City of Melville Mechanical Workshop Enterprise Agreement 1997

CITY OF MELVILLE MECHANICAL WORKSHOP

ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 1997

NO AG 260 OF 1997

1. TITLE

This agreement shall be known as the City of Melville Mechanical Workshop Enterprise Agreement 1997.

2. ARRANGEMENT

Title
Arrangement
Parties Bound
Relationship to Award
Operative date and Renewal of Agreement
Aims of agreement
Performance Standards and Measurements
Wages
Apprentices
No Extra Claims
Hours of Work
Competitive Tendering
Training and development
Occupational Safety and Health
Employee absences
Family leave
Dispute Settlement Procedure
Signatories to Agreement

3. PARTIES BOUND

3.1This agreement shall apply to and be binding on the employer, the City of Melville, the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Workers, - Western Australian Branch and approximately 6 employees of the City of Melville employed in the Mechanical Workshop in classifications set out in the Metal Trades (General) Award No. 13 of 1965, as amended from time to time.

3.2See Clause 9 regarding Apprentices.

4. RELATIONSHIP TO AWARD

4.1This agreement shall be read wholly in conjunction with the Metal Trades (General) Award No. 13 of 1965 with respect to employees covered by that Award, provided that where there are any inconsistencies this Agreement shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.

5. OPERATIVE DATE AND RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT

5.1This agreement shall take effect from the first pay period commencing on or after 1 September 1997 and remain in force until 1 September 1999 or until replaced by another agreement or if either party withdraws from the agreement after expiry in accordance with the Industrial Relations Act (1979)(WA), as amended.

5.2It is agreed that six months prior to its expiry, discussions will commence between the parties to determine an appropriate course of action for renewal of this Agreement.

6. AIMS OF AGREEMENT

The objectives of this Agreement are to build on the success of the first Enterprise Agreement, registered in 1993, and include -

6.1The parties are committed to achieving continued productivity improvement. A set of Performance indicators are used to measure and track these improvements.

6.2Implementation of workplace policies for more flexible working arrangements to improve efficiency, productivity, and job satisfaction.

6.3To have a nine day fortnight for employees excluding apprentices and to share in the savings that this new arrangement has created.

6.4To have no restrictions or demarcations between functions whatever provided the staff are qualified, trained and capable of performing functions outside their normal range of duties. This will not exclude qualified mechanics performing Mechanical Trades assistance duties when required to do so..

6.5The parties agree that modification and re-design of various items of plant and equipment which has contributed to a reduction in expenses for the City of Melville will continue in the future.

6.6A commitment to continual change in the areas of new technology and equipment.

6.7To actively participate and support in the implementation of a Quality Assurance programme to be undertaken in the Mechanical Workshop.

7. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS

7.1The parties recognise that long term productivity improvements are essential to achieve mutual objectives.

7.2At all times emphasis will be placed on the quality, productivity and efficiency of work output.

7.3It is recognised by the parties that the following performance indicators will assist in measuring performance in achieving productivity gains:-

Performance IndicatorStandardTarget

Customer SatisfactionBiannual surveysVery Good

Timeliness of Automotive IndustrySame as

Scheduled MaintenanceStandardsAutomotive

Industry Stds

Preventative Maintenance Use of current figuresIncrease by 25%

Hours

% availability of majorUse of current figuresMinimum of 97%

plant by category

Performance IndicatorStandardTarget

Safety performance -Use of current figuresReduction in Lost

Lost time injuryTime Injury rate

Allocation of idle timeEstablish measuring toolReduction

Work errorsEstablish measuring toolReduction of work errors

Other measures as determinedYet to be determinedYet to be determined

in conjunction with the workforce

NB: The establishment of measurement tools for the above Performance Indicators will be completed and agreed upon between Management and the workforce within two months of the date of this agreement coming into force.

7.4In addition, Benchmarking exercises will be undertaken to make comparisons in relation to quality and efficiency with other Local Government Authorities and Private Industry. These will be done in conjunction with the workforce.

8. WAGES

8.1Wage schedule:-

$/per week$/per week$/per week

POSITIONNew Base rate1/9/971/9/98

Current employees as at 1/9/97

Leading Hand-537.46608.56619.31

Mechanic(5 years

service)

Mechanic(less than 1 519.96565.36575.76

years service)

Mechanic (at least519.96570.36580.76

1 years service)

Mechanic (5 years519.96590.36600.76

service or more)

Trades Assistant424.66487.49495.98

(5 years service or more)

Employees commencing after 1/9/97 ( ie Service Pay no longer applies )

Mechanic 519.96565.36575.76

Trades415.96462.49470.98

Assistant

8.2These wages (as fully outlined in the attached Wage Schedule - Appendix 1) are in lieu of the Metal Trades (General) Award No. 13 of 1965.

