SCHEDULE A - CLAIMANT ORGANISATIONS

Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing, and Allied Services Union of Australia
Community and Public Sector Union

SCHEDULE B - CONDITIONS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

1 PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
This schedule outlines the conditions applicable to permanent and fixed term part-time employees.

2 USE OF PART-TIME STAFF
(a) Employees can be employed on a part-time basis in the designations listed in the Appendix to this Schedule.
(b) Notwithstanding sub-clause (a), an employee in any classification may work on a part-time basis for a specified period under the terms of the parental leave provisions (Clause 51 of the Award).
(c) Arrangements to monitor and analyse overall workforce composition and trends (including full-time and part-time data) at six monthly intervals will be put in place at both the National and State levels.

3 SALARIES
(a) Part-time employees shall be paid the same hourly rate for ordinary duty as the hourly rate for an equivalent full-time employee.
(b) Part-time employees shall be entitled to annual increments determined in accordance with Clause 25 of the award.
(c) Any specific salary advancement conditions are outlined in the relevant specific awards.

4 HOURS OF DUTY
(a) Part-time employees shall not be rostered for ordinary duty on more than five days per week (or an average of 5 days per week over a cycle) and shall be subject to the same bandwidth conditions as apply to counterpart full-time employees.
(b) The ordinary hours of duty shall be continuous on any one day. An unpaid meal break shall not be regarded as breaking continuity of duty.
(c) The normal daily and weekly hours of duty, including starting and finishing times, shall be specified in writing by Australia Post before the employee commences part-time duty.
(d) Subject to sub-clause (e), the hours of duty of part-time employees may be varied to meet Australia Post's operating requirements, following consultation with the employee and having regard to the needs of the employee.
Provided that no part-time employee shall be given less than three months notice of a reduction in hours.
(e) Where the permanent part-time employment arrangement was initiated by the employee, the hours of duty can only be varied during the period for which the arrangement was approved, with the consent of the employee.
Provided that if the arrangement extends beyond twelve months, the hours of duty may be varied after twelve months in accordance with sub-clause (d).

5 OVERTIME
(a) Part-time employees shall be liable to perform extra duty where operational requirements necessitate. However, where practicable, such extra duty shall be supplementary to, and not in substitution for, the use of permanent full-time employees.

(b) Part-time employees shall be paid the overtime penalty rates applicable to full-time employees in the following circumstances:
(i) duty in excess of 7 hours 21 minutes on any one day;
(ii) where an employee is required to work on more than 5 days per week.

(c) Part-time employees are entitled to the same overtime minimum payment provisions as full-time employees provided that the minimum extra payment shall be the prescribed ordinary hours of duty for that day where they are less than four.

(d) Duty in excess of normal requirements but which does not attract a penalty under sub-clause (b) shall be paid at the rate applicable to ordinary duty on that day.

6 MEAL ALLOWANCE
Part-time employees shall be entitled to the standard overtime meal allowance conditions provided that ordinary duty and ordinary hours of duty shall be that duty which does not attract an overtime penalty rate.

7 SHIFT DUTY
(a) A part-time employee who is required to perform and performs duty on a shift, any part of which falls between the hours of 6.00pm and 6.30am, shall be paid an additional 15% of salary for that shift.
(b) Where a part-time employee is required to work ordinary hours continuously for a period exceeding 4 weeks on a shift falling wholly within the hours of 9.00pm and 6.30am, the employee shall be paid with respect to that shift an additional 30% of salary for that shift.
(c) Retail employees rostered for ordinary duty between 6.30 am and 8.00 am Monday to Friday shall receive a penalty of 50% of their ordinary rate for the time worked between those hours.

8 RECREATION LEAVE LOADING
A part-time employee shall be entitled to the provisions of Clause 42 of the Award provided that, for the purposes of paragraph 42(a)(i), the maximum payment shall be calculated by means of the following formula:
Average Weekly Earnings x (A v B) where:
A is the hours of recreation leave payable to a part-time employee; and
B is the hours worked by a full-time employee over the equivalent period.

9 RECREATION LEAVE - 7 DAY SHIFT WORKERS
A part-time employee shall be entitled to the standard additional leave provisions available to full-time staff, provided that, for the purposes of these provisions, part-time 7 day shift workers are shift workers who are rostered to work regularly on Sundays and Public Holidays involving not less than 5 shifts each week or an average of not less than the number of shifts a week of an equivalent full-time employee.

