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TELSTRA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2019-2021

SECOND BALLOT VERSION

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SECTION 1 ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT

1. TITLE

This is the Telstra Enterprise Agreement 2019-2021.

2. HOW THIS AGREEMENT IS ORGANISED

To help you find your way around the Agreement, it is divided into Sections. You will find a table of contents at the front.

3. HOW CERTAIN WORDS/PHRASES ARE DEFINED

You will find some words and phrases have a specific meaning. These words and phrases are in italics in this Agreement. You can find their meaning in the Dictionary.

4. WHO THIS AGREEMENT COVERS

4.1. This Agreement covers:
a) Telstra
b) all employees of Telstra, except for:
i) members of the Telstra Executive Team;
ii) employees in Band 1; and
iii) qualified legal practitioners working in the Telstra Legal Services Group
c) CEPU
d) CPSU
e) APESMA

4.2. All of these people are the Parties to this Agreement, to the extent the Agreement applies to them.

5. SOME IMPORTANT RULES ABOUT HOW THE AGREEMENT OPERATES

5.1. When this Agreement operates
a) The Agreement operates from the Commencement Date.
b) It has a nominal expiry date which is 30 September 2021.
c) Telstra will discuss replacing the Agreement with employees and their bargaining representatives no later than 4 months before the nominal expiry date.

5.2. This Agreement replaces the existing collective agreement

This Agreement replaces the Telstra Enterprise Agreement 2015-2018

5.3. Relationship with AWAs and ITEAs
a) If you are:
i) employed on an AWA or an ITEA in a Band 2 role or below, and
ii) not a qualified legal practitioner in the Telstra Legal Services Group then you are covered by this Agreement but it does not apply to you.
b) This means that your AWA/ITEA will continue to set your terms and conditions unless it is terminated which you can choose to do at any time.
c) If your AWA/ITEA is terminated, then this Agreement will set your terms and conditions. There are some rules set out below about how Telstra will pay you if this happens.
d) Depending on when your AWA/ITEA expired and what job you are in, you will either become a Job Family Employee or have a choice whether to become a Job Family Employee or a Workstream Employee. The definitions of Job Family Employee and Workstream Employee are in the Dictionary at the back of this Agreement. They set out what type of employee you would be if your AWA/ITEA is terminated. You can find further information about AWAs/ITEAs and your options on the intranet.

5.4. Relationship with awards
a) The awards that underpin this Agreement are:
i) the Telstra Award 2015; and
ii) the General Retail Industry Award 2010.
b) These awards do not apply to you when the Agreement operates. The Fair Work Commission will check that you are better off overall under the Agreement compared to the awards listed in clause 5.4(a) when deciding whether to approve the Agreement.

6. WORK MODEL ARRANGEMENTS

6.1. Arrangements

a) The Dictionary contains definitions of Job Family Employee and Workstream Employee.
b) Appendix C sets out some details in relation to the operation of the Workstreams.

6.2. Moving between work models

a) A Workstream Employee may elect (but will not be required by Telstra) to become a Job Family Employee at any time, other than if the employee has been notified of termination of employment. An election takes effect at the beginning of the first full pay period after Telstra gives the employee written confirmation that it has processed the election.
b) Following this election, a Job Family Employee may elect to go back to being a Workstream Employee but:
i) can only exercise this right once, and
ii) must do so within 12 months of becoming a Job Family Employee.
c) A Job Family Employee cannot elect to become a Workstream Employee, other than in accordance with clause 6.2(b).

6.3. Pay rates if you move between work models or terminate an AWA or ITEA

a) Moving between work models
If you move between work models Telstra will set your remuneration package at or above the minimum rates in Appendices A and B.
b) Former AWA/ITEA employees who become Job Family Employees
Telstra will pay you the same (or greater) Fixed Remuneration (unless you agree otherwise) that you were paid under your AWA or ITEA if:
i) you or Telstra terminates your AWA or ITEA;
ii) this Agreement starts to apply to you; and
iii) you become a Job Family Employee.
c) Former AWA/ITEA employees who become Workstream Employees
Telstra will pay you at or above the minimum rates in Appendix B if:
i) you or Telstra terminates your AWA or ITEA;
ii) this Agreement starts to apply to you; and
iii) you become a Workstream Employee.

SECTION 2 PAY AND BENEFITS

7. ANNUAL PAY INCREASES

Date    
Increase*     
How the increase will be applied 


On commencement 
An increase of 0.3%, in addition to the 1.5% pay pool already allocated, 
    effective 1 October 2019 
Job Family Employees – see Appendix A, Workstream Employees – see Appendix B 
1 October 2020 
An overall pay pool of 2% 
Job Family Employees see Appendix A, Workstream Employees  see Appendix B 

* Some or all of this increase may go into your superannuation, depending on your superannuation arrangements and the current level of Telstra’s contribution to your superannuation (see clause 9 - Superannuation below).

These pay increases do not apply to Job Family Employees who are casual employees working in retail outlets. Rates of pay for these employees are contained in Section 11.

8. PAY RATES FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES WHO MOVE JOB

Telstra will pay new employees, or employees who move job, no less than the applicable minimum rates that are set out in Appendix A for Job Family Employees or Appendix B for Workstream Employees.

9. SUPERANNUATION

9.1. Subject to clause 9.2, Telstra will maintain superannuation contributions at a minimum of 10%. Any further increases in contributions will be made to meet the requirements of the relevant legislation.

9.2. Where Telstra currently contributes more than 10% on your behalf, that contribution level will continue. If that level becomes less than the minimum contribution required under legislation, Telstra will increase its superannuation contribution to the required minimum.

9.3. Superannuation contributions are made as a percentage of your “ordinary time earnings” as defined under the relevant legislation.

10. SALARY PACKAGING

10.1. You may choose to take advantage of salary packaging arrangements, which may change from time to time.

Full details of what is available to salary package are set out in Telstra policy. There is currently a wide range of arrangements available, including salary packaged vehicles and other products.

10.2. If you choose to salary package, Telstra will deduct an amount from your pay and contribute it on your behalf for the purpose of the packaged benefit.

SECTION 3 WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

11. TYPES OF WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

11.1. Telstra can employ you:
a) full-time;
b) part-time;
c) on a casual basis; or
d) for a fixed period or specific project.

11.2. Part-time work
a) If you work part-time, Telstra will engage you to work fewer than 36¾ hours each week.
b) All of the benefits in this Agreement are the benefits set out for full-time employees. You will be entitled to these benefits on a pro rata basis, based on your hours of work.

12. MOVING BETWEEN JOBS

12.1. Telstra may require you to perform another role that you are capable of performing (either now or after training) on a permanent or temporary basis. Where Telstra transfers you to another role in this circumstance:
a) If you are a Job Family Employee, Telstra will not transfer you to a lower banded role and you will be paid the higher of your current Fixed Remuneration or the appropriate minimum rate for the new role.
b) If you are a Workstream Employee, Telstra will not require you to transfer to a role that is more than one band lower than your current role. You may be eligible for salary maintenance in accordance with item C.5 in Appendix C.
c) If you are a Workstream Employee, Telstra may ask, but will not require, you to transfer to a role that is two bands lower than your current role. If you agree to this transfer, you may be eligible for salary maintenance in accordance with item C.5 in Appendix C.
d) Telstra may provide you with reasonable relocation assistance, where applicable.

12.2. Where you initiate a move to another role within Telstra, you will be covered by the appropriate employment arrangements of that area, including any terms and conditions related to remuneration. This means that if you decide to move to a higher or lower paid role, your remuneration may be adjusted in line with this.

12.3. Special rules apply if you are an employee who receives a Grandfathered Allowance (see item C.4 in Appendix C).

13. CASUAL WORK ARRANGEMENTS

13.1. Telstra may engage Job Family Employees as casual employees.

13.2. Terms for all casual employees
Casual employees will:
a) be engaged on an hourly basis;
b) be paid the hourly rate for their Job Family and Band plus a minimum 25% casual loading (see Section 11 for the casual loading that applies to casual employees working in retail outlets);
c) not be subject to the following Sections of this Agreement: the job movement rules in this Section; Section 4: Hours of work and scheduling; Section 7: Leave entitlements (other than long service leave); the salary packaging arrangements in Section 2: Pay and benefits; Section 8: Redundancy; Section 9: Placement Period; Section 10: Retrenchment; Section 13: Allowances; Section 14: Miscellaneous provisions (other than the provisions relating to Telstra policies and Exempt Employees);
d) be entitled to unpaid parental leave, unpaid carer’s leave, unpaid bereavement leave and leave on public holidays as set out in the Fair Work Act 2009.

13.3. Pay and other conditions for casual employees in retail outlets

Pay and penalty rates for casual employees working in retail outlets are set out in Section 11.

13.4. Pay and other conditions for casual employees not working in retail outlets

For all other casual employees, where any hours worked fall on any of the following days, Telstra will also pay you an additional payment as follows:

Day             % of hourly base rate 
Saturdays        50% 
Sundays         100% 
Public holidays 150% 

SECTION 4 HOURS OF WORK AND SCHEDULING

14. ORDINARY HOURS OF WORK

14.1. Full-time employees

Your ordinary hours of work will be 36¾ hours each week.

14.2. Part-time employees
a) If you work fewer than 36¾ hours each week, Telstra will ensure that:
i) your hours of work are reasonably predictable, and
ii) you are scheduled to work for at least 3 hours on a work day.
b) Telstra can change the pattern of your hours of work:
i) at any time, by agreement with you, or
ii) if Telstra gives you at least 7 days’ notice (though Telstra can’t do this if you started working part-time before 21 December 2000). Telstra will take into account all preferences and personal circumstances, including your family/carer responsibilities.
c) If Telstra asks you to change your ordinary hours of work or regular roster, Telstra will consult with you in accordance with Section 6.

14.3. When we require you to work
a) Your ordinary hours of work will be worked between 7.00am and 7.00pm, Monday to Friday – other than in the Northern Territory where the daily span is 6.30am to 6.30pm.
b) Start and finish times
i) Telstra will tell you on which days you must work and what your start and finish times are. Your ordinary hours of work may change from time to time.
ii) Telstra can ask you to work ordinary hours in any pattern which provides for an average of up to 36¾ hours each week.
iii) When Telstra sets hours of work and rosters, customers’ needs and business requirements will be a significant consideration. However, Telstra will also consider personal circumstances of employees, including family/carer responsibilities and will make sure that outcomes are distributed fairly across the work group.
c) Rest Relief
In the interest of health and safety, you will have at least 10 consecutive hours off (inclusive of reasonable travel time) between periods of ordinary hours work. Where Telstra requires you to resume or continue work without having 10 consecutive hours off Telstra will pay you at a rate of 200% until you cease that period of work. If you have to work overtime in these situations, Telstra won’t require you to come to work again until you have had 10 consecutive hours off before commencing the next period of ordinary hours work, and you will not lose any ordinary hours pay.
d) Flexible Working Hours Scheme and 9-day fortnight
If you work in an area that works under the Flexible Working Hours Scheme or a 9 day fortnight, and you work under these arrangements when this Agreement comes into operation, you will continue to have access to these arrangements while you work in that area.

15. SCHEDULED WORK AND SHIFTWORK

15.1. Telstra may engage you to work variable hours as set out in this Section. If Telstra does this, your ordinary hours of work will be averaged over the cycle of the work scheduling period.

15.2. Common provisions for scheduled and shiftwork
a) Work schedules will take into account the needs of the business together with your needs and preferences.
Telstra’s intent is to minimise variations in individual start times where this is possible.
b) Telstra will provide you with your schedule a minimum of 2 weeks in advance, and will include details of your start and finish times, your meal break, and any scheduled days off. Scheduled days off are days that you could have been rostered to work ordinary hours, but were not scheduled to work.
c) If Telstra needs to change your schedule, Telstra will give you 7 days’ notice where possible, or 3 days in circumstances where Telstra needs to cover unplanned leave.
d) You may initiate schedule swaps but you need prior approval from your manger to do this, and it must not impact the business.
e) Any unplanned leave you take will be recorded as equal to the amount of time you were scheduled to work that day.
f) You won’t be required to work more than 10 ordinary hours at a time (unless you are working a shift arrangement under clause 15.4(g). Minimum engagement times will be 6 hours in the field and 4 hours in contact centres.

15.3. Scheduled work
a) These provisions about scheduled work apply only to contact centres.
b) Telstra may require you to work within the span of hours, but at variable times and patterns. Telstra will advise you of work scheduling arrangements where they apply, as set out in this clause.
c) If you work in a contact centre, roster arrangements will be prepared and communicated to you in line with the common provisions set out above.

15.4. Shiftwork
a) These provisions apply to employees who have been or are in future engaged as shiftworkers or who agree to become shiftworkers.
b) Telstra may engage you as a shiftworker if it regularly requires you to work outside the span of ordinary hours on Monday to Friday, or to work regularly on weekends
c) Telstra may ask employees who are not shiftworkers to undertake shiftwork, in which case Telstra will call for volunteers. However, an employee who is not a shiftworker can’t be required by Telstra to become a shiftworker.
d) Where Telstra wants to introduce shiftwork into an area where it doesn’t already operate, Telstra will consult with employees in the area and with unions, under the consultation provisions in Section 6.
e) Temporary shift allowance
i) Sometimes Telstra may ask employees who are not shiftworkers to become shiftworkers on a temporary basis to fill vacancies on a shift roster, and Telstra may call for volunteers. Where you and Telstra agree to you undertaking temporary shiftwork Telstra will pay you an allowance to make yourself available to perform temporary shift work. Participation in undertaking temporary shiftwork is voluntary. See Section 13 for the amount of the allowance.
ii) While you receive the temporary shift allowance, you will be subject to all conditions that apply to shiftwork.
iii) You or Telstra can opt out of the temporary shift arrangements on a quarterly basis. Accordingly, ongoing payment of the allowance is not guaranteed. You may ask to cease receiving the allowance and stop undertaking the temporary shiftwork before the completion of 3 months. Taking into account your particular circumstances, Telstra will not unreasonably refuse the request.
iv) If you receive this allowance but unreasonably refuse to work shiftwork, Telstra may discontinue paying the allowance immediately and you will no longer be required to undertake temporary shiftwork.
v) Payment of the allowance will continue during periods of paid leave.
f) Payment for shiftwork
i) If any part of your shift on a Monday to Friday falls outside the span of hours, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 15% for the whole shift.
ii) If you work on a Saturday, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 50% for all time worked on that shift between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday.
iii) If you work on a Sunday, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 100% for all time worked on that shift between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday.
iv) If you are required to work shifts that fall wholly between the hours of 6.00pm and 8.00am for a period exceeding 4 weeks, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 30% for all time worked on those shifts.
v) Additional payments are not cumulative. Only the highest applicable payment will apply.
g) Extended Shift Arrangements
i) Telstra may implement shifts of up to 12 hours in accordance with the Extended Shift Arrangement Guidelines (see Appendix D). The Extended Shift Arrangement Guidelines supplement the provisions in this Section.
ii) For the avoidance of doubt, where you regularly perform shifts of up to 10 hours in length, Telstra may ask, but will not require, you to perform extended shifts.

