBOURNE, 28 MARCH 2001
Award simplification.
ORDER
A. Further to the decision issued by the Commission on 5 July 2000, [Print S7574] the above award is varied as follows:
By deleting all clauses, schedules and appendices and inserting the following:
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