Graylands Hospital Security Officers Agreement 1995

“GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL SECURITY OFFICERS

AGREEMENT 1995”

NO. AG 113 OF 1995

AGREEMENT

1. TITLE

This Agreement shall be know as the “Graylands Hospital Security Officers Agreement 1995”.

2. ARRANGEMENT

1.Title

2.Arrangement

3.Relationship to Award

4.Hours

5.Part-Time Employment

6.Annual Leave

7.Sick Leave

8.Long Service Leave

9.Shift Work Allowance

10.Overtime

11.Relief Component

12.Casual Employment

13.Application of the Agreement

14.Term of Agreement

15.Parties to the Agreement

3. RELATIONSHIP TO AWARD

This Agreement shall be read and interpreted in conjunction with the Public Service Award 1992, provided that where there is inconsistency between this Agreement and the Award, this Agreement shall take precedence.

4. HOURS

(1)The ordinary working hours shall be worked in 12 hour shifts, operating Friday to Thursday inclusively. For the purpose of staff rosters, shifts shall be worked as follows:

Day Shift0701 - 1901

Night Shift1091 - 0701

(2)An average of 75 hours per fortnight shall be worked over an eighteen week cycle.

(3)The employer is responsible for the maintenance of the roster showing hours of duty and annual leave.

(4)(i)Two meal breaks of one half hour shall be taken at the Officer’s discretion, in accordance with operational needs.

(ii)Meal breaks are to be considered as time worked and staff are required to remain on-site and available to return to duty at all times, as and when required.

5. PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT

(1)Definition -

(a)Part-time employment is defined as regular and continuing work with a minimum of 4 hours per shift and a maximum of 12 hours per shift OR an average of not less than 24 hours and not more than 36 hours per week over the 18 week roster period.

(b)A part-time position shall have the same duties over the spread of hours as a Full-Time Officer.

(2)Agreement -

(a)Each part-time employment shall be confirmed in writing and shall include the agreed period of the agreement and the agreed hours of duty in accordance with Sub-Clause (1) of this Agreement.

(3)Hours of Duty -

(a)If due to exceptional circumstances, there is a requirement for a temporary variation to the Part-Time Officers hours of duty, this shall be agreed to in writing by the Officer. If agreement is reached, pursuant to this Sub-Clause, to vary the Officer’s ordinary working hours temporarily, the following shall apply:

(i)Time worked to 12 hours on any shift shall not be regarded as overtime, but an extension of the contract hours for that shift and shall be paid at the normal rate of pay.

(ii)Overtime shall not be paid unless the total time worked on any shift exceeds 12.5 hours.

(4)Meal Breaks -

A Part-Time Officer shall be entitled to one meal break of one half hour, for every six (6) hours worked. This meal break shall be taken in accordance with Clause (4) of this Agreement.

(5)Shift Allowance -

A shift allowance shall be paid proportionately to the hours worked and in accordance with Clause 9 of this Agreement.

6. ANNUAL LEAVE

(1)Annual leave provisions are to apply pursuant to the Public Service Award 1992, however, for the purposes of this Agreement, all annual leave entitlements will be converted to hours totalling 150 hours per annum for a full time employee. Pro rata annual leave provisions shall apply as per the Public Service Award 1992.

(2)Annual leave is to be taken in accordance with the roster and applications for annual leave are to received by 1 October of the current year to ensure leave allocations for the following year may be determined. Where applications are lodged by two or more staff for the same period(s), applications will be considered by the General Manager.

7. SICK LEAVE

(1)Sick leave provisions are to apply pursuant to the Public Service Award 1992.

(2)Where an employee is unable to attend a rostered shift(s) due to illness or injury, the employee shall notify the Hospital of their non attendance, unless prevented by the circumstances of the illness or injury, at least 2 hours prior to the commencement of the rostered shift.

8. LONG SERVICE LEAVE

Long service leave provisions are to apply pursuant to the Public Service Award 1992, however, 13 weeks long service leave entitlement as prescribed within the abovementioned award shall be converted to 487.5 hours.

9. SHIFT WORK ALLOWANCES

(1)This Clause shall be interpreted in conjunction with Clause 17 - Shift Work Allowance of the Public Service Award 1992.

(2)(a)The first roster period shall commence the first Friday after the first day following the signing of the Agreement.

(b)A night shift, operable between the hours of 1901 - 0701, will attract a shift allowance of $18.60 per shift as per Schedule J of the Public Service Award 1992 which is based on the shift allowance paid for 7.5 hours and shall be varied in accordance with any alteration to Schedule J of the Public Service Award 1992.

(c)Work performed during ordinary rostered hours on Saturdays or Sundays shall be paid at the rate of time and one half and on public holidays at double time and one half. These rates shall be paid in lieu of the allowance prescribed in Paragraph (2)(b) of this Clause.