16. BREAKS

16.1. Meal breaks

You get an unpaid meal break of between 30 minutes and 1 hour after no longer than 5 hours continuous work. The timing and length of this break is otherwise up to your manager, who will take into account any requirements you have. Employees working under the Flexible Working Hours Scheme may take a meal break of more than one hour.

16.2. Rest breaks

a) If you work in a contact centre you are entitled to paid rest breaks in accordance with these provisions.
b) If you work in a contact centre (except Emergency Triple Zero) for a period of less than 5 hours without an unpaid meal break, you can take one 15 minute rest break.
c) If you work in a contact centre (except Emergency Triple Zero) for a period of at least 5 hours and less than 7 hours, you can take an unpaid meal break and one 15 minute rest break.
d) If you work in a contact centre (except Emergency Triple Zero) for a period of at least 7 hours, you can take an unpaid meal break and two 10 minute (minimum) rest breaks.
e) Telstra will schedule the timing of your breaks reasonably, so that you do not have to work more than 2-3 hours without a break.
f) If you work in Emergency Triple Zero:
i) you can take up to two 15 minute and three 10 minute rest breaks;
ii) we will ensure you won’t work longer than 70 minutes without having a rest break; and
iii) one rest break per day can be used for management or training purposes.

17. ADDITIONAL HOURS

17.1. Working additional hours

a) Telstra may require you to work reasonable additional hours, unless you are a part-time employee. Telstra can request but cannot require a part-time employee to work additional hours.
b) If Telstra asks you to work additional hours you may refuse to work them if:
i) the request is unreasonable, or
ii) your refusal is reasonable.
c) Matters to be taken into account when considering what’s reasonable include:
i) the nature of the work performed by the employee;
ii) Telstra’s business requirements;
iii) any risks to the health and safety of the employee;
iv) the employee’s personal circumstances, including any family or carer responsibilities; and
v) how much notice the employee is given of the additional hours.

17.2. Overtime Payments
a) If Telstra authorises you to work additional hours and you are not an Exempt Employee, Telstra will pay you:
i) an additional payment of 50% for the first 3 hours per day/shift and an additional payment of 100% after that, where the additional hours are outside the span of ordinary hours or outside the regularly scheduled full-time equivalent ordinary hours;
ii) an additional payment of 100% for all additional hours on a Saturday, but only if you are a shiftworker;
iii) an additional payment of 100% for all additional hours on a Sunday;
iv) an additional payment of 150% for all additional hours on a public holiday;
v) eligible Workstream Employees in the Technical (TW) or Customer Field (CFW) Workstreams who perform critical activities (e.g. planned events including outages, cutovers and special events) will be paid an additional payment of 100% for all overtime worked between 11.00pm and 7.00am in lieu of any other overtime payment.
b) If you work part-time, you will be paid at ordinary rates until you have worked ordinary hours equivalent to a full-time employee. After that, any additional hours worked will be paid at the above rates. Additional hours worked and paid at ordinary rates will count towards accrual of annual leave and personal leave.

17.3. Time in lieu
If you would prefer to take time in lieu instead of overtime payment for additional hours, you can request this. Time in lieu is taken on an hour for hour basis and must be approved by your manager. If the time off is not taken within 4 weeks, you will be paid for the additional hours at the above overtime rates.

17.4. Scheduled additional hours worked from home
a) If Telstra schedules you and you agree to work additional hours from home (not continuous with your ordinary hours) and you are not an Exempt Employee, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 100%, subject to a minimum payment of 1 hour.
b) You will be given at least 2 working days’ notice to work additional hours from home, unless you agree to a shorter period with your manager.
c) If you choose to work at a Telstra location instead of working from home, you will only be paid as if you worked from home.

18. WORK ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY

If you work ordinary hours on a public holiday and you are not an Exempt Employee, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 150% for all ordinary hours you work.

SECTION 5 FLEXIBLE WORK

19. WORKING FLEXIBLY

19.1. Telstra recognises that sometimes employees need the flexibility to balance their work with their commitments outside of work such as family, carer or lifestyle commitments. Examples of flexible work arrangements may include, but are not limited to, 9 day fortnights, change in work location or compressed working weeks.

19.2. You can visit the flexible working arrangements site on the intranet for more information on your ability to request flexible work arrangements under Telstra policy.

19.3. Section 6: Consultation, dispute resolution and union matters does not apply to flexible work arrangements made under this clause. Details on the resolution procedure are contained in Telstra policy.

20. NES FLEXIBILITY ARRANGEMENTS

20.1. You may request a change in working arrangements, such as hours of work, your pattern of work or work location if you are a permanent employee with at least 12 months’ Continuous Service or an eligible casual employee, and you:
a) are the parent, or have responsibility for the care, of a child who is of school age or younger;
b) are a carer (within the meaning of the Carer Recognition Act 2010);
c) have a disability;
d) are 55 or older;
e) are experiencing family or domestic violence, or
f) provide care or support to a member of your household or immediate family who requires care and support because of family or domestic violence.

20.2. You must make any request in writing, setting out the details of the change sought and the reasons for the change.

20.3. Telstra will provide a written response with reasons within 21 days and can only refuse your request if it has reasonable business grounds to do so.

21. INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBILITY AGREEMENTS

21.1. Telstra may agree with you, on an individual basis, to make an individual flexibility agreement. Telstra can do this to vary the effect of this Agreement so long as the arrangement is to meet Telstra’s and your genuine needs and both Telstra and you genuinely agree to it.

21.2. You may be represented, including by a union, in any discussions you have with Telstra about an individual flexibility agreement.

21.3. An individual flexibility agreement can deal with any of the following:
a) arrangements about when work is performed;
b) overtime and penalty rates;
c) allowances; and/or
d) leave loading.

21.4. It must:
a) be in writing;
b) include both Telstra’s and your details;
c) be signed by you and Telstra (or your parent/guardian if you are under 18);
d) set out the terms of this Agreement whose effect will be varied by the individual flexibility agreement and how they will be varied;
e) set out how you will be better off overall as a result of the flexibility agreement; and
f) state when it starts to operate.

21.5. Telstra must ensure that:
a) the terms of the individual flexibility agreement:
i) result in you being better off overall than you would be if no agreement was made; and
ii) are about permitted matters and are not unlawful terms as required by the Fair Work Act 2009.
b) Telstra gives you a copy of the agreement within 14 days of it being agreed.

21.6. Telstra or you can end the individual flexibility agreement by agreement at any time or by giving the other person 28 days’ written notice.

21.7. Any individual flexibility agreement in place immediately before this Agreement started to operate will continue as if it were made under this Agreement.

22. GROUP FLEXIBILITY AGREEMENTS

22.1. Sometimes, within a workgroup, Telstra or employees may want to vary the effects of the terms of this Agreement.

22.2. A workgroup and its manager can agree to change:
a) the days of the week on which ordinary hours of work are performed;
b) the number of ordinary hours worked each day; and/or
c) the span of hours.

22.3. The limits within which the group flexibility agreement will apply are:
a) for the number of ordinary hours per day – up to 10 hours per day;
b) for the span of hours – 7.00am to 7.00pm
except for as provided by the Extended Shift Arrangement Guidelines in Appendix D.

22.4. The agreement must:
a) be in writing;
b) be approved by a majority of employees employed in the workgroup at the time through a formal vote of the employees;
c) be notified to the State office of the relevant Telstra Union at least 14 days before the arrangement starts (and the union will not unreasonably oppose the agreement); and
d) ensure that the employees are not disadvantaged in relation to their entitlements under this Agreement.

22.5. Either Telstra or the employees in the workgroup (by majority vote) can end the agreement by giving the other person at least 14 days’ written notice. If this happens, there will be no financial consequence (for example, no shift closure payments).

22.6. A group flexibility agreement overrides the effect of other terms of this Agreement to the extent of any inconsistency, with the exception of the Extended Shift Arrangement Guidelines referred to in clause 15.4(g), where applicable.

22.7. Any group flexibility agreements in place immediately before this Agreement started to operate will continue as if they were made under this Agreement.

22.8. If you agree under a group flexibility agreement to change the days of the week on which you perform your ordinary hours to a Saturday or Sunday, Telstra will pay you an additional payment of 50% for ordinary hours on a Saturday and an additional payment of 100% for ordinary hours on a Sunday. No overtime or penalty rates will apply to these hours.

SECTION 6 CONSULTATION, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND UNION MATTERS

23. CONSULTATION

23.1. The telecommunications and information services industry is highly competitive and constantly changing. Telstra remains committed to providing secure employment but must also ensure that the business remains profitable and is managed in the interests of Telstra and employees.

23.2. Some business decisions will impact on employees’ work and personal life. Telstra will try and minimise this impact as much as possible and the consultation arrangements in this Agreement will assist with this. Employees may have a representative of their choice, including a union, during consultation.

23.3. Consultation principle
Employee consultation means involving employees and their chosen representatives in the decision making process by seeking their views in relation to changes that fall within these consultation provisions and giving them a bona fide opportunity to influence the decision maker.

23.4. Consultation about major change
a) If Telstra makes an initial decision to introduce major changes which have a demonstrable impact on employees Telstra will consult with employees who may be affected and their union(s) as early as practicable.
b) Examples of situations where Telstra will consult include:
i) the introduction of significant new technology which has an impact on the way work is done;
ii) significant outsourcing proposals, including offshoring of work;
iii) major change to the composition, operation or size of Telstra’s workforce;
iv) a proposal that is likely to result in 15 or more redundancies;
v) where a proposal would significantly diminish job opportunities;
vi) changes to Telstra policy that have a demonstrable effect on employment conditions;
vii) significant need to retrain employees;
viii) the relocation of a group of employees more than 10km from their current workplace;
ix) significant local proposals which may have a demonstrable effect on employees, e.g. significant changes to duties, significant changes to shift patterns for a workgroup etc;
x) where a proposal would result in employees moving within the Telstra Group in accordance with clause 47.
c) Telstra will consult about:
i) the introduction of the major change;
ii) the effect the major change is likely to have; and
iii) the measures that Telstra will take to avoid or reduce the adverse effects of the major change to employees.
d) Prior to making a final decision, Telstra will consider any matters raised by employees and their unions about a major change and give reasons for Telstra’s final decision.

23.5. Consultation about changes to employees’ regular roster or ordinary hours of work
Where Telstra decides to change an employee’s or group of employees’ regular roster or ordinary hours of work, Telstra will consult with affected employees and any representative that they nominate and will:
a) provide information about the change (but not confidential or commercially sensitive information);
b) invite the employees to give their views about the impact of the change; and
c) genuinely consider any feedback given about the change.
The requirement to consult under this clause does not apply to employees with irregular, sporadic or unpredictable working hours.

23.6. Consultation about avoiding/reducing the effects of redundancies
Where a job is redundant Telstra will give the unions entitled to represent the employee the opportunity to consult with Telstra about the measures being taken to avoid or reduce the adverse effects of the redundancy. The consultation will not affect or delay the Redundancy, Placement Period and Retrenchment processes set out in Sections 8, 9 and 10.

23.7. Consultation about performance principles
a) Telstra will consult with the unions covered by this Agreement quarterly (or otherwise as agreed) about how the following matters apply to employees:
i) Telstra’s performance management principles and practices;
ii) performance pay arrangements (including the annual remuneration review);
iii) other relevant matters about performance principles;
b) Telstra will consider and respond to the issues that unions raise during the meetings.
c) This consultation obligation will be about organisational level performance principles and practices only, not individual performance management or pay issues.
d) As part of this consultation, Telstra will meet with the unions to discuss Telstra’s overall performance and the distribution of pay increases for Job Family Employees at an organisational level. Telstra will consult with the unions about the pay increase distribution matrix and will, following consultation, publish the matrix on the intranet.

24. EMPLOYEE SUPPORT, WORKPLACE DELEGATES AND UNION TRAINING

24.1. Union membership is a matter of choice. Telstra respects freedom of choice and an employee’s choice to join or not join a union.

24.2. Telstra recognises that employees are entitled to be supported by their union, or any other representative of their choice, in relation to matters affecting their employment.

24.3. Telstra acknowledges and respects the role played by workplace delegates accredited by a union covered by this Agreement in representing and supporting union members.

24.4. Workplace delegates, when acting on behalf of the union, have the right to be treated fairly and to perform their role as a workplace delegate without any discrimination in their employment.

24.5. Telstra agrees that workplace delegates can:
a) have access to reasonable facilities during working time, including phone, email and meeting rooms, to consult with members or the union;
b) represent members at Telstra/union consultation meetings or at union forums.

24.6. Unions and workplace delegates recognise the importance of customer service in the success of Telstra and will ensure that their activities do not impact on the efficient operation of Telstra.

24.7. Telstra and the unions will comply with the terms of the Fair Work Act 2009 regarding right of entry.

24.8. Workplace delegates will be able to attend formal training courses on workplace relations during work time.

24.9. Release from duties to attend the course will be arranged to minimise any adverse impact on Telstra’s operational requirements.