8.3The Base Rate will include the Award Base Rate (including Supplementary Payment, Previous Safety Net Adjustments), Tool Allowance, Confined Space Allowance, and Dirt Allowance. This base rate will be used to calculate overtime payments and annual leave loading.

8.4The Enterprise Allowance of 5%, as previously agreed in the Enterprise Agreement 1993 has been incorporated into this agreement.

8.5This agreement will recognise that the current savings and previous savings amount to an increase of 9% of the Base Rate (including Supplementary Payment, and previous Safety Net Adjustments), Tool Allowance, Confined Space Allowance and Dirt Allowance. This increase will be used to calculate ordinary hours of work plus periods of annual leave.

8.6This philosophy of Service Pay is being phased out, therefore employees commencing after the 1 September 1997 will not receive any Service Pay allowance. Current employees will continue to enjoy the Service Pay they currently receive, however this will not increase with further years of service. Employees who have been with the City of Melville for less than one year as at September 1 1997, will not be eligible to receive any Service Pay.

8.7To be eligible to receive a 2% wage increase after 12 months, employees need to have met or exceeded a minimum of 70% of the targets outlined in the Performance Indicators. The most critical Performance Indicators to achieve are Customer Satisfaction and Preventative Maintenance. Other Performance Indicators (not the associated targets) outlined in clause 7.3 may be amended by agreement with the workforce over the life of this agreement if more appropriate or useful ones are found.

8.8Leading Hand Allowances will be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Metal Trades (General) Award No. 13 of 1965.

8.9It is agreed that the current assessment of the savings allowance (4% additional) adopted in this agreement shall be back paid to the commencement of the nine day fortnight trial as long as this Agreement is in place by 1 September 1997. Those people who are no longer employed by the City of Melville as at 1 September 1997 will not be eligible for back pay.

8.10The Bonus Payment Scheme will continue to operate in its current form and be additional to this agreement.

9. APPRENTICES

9.1This agreement shall apply in part to the Apprentices employed in the Mechanical Workshop. Due to study commitments, the Apprentices will not join the 9 day fortnight scheme but will instead continue working the standard hours of work.

9.2Apprentices are eligible for the 2% Savings Allowance available at 1/9/98 due to their contribution towards achieving the outlined Performance Indicators in Clause 7 of this Agreement.

10. NO EXTRA CLAIMS

10.1The parties agree that for the duration of this Agreement they will not pursue any extra claims including any Safety Net increases.

10.2The terms of this Agreement shall not be used to progress or obtain similar arrangements or benefits in any other workplace.

11. HOURS OF WORK

11.1The ordinary hours of work will be seventy six (76) per fortnight worked on any nine (9) days Monday to Friday between the hours of 7.00am and 6.00pm. The ordinary hours shall be 7.6 consecutive hours on any day.

11.2Rostered days off will be arranged on a rotational basis, being Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Employees are able to change their Roster Day Off by mutual agreement with other employees. This can be done without the need for any administration or the involvement (unless required) of the Mechanical Co-ordinator/Manager.

11.3Any overtime will be paid in accordance with award provisions and using the base rate contained in this agreement.

11.4In order to ensure that Performance Indicators are being met or exceeded, it may be necessary to review the spread of hours being worked. Any proposals would be negotiated in conjunction with the workforce, or may be initiated by the workforce.

12. COMPETITIVE TENDERING

12.1In response to current Local Government policies and Federal Government funding cut-backs, the parties recognise that competitive tendering is an increasingly prominent feature of strategic Local Government Management.

12.2The parties acknowledge that competitive tendering will affect the way in which services are delivered to the community.

12.3In order to maintain security of tenure, the parties agree that work practices, machinery and training must reflect community and private enterprise standards capable of allowing successful competitive ‘in-house’ tendering.

12.4The Mechanical Maintenance Workshop will begin to actively participate in the competitive tendering process by developing strategies in staff development and best practices to underpin competitiveness in an open market place for Council’s workforce, providing the most efficient and effective services to ratepayers.

13. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

13.1The parties are committed to the development of skills and expertise relevant to the functions of the Mechanical Workshop. Any training and development undertaken may be on the basis of workplace learning or through established training courses.

13.2Individual training needs are identified on a yearly basis during the Bonus Payment Scheme meeting with the Manager/Co-ordinator of the Mechanical Workshop.

13.3The Corporate Training Plan is reviewed on an annual basis and its aim is to address organisational training requirements. Training needs identified in this plan will be co-ordinated in conjunction with the Mechanical Co-ordinator/Supervisor and employees party to this agreement .

13.4. Any training and development will be undertaken in accordance with the Training Policy and Training procedure.

14. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

14.1The Western Australian Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1984, as amended from time to time, shall apply without limitation.

14.2The parties to the agreement are committed to maintaining and improving the Occupational Safety and Health standards at the City of Melville through Hazard Identification, Accident Prevention, participation in training initiatives, participation in safety programmes and tool box meetings.