(d)Where a shift extends into a public holiday, an Officer shall have been deemed to have worked the public holiday, when the majority of the shift occurred during the public holiday. e.g. where an Officer commences at 1901 hours on a Sunday and the shift completes at 0701 Monday, a public holiday, the Officer will be paid in addition to ordinary hours payment at time and one half. Excepting that Good Friday and Easter Monday may be accrued if the Officer so chooses, in writing. If these hours are not cleared within 12 months, they shall be paid out in the following pay period.

(e)An Officer rostered off duty on a public holiday shall be paid 7.5 hours. Payment will be made automatically in the following pay period in which the public holiday falls. Excepting that Good Friday and Easter Monday may be accrued if the Officer so chooses, in writing. If these hours are not cleared within 12 months, they shall be paid out in the following pay period.

(f)An Officer engaged on continuous shift work shall be entitled to 37.5 hours leave on addition to the Officer’s normal annual leave entitlement.

(g)Officers shall be allowed to change shifts or days off with other Officers (with the approval of the Manager) providing no additional costs are incurred.

(h)Effective from 1 January 1994, Easter Tuesday and the day after the News Years day public holiday are no longer recognised as public service holidays and are now to be taken as time in lieu of these days. For the purpose of this Agreement, Officers shall be paid out 7.5 hours for each day and such payment will not be made prior to the date of occurrence.

10. OVERTIME

(1)Work performed by an Officer in excess of the ordinary hours of the Officer’s shift shall be paid for at overtime rates in accordance with the provisions of Clause 18 - Overtime of the Public Service Award 1992, excepting where the period of overtime is for the whole of a 12 hour shift and the Officer has been off duty for at least 12 hours in which case that 12 hours shall be paid at time and one half.

(2)All overtime worked on public holidays shall be in accordance with the provisions of Clause 18 - Overtime, Public Service Award 1992.

11. RELIEF COMPONENT

(1)Each Officer shall be rostered in the leave relief position for a period of 18 weeks (1 roster cycle).

(2)When a Security Officer is unable to attend their rostered shift due to ill-health, injury or other extenuating circumstances, then the Supervisor shall contact an Officer who is rostered off duty or a Casual Security Officer employed under the Public Service Award 1992 Conditions to cover that absence. Clause 10 of this Agreement shall then apply to permanent Officers and Clause 12 to Casual Officers.

12. CASUAL EMPLOYMENT

(1)Definition -

“Casual Security Officer” means an Officer engaged by the hour for a period not exceeding 6 weeks in any period of engagement, as determined by the General Manager, to undertake duties on shifts up to 12 hours duration.

(2)Salary -

(a)A casual employee shall be paid for each hour worked at the appropriate classification contained in Clause 10 - Salaries, of the Public Service Award 1992 in accordance with the following formula:

FORTNIGHTLY SALARY

with the addition of twenty percent in lieu of annual leave, sick leave, long service leave and payment for public holidays.

(b)Under Clause 9 of this Agreement only (2)(b), (2)(c) and (2)(g) shall apply.

(3)Conditions of Service -

(a)Nothing in this Clause shall confer “Permanent” or “Temporary” Officer status within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and no part of a Casual Officers service shall count for the purposes of Section 64(1)(a) of the Act.

(b)The employment of a Casual Officer may be terminated at any time by the Casual Officer or the Chief Executive Officer giving to the other 1 hour’s prior notice. In the event of a Chief Executive Officer or Casual Officer failing to give the required notice, one hour’s salary shall be paid or forfeited.

(c)The provisions of Clause 10 of this Agreement do not apply to Casual Officers who are paid by the hour for each hour worked.

13. APPLICATION OF THE AGREEMENT

This Agreement shall apply to Security Officers employed at Graylands Hospital.

14. TERM OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement shall operate on and from 7th April 1995 until 14th December 1995, and shall remain in force after that date until it is replaced or until either party withdraws from the Agreement, having given no less than one month’s notice of doing so.

By no later than 1st December 1995 the parties will confer to assess the progress of the Agreement and to consider its continuation.

15. PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT

The parties to the Agreement are:

The Health Department of Western Australia - Graylands Hospital

The Community and Public Sector Union (WA Branch) / Civil Service Association of Western Australia

(Signed by Peter Brennan)(Signed by D. Robinson)

Dr Peter BrennanDave Robinson

Commissioner of HealthBranch Secretary

Health Department of Western AustraliaThe Community and Public Sector Union

Graylands Hospital(WA Branch)/Civil Service Association

of Western Australia Inc.

Date:10/5/95Date:27.4.95

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‘GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL SECURITY OFFICERS AGREEMENT 1995”

NO. AG 113 OF 1995

Delivered 12/10/95 at 75 WAIG 2979

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