24.10. A workplace delegate must give Telstra at least 6 weeks’ notice, or less by agreement, of the intention to attend the training course, and will provide Telstra with details of course content and duration. Workplace delegates across the Telstra unions can access a pool of 260 days, each calendar year.

24.11. A workplace delegate attending a course will be paid all ordinary time earnings which are normally payable during the release period.

24.12. Telstra will permit access to or the erection of notice boards to facilitate communication between employee’s and union representatives.

25. HOW DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED

25.1. Telstra aims to provide a productive, safe and non discriminatory environment for its employees. This environment should be characterised by co-operation, mutual respect and open communication between employees and managers.

25.2. The Parties want to avoid disputes about things covered in this Agreement, or about the National Employment Standards. But if disputes occur, this is how they must be resolved.

25.3. You may be assisted by your union or another representative of your choice at any step in this process.

25.4. Step 1
Talk to your manager about the issue in dispute as soon as you can and ask him/her to resolve it. Your manager must try to resolve the dispute within 5 working days of you first asking for it to be resolved.

25.5. Step 2
If that doesn’t resolve the dispute, ask your manager’s manager (your 2-up manager) to resolve the dispute. You or your union/representative must do this within 5 working days (or such time as is reasonable in the individual circumstances) of your manager being unable to resolve the dispute. Your 2-up manager must try to resolve the dispute within 5 working days and may seek assistance from a more senior manager if required.

25.6. Step 3
a) If the dispute still hasn’t been resolved, ask the Executive of Transformation and People for your Function and the Executive – Employee Relations in Transformation and People to resolve the dispute. You or your union/representative must do this within 5 working days (or such time as is reasonable in the individual circumstances) of your 2-up manager being unable to resolve the dispute. HR must try to resolve the dispute within 5 working days.
b) While steps 1 to 3 are being followed:
i) you must work normally; and
ii) Telstra must not implement anything that is in dispute.

25.7. Step 4
If the dispute still hasn’t been resolved, you or your union/representative or Telstra may refer the dispute to the Fair Work Commission for conciliation. The Fair Work Commission’s role is limited to providing assistance in an attempt to resolve, if possible, the dispute.

25.8. Step 5
If conciliation does not resolve the dispute you or your union/representative or Telstra may ask the Fair Work Commission to arbitrate the dispute and the Fair Work Commission must do so.

25.9. Other rules applying to disputes
a) To avoid doubt, this process:
i) does not prejudice the position of a party in a genuine health and safety situation; and
ii) applies to disputes over whether Telstra has reasonable business grounds to refuse a request under the National Employment Standards for flexible working arrangements or a request under the National Employment Standards for extended parental leave.
b) While steps 4 and 5 are being followed, Telstra may implement anything that is in dispute. However, if Telstra does, it is not intended to influence the outcome of steps 4 and 5 in any way.
c) You, your union/representative (if you have one) and Telstra must follow each step and not skip any, regardless of the nature of the dispute.
d) You, your union/representative (if you have one) and Telstra must also follow all of the time limits in this dispute resolution process. This is because it is in everyone’s interests that disputes are resolved quickly.
e) Occasionally, there may be a good reason why it is not possible to follow all of the steps or time limits.
Accordingly:
i) the steps and time limits can be waived if you and Executive - Employee Relations, in each case acting reasonably, agree to this, and
ii) you can go straight to step 3 in the case of urgent disputes where the matter in dispute is due to be implemented in the time taken to undertake steps 1 and 2 (i.e, a decision that is due to be finally implemented in the next 15 working days).
f) Where a dispute concerns work which is subject to a procurement code or guidelines, any decision under Step 5 will observe the requirements of the applicable code or guidelines, as in force from time to time.

SECTION 7 LEAVE AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS

The Agreement offers a range of leave benefits, from annual leave, personal leave and parental leave through to study leave, volunteer leave and emergency leave.

Other than long service leave, this section does not apply to casual employees (see Section 3).

Some of the detail about leave entitlements is set out in Telstra policy, which you can find on the intranet. However, your entitlements and some important points about them are set out below.

26. HOW TELSTRA CALCULATES LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS

26.1. The entitlements set out in this Section are for full-time employees working standard hours, unless otherwise stated.

26.2. If you work part-time you get a reduced entitlement based on the hours you actually work.

26.3. If you don’t work standard hours, you get leave equivalent to a full-time employee (or part-time employee, if you work part-time), but in most cases calculated on an hourly basis. By way of example, if you work an average 36¾ hour week but work a 9-day fortnight you would get 147 hours of annual leave (which is 4 weeks x 36¾ hours) and 110¼ hours personal leave (which is the equivalent of 15 days x 7.35hrs).

26.4. Section 14 explains how Telstra calculates your pay for the purposes of paying your leave entitlements.

27. ANNUAL LEAVE

27.1. Your entitlement

a) You get 4 weeks of paid annual leave each year. Your leave accrues progressively throughout the year, is credited to you monthly and is cumulative.
b) If you are a continuous shiftworker, you may get up to 1 additional week (7 consecutive days including non- working days) of paid annual leave each year. You will be entitled to the additional week after working 10 Sundays in any calendar year. If you work fewer than 10 Sundays, you will be given a pro rata entitlement of ½ day for each Sunday worked. If you work overtime on a Sunday, it will count towards your leave entitlement so long as your overtime period is at least as long as the normal rostered shift.

27.2. Taking annual leave

a) You must agree with your manager when you will take annual leave. Your manager will act reasonably when trying to accommodate requests, having regard to Telstra’s business requirements.
b) Telstra may direct you to take leave if it’s reasonable to do so. Examples of when Telstra might do this include:
i) if Telstra is shutting down all or part of the business for a period, such as over Christmas or New Year;
ii) if you have accrued more than 6 weeks of annual leave (7 weeks for continuous shift workers) – though Telstra won’t leave you with less than 4 weeks of accrued annual leave if Telstra does this (or 5 weeks if you are a continuous shift worker).
c) If you are on annual leave and you need to take some other form of leave (for example, personal leave), Telstra will re-credit your annual leave if the other form of leave is approved.

27.3. Cashing out your annual leave

You can choose to cash out an amount(s) of annual leave so long as you still have at least 4 weeks of accrued annual leave left. You and Telstra must agree to this in writing each time. You will be paid the full amount that you would have been paid if you had taken that annual leave. You can find more details in the relevant Telstra policy.

28. BUYING EXTRA LEAVE

Once a year (usually in August/September), you can apply to buy extra leave. If your application to buy extra leave is approved, you salary sacrifice some of your pay in return for the extra leave. You cannot buy extra leave if you have an accrued annual leave balance of more than 5 weeks or an accrued long service leave balance of more than 2 months. You can find more details about buying extra leave in the relevant Telstra policy.

29. PERSONAL LEAVE

29.1. Your entitlement

a) You get 15 days of paid personal leave each year, which Telstra credits you with at the start of each leave year and which is cumulative. You will only be credited with a portion of this if you are engaged on a fixed term basis for less than 12 months.
b) You can use this leave:
i) if you are sick or injured; or
ii) to care for a member of your immediate family or household who is sick or injured or where they are the subject of an unexpected emergency.

29.2. Taking personal leave

a) You must provide your manager with medical evidence:
i) if your personal leave is more than 3 consecutive work days; or
ii) if you have already taken more than 5 personal leave days during the leave year without providing evidence.
b) Telstra usually won’t ask you to provide medical evidence for the first 5 days of paid personal leave each year.
However, Telstra reserves the right to ask for medical evidence within one day of your return to work if your manager has a reasonable concern that you may not be entitled to take personal leave. If so and you are not able to provide medical evidence, Telstra will accept a statutory declaration that explains the reason you were unable to attend work.

30. FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVE

30.1. Telstra recognises the negative impacts that family and domestic violence can cause in the broader community and the workplace.

30.2. Telstra supports efforts to reduce the impact of family and domestic violence and will provide employees experiencing the effects of family and domestic violence with up to 10 days paid leave per calendar year to attend medical appointments, counselling, legal proceedings, relocation activity and/or any other activities related to the effects of family and domestic violence.

30.3. If you are supporting an immediate family member or a member of your household experiencing the effects of family and domestic violence you may apply for carer’s leave.

30.4. Full details of Telstra’s Family and Domestic Violence leave provisions can be found in Telstra’s Family and Domestic Violence Support Policy.

31. BEREAVEMENT/COMPASSIONATE LEAVE

31.1. Your entitlement

You can take 3 days of paid bereavement/compassionate leave on each occasion you need it:
a) to spend time with a member of your immediate family or household who has sustained an injury or contracted or developed an illness that poses a serious risk to their life;
b) after the death of a member of your immediate family or household.

31.2. Taking bereavement/compassionate leave

You must provide Telstra with evidence that you need to take bereavement/compassionate leave if Telstra asks for it.

32. PARENTAL LEAVE

32.1. Your entitlement

a) The following table summarises what parental leave you can access:

You are.... 
      How long must you have been employed by Telstra? 
             How much leave do you get? 

A parent, and have or will have caring responsibilities for your eligible 
child (or in the case of the birth mother, where a pregnancy ends less than 
28 weeks before the expected date of birth of the child) 
      A continuous service of 12 months or more 
             You can access up to 16 weeks paid leave within 12 months of 
             birth or placement of an eligible child. 

A parent, and have or will have caring responsibilities for your eligible child 
      No minimum period 
             You may access up to 12 months unpaid leave (inclusive of any 
             paid parental leave). 
             You may also request an additional 12 months unpaid leave anytime 
             if it is taken within the first 24 months after your child arrives. 
b) All parents (including birth mothers) can choose to take double the period of paid leave and receive half-pay during this period.
c) You can take accrued annual leave or long service leave during any period of unpaid parental leave.
d) If a public holiday falls during your parental leave:
i) Telstra will pay you for the public holiday if it occurs during a period of paid parental leave; and
ii) you will not be entitled to any additional parental leave in place of the public holiday.
e) Telstra will maintain superannuation contributions under clause 9 while you are on the paid parental leave component outlined in clause 32.1 a).
f) Where a parent elects to take double the period of leave and receive half-pay, superannuation contributions will also be received at half-pay for the period the parent receives paid parental leave.
g) More detail on your parental leave entitlement is set out in Telstra policy.

32.2. Taking parental leave

You should refer to Telstra policy to find out how to take parental leave.

33. LONG SERVICE LEAVE

33.1. You get 3 months of long service leave after 10 years of service, and a further 9 calendar days for each additional year of service.

33.2. Further details of your long service leave entitlement are set out in Telstra policy and in the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976. This Act:
a) will apply to you until this Agreement is terminated or replaced; and
b) overrides any entitlements to long service leave under State or Territory laws.

33.3. While the Agreement is in operation, and subject to legislative requirements, Telstra will not modify the provisions in Telstra policy that set out the circumstances in which Telstra may require an employee to take long service leave.

34. COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAVE

You can take a number of different types of community service leave to undertake an eligible community service activity, including jury service and some voluntary emergency management activities. You should refer to Telstra policies to find out how to take community service leave and in what circumstances it is paid.

35. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

35.1. Telstra will observe as public holidays: New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, ANZAC Day, Queen’s Birthday (on whichever day your State or Territory celebrates it), Labour Day or Eight Hour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day (or Proclamation Day in SA); any other day or part-day declared or prescribed as a public holiday.

35.2. Where you live and work in a different State, Territory or locality, you will be entitled to the public holidays in the State, Territory or locality where you usually work.

35.3. Public holiday conditions will apply on these days or part-days. If you work in South Australia, you will not be entitled to public holiday conditions on Sundays unless the Sunday is one of the public holidays listed above.

35.4. If you work (not live) in a place in which a public holiday has been declared or prescribed, you can have the day or part-day off and be paid; or, if you are required to work, you will receive the prescribed penalty or overtime rates where you are eligible.

35.5. You will usually be entitled to a paid day or part-day off on days or part days declared as public holidays. However, Telstra may ask you to work so long as the request is reasonable. You can refuse to work if Telstra’s request is not reasonable or if you have reasonable grounds to refuse to work. Some of the things that Telstra will take into account when considering what’s reasonable will include:
a) what work the employee does;
b) Telstra’s business requirements;
c) the employee’s personal circumstances, including any family or carer responsibilities; and
d) how much notice Telstra gives you.

35.6. Public holidays for employees on particular hours arrangements
a) If you work full-time under one of the following arrangements:
i) a scheduled hours arrangement;
ii) a shiftwork arrangement;
iii) the Flexible Working Hours Scheme; or
iv) a 9-day fortnight; and
a public holiday falls on a day when you could have been scheduled to work ordinary hours but were not scheduled to work, you will receive either:
v) an additional day’s pay, or
vi) a day off in lieu to be taken within 4 weeks of the public holiday.
b) If this day off in lieu is not possible, Telstra will pay you an additional day’s pay.
c) The calculation of an additional day’s pay will be based on your average daily hours excluding penalties.
Payment will be adjusted proportionately where only part of your ordinary hours fall on a public holiday.
d) If you ordinarily work between Monday and Friday only, public holidays that fall on Saturdays or Sundays are excluded.

35.7. Public holidays for Retail employees Refer to Section 11 of this Agreement.

36. TELSTRA ADDITIONAL DAY

36.1. You are entitled to take an additional paid day off each calendar year. You can choose the timing of this day, subject to your manager’s approval and taking business and customer requirements into account. If you do not take this day within the calendar year, you lose it and it will not accrue.

36.2. If you have not taken your Telstra Additional Day by 1 October of the calendar year due to business requirements, then you may, with reasonable notice, choose a date to take this leave until the end of the calendar year. Telstra will approve this date, subject to operational requirements. Where your chosen date cannot be accommodated, Telstra will allow you to take an alternative date before the end of the calendar year.

