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WESFI MANUFACTURING PTY LTD, VICTORIA PARK ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 1998
No. AG 71 of 1998
WESFI MANUFACTURING PTY LTDVICTORIA PARK DIVISION
ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 1998
1.0TITLE
The WESFI Manufacturing Pty Ltd, Victoria Park Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 1998.
2.0ARRANGEMENT
1.0Title
2.0Arrangement
3.0Application and Parties Bound
4.0Period of Operation
5.0Objectives
6.0Remuneration
7.0Relationship to Parent Award and Other Agreements
8.0Maintenance of Existing Conditions and Arrangements
9.0Consultation and Participation
10.0ECC Training Leave
11.0Review of the Skills Based Grade Structure Within Victoria Park Division
12.0Personal Carers and Parental Leave
13.0Workers’ Compensation
14.0Journey Cover
15.0Annual Leave
16.0Sick Leave
17.0Grievance and Disputes Procedure
18.0Tea Breaks
19.0Transitional Arrangements
20.0No Extra Claims Commitment
21.0Signatures
3.0APPLICATION AND PARTIES BOUND
This Agreement shall apply at WESFI Victoria Park and shall be binding upon:
3.1WESFI Manufacturing Pty Ltd, Victoria Park Division
3.2Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Workers Union of Australia, Engineering and Electrical, Division, WA Branch and
3.3All employees, which number one, employed at the Victoria Park Division under the terms and conditions of the Metal Trades (General) Award 1966 ("the Award").
4.0PERIOD OF OPERATION
4.1Unless the provisions of Clause 19 - Transitional Arrangement - come into effect this Agreement shall operate from the beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 28th February 1997 and shall remain in force for a period of two (2) years.
4.2The Parties agree to undertake a review of the Agreement and commence negotiation for a further Agreement no later than three months before the expiry of this Agreement.
5.0OBJECTIVES
5.1The objectives of the Agreement are to facilitate and commit the Parties to ensuring the Victoria Park Division becomes a more productive and efficient operation and to provide more varied, skilled and better paid jobs for workers and further, to:
Provide excellence in meeting customer requirements.
Ensure the plant operates to best standard in safety and quality.
5.2The objectives shall be achieved by:
Commitment and agreement on continuously improving performance, work methods and striving for efficiency improvements and customer service improvements.
Maintenance of AS/NZS 9001 quality systems, IS014001 Environmental Management Systems and Safety Systems.
6.0REMUNERATION
6.1The Parties agree that the wage increase will be as follows:
(a)4% from the first pay period commencing on or after 28th February 1997
(b)4% from the first pay period commencing on or after 28th February 1998
6.2The above wage increases shall be additional to the Award rate, any over Award payment and any previous Enterprise Bargaining payment. This payment is in recognition of a commitment by all parties to the processes as outlined in all clauses of this agreement.
6.3The increases provided for in this clause shall not be applicable to allowances or flat weekly payments not included in the hourly rate of pay.
7.0RELATIONSHIP TO PARENT AWARD AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
This Agreement shall be read and interpreted wholly in conjunction with the Award mentioned in Clause 3 of this Agreement provided that, to the extent of any inconsistency between the Award and this Agreement, the latter shall prevail. This Agreement shall also be read wholly in conjunction with the WESFI PTY LTD - VICTORIA PARK (ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS 1993 and 1995) and that those Agreements shall have full effect provided that to the extent of any inconsistency between those Agreements and this Agreement, the latter shall prevail.
8.0MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
The Company agrees for the life of this Agreement not to reduce existing pay and employment conditions, and will continue to abide by the terms and provisions of the Award as it existed on 1 March 1997 and any other agreements applying to the parties to this agreement at that time.
9.0CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION
An Enterprise Consultative Committee (ECC) will be established made up of equal representation from management and the workforce. The ECC will meet on an as required basis with the ECC Constitution to be established at the first meeting.
10.0ECC TRAINING LEAVE
10.1All ECC representatives will be entitled up to a maximum of two days paid leave to attend Union training courses on ECC skills. On application, the employer will consider a further two days paid training leave time during the life of this Agreement. The parties agree to consult and co-operate as to timing of, and attendance at, training sessions.
10.2Training will be carried out during normal working hours and participants will be paid at their usual rate for that time. Shift workers will be released from shifts for the duration of the training and be paid as per the roster.
10.3Training will be joint training. The Parties agree to consult on the delivery of training by the Union and WESFI trainers.
10.4ECC Training Leave shall be in addition to the Trade Union Training Leave entitlement in the Award.
10.5The Union and the Company will confer regarding ‘follow-up’ training.
10.6Sub committees will receive the same training entitlement to enable them to operate efficiently and effectively.
11.0REVIEW OF THE SKILLS BASED GRADE STRUCTURE
11.1The Parties agree that a review of the application of Award grade structure and classifications will be completed in the first year from the date of signing of this Agreement.
11.2The Metal Trades Award Grade Structure will be used as a guide to assist the parties in streamlining this process where appropriate.
12.0PERSONAL CARERS AND PARENTAL LEAVE
12.1The parties agree that where employees have family responsibilities to attend to, access to accrued Annual Leave, Sick Leave, LSL and LWOP shall be made available upon application as per Award entitlement.
12.2Further to subclause 12.1 application may be put to management on a case by case basis should personal need arise.