15. EMPLOYEE ABSENCES

15.1Any employee unable to present himself/herself for duty shall notify the Supervisor as soon as possible, preferably before the commencement of the scheduled work starting time.

15.2Employees shall be entitled to an aggregate of four periods of absence whether they be full or half days of sick leave each year without the need to produce a medical certificate as long as they have not exceeded five (5) days taken in the previous twelve (12) months, but any further sick leave will require such a certificate.

15.3The parties aim to reduce sick leave to an average of five days or less (inclusive of family leave) in any year.

16. FAMILY LEAVE

Use of Sick Leave:-

16.1Employees with responsibilities relating to members of their immediate family who need care and support, shall be entitled to absence of up to 38 hours, or five days, per year of their accrued sick leave entitlements to provide necessary care and support for such person when they are ill.

16.2If required, the employee shall establish by production of a medical certificate or statutory declaration, the illness of the person concerned.

16.3Entitlement to the use of sick leave in accordance with this clause is subject to the employee being responsible for the care of the person concerned; and the person concerned being a member of the employee’s immediate family.

16.4The term immediate family includes -

- a spouse, including a former spouse, a de facto spouse and a former de facto spouse, of the employee.

- a ‘de facto’ spouse, in relation to a persons means a person who lives with the employee as a husband or wife on a bona fide domestic basis, although not legally married to the employee.

- a child or an adult child - including an adopted child, step-child or an ex nuptial child - parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee or spouse of the employee.

16.5Wherever practicable the employee shall give the employer notice, prior to the absence, of intention to take leave, the name of the person requiring care and his/her relationship to the employee, the reasons for taking such leave and estimated length of absence.

16.6If it is not practicable for the employee to give such prior notice, he/she shall notify the employer by telephone of such absence at the first opportunity on the first day of the absence.

Unpaid leave for family purposes

16.7Unpaid leave for family purposes will be considered by the employer on a case by case basis in conjunction with the relevant employee.

16.8Rights to annual leave, long service leave and sick leave will not accrue during any period of unpaid leave.

Annual Leave:-

16.9Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, with the consent of the employer, an employee may elect to take annual leave in single day periods, not exceeding five days in any calendar year, at a time or times mutually agreed upon.

Make up time

16.10For a period taken off during ordinary hours an employee may, with the consent of the employer, elect to work ‘make up time’ whereby he/she works those hours at a later time within the spread of ordinary hours prescribed by the Metal Trades (General) Award No. 13 of 1965.

17. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE

17.1Any dispute arising from implementation of this Agreement shall be dealt with in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Clause 36.- Avoidance of Industrial Disputes in the Metal Trades (General) Award No. 13 of 1965.

18. SIGNATORIES TO AGREEMENT

Signed for and on behalf of the City of Melville

John McNally (signed)CITY OF MELVILLE SEAL

Dated

3/9/97

Signed for and on behalf of the Automotive, Food,

Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred

Industries Union of Worker - Western Australian Branch (“AMWU”)

(indecipherable)COMMON SEAL

Dated

9/8/97

WAGE CALCULATIONS.
LEADING HAND/ MECHANIC WITH FIVE YEARS SERVICE PAY
(C8) / ANY MECHANIC WITH LESS THAN ONE YEAR SERVICE PAY
(C8) / MECHANIC WITH ONE YEAR SERVICE PAY
(C8) / MECHANIC WITH FIVE YEARS SERVICE PAY
(C8) / ANY TRADES ASSISTANT EMPLOYED AFTER 1/9/97 (NO SERVICE PAY)
(C12) / TRADES ASSISTANT WITH FIVE YEARS SERVICE
(C12)
Base wage rate / $482.90 / $482.90 / $482.90 / $482.90 / $388.60 / $388.60
Tool allowance / $9.70 / $9.70 / $9.70 / $9.70 / $8.70
Confined space allowance / $12.54 / $12.54 / $12.54 / $12.54 / $12.54 / $12.54
Dirt allowance / $14.82 / $14.82 / $14.82 / $14.82 / $14.82 / $14.82
Leading hand rate / $17.50
Sub-total, New Base Rate / $537.46 / $519.96 / $519.96 / $519.96 / $415.96 / $424.66
Service allowance / $25.00 / $5.00 / $25.00 / $25.00
Proposed 9% increase / $48.37 / $46.80 / $46.80 / $46.80 / $37.44 / $38.22
Total Weekly Rate, 1/9/97 / $610.83 / $566.76 / $571.76 / $591.76 / $453.40 / $487.88
2% increase 1/9/98 / $10.75 / $10.40 / $10.40 / $10.40 / $8.49 / $8.49
Total Weekly Rate, 1/9/98 / $621.58 / $577.166 / $582.16 / $602.16 / $461.89 / $496.37

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CITY OF MELVILLE MECHANICAL WORKSHOP

ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 1997

NO. AG 260 OF 1997

Delivered 05/11/97 at 77 WAIG 2885

Consolidated

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