SECTION 8 REDUNDANCY

37. SOME OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES

37.1. Shared objectives about redundancy

The following principles reflect the objectives of Telstra about Redundancy, the Placement Period and Retrenchment:
a) Telstra may appoint an employee to perform another suitable role at any time prior to their employment ending in order to avoid the employee being retrenched;
b) where retrenchments occur, the separation process will be fair and based on respect for the individual;
c) while Telstra recognises that employment security cannot be guaranteed, our objective is to provide access to job opportunities and reasonable retraining for employees within Telstra, where the roles they perform are unlikely to be required on an ongoing basis;
d) Telstra will consider voluntary measures (such as requests for voluntary redundancies and voluntary swaps) in order to mitigate the effect of redundancies;
e) Telstra retains discretion about who is selected for retrenchment or appointed to another role, and will take into account various factors, including but not limited to the following:
i) business requirements;
ii) your skills and experience;
iii) your likely ability to meet the requirements of any new role;
iv) your preferences and career aspirations; and
v) the location of any new role;
f) Telstra will consult with you and the Telstra Unions about redundancies as described in Section 6.

37.2. When is my job redundant?

Your job may be redundant if:
a) for operational, economic, technical or structural reasons, Telstra’s requirement for work of a particular kind has ceased or significantly reduced, or
b) Telstra has decided that it will no longer carry out the function associated with your job or will no longer carry it out at your location.

37.3. Support that Telstra offers

a) Telstra understands the importance of proper support where your job is redundant.
b) You can always talk with your manager or Human Resources about your redundancy. In addition, you can contact Telstra’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP), details of which are on the intranet.

38. VOLUNTARY REDUNDANCIES

38.1. Telstra may call for applications for voluntary redundancy at any time, including during consultation about major change as outlined in Section 6.

38.2. If Telstra calls for voluntary redundancies, Telstra may consider, but does not have to accept any applications.

38.3. Telstra will tell you the period of time in which you may apply for voluntary redundancy.

38.4. You must tell Telstra if you want to apply for voluntary redundancy no later than the time indicated by Telstra.

38.5. Where major change consultation is required, Telstra will not advise on the outcomes of voluntary redundancy applications until after a final decision has been made.

38.6. If Telstra accepts your application for a voluntary redundancy, you may participate in the Placement Period in accordance with 46.2 (a).

39. INDIVIDUAL REDUNDANCY

If your job is redundant Telstra will tell you and the Telstra Union entitled to represent you about the decision to make your job redundant, the reasons for it and when you are likely to commence the Placement Period. Telstra will do this as soon as practicable after making the decision.

40. GROUP REDUNDANCY

40.1. Sometimes Telstra may need to reduce the number of employees in a group who are performing the same job.

40.2. If Telstra needs to do this, Telstra will tell the employees in the group and the Telstra Union entitled to represent those employees and explain the reasons for the reduction. Telstra will do this as soon as practicable after making the decision and before any retrenchments happen.

40.3. Selection process

a) This process applies for selections for group redundancies other than where clause 47 applies.
b) Telstra will ask for applications from volunteers within the group and consider any applications before selection is completed.
c) Telstra will fairly and objectively rank employees in the group, using merit-based criteria. Telstra will not consider anything, other than your ranking, when deciding who will be selected for redundancy.
d) Telstra will tell you if you have been selected. This will generally happen no later than 21 calendar days after you were originally told that a reduction in roles is required.
e) If your role is redundant you will commence the Placement Period set out in Section 9, unless Telstra accepts your application for a voluntary redundancy. In these cases, clause 46.2(a) will apply.

40.4. Selection process where clause 47 applies

a) If in accordance with clause 47.1, role(s), duties, or functions are transferring in part to a Subsidiary of Telstra, then Telstra will ask for applications from volunteers within the group who wish to receive a Suitable Offer from the Subsidiary.
b) In circumstances where there are fewer than the required, or the right number of, volunteers for the transfer, Telstra will only refuse an application on reasonable business grounds.
c) If there are more volunteers than required, Telstra will then select amongst the group of volunteers based on the skills and experience required to perform the transferring work.
d) If there are no volunteers or fewer than the required number of voluntary applications received or accepted by Telstra, then Telstra will select the remaining employees who will transfer based on the skills and experience required to perform the transferring work.
e) If there is also a requirement to reduce the roles that remain at Telstra, Telstra will then facilitate a Group Redundancy amongst remaining employees in accordance with 40.3.

41. SITE FUNCTION CLOSURE

41.1. Sometimes Telstra may need to close a site function and make the roles of all employees at that site redundant.

41.2. If Telstra needs to do this, Telstra will tell the employees working in the site function and the Telstra Union entitled to represent those employees about the redundancies, the reasons for them, who is likely to be affected and when the Placement Period is likely to commence. Telstra will do this at least 6 weeks before the site function closes.

42. WHAT HAPPENS IF TELSTRA DECIDES YOUR ROLE IS REDUNDANT?

42.1. If Telstra tells you that your role is redundant or has accepted your application for voluntary redundancy, Telstra will then advise you when the Placement Period is likely to commence and its expected end date.

42.2. In some instances, if you have been told that your role has been selected for redundancy or your application for voluntary redundancy has been accepted, you may not commence the Placement Period straight away. However, in the meantime, you will be encouraged to apply for roles within Telstra and Telstra will also seek to identify suitable roles into which you may be appointed by Telstra.

42.3. If you have been told that your role has been selected for redundancy, you can lodge an appeal against your redundancy within 9 calendar days, unless your redundancy is because of a site function closure (see clause 43 “Appeals” below).

43. APPEALS

43.1. If you are selected for redundancy, including in accordance with 40.4, you may appeal your selection unless your redundancy arises because of a site function closure.

43.2. You must lodge an appeal within 9 calendar days of being notified of your selection, setting out why you are appealing your selection. Telstra will only consider reasons set out in your appeal.

43.3. Telstra will review your appeal and give you an opportunity to have your say. How and when this occurs is up to Telstra (acting reasonably) and Telstra will not delay the appeal process if you fail to take up a reasonable opportunity to have your say.

43.4. The person dealing with the appeal must:
a) not have been involved in the original decision;
b) make a decision within 10 business days of you lodging your appeal; and
c) tell you what that decision is.

43.5. The decision will be either to confirm your selection or to set the selection aside. If it is set aside, your case will be sent back to the manager who selected you for redundancy to determine their decision again following any recommendations that are made.

43.6. During the appeal process:
a) Telstra will not retrench you; and
b) you must still participate in the Placement Period if it has commenced.

43.7. If you wish to dispute an appeal decision, you may use the dispute resolution process (see Section 6) which will start at Step 4.

43.8. This clause does not apply to a decision by Telstra to appoint you to another suitable role.

44. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

This Section applies to redundancies notified after this Agreement commences. Redundancies notified prior to the commencement of this Agreement will continue to be dealt with under the provisions that previously applied.

SECTION 9 PLACEMENT PERIOD

45. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

While Telstra recognises that employment security cannot be guaranteed, our objective is to provide access to suitable job opportunities and reasonable retraining for employees within Telstra, where the roles they perform are unlikely to be required on an ongoing basis.

46. PLACEMENT PERIOD

46.1. During the Placement Period, Telstra may appoint you to a suitable role in accordance with clause 12 or assist you to try to find another job at Telstra or, if that is not possible, assist you to prepare for a career transition.

46.2. You must participate in the Placement Period for at least 4 weeks or, if it is a site function closure, for 6 weeks, unless:
a) your role is selected for redundancy via voluntary measures. In this case you may, but will not be required to, participate in the Placement Period; or
b) Telstra, at its discretion, allows you to leave before the end of the Placement Period. Telstra will usually only allow this if it is satisfied that there are unlikely to be any suitable available roles for you or if there are other special circumstances.

46.3. Where clause 46.2(a) or (b) applies, you will be retrenched and be paid your retrenchment benefit under clause 49.3.

46.4. During the Placement Period, Telstra will offer transition services that may include assistance with: finding another job within or outside Telstra, preparing job applications and interview techniques and transitioning to another employer or out of the workforce.

46.5. If your role has been selected for redundancy and you have been redeployed into a suitable role, Telstra will provide reasonable retraining.

46.6. If you are appointed to another suitable role by Telstra, you will not be entitled to a retrenchment benefit under Section 10.

46.7. If a Suitable Offer is made to you in accordance with clause 47, you will not be required to accept or reject the offer until immediately before the end of the Placement Period.

46.8. Except where clause 47 applies, you can ask to extend the Placement Period for up to a further 4 weeks and Telstra, at its discretion, may agree to this. If you are still not appointed to another role at the end of the extended period, you will be retrenched and your retrenchment benefit under clause 49.3 will be reduced by the Fixed Remuneration you received during the period you continued to be employed.

46.9. Telstra may also request to extend the Placement Period. This will only occur with your agreement. Your retrenchment benefit under clause 49.3 will not be reduced in these circumstances.

46.10. If as part of the Placement Period you are appointed to a role for a fixed term and there is no suitable permanent role for you at the end of fixed term, Telstra will consider whether there are any other suitable available roles. If no role is identified, you will be retrenched and remain entitled to retrenchment benefits under clause 49.3 which will be calculated based on at least the rate of pay of your redundant role.

47. MOVING WITHIN THE TELSTRA GROUP

47.1. This clause applies to you if:
a) your job at Telstra is redundant because the role(s), duties or functions (either in whole or in part) performed by you and/or your team or business unit at Telstra are being transferred to a Subsidiary of Telstra; and
b) you are offered the opportunity to move to that Subsidiary during the Placement Period.

47.2. For the purpose of this clause, a Suitable Offer is a written offer of employment with that Subsidiary of Telstra:
a) to perform the same or substantially the same work for the Subsidiary of Telstra that you performed for Telstra; and
b) on terms and conditions substantially similar to, and considered on an overall basis, no less favourable than your terms and conditions of employment with Telstra immediately before the termination of your employment with Telstra; and
c) that recognises your service with Telstra for the purposes of retrenchment benefits, long service leave, annual leave, parental leave and personal leave; and
d) that provides you with no less than 15 days paid personal leave each year (pro-rata for part-time employees); and
e) that provides your ordinary hours of work will be no more than an average of 36¾ hours each week; and
f) that provides that your retrenchment benefits will be calculated:
i) in accordance with the scale in section 10 of this Agreement if your job with the Subsidiary is made redundant and you are retrenched; and
ii) by reference to your Fixed Remuneration at Telstra at the time the offer is made, or the applicable Fixed Remuneration at the time you are retrenched by the Subsidiary, whichever is higher.
g) that defines for redundancy in the same terms as clause 37.2 of this Agreement; and
h) that provides for a Guarantee of Entitlements as set out in Appendix E to this Agreement.

47.3. You will not be entitled to retrenchment benefits under section 10 if:
a) your job at Telstra is redundant as outlined in section 47.1.a); and
b) you accept a Suitable Offer with a Subsidiary of Telstra.

47.4. You will not be entitled to retrenchment benefits under section 10 if:
a) your job at Telstra is redundant as outlined in section 47.1.a); and
b) you do not accept a Suitable Offer with a Subsidiary of Telstra; and
c) at the end of the Placement Period, Telstra notifies you that your employment will end due to redundancy.

47.5. For employees of Telstra who are members of a defined benefits superannuation fund, an offer with a Subsidiary of Telstra is not a Suitable Offer unless it provides for continuing defined benefits superannuation membership.

48. REVIEW PERIOD

48.1. This clause does not apply to you if you move to Subsidiary of Telstra pursuant to clause 47.

48.2. If you have been appointed to a new role during the Placement Period, you can request a review of the suitability of the role after 3 months, and no longer than 4 months, after the date of your appointment to that role (Review Period). The review will only consider whether the role is suitable within the meaning of clause 12.

48.3. During the Review Period, if you and your manager agree that the role that you have been appointed to is not suitable, then you will commence another Placement Period. If you are not appointed to another suitable role during this further Placement Period, you will be retrenched and entitled to retrenchment benefits in accordance with clause 49.3.

48.4. If you and your manager cannot agree on whether the role that you have been appointed to is suitable, then you can request a review under Telstra’s internal resolution process during the Review Period only. You may bring a support person, including from a union, to any interview or meeting you are asked to participate in during this process. The review decision will be either that the role is suitable or not suitable. If the role is not suitable, then you will commence another Placement Period. If you are not appointed to another suitable role during this further Placement Period, you will be retrenched and entitled to retrenchment benefits in accordance with clause 49.3.

48.5. Telstra will not require you to participate in more than two Placement Periods arising out of the redundancy of the one role.

SECTION 10 RETRENCHMENT

49. RETRENCHMENT

49.1. You are retrenched if:

a) you have been notified that your role is redundant in accordance with Section 8;
b) you have not been appointed to a suitable role in accordance with Section 9; and
c) Telstra notifies you that your employment will end due to redundancy.

49.2. If you are retrenched, Telstra will pay you:

a) your retrenchment benefit (see clause 49.3 below);
b) any normal pay since your last pay day;
c) accrued but untaken annual leave; and
d) accrued long service leave (provided you have at least 1 year’s Continuous Service).

49.3. Your retrenchment benefits

a) Your retrenchment benefit will be calculated in accordance with the table below:

Completed years of 
Continuous Service              	Retrenchment Benefit 
Less than 1 year 			4 weeks 
At least 1 year but less than 2 years 	6 weeks 
At least 2 year but less than 3 years 	8 weeks 
At least 3 year but less than 4 years 	12 weeks 
At least 4 year but less than 5 years 	16 weeks 
At least 5 years 			20 weeks plus: 
					an additional 3 weeks for each 
					subsequent completed year of 
					Continuous Service; and 
					a pro rata payment (based on 3 weeks'
					pay for a completed year) for any 
					completed months of Continuous Service
					since your last completed year of 
					Continuous Service 
b) If you:
i) are over 50, and
ii) have completed more than 5 years of Continuous Service,

Telstra will pay you an additional week’s pay for each service date passed after you turned 50 (and a pro rata payment of 1 week for any completed months of Continuous Service since your last completed year of Continuous Service).
c) Telstra will pay a minimum benefit of 4 weeks’ pay and a maximum benefit of 80 weeks’ pay.
d) Your retrenchment benefit is inclusive of any entitlement to pay in lieu of notice of termination, up to 4 weeks.
If you have an entitlement to more than 4 weeks’ notice, Telstra will pay you the amount in excess of 4 weeks.
e) Your retrenchment benefit is in addition to any remuneration earned during your Placement Period, which is generally a minimum of 4 weeks.
f) Section 14 explains how Telstra calculates your pay for the purposes of paying your retrenchment and separation benefits.
g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if you are retrenched, Telstra will pay you at least any minimum payments to which you are entitled under the NES.