10 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND PAYMENT
Part-time employees shall be entitled to the standard public holiday provisions of Clauses 37 and 38 of the Award provided that the minimum extra payment shall be for the prescribed normal hours of duty for that day where these are less than four.

11 EXCESS TRAVELLING TIME
Part-time employees shall be entitled to the provisions of Clause 33 of the Award, provided that, in addition to the provisions of sub-clause (b) of that clause the following will apply:
in the case of a part-time employee whose hours of duty are confined to less than 5 days of the week, payment shall not be made unless the excess time exceeds the number of hours in any pay period determined by multiplying the number of days worked each pay period by 15 minutes.

12 PROTECTION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
Full-time employees will not be required to convert to part-time employment or to transfer to another position to make way for part-time employment. The written agreement of a full-time employee shall be obtained before the hours of that employee's position are varied and before that employee is transferred from one position to another in this context. 13 CONSULTATION
Australia Post shall initiate consultation with the union(s), in accordance with the agreed arrangements, before introducing or extending any part-time employment.

14 MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS
Australia Post shall provide unions with data regarding permanent part-time employment under this award, as agreed from time to time.

15 GENERAL CONDITIONS
Part-time staff shall be subject to the same provisions, on a pro- rata basis, as prescribed for permanent and fixed term staff in the body of the award (subject to any variation covered in this schedule).

APPENDIX

1 Operations Award
Cafeteria Manager Group
  Catering Manager Group
  * Electronic Mail Group
  * Mail Officer Group
  * Parcel Post Officer Group
  * Postal Delivery Officer Group
  * Postal Services Officer Group
  * Postal Sorting Officer Group
  Agency Assistant Group
  Attendant Group
  Stores Group
  Support Services Officer Group
Sprintpak Levels

* Part-time employment in above base grade levels in these Groups
is subject to the conditions agreed between the parties.


2 Administrative/Professional Award
  Counsellor Group
  Engineer Group
  Librarian Group
  Occupational Physiotherapist Group
  Postal Administrative Officer Group
  Psychologist Group
  Rehabilitation Counsellor Group

SCHEDULE C - JOINT STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING

Australia Post and the CEPU (and the other Unions) agree that the future viability of the enterprise is critically dependent on its enjoying a reputation for reliability and efficiency in providing service to customers.

To enhance its reputation and protect its viability, Australia Post and the unions have a commitment to identifying any areas where interpersonal relations and industrial relations and their effect on staff morale are unsatisfactory and implementing appropriate remedial action.

The parties agree that pre-emptive industrial action must be avoided in favour of a mechanism which allows local unresolved problems to be raised to higher levels for resolution. Unless this priority can be achieved, the potential benefits from this statement will be prejudiced.

Similarly, the parties agree that management should not implement contentious decisions without adequate consultation and where necessary relevant issues should be referred to higher levels for consultation.

Agreements negotiated at the national level are not to be re- negotiated at the State or local level.

To achieve these goals the parties agree to the following principles and processes of participative management:-

1 Effective local consultative arrangements are to be put in place and middle managers, supervisors and staff are to be assisted and encouraged to participate more in the problem-solving and decision making at their own workplace.

2 Effective, 2-way communication with staff is to take place and first line/middle managers are to be assisted and encouraged to play a greater role.

3 Adequate training is to be given to those management, supervisors and staff involved in participative groups to enable them to talk meaningfully to each other and to identify, analyse and resolve problems.

4 The reasons for changes affecting them are to be clearly explained to and discussed with all staff prior to implementation.

5 Contentious decisions or implementation difficulties arising out of National agreements are to be referred to higher levels before implementation so that consultation can take place at those levels. 6 The roles and functions of various management levels and union representatives need to be clearly documented and respected.

The parties agree that priority need to be given to putting the above principles into effect and National and State groups will be established to lead and monitor resultant actions.

SCHEDULE D - JUNIOR RATES

(a) Subject to any conditions otherwise prescribed, an employee under 21 years of age in the classification groups listed in Table 1 shall be paid an actual rate of salary, calculated to the nearest dollar, based on the appropriate percentage for the age of the employee listed in Table 2 of the minimum salary of an adult employee of the same classification.