13.0WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Where an employee is incapacitated through injury within the meaning of any Workers' Compensation Act, the Company shall pay the injured employee the entitlements due under the Workers' Compensation Act and in addition, the Company will pay the Superannuation Guarantee contribution requirements for a period of 12 months or as specified by legislation, after the date of the injury, providing the injured person remains an employee of the Company.
14.0JOURNEY COVER
The Company will extend the Journey Accident policy to cover all employees and the employee will have the option of claiming on the union policy or the Company policy.
15.0ANNUAL LEAVE
15.1Annual Leave shall be taken in accordance with the terms and conditions as contained within the Award. These terms may be varied in accordance with the process outlined in the Award via the Enterprise Consultative Committee.
15.2By agreement between the parties, employees shall be allowed to bank an additional two weeks leave. In specific circumstances and with the consent of management, employees may apply to bank up to a maximum of 4 weeks additional leave.
15.3Where an employee has an accrued entitlement of Annual Leave (not being the current calendar year's entitlement) the employee may by mutual agreement elect to convert the Annual Leave entitlement to a cash payment in lieu of taking the Annual Leave as time off. Management will not unreasonably withhold agreement.
15.4The conversion rate would be the number of Annual Leave hours to be converted by the hourly base rate of pay. Annual Leave loading would also be paid out at the time of conversion.
15.5Where an employee has "cashed out" a portion of his/her accrued Annual Leave he/she is not then entitled to have the cashed out portion as time off at a later date.
16.0SICK LEAVE
The company agrees to grant each permanent full time employee a total of 76 hours as a Sick Leave entitlement for each completed 12 months of service. Any untaken Sick Leave entitlement available as at 30June and 31 December each year will be paid out in cash at the ordinary hourly rate.
17.0GRIEVANCE AND DISPUTES PROCEDURE
Any grievance, industrial dispute or matter likely to create a dispute shall be dealt with in the following manner:
17.1The employee will attempt to resolve the matter with their direct supervisor;
17.2If the matter is not resolved by 17.1, the accredited Union Representatives shall discuss the matter with the Supervisor in charge of the section or sections in which the grievance, dispute, or likely dispute exists;
17.3If the grievance, dispute, or likely dispute is not resolved at this level, the Union Representative shall consult with the manager or nominated Company Representative;
17.4If the grievance, dispute, or likely dispute is not resolved by 17.3, the Company Representatives will meet with the appropriate Union Official, the Union Representative and any other representative agreed by the parties in an endeavour to resolve the grievance, dispute or likely dispute;
17.5If the grievance, dispute or likely dispute is not resolved in accordance with these procedures, either party may refer the matter to the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
17.6Without prejudice to either party and except where a bona fide health and safety issue is involved, work shall continue while matters in dispute are being dealt with in accordance with these procedures.
18.0TEA BREAKS
18.1It is agreed by the parties that the current arrangement in respect to the afternoon tea break will continue. Any proposed changes to the arrangement must be discussed with the ECC after consultation and approval of the majority of employees.
18.2If overtime is to be worked after a normal workday, the employee shall be entitled to an additional break at a mutually agreeable time during the overtime period.
19.0TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
19.1The parties agree that this Agreement shall apply for work carried out at the Victoria Park Site. When the Victoria Park Operation is transferred to the Welshpool Site the Operation will become part of the Value Added Products Division. To this end transferred employees will be covered upon transfer by the existing Wesfi Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. Value Added Products Division Enterprise Bargaining Agreement of 1998 and all pay rates and conditions contained in that Agreement will apply.
19.2No later than the 28th February 1998 the parties will align the employees pay rates for work currently undertaken at the Victoria Park Operation with the relevant pay rates from the VAP Division pay scale. In undertaking this alignment the classification and skill level definitions contained in the Metal Trades General Award will be used. The purpose of this exercise is to align the Victoria Park employee rates with the relevant rates for the work performed under the VAP pay scale.
19.3Due to changed market requirements the Company will review the appropriateness of the Victoria Park RDO arrangements prior to relocation. The review will be carried out by the Consultative Committee in a consultative process with consideration to be given to the requirements of all parties.
20.0NO EXTRA CLAIMS COMMITMENTS
The parties agree that Wage Case decisions occurring during the life of this agreement will not be made available to employees covered by this agreement and that no extra claims will be made.
21.0SIGNATURES
SignedWESFI Victoria Park
SignedECC Delegate
Signed Common SealCommunications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and
Allied Workers Union of Australia, Engineering and Electrical Division WA Branch
VARIATIONRECORD
WESFI MANUFACTURING PTY LTD, VICTORIA PARK ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 1998
NO. AG 71 of 1998
Delivered 16/06/98 at 78 WAIG 2898
Registered 18/05/98
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NO.VARIATIONNO.DATEREFERENCE
1.0 Title
2.0 Arrangement
3.0 Application and Parties Bound
4.0 Period of Operation
5.0 Objectives
6.0 Remuneration
7.0 Relationship to Parent Award and Other Agreements
8.0 Maintenance of Existing Conditions and Arrangements
9.0 Consultation and Participation
10.0 ECC Training Leave
11.0 Review of the Skills Based Grade Structure Within Victoria Park Division
12.0 Personal Carers and Parental Leave
13.0 Workers’ Compensation
14.0 Journey Cover
15.0 Annual Leave
16.0 Sick Leave
17.0 Grievance and Disputes Procedure
18.0 Tea Breaks
19.0 Transitional Arrangements
20.0 No Extra Claims Commitment
21.0 Signatures
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