49.4. Some special rules for certain types of employees

a) If you work part-time, Telstra will calculate your retrenchment benefit based on the weighted average of your full-time and part-time service, with a minimum of the part-time status as at your final day.
b) If you have been acting in a higher position for a continuous period of at least 12 months immediately before Telstra issued your notice of redundancy, Telstra will calculate your retrenchment benefit based on your pay in the higher position.
c) If you have been paid a shift allowance in half or more of the pay periods in the 12 months immediately before Telstra issued your notice of redundancy, Telstra will include the weekly average shift allowance over this period when calculating your retrenchment benefit.
d) Telstra may, at its discretion, include other allowances in the nature of salary when calculating your retrenchment benefit.

SECTION 11

TELSTRA RETAIL OUTLETS

This Section applies to employees who perform retail work in a Telstra retail outlet. For the avoidance of doubt, it does not apply to employees who perform technical work in a retail outlet if this is not their normal place of work. It replaces provisions elsewhere in this Agreement that deal with the same matters.

50. ORDINARY HOURS OF WORK

50.1. Full-time employees

Your ordinary hours of work will be 73½ hours each fortnight.

50.2. Part-time employees

If you are a part-time employee, you will be scheduled to work less than 73½ hours each fortnight. If you are a part-time employee, you will receive equivalent pay and conditions to a full-time employee on a pro rata basis.

50.3. When Telstra requires you to work

Your ordinary hours of work will be worked between:
a) 7.00 am to 9.00 pm, Monday to Friday
b) 7.00 am to 6.00 pm, Saturday; and
c) 9.00 am to 6.00 pm on Sunday.
The above span of hours will be used for the purposes of calculating overtime in accordance with clause 17.2 or clause 51.3 for casual employees.

51. CASUAL RATES OF PAY

51.1. Telstra only employs casual employees at the level of Retail Employee Level 1, as defined in the General Retail Industry Award 2010.

51.2. If Telstra employs you on a casual basis, you will be paid at least the ordinary hourly rate payable for a full-time Retail Employee Level 1 as defined in the General Retail Industry Award 2010, plus an additional loading, for all ordinary hours worked as follows:

                Ordinary    Evening Work  
                rate        6pm 9pm                                  Public
                            Monday to Friday    Saturday    Sunday   holidays 
From 
Commencement    25%         35%                 45%         100%     175% 
From 
1 March 2020    25%         40%                 50%         100%     175% 
From 
1 October 2020  25%         45%                 50%         100%     175% 
From 
1 March 2021    25%         50%                 50%         100%     175% 

51.3. Additional hours

a) If you work:
i) in excess of 73 ½ ordinary hours per fortnight averaged over the course of the roster cycle;
ii) outside of the span of ordinary hours for each day as outlined in clause 50.3; or
iii) in excess of 10 hours on one day of the week (excluding meal breaks) and in excess of 9 hours on any other day of the week;
b) Telstra will pay you at 175% of the ordinary hourly rate of pay for the first three hours and 225% of the ordinary hourly rate of pay thereafter (inclusive of the casual loading);
c) Telstra will pay you at 225% of the ordinary hourly rate of pay (inclusive of the casual loading) for all additional hours on a Sunday;
d) Telstra will pay you at 275% of the ordinary hourly rate of pay (inclusive of the casual loading) for all additional hours on a public holiday.

51.4. The loadings in clause 51.2 and clause 51.3 are in lieu of the matters set out in clause 13.2(c) and the equivalent provisions in this Section.

52. PENALTY PAYMENTS FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES

52.1. Telstra will pay the following additional payments for all ordinary hours on particular days or at particular times as follows:

Evening work 6pm-9pm 
Monday to Friday 	Saturday 	Sunday 		Public Holiday
25%                     25%             100%            150% 
52.2. These penalties do not apply to casual employees.

53. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

If a public holiday falls on a weekend and a substitute public holiday is declared or gazetted, you will only be paid the additional public holiday payment on the substitute day.

54. MEAL ALLOWANCE

54.1. Telstra will pay you a meal allowance if you are requested to work overtime that:
a) extends beyond your next scheduled meal break (i.e. no greater than 5 hours after your previous break); and
b) you were not notified the previous day or earlier of the requirement to work overtime.

54.2. Payment will be at the rate described in Section 13.

55. SCHEDULING AND ROSTERING

55.1. Telstra will develop a schedule for your ordinary hours in accordance with the Telstra Retail Outlet Scheduling Policy and the following:
a) you may be scheduled up to a maximum of 10 hours per day (excluding meal breaks);
b) you will not be required to work a 10 hour day for more than 3 consecutive days;
c) if you work full-time, Telstra will not schedule you for less than 6 hours each day, unless your store is open for less than 6 hours on a particular day; and
d) Telstra will not use split schedules within the span of ordinary hours.

55.2. When Telstra sets hours of work and rosters, customers’ needs and business requirements will be a significant consideration. However, Telstra will also consider personal circumstances of employees, including family/carer responsibilities and will make sure that outcomes are distributed fairly across the work group.

56. 24 HOUR TRADING

56.1. Where a Telstra retail outlet trades for 24 hours in a day, Telstra may schedule you to work outside the usual span of ordinary hours. Telstra will pay you an additional payment for working hours outside the span of ordinary hours (and in place of overtime rates), as follows:

If you work outside the span on a...  Telstra will pay you…. 
Monday to Friday 		      an additional payment of 30% of your 
				      salary for all hours worked outside 
                                      the span 

Saturday 			      an additional payment of 80% of your 
                                      salary for all hours worked outside 
                                      the span 

Sunday or public holiday (including,  an additional payment of 130% of your 
to avoid doubt, Christmas Day)        salary for all hours worked outside 
                                      the span 
56.2. These additional payments do not apply to casual employees.

57. RELOCATION TO ANOTHER TELSTRA RETAIL OUTLET

57.1. Telstra may permanently or temporarily relocate you to another Telstra retail outlet that is no greater than one hour’s additional travel time (each way) from your place of residence. For the purpose of this clause your travel time will be measured by the actual mode of transport you use.

57.2. If Telstra relocates you to another Telstra retail outlet that is either:
a) outside a 10km radius of your current store; or
b) inside a 10km radius of your current store, but more than one hour’s additional travel time from your current store,

Telstra will pay you a daily allowance (for each day worked) of $20.36.

57.3. Telstra will not pay the allowance if:
a) you are a casual employee;
b) the new location is less than 10km additional travel (each direction) from your place of residence;
c) you work at the new location for more than 3 months (the allowance will stop after the first 3 months); or
d) you worked at the new location within the 3 months prior to the transfer and received the allowance at that time.

58. TEAM MEETINGS

58.1. Telstra may require you to attend team meetings before and/or after your rostered start/finish time, some or all of which may be outside the span of ordinary hours. The requirement to attend team meetings will take into account an employee’s personal circumstances, as well as the business’s operational requirements.

58.2. Telstra will pay you your ordinary rate of pay for attendance at team meetings during the span of ordinary hours and (unless you are an Exempt Employee) overtime for any time outside the span of ordinary hours.

59. RIGHT TO REQUEST CASUAL CONVERSION

59.1. If Telstra employs you as a regular casual employee, you may request that your employment be converted to full-time or part-time employment.

59.2. You are a regular casual employee if, in the preceding period of 12 months before the request, you have worked a pattern of hours on an ongoing basis which, without significant adjustment, you could continue to perform as a full-time employee or part-time employee under the Agreement.

59.3. Conversion to either full-time or part-time will depend on your hours and pattern of work over the preceding 12 months as a regular casual employee:
a) If you worked the equivalent of full-time hours, you may request to have your employment converted to full-time employment; or
b) If you worked less than full-time hours, you may request to have your employment converted to part-time employment.

59.4. Telstra is not obligated to increase the hours of an employee seeking conversion to full-time or part-time employment;

59.5. Any request must be made in writing to your manager.

59.6. If you seek to convert to full-time or part-time employment, Telstra may refuse the request based on reasonable grounds. However, this will only occur after consultation with you.

59.7. Based on facts that are known and reasonably foreseeable, reasonable grounds for refusal may include (but are not limited to) factors such as:
a) you are not a regular casual employee as defined by 59.2
b) it is known or reasonably foreseeable that, within the next 12 months:
i) your role will no longer be required
ii) the hours of work which you are required to perform will be significantly reduced; or
iii) there will be a significant change in the days on and/or times at which your hours of work are required to be performed which cannot be accommodated within the days and/or hours during which you are available to work. 59.8. Where Telstra receives a request to convert in writing, Telstra will provide you with a response in writing within 21 days of the request being made. If your request is refused, this response will outline the reason for refusal.

59.9. If you wish to dispute this decision, you may use the dispute resolution process outlined in Section 6.

59.10. Where it is agreed that your casual employment will be converted to full-time or part-time employment, you and Telstra will discuss and record this in writing. If agreed, the conversion will only take effect from the date referenced in the written agreement.

59.11. Where it is agreed that your casual employment will be converted to full-time or part-time employment, your service from the commencement of continuous regular and systematic casual service will be recognised for service related benefits including Long Service Leave, Parental Leave and the calculation of retrenchment benefits.

59.12. Long Service Leave credits and retrenchment benefits for periods of continuous regular and systematic casual service will be calculated on the same basis as applied to part-time/full-time employees (as applicable).

59.13. Once you have converted to full-time or part-time employment, you may only revert to casual employment with the written agreement of Telstra.

59.14. A casual employee will not be engaged and re-engaged (which includes a refusal to re-engage), or have their hours reduced or varied, in order to avoid any right or obligation under this clause.

SECTION 12 LOG ON ARRANGEMENTS

60. FIELD-BASED EMPLOYEES - TRAVEL TO WORKSITES

60.1. A field based employee in the Customer Field Workstream may be supplied with a Telstra vehicle to enable them to do their job. If an employee is supplied with a Telstra vehicle they will be required to sign a Commuter Use Approval document concerning the vehicle’s use, care and maintenance.

60.2. If an employee currently has a Telstra vehicle under the Part Private Use Arrangement that existed before 1 March 1999, these arrangements continue to apply. Part Private Use is not available to other employees.

Note: An extract of the Operational Vehicles Policy setting out the business rules for Commuter Use Category Vehicle usage will be provided to Fair Work Commission upon lodgement of this Agreement (however does not form part of this Agreement). An employee supplied with a Telstra vehicle is required to commence and cease work at a customer’s premises in accordance with this Section.

60.3. For the purpose of this Section, “work area” means the geographical area in which an employee is normally expected to work. The scope of the work area is determined by the volume of work undertaken by a team member under a team leader. The work area can be described by a number of telephone exchanges. Employees are allocated to a work area and the work area will be the point of reference to calculate any arrangements contemplated in the provisions below about “Transfer to another work area”.

61. START OF DAY PROCEDURES - FIRST JOB RECEIVED ON THE DAY

61.1. These procedures apply where an employee receives their first job of the day by logging on to an automated dispatch terminal, where one is provided, or by other means, e.g. telephone/electronic. The procedures in this clause do not apply to an employee who receives their first job of the day the previous evening.

61.2. Living within their work area:
a) Where an employee lives within their work area they are required to commence to log on no later than 30 minutes before their “on site” start time.
b) After logging on and receiving their first job they will commence travel to their first job. They will travel without unnecessary delay. Where it takes 30 minutes or less for the employee to log on and travel to their first job, they are required to be on site at their start time.
c) The 30 minutes log on and travel time described above does not constitute paid work.

62. START OF DAY PROCEDURES - FIRST JOB RECEIVED THE NIGHT BEFORE

62.1. These procedures apply where an employee receives their first job of the day by an automated dispatch terminal, where one is provided, or by other means, e.g. telephone/electronic, the night before the following working day.

62.2. Living within their work area:
a) Where the employee lives within their work area they are required to travel up to 30 minutes in their own time in order to get on site to commence their first job at their start time.
b) The 30 minutes travel time described above does not constitute paid work.
c) Where travel to the first job will exceed 30 minutes the employee should make arrangements with their supervisor/manager to either:
i) travel any time in excess of 30 minutes in ordinary work time; or
ii) take time off in lieu equivalent to the time in excess of the 30 minutes; or
iii) be paid overtime at the appropriate rate for travel time in excess of 30 minutes.

63. WHERE AN EMPLOYEE LIVES OUTSIDE THEIR WORK AREA

Where an employee lives outside their work area, time spent travelling between their home and the boundary of the work area whether going to or returning from work, will also be deemed as unpaid work in addition to the unpaid 30 minutes travel time described in the start of day procedures above.

64. WHERE AN EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER WORK AREA

Where an employee is required to start work in another work area, they will not be required to travel in their own time for a period greater than that described in clause 63.

65. END OF DAY PROCEDURES

Employees to whom the above provisions apply will be expected to travel for the same time period (unpaid) described above in order to return home at the end of each day. Where travel will exceed this travel time the employee should contact their supervisor/Work Management Centre as necessary due to local circumstances, to seek direction on whether they should leave early or overtime should be worked.

66. TRANSFER TO ANOTHER WORK AREA

In the case of permanent transfer to another work area, the appropriate relocation policy, as varied from time to time, will apply.

67. RETURN OF MOTOR VEHICLES

During any industrial dispute involving employees covered by this Agreement, if so directed, an employee must deliver his/her Telstra provided vehicle to a place nominated by Telstra, and provide the keys of that vehicle to a person nominated by Telstra.