Table 1
  Administrative Officer Level 1
  Agency Assistant Grade 1
  Agency Assistant Grade 2
  Assistant Technician (Postal)
  Attendant
  Drafting Assistant Grade 1 
  Graphic Design Assistant Grade 1
  Mail Officer
  Parcel Post Officer
  Postal Delivery Officer
  Postal Sorting Officer
  Retail Post Trainee
  Sprintpak Level 1
  Technical Assistant Grade 1
  Trainee Draftsman
  Trainee Mail Officer
  Trainee Parcel Post Officer
  Trainee Postal Delivery Officer
  Trainee Postal Services Officer
  Trainee Postal Sorting Officer
  Trainee Technical Officer (Buildings and Engineering)

Table 2
  Age of Employee   Percentage of minimum Adult Salary
  Under 17 years    50
  At 17 years       60
  At 18 years       70
  At 19 years       81 
  At 20 years       91

(b) Subject to any conditions otherwise prescribed, an apprentice under 21 years of age shall be paid an actual annual rate of salary, calculated to the nearest dollar, as the percentage indicated in the following Table of the minimum actual salary prescribed for a Postal Trades Officer.

Table 3
  Age or length of service        Percentage of minimum
  as an Apprentice                Adult Salary
  Under 18 or 1st year of service  48
  At 18 or 2nd year of service     55
  At 19 or 3rd year of service     75
  At 20 or 4th year of service     88

SCHEDULE E - EMPLOYEES INELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME AND OTHER SPECIFIED PAYMENTS

Administrative Officer Level 6 Postal Manager Grade 3

SCHEDULE F - ALLOWANCES

Item No.  Allowance            Amount
 1   Dependant Allowance       $18405 per annum   (Clause 59) 
 2   Overtime Meal Allowance   $11.50    (Clause 30 (a))    4
 3   First Aid Allowance                 (Clause 63)
        Certificate            $5.70 per week
        Voucher                $7.10 per week
        Medallion              $8.50 per week
 4   Tonnage Allowance                   (Clause 65)
        Vehicle Type
        Light Rigid Vehicle    $1.95 per day
   (Trucks from 4.5 to 13.9 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass)
        Heavy Rigid Vehicle    $3.84 per day
   (Trucks exceeding 13.9 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass)
        Articulated Vehicles   $6.66 per day
   (Linehaul, wharf work and heavy rigid/dog trailer combinations)
        Road Train             $9.02 per day
   (B double combinations)
 5   Living Away From Home     $14252 per annum
     Allowance                            (Clause 69 (iii))

SCHEDULE G APPROPRIATE ORGANISATION FOR PROMOTIONS APPEAL BOARD REPRESENTATION

 Classification       Appropriate Organisation
 (Column 1)        (Column 2)
Administrative Officer Levels 1 - 6     CPSU
Assistant (Printing) Grades 1 - 4     CPSU
Senior Assistant (Printing) Grades 1 - 4
Attendant        CEPU
Senior Attendant 
Cafeteria Manager Grades 1 - 3     CEPU
Catering Manager Grades 1 - 3     CPSU
Chef         CEPU
Senior Chef
Counsellor Classes 1 - 3      CPSU 
Engineer Classes 1 - 3            CPSU
Garage Attendant       CEPU
Librarian Classes 1-3       CPSU
Mail Officer        CEPU
Senior Mail Officer Grades 1 - 2
Mail Processing Co-ordinator Grades 1 - 4
Trainee Mail Processing Co-ordinator
Occupational Physiotherapist      CPSU
Parcel Post Officer       CEPU
Senior Parcel Post Officer Grades 1-2
Parcel Post Co-ordinator
Postal Delivery Officer       CEPU
Senior Postal Delivery Officer Grades 1 - 3
Postal Delivery Co-ordinator Grades 1 - 3
Postal Manager Grades 1 - 3       CEPU
Postal Services Officer       CEPU
Senior Postal Services Officer Grades 1 - 2
Postal Sorting Officer        CEPU
Senior Postal Sorting Officer Grades 1 - 2
Postal Sorting Co-ordinator
Postal Technical Officer Grades 1 - 3      CEPU
Senior Postal Technical Officer Grades 1 - 2
Principal Postal Technical Officer
Postal Trades Officer        CEPU
Senior Postal Trades Officer
Postal Transport Officer       CEPU
Senior Postal Transport Officer
Postal Transport Co-ordinator Grades 1- 5
Psychologist           CPSU
Sprintpak Levels 1-3        CEPU
Storeman         CEPU
Senior Stores Officer
Stores Supervisor
Senior Stores Supervisor Grades 1 - 3
Support Services Officer Grades 1 - 4     CEPU
Technical Services Officer Grades 1 - 2     CEPU
Senior Technical Services Officer Grades 1 - 3 
Principal Technical Services Officer Grade 1
Principal Technical Services Officer Grade 2