SECTION 13 ALLOWANCES

68. ALL EMPLOYEES

Allowance  You are eligible  You will be paid:  
           if:

Higher     See provision  
duties     below             See provisions below 

Temporary  See Section 4     An allowance of 5% of your pay (see Section 14 for
shift                        how this is calculated), payable on a pro rata
                             basis for the time you are receiving the allowance. 

Height     Telstra requires  Commencement Date-        From 1 October 2020 
allowance  you to work on a  30 September 2020
           tower, mast, guy- Height  Rate per day      Height  Rate per day
           rope or telecom-    15m   $ 7.29              15m   $ 7.43
           munications         45m   $16.63              45m   $16.97
           structure on the    90m   $28.52              90m   $29.09
           external face or   150m   $41.60             150m   $42.53
           parapet of a 
           building, at a 
           height of 15 metres 
           or more for more 
           than 2 hours in a day 

First aid  you are a Telstra  Commencement Date- 
allowance  nominated first    30 September 2020        From 1 October 2020 
           aid officer        $9.74 each week          $9.94 each week
                              Telstra will also pay for your training and 
                              certification to St John's Ambulance Senior 
                              First Aid standard or equivalent

69. HIGHER DUTIES ALLOWANCE

69.1. Eligibility

a) If Telstra requires you to perform work of a higher classified role on a temporary basis (generally not longer than 12 months), you will be eligible to receive a higher duties allowance as follows.
b) If you are a Job Family Employee you must perform some or all of the work of a higher classified role for a period of at least 4 weeks to qualify for a higher duties allowance.
c) If you are a Workstream Employee you must perform some or all of the work of a higher classified role for a period of:
i) one day, if the higher classified role has a minimum salary less than that set out in the table below.
ii) one week, if the higher classified role has a minimum salary of at least the amount set out in the table below or more.

   Commencement Date - 30 September 2020       From 1 October 2020 
   $107,446.34                                 $109,595.26 

69.2. Payment

a) If you are a Job Family Employee, Telstra will determine the amount of the allowance, taking into account the remuneration of your normal job, the remuneration of the higher classified job, and the percentage of tasks of the higher classified role that you will undertake.
b) If you are a Workstream Employee, the amount of the higher duties allowance will be:
i) if you are performing all of the work of the higher classified job, the difference between your Actual Salary and the minimum salary for the higher classified role.
ii) if you are performing some (but not all) of the work of the higher classified job, Telstra will set the amount of the allowance. If the period of performing higher duties extends beyond 12 months, the allowance will be based on the difference between your Actual Salary and the minimum salary for the higher classified job.
iii) Subject to any entitlement you might have under clauses 69.2(b)(i) and 69.2(b)(ii), if you are a Grandfathered Employee, your Actual Salary will be maintained.
c) Telstra will consider re-classifying a role to a higher level where:
i) an employee has performed work at the higher level for a period of at least 12 months, and this is not due to covering periods of extended leave, for example, parental leave, or
ii) an employee is frequently required to work at a higher level.
d) Higher duties allowance is regarded as salary for all intents and purposes other than payment during long service leave and calculation of retrenchment benefits, which will be at ordinary salary where the higher duties allowance has been paid for periods of less than 12 months. Where a higher duties allowance has been paid for periods of at least 12 months, payment during long service leave and calculation of retrenchment benefits would be based on salary including the allowance.

70. WORKSTREAM EMPLOYEES ONLY

If you are a Workstream Employee you may be eligible to receive an allowance in certain circumstances as follows:

Allowance  You are eligible if:         Commencement Date 
                                        - 30 September 2020  From 1 October 2020 

Linguistic Telstra directs you, as part $725.01 each year,   $739.51 each year,
allowance  of your work, to translate   while you are        while you are  
           from one language to another directed to do       directed to do 
           or communicate information   this work            this work
           to, or translate signs made 
           by, a disabled person 

Meal       Telstra requires you to work $18.13 each          $18.49 each  
allowance  overtime that is:            occasion             occasion
           * continuous with ordinary 
           hours and you take an unpaid 
           break (before or after the 
           end of your ordinary hours), 
           or 
           * on Saturday after 2.00pm 
           and you take an unpaid meal 
           break, or 
           * on Sunday or Public Holiday 
           extending beyond an unpaid 
           meal break. 

           You will not be eligible if: 
           * you perform overtime prior 
           to normal work and you are 
           * able to take a paid meal 
           break during normal work, or 
           * you are receiving Travel 
           Cost Allowance. 

Country    * your normal work location  $14.08 each          $14.36 each 
employees  is in the country,           occasion (limit      occasion (limit
meal       * you normally return home   of one payment       of one payment
allowance  for lunch between the hours  per day)             per day)
           of 

           12.00 noon and 2.00pm, are 
           sent away from your usual work
           location without notice prior 
           to leaving home and without 
           an opportunity of returning 
           home to arrange lunch, and 
           * you are not within 6.4kms of 
           your usual work location 
           between these hours 

           Eligibility for a normal meal 
           allowance continues to apply. 

           If you are receiving Travel Cost 
           Allowance you will not be 
           eligible for this allowance. 

SECTION 14 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

71. CALCULATION OF BENEFITS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT

These rules apply to the calculation of salary related benefits under this Agreement (including your retrenchment benefit, superannuation and leave entitlements):
a) All salary related benefits, except retrenchment, will be calculated by reference to your Fixed Remuneration not including Telstra’s superannuation contribution.
b) Retrenchment benefits will be calculated by reference to your Fixed Remuneration including Telstra’s superannuation contribution.

72. EXEMPT EMPLOYEES

72.1. The following groups of employees are exempt from conditions where it is noted throughout this Agreement.

72.2. Workstream Employees

a) Employees who are engaged in the Technical Professional Workstream, Customer Field Workstream or Technical Workstream at Band 9 or above, who are not Technical Specialists.
b) Employees in the Support Workstream or Customer Sales and Service Workstream whose Actual Salary exceeds the following:

   Commencement Date 
   - 30 September 2020                From 1 October 2020 
   $107,446.34                        $109,595.26 

72.3. Job Family Employees

Employees whose Fixed Remuneration exceeds the following:

                                 Commencement Date
                                 - 30 September 2020     From 1 October 2020 
Customer Support (Technical) 
People Manager roles             $ 97,452.57             $ 99,401.62 
Customer Support (Non-Technical) $ 97,452.57             $ 99,401.62 

Professional Technical Services  
Individual Contributor roles     $112,378.70             $114,626.27 
People Manager roles             $ 97,452.57             $ 99,401.62 

Corporate Support Services       $ 97,452.57             $ 99,401.62 
Sales (Office or Field Based)    $ 97,452.57             $ 99,401.62 

73. TELSTRA POLICIES

73.1. The application of this Agreement is supported by Telstra policies. This Agreement prevails over policies to the extent of any inconsistency.

73.2. Whilst Telstra policies are not incorporated as terms of this Agreement, Telstra will consult with employees and unions about any changes to Telstra policy which may have a demonstrable effect on employees’ pay and conditions.

74. ESSENTIAL CUSTOMER SERVICING

74.1. These provisions do not apply to Exempt Employees or employees scheduled under clause 17.4 “Scheduled additional hours worked from home”.

74.2. If you are a Sales (Field Based) Job Family Employee you will be ineligible to receive payment for the allowances referred to in the table below. However, the remainder of the essential customer servicing provisions will apply, unless you are an Exempt Employee.

74.3. Telstra may schedule you to be available to work outside ordinary hours. Your manager will decide whether to schedule you for the purposes of these provisions, having regard to business needs and your ability to be at a worksite (or remotely access a worksite).

74.4. You may be eligible to receive an allowance in certain circumstances if your manager schedules you under these provisions, as follows:

Allowance   You are eligible if:            Commencement Date   From
                                            30 September 2020   1 October 2020 

On          Telstra requires you to remain  $10.23 each night   $10.44 each night 
Call        contactable and available 
            within a reasonable time to     $23.64 each day     $24.11 each day
            return to work                  and night           and night 

Emergent    Telstra requires you to be      $20.46 each night   $20.87 each night 
Call        available and ready to work 
            within 30 minutes               $47.07 each day     $48.01 each day 
                                            and night           and night  

Immediate   Telstra requires you to remain  $8.65 each hour     $8.83 each hour 
Call        at home and be ready for 
            immediate recall to work 
In addition, Telstra will pay you at overtime rates for any time worked. Overtime rates are set out in Section 4. Telstra will not pay you overtime or any allowance if you cannot or do not respond to a call for duty to the required degree of readiness.

74.6. If you perform work at home, the minimum payment will be 1 hour. If you choose to go to a worksite and you could have performed the work at home, Telstra will only pay you as if you had worked at home.

74.7. If you perform work at home for a period which is less than one hour, clause 14.3(c) will not apply. However, Telstra may, at its discretion, decide that you are not required to work a period of ordinary hours, without loss of pay, provided this period isn’t longer than the number of hours of work performed, and does not extend into a second ordinary hours period of work.

74.8. If Telstra requires you to go to a worksite or a customer’s premises, you will be paid for actual hours worked including travel time. If you are a Workstream Employee this will be subject to a minimum payment of 3 hours.
In this case, if you are required to attend more than once, the minimum overtime payment will (subject to the minimum payment) not exceed the overtime payment that you would have received had you remained on duty for the entire time. This does not apply to work covered by the emergency work provisions below.

74.9. If you are a Workstream Employee, when overtime attendance not continuous with ordinary work involves work both before and after midnight, the minimum payment for the whole of the attendance will be at least equal to the minimum payment applicable to one day. Where a higher overtime rate applies on one of the days, the minimum payment will be calculated at the higher rate.

75. EXCESS TRAVEL TIME

75.1. These provisions do not apply if you are a Job Family Employee or an Exempt Employee.

75.2. Eligibility


a) You are eligible for excess travel time payment in accordance with these provisions if:
i) you work in a part of the business where log on and travel arrangements do not apply, and
ii) you are required to travel or work away from your normal designated day by day location, and
iii) you are not able to travel within your ordinary hours of work, and
iv) the time in excess of your usual hours of work and your normal travelling time to and from your normal place of work or designated location is more than:
A) 30 minutes in any day; or
B) 2½ hours in any fortnightly pay period.
b) In these circumstances, calculation of excess travel time payment is calculated by subtracting the travelling time to the usual work location from travelling time to the temporary work location.
c) Payment will not be made for more than 5 hours in any one day.
d) Calculation of travelling time will be based on the type of transport chosen and used by the employee. This mode should be the most effective means, with consideration given to the excess travel time and cost incurred.
e) The eligibility rules for excess travel time at a temporary location are set out in Telstra policy.

75.3. Payment

Telstra will pay you at your normal ordinary hours pay rate from Monday to Saturday and at 150% of that rate on Sundays and public holidays.

76. EMERGENCY WORK

76.1. Telstra may require an employee to perform work beyond their ordinary hours in emergency situations. However, this clause does not apply if Telstra provides you with notice during ordinary work hours that it requires you to work additional hours.

76.2. If Telstra does not provide notice of the requirement to perform emergency work to the employee during ordinary work hours, Telstra will pay employees at the rate of 200%, or on a public holiday at the rate of 300%. These rates are the total rates of pay for emergency work and apply in place of normal ordinary hours, overtime and/or public holiday rates. For this purpose, work includes necessary travel time to and from work. A minimum payment of 3 hours will apply for Workstream Employees.

76.3. If you perform work at home, the minimum payment will be 1 hour for Workstream Employees. If you choose to go to a worksite and you could have performed the work at home, Telstra will only pay you as if you had worked at home.

76.4. Emergency work does not apply where Telstra changes the time when you start your ordinary hours work to meet an emergency.

76.5. Clause 14.3(c) does not apply unless you work more than 3 hours under this clause. However, Telstra may, at its discretion, decide that an employee who has performed work under this clause is not required to work a period of ordinary hours, without loss of pay, provided this period isn’t longer than the number of hours of emergency work performed, and does not extend into a second ordinary hours period of work.

77. WORKING IN REMOTE LOCALITIES

Working in remote localities will continue to be governed by Telstra policy. However, Telstra agrees that these arrangements will be no less generous than those in the Telstra Award 2015.

78. WORKING AT SEA

Schedule D of the Telstra Enterprise Agreement 2010-2012 is incorporated as a term of this Agreement.

79. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

79.1. You may apply to the Registered Training Organisation nominated by Telstra for recognition of prior learning for a qualification or competency listed on the scope of its registration. Telstra will give you reasonable assistance to gain the recognition you are entitled to based on your prior learning with Telstra.

79.2. If you are retrenched, this assistance may extend beyond your date of retrenchment to ensure a reasonable period has been provided to attain appropriate recognition.

SECTION 15 DICTIONARY

The Dictionary sets out the meanings of certain words or phrases used in this Agreement. You can identify a word or phrase that has a dictionary definition as it will be in italics.

Word/phrase
Meaning

Actual Salary
The salary you actually receive. For employees who receive a Grandfathered Allowance it includes that allowance.

Agreement
Telstra Enterprise Agreement 2019-2021

As and when they become due and payable
For the purposes of Appendix E, as and when they become due and payable as referred to in 95A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) means within 21 days of termination of the employee’s employment.

AWA
Australian Workplace Agreement. AWAs are individual employment agreements that Telstra entered into with various employees prior to 28 March 2008.

Band
Where it relates to Workstream Employees, Band refers to the level of a job within the relevant Workstream.
Where it relates to Job Family Employees, Band refers to the level that the job is classified in accordance with Telstra’s classification system and Telstra Policy for Job Family Employees. The highest classification level covered by this Agreement is Band 2 whilst the entry classification level is Band 4ii. The system is based on the Hay system of job evaluation.

Commencement Date
The Commencement Date is 7 days after the Fair Work Commission approves the Agreement.

Continuous Service
Continuous Service has the meaning given to it in Part 1-2 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

Continuous shiftworker
An employee who:
• • is a 7 day shiftworker, and
• • is rostered to and regularly works shift on Sundays and public holidays.

Core Jobs
Job descriptions that underpin the classification of Workstream jobs. These have been graded and placed into Bands by the Telstra Job Evaluation and Classification System using agreed job descriptions. Core Jobs align particular job duties with Bands for the life of this Agreement, are subject to a review (see Appendix C), and guide evaluators in determining the appropriate Band for new or substantially altered jobs.

Corporate Support Services
Jobs in this family are predominantly occupied in the delivery and administration of a broad range of human resources, public relations, accounting, marketing, procurement, administration and other professional and semi-professional services to ensure the related strategies, programs, processes in the business are aligned to corporate goals.

Customer Field Workstream (CFW)
Employees engaged in Customer Access Network (CAN) construction and/or in the end to end installation, operation, maintenance and repair of all services for customers and/or in the supervision and/or direct operational support of such employees and the testers in the service assurance call centres.

Customer Sales and Service Workstream (CSSW)
Employees engaged principally in: the sale of products and services; managing of enquiries for Telstra customers; fault reporting – who are not covered in the Customer Field Workstream or Technical Workstream; telesales; billing and credit management; and the direct supervision and direct support of employees employed in these functions.

Customer Support (Non-Technical)
Jobs in this family are predominantly occupied in managing or undertaking customer enquiries typically relating to billing, scheduling of network faults, provisioning/order management, credit management, complaints management or directly in support of the field workforce.

Customer Support (Technical)
Jobs in this family include managing or undertaking activities such as network construction, maintenance, operation, performance monitoring and equipment installation into the network or customer premises. Jobs also include fault identification, isolation, testing and/or repair, basic de- sign within existing infrastructure, product support and advice to other employees that is of a technical nature.
Employees are expected to apply practical skills and knowledge to the technical aspects of Telecommunication and Information Technology. The work is focused, either directly or in coaching others, on applying practical technical know-how and judgement within a specific discipline or area of technical work to undertake job tasks.

ECA 2011 increase
A discretionary payment made to ex-ECA Part A employees pursuant to Telstra policy in 2011.

Eligible casual employee
An employee who has at least 12 months of Continuous Service with Telstra and who has a reasonable expectation of further employment with Telstra.

Eligible Child
• A new born child; or
• a child who is stillborn; or
• a child that dies immediately after being born; or
• in the case of adoption:
• • a child under the age of 16 as at the day of placement,
• • who is not (otherwise than because of the adoption) a child of the employee or the employee’s partner (an employee’s spouse or de facto), or;
• • a child with a disability under the age of 18 as at the day of placement.

Exempt Employee
An employee who meets the criteria set out in Section 14, clause 72 of this Agreement.

Fixed Remuneration
A component of remuneration which includes an employee’s base salary, annual leave loading and Telstra’s contribution (or notional contribution) to superannuation, including any Grandfathered allowance and ECA 2011 increase.

Grandfathered Allowance
An annualised allowance which is treated as ordinary time earnings and paid fortnightly.

Grandfathered Employee
An employee who, just before 1 October 2018, subject to the conditions of Appendix C4.2, was in receipt of a Grandfathered Allowance.

Individual Contributor role
Individual contributor roles are those where the majority of duties are of an operational, specialised or technical nature as opposed to managing people.

Insolvent/Insolvency
For the purposes of Appendix E, insolvent or insolvency has the meaning set out in section 95A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

ITEA
Individual Transitional Employment Agreement. ITEAs are individual employment agreements that Telstra entered into with various employees between 28 March 2008 and 31 December 2009.

Job Family Employee
You are a Job Family Employee if you are not a Workstream Employee.

NES
The National Employment Standards as contained in the Fair Work Act 2009, as amended or replaced from time to time.

Parent/s
For the purposes of this Agreement, the concept of parenthood is to be liberally construed encompassing legal parents, same-sex parents, and step-parents.

Parties
Telstra, the Telstra Unions and the employees covered by the Agreement.

People Manager
People manager roles are those which involve duties in the management of employees, which (among other things) would typically involve conducting formal performance reviews, and approving timesheets and leave applications.

Performance Year
The period from 1 July in one year through to 30 June in the next year.

Placement (in relation to parental leave)
The day of placement, in relation to the adoption of an eligible child by an employee, means the earlier of the following days:
• • the day on which the employee first takes custody of the child for the adoption;
• • the day on which the employee starts any travel that is reasonably necessary to take custody of the child for the adoption.
Placement in relation to surrogacy is the date of birth or a date otherwise specified in the court order transferring parentage as part of a surrogacy arrangement.

Professional Technical Services
Jobs in this family are predominantly occupied in the design and delivery of products and networks, working to design and implement new systems, products, network infrastructure or integrating existing systems or products. Incumbents will typically have tertiary technical qualifications or relevant deep technical experience, enabling the application of theoretical principles in solving complex and novel problems.

Remuneration Summary
A document provided separately to an employee from time to time setting out the employee’s remuneration. Your Remuneration Summary does not form part of this Agreement

Sales
Jobs in this family are predominantly occupied in the selling process, in active selling roles or supervising those that are in active selling jobs. These jobs will be remunerated through Fixed Remuneration and commission/incentive payments based on sales/performance.
Field Based: those employees not operating predominantly from a Telstra office based location (i.e. employees will have frequent on location client visits).
Office Based: those employees operating predominantly from a Telstra office based location.

Site Function
Work that is treated by Telstra as a substantial, distinct and discrete activity at a discrete geographical location.

Subsidiary
Has the meaning given by section 46 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), as varied or replaced.

Suitable Offer
Is defined in clause 47.2.

Support Workstream (SW)
Employees engaged in work in Australia that is not in the Technical Workstream, Customer Field Workstream, Technology Professional Workstream or the Customer Sales and Service Workstream.

Technical Workstream (TW)
Employees engaged in applying practical skills and knowledge to the technical aspects of voice, data, video and information technology and those engaged in the direct supervision of these employees. The work is focused on applying, either directly or in coaching others, technical know-how to solve problems around technical practices. It requires a suitable practical background. The exercise of technical judgement is required within a specific discipline or area of technical work.

Technology Professional Workstream (TPW)
Employees engaged in applying theoretical skills and knowledge to voice, data, video and information technologies and related architecture and those engaged in the direct supervision of these employees. The work is focused on applying, either directly or in coaching others, first principles to solve problems of a conceptual or novel nature in relation to the above technologies and architecture. It is characterised by longer term planning horizons. The work is undertaken within higher degrees of autonomy in determining the conceptual approach.

Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited (ABN 33 051 775 556)

Telstra Executive Team
The group of senior managers who are responsible for the strategic leadership of Telstra, holding positions that are classified higher than Band 1.

Telstra Job Evaluation and Classification System
The grading system that will apply to all jobs of Workstream Employees. It will involve the agreed Telstra Core Job Descriptions, as well as a system to grade jobs from scratch using a new job description. The system is based on the Hay system of job evaluation.

Telstra Unions
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA)
Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU)
Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)

Workstream
A defined group of employees working in jobs which are operationally and organizationally associated with Telstra.

Workstream Employee
You are a Workstream Employee if:
just before the Commencement Date, you were employed as a Workstream Employee under the Telstra Enterprise Agreement 2012-2015;
you terminate an AWA or ITEA which had expired prior to 24 September 2010, you did not work in a retail outlet at that date and you elect to be a Workstream Employee; or
you terminate an AWA or ITEA which applied to you, you perform work which would fall under the Customer Field Workstream or Technical Workstream were you a Workstream Employee, and you elect to be a Workstream Employee.

You
Employees to whom this agreement applies. Sometimes, depending on the context, it may mean a more limited group of these employees.


APPENDIX A PAY FOR JOB FAMILY EMPLOYEES

A1. PAY INCREASES

A1.1. If you are a Job Family employee you will receive a 0.3% increase to your Fixed Remuneration effective from the commencement of this Agreement. This increase is in addition to any increase you may have received as part of the 1.5% pay pool already allocated effective 1 October 2019.

A1.2. If you were employed on 1 October 2019 (or commenced employment at Telstra after that date), and continue to be employed at the commencement of this Agreement, you will also receive a one off payment equivalent to the amount you would have received if the 0.3% increase had been applied to your Fixed Remuneration from 1 October 2019 (or the date you commenced employment with Telstra, if this is later) until immediately before this Agreement commenced.

A1.3. For the avoidance of doubt, the payment in A1.2 is inclusive of superannuation (if applicable) and the calculation of the payment will not include overtime or allowances.

A1.4. For the Performance Year 1 July 2019-30 June 2020 Telstra will guarantee an overall pay pool of 2% that will be distributed on an individual basis. Your manager will review your Fixed Remuneration in line with this pay pool and your actual increase will depend on your individual performance and current remuneration. Any change is at Telstra’s discretion. You will be notified of any change to your pay in around September 2020 and any increase will apply from 1 October 2020.

A1.5. Subject to item A3, provided that your performance was at a satisfactory level throughout the 1 July 2019 -30 June 2020 performance year (this being a rating ‘3’ or higher based on the performance ratings applicable at the time of making this Agreement), you will receive at least a 1% increase in Fixed Remuneration.

A2. HOW THE PAY POOL IS CALCULATED AND DISTRIBUTED

A2.1. The following will apply for 1 October 2020 increases:
a) Telstra is committed to ensuring that the remuneration review process is transparent and understood by you.
b) Telstra will calculate the overall pay pool for Job Family Employees by totalling the Fixed Remuneration of all Job Family Employees and multiplying it by the percentage set out in A1.4.
c) Telstra will publish on the intranet during the annual review period each year a pay increase matrix which guides managers on how the pay pool should be distributed. The matrix will set out guidance on the % increase that managers should apply, having regard to your current pay and your performance rating.
d) Your manager will be allocated a remuneration increase budget based on the overall pay pool, the pay increase matrix and the distribution of performance ratings and current remuneration in your manager’s team. While your actual pay increase will be set by your manager, Telstra expects managers broadly to follow the guidance in the pay increase matrix.
e) Before publishing the final matrix, Telstra will consult about the matrix with the Telstra Unions (see Section 6).
f) Your manager will notify you of your performance rating and the outcome of your remuneration review in September each year. If you are unhappy with your rating or remuneration review, you can ask for either (or both) to be reviewed under Telstra’s internal resolution process (which includes an independent review as its final stage).
g) Following the end of the remuneration review period (in around October each year) Telstra will provide the Telstra Unions with a summary of the distribution of performance ratings and the way in which the pay pool was distributed.

A3. NEW EMPLOYEES AND NEWLY PROMOTED EMPLOYEES

If you start employment or are promoted into a new role between 1 July and 30 September in any year you may not receive a pay increase on 1 October. Your remuneration will have been set at a level that takes account of the 1 October pay increase and, in the case of promotions, your performance in the previous year.

A4. VARIABLE REMUNERATION

Telstra also pays most Job Family Employees variable remuneration, which is a portion of your pay linked to performance. Variable remuneration is determined in accordance with rules set by Telstra from time to time and is at Telstra’s discretion. Variable remuneration is not governed by this Agreement. However, you will continue to receive your current variable remuneration after the Commencement Date – as set out in your Remuneration Summary.

A5. MINIMUM RATES

The following table sets out the minimum salary rate for each Job Family and Band. These rates have been set taking into account market rates as well as the pay rates set out in the awards that cover Telstra employees (see clause 5.4 of this Agreement). These rates are included in the Agreement to ensure that it passes the “better off overall test” under the Fair Work Act 2009. Band

Band Customer    Customer     Professional Corporate    Sales Job
     Support     Support      Technical    Support
     Technical   NonTechnical Services     Services     Office     Field
     Job Family  Job Family   Job Family   Job Family   based      based
Commencement - 30 June 2020 
2    $88,900     $85,400      $90,200      $86,100      $68,900    $73,900 
3i   $74,100     $64,400      $76,800      $68,500      $59,900    $61,700 
3ii  $53,600     $52,700      $59,000      $52,700      $45,000    $45,200 
4i   $47,800     $45,000      N/A          $45,000      $42,500    N/A 
4ii  $45,000     $42,700      N/A          $41,300      N/A        N/A 
Following 1 July 2020 
2    $88,900     $85,400      $90,200      $86,100      $68,900    $73,900 
3i   $74,100     $64,400      $76,800      $68,500      $59,900    $61,700 
3ii  $53,600     $54,200      $60,800      $54,200      $46,400    $46,500 
4i   $49,200     $46,400      N/A          $46,400      $43,700    N/A 
4ii  $46,400     $44,000      N/A          $42,500      N/A        N/A 


APPENDIX B PAY FOR WORKSTEAM EMPLOYEES

B1. PAY INCREASES

B1.1. Telstra will increase your pay to at least the minimum Fixed Remuneration in the tables in item B2, subject to item B1.2 below.

B1.2. If:
a) you are a member of a defined benefits fund; and
b) the percentage contribution Telstra is required to make on your behalf decreases below the current contribution rate of 15%,
Telstra will adjust down the minimum Fixed Remuneration in item B3.2 and you will forfeit the balance. A defined benefit member and a non-defined benefit member will earn the same Actual Salary.

B1.3. If you were employed on 1 October 2019, and continue to be employed at the commencement of this Agreement, you will also receive a one off payment equivalent to the amount you would have received if the 0.3% increase had been applied to your Fixed Remuneration from 1 October 2019 until immediately before this Agreement commenced.

B1.4. For the avoidance of doubt, the payment in B1.3 is inclusive of superannuation (if applicable) and the calculation of the payment will not include overtime or allowances.

B2. MINIMUM RATES

B2.1. The following minimum Fixed Remuneration rates apply to Workstream Employees who are not members of a defined benefits fund: Effective 1 October 2019

Workstream 
Band  CSSW      SW        TW        TPW       CFW 
1     $ 57,835  $ 59,146  $ 57,912  N/A       $ 57,912 
2     $ 60,725  $ 63,873  $ 69,821  N/A       $ 69,821 
3     $ 64,581  $ 66,294  $ 74,971  N/A       $ 74,971 
4     $ 66,505  $ 69,542  $ 81,880  N/A       $ 81,880 
5     $ 69,398  $ 75,372  $ 92,725  N/A       $ 92,725 
6     $ 84,822  $ 83,169  $ 96,825  N/A       $ 96,825 
7     $ 92,531  $ 91,219  $101,018  N/A       $101,018   
8     $100,240  $101,509  $111,654  $111,654  $111,654 
9     N/A       $111,573  $125,539  $125,539  $120,586 
10    N/A       $129,403  $134,689  $150,228  $127,601
11    N/A       $136,327  N/A       $157,839  N/A     
12    N/A       N/A       N/A       $159,927  N/A     

Effective commencement date 
Workstream 
Band  CSSW      SW        TW        TPW       CFW 
1     $ 58,009  $ 59,323  $ 58,086  N/A       $ 58,086 
2     $ 60,906  $ 64,065  $ 70,031  N/A       $ 70,031 
3     $ 64,774  $ 66,493  $ 75,196  N/A       $ 75,196 
4     $ 66,705  $ 69,752  $ 82,126  N/A       $ 82,126 
5     $ 69,606  $ 75,598  $ 93,003  N/A       $ 93,003 
6     $ 85,076  $ 83,419  $ 97,115  N/A       $ 97,115 
7     $ 92,808  $ 91,493  $101,321  N/A       $101,321
8     $100,540  $101,814  $111,989  $111,989  $111,989 
9     N/A       $111,909  $125,916  $125,916  $120,948 
10    N/A       $129,791  $135,092  $150,679  $127,984 
11    N/A       $136,736  N/A       $158,313  N/A     
12    N/A       N/A       N/A       $160,407  N/A     

Effective 1 October 2020 
Workstream 
Band  CSSW      SW        TW        TPW       CFW 
1     $ 59,169  $ 60,509  $ 59,248  N/A       $ 59,248 
2     $ 62,124  $ 65,346  $ 71,432  N/A       $ 71,432 
3     $ 66,069  $ 67,823  $ 76,700  N/A       $ 76,700 
4     $ 68,039  $ 71,147  $ 83,769  N/A       $ 83,769 
5     $ 70,998  $ 77,110  $ 94,863  N/A       $ 94,863 
6     $ 86,778  $ 85,087  $ 99,057  N/A       $ 99,057 
7     $ 94,664  $ 93,323  $103,347  N/A       $103,347 
8     $102,551  $103,850  $114,229  $114,229  $114,229 
9     N/A       $114,147  $128,434  $128,434  $123,367 
10    N/A       $132,387  $137,794  $153,693  $130,544 
11    N/A       $139,471  N/A       $161,479  N/A     
12    N/A       N/A       N/A       $163,615  N/A     
B2.2. The following minimum Fixed Remuneration rates apply to Workstream Employees who are members of a defined benefits fund, subject to item B1.2: Effective 1 October 2019
Workstream 
Band  CSSW      SW        TW        TPW       CFW 
1     $ 60,914  $ 62,292  $ 60,996  N/A       $ 60,996 
2     $ 63,956  $ 67,271  $ 73,538  N/A       $ 73,538 
3     $ 68,014  $ 69,821  $ 78,960  N/A       $ 78,960 
4     $ 70,045  $ 73,241  $ 86,240  N/A       $ 86,240 
5     $ 73,093  $ 79,382  $ 97,658  N/A       $ 97,658 
6     $ 89,336  $ 87,595  $101,979  N/A       $101,979 
7     $ 97,455  $ 96,075  $106,393  N/A       $106,393 
8     $105,573  $106,910  $117,594  $117,594  $117,594 
9     N/A       $117,511  $132,221  $132,221  $127,003 
10    N/A       $136,288  $141,855  $158,239  $134,390 
11    N/A       $143,582  N/A       $166,267  N/A     
12    N/A       N/A       N/A       $168,474  N/A     

Effective commencement date 
Workstream 
Band  CSSW      SW        TW        TPW       CFW 
1     $ 61,097  $ 62,479  $ 61,178  N/A       $ 61,178 
2     $ 64,148  $ 67,472  $ 73,760  N/A       $ 73,760 
3     $ 68,218  $ 70,031  $ 79,197  N/A       $ 79,197 
4     $ 70,255  $ 73,460  $ 86,499  N/A       $ 86,499 
5     $ 73,312  $ 79,620  $ 97,951  N/A       $ 97,951 
6     $ 89,604  $ 87,858  $102,285  N/A       $102,285 
7     $ 97,747  $ 96,363  $106,712  N/A       $106,712 
8     $105,890  $107,231  $117,947  $117,947  $117,947 
9     N/A       $117,864  $132,618  $132,618  $127,384 
10    N/A       $136,697  $142,280  $158,715  $134,793 
11    N/A       $144,014  N/A       $166,766  N/A     
12    N/A       N/A       N/A       $168,979  N/A     

Effective 1 October 2020 
Workstream 
Band  CSSW      SW        TW        TPW       CFW
1     $ 62,319  $ 63,729  $ 62,402  N/A       $ 62,402 
2     $ 65,431  $ 68,821  $ 75,235  N/A       $ 75,235 
3     $ 69,582  $ 71,432  $ 80,781  N/A       $ 80,781 
4     $ 71,660  $ 74,929  $ 88,229  N/A       $ 88,229 
5     $ 74,778  $ 81,212  $ 99,910  N/A       $ 99,910 
6     $ 91,396  $ 89,615  $104,331  N/A       $104,331 
7     $ 99,702  $ 98,290  $108,846  N/A       $108,846 
8     $108,008  $109,376  $120,306  $120,306  $120,306 
9     N/A       $120,221  $135,270  $135,270  $129,932 
10    N/A       $139,431  $145,126  $161,889  $137,489 
11    N/A       $146,894  N/A       $170,101  N/A     
12    N/A       N/A       N/A       $172,359  N/A     


APPENDIX C WORKSTREAM ARRANGEMENTS

C1. WORKSTREAM PRINCIPLES

C1.1. Telstra will allocate a Workstream Employee to a Workstream (see the Dictionary for Workstream definitions).

C1.2. The following principles apply:
a) Work in each Workstream will be evaluated in accordance with the Telstra Job Evaluation and Classification System and these principles.
b) Each Band, within a Workstream, will have agreed representative Core Job Descriptions which form part of this Agreement. There may be more than one Core Job Description for each Band.
c) As part of the Telstra Job Evaluation and Classification process, managers will design any new jobs that will go into a Workstream. If Telstra and any new employee to whom the new job applies cannot reach agreement on the grading of the new job, the matter will be referred to a review team comprising:
i) an external consultant expert in Telstra’s Job Evaluation and Classification System;
ii) a Telstra representative;
iii) the employee (who may be represented, including by a Telstra Union).
d) A majority of the three person team will determine the outcome and this outcome will be binding on the Parties to this Agreement without recourse to further review or appeal.
e) Telstra and the Telstra Unions may agree to change the current Core Job Descriptions during the life of the Agreement. However, they will not be changed without such agreement.

C2. CUSTOMER FIELD WORKSTREAM

C2.1. In the CFW, the basic field workforce structure is a team. A team will:
a) cover either a geographic area or an overlaying specialist activity for a number of geographic team areas
b) be headed by a team leader and comprise a variable number of generalist and/or specialist employees.

C3. MULTIFUNCTIONAL WORK PROVISIONS

C3.1. Telstra may ask a CFW, TW or TPW employee to perform any function in their Workstream at or below the employee’s work Band. If they have the necessary tool set (i.e: training, competency, tools, required equipment, vehicle etc), the employee will use their skills and ability to complete the job competently.

C3.2. Telstra may ask an employee to perform higher level functions, typical of higher Bands in their Workstream, in a temporary capacity in times of peak work load or for employee development purposes, where the employee has the appropriate tool set. These requests would be the exception, rather than the rule, in work allocation and would usually result from jeopardy avoidance or an urgent, first-in response requirement. Employees are expected to use their skills and abilities to complete the job competently. If an employee is required to work frequently at a higher Band, Telstra will consider whether there is an ongoing requirement for a higher Band job.

C3.3. Where there is an inconsistency between the multifunctional work provisions and the higher duties allowance provisions in Section 13, the multifunctional work provisions will prevail.

C4. GRANDFATHERED EMPLOYEES

C4.1. Continuation of grandfathering arrangements
a) If Telstra was paying you a Grandfathered Allowance just before 1 October 2018, subject to the conditions of Appendix C4.2, you will continue to be regarded as a Grandfathered Employee.
b) Your Fixed Remuneration includes your Grandfathered Allowance and superannuation contributions related to your Grandfathered Allowance.
c) To avoid doubt, pay increases under this Agreement will apply to your Fixed Remuneration which is inclusive of your Grandfathered Allowance.

C4.2. Moving between jobs - special rules for grandfathered employees
a) These rules vary the rules set out under ‘Moving between jobs’ in clause 12.
b) Telstra will only continue to pay you at your current Fixed Remuneration if:
i) You are a Grandfathered Employee; and
ii) You choose to move, or are reassigned, to a new job where the minimum Fixed Remuneration rate at Appendix B for the new job is less than your current Fixed Remuneration.
c) You will no longer be considered a Grandfathered Employee where you choose to move, or are reassigned, to a new job where the minimum Fixed Remuneration rate at Appendix B for the new job is greater than your current Fixed Remuneration.

C5. SALARY MAINTENANCE

C5.1. Telstra will continue to pay you at your current Fixed Remuneration if:
a) you are appointed to a new job in the same Workstream as your previous job, and
b) the new job is classified either one or two Bands lower than your previous job.

C5.2. If this happens, you will not be entitled to any increase in your Fixed Remuneration until your Fixed Remuneration is less than the applicable minimum Fixed Remuneration rate at Appendix B for your new job.

C5.3. These salary maintenance rules do not apply where you initiate a move to another role within Telstra.


APPENDIX D EXTENDED SHIFT ARRANGEMENT GUIDELINES

D1. PRINCIPLES

D1.1. Extended shifts are shifts that are more than 10 hours and up to 12 hours in length (excluding breaks).

D1.2. Extended shifts for existing employees may only be introduced by Telstra following consultation with employees and the relevant unions, with input from a health and safety expert where requested.

D1.3. Telstra may ask but not require an employee who regularly performs shifts of up to 10 hours in length to perform extended shifts.

D1.4. Extended shifts will be subject to review within four months after their commencement. If adverse indicators in performance or employee health are evident, extended shifts will be either discontinued or modified by Telstra.

D1.5. To the extent that a provision in these Guidelines is inconsistent with the Agreement, the Guidelines prevail.

D2. ROSTERING, REST AND BREAKS

D2.1. If extended shifts are in operation, the maximum number of consecutive night shifts an employee will be rostered to perform is two, unless otherwise mutually agreed. In exceptional circumstances, the maximum may be three.

D2.2. Swaps on the roster should be avoided as far as possible and must be approved by Telstra. Swaps will only be approved by Telstra where adequate periods of rest can be provided

D2.3. Employees may rest on site for a reasonable period at the end of their period of duty where they don’t feel able to make an immediate departure from the workplace.

D2.4. Extended shifts will commence no earlier than 6.00 am.

D2.5. Meal breaks entitled under clause 16 of the Agreement will be paid for the first 30 minutes of each entitled meal break. Employees may be required to remain onsite during these meal breaks but will not be paid any penalties in situations where they are required to work for any or all of the break periods.

D2.6. Extended shifts are not appropriate:
a) to functions requiring heavy physical involvement or where an inappropriate working environment exists (e.g: high levels of heat, noise, etc);
b) where a constant high level of physical or mental commitment is required;
c) where short cycle repetitive roles are involved.

D3. ADDITIONAL HOURS

D3.1. Additional hours will not be performed within the length of the shift or either side of an extended shift, except in emergency situations. For example, if an extended shift is 11 hours in length, additional hours will not be performed within 11 hours either side of the shift. In emergency situations, overtime should be restricted to a maximum of two hours.

D3.2. Emergency Work (under clause 76 of the Agreement) will apply where an employee:
a) is not told of an additional shift while on duty, or
b) is not provided with 12 hours’ notice of an additional shift.

D4. LEAVE

D4.1. Leave accruals are calculated on an hourly basis.

D4.2. Leave is deducted on an hourly basis.

D4.3. For the purposes of accruing additional annual leave (under clause 27 of the Agreement), two extended shifts are equivalent to three ordinary shifts.

D4.4. For the purposes of taking personal leave (under clause 29 of the Agreement), the number of hours allowed without providing medical evidence in any personal leave year is to be regarded as 36¾ hours.

D4.5. Personal leave on a public holiday where an employee is rostered will result in no debit from personal leave accruals, and no payment of penalty rates or time in lieu for the shift not worked.

D4.6. Payment in lieu for an employee not rostered on a public holiday will be 8 hours 10 minutes.

D4.7. Employees on extended shifts who take their Telstra Additional Day (under clause 36 of the Agreement) will be entitled to remain off work for 8 hours 10 minutes, and be paid for this time. Following this, they will be required to return to work, or take other forms of leave.


APPENDIX E: GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYEE ENTITLEMENTS WHERE THE SUBSIDIARY IS INSOLVENT

Telstra guarantees that:

E1.1. If an employee’s employment is transferred from Telstra to a Subsidiary of Telstra in accordance with clause 47; and

E1.2. The transferring employee receives and accepts a Suitable Offer in accordance with clause 47.2 of the Agreement; and

E1.3. That Subsidiary of Telstra subsequently becomes insolvent, enters into administration, or becomes defunct for any reason whatsoever; then

E1.4. Telstra will pay, to the extent any are outstanding, the following entitlements due to the employee within 28 days of the termination of the employee’s employment with the Subsidiary of Telstra:
a) any accrued but untaken annual leave;
b) any accrued but untaken long service leave;
c) any unpaid superannuation contributions. These contributions are to be made to the superannuation fund to which the employee is a member as at the date of termination of their employment;
d) if the employee’s position is made redundant and the employee is retrenched, any retrenchment benefits due to the employee pursuant to the terms of the Suitable Offer. SIGNATURE PAGE


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