Documents Workplace Relations 10.14379.pdf - Chief Minister's ...
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Collective Agreement- Staff Log of Claims<br />
1) Quantum of pay increase and sign on bonus<br />
We request a pay rise and sign on bonus of the same quantum as that proposed in the draft<br />
Agency Enterprise Bargain Agreements between the ACT Government and its employees.<br />
2) On-call Allowance<br />
We request that it be left to the discretion of members, in consultation with their staff, to<br />
decide where provision of a mobile phone with email compatibility could improve productivity.<br />
This undertaking would need to be accompanied by an "on-call allowance", of an agreed<br />
percentage of salary, to account for the additional time outside of work hours that LAMS staff<br />
are required to be available. The increased cost to budget is more than offset by productivity<br />
gains through the use of this technology.<br />
3) Administration of the LAMS Allowance<br />
We request that the LAMS Allowance be paid as an all purpose allowance, that is, on all days<br />
employed, rather than days worked, to reflect the additional availability required of LAMS<br />
staff. This would mean that the LAMS Allowance is paid each day unless the employee is on<br />
leave without pay. This should result in a small increase in the size of the LAMS allowance but<br />
a significant reduction in the administrative burden of calculating the fortnightly variations in<br />
the LAMS allowance. This should have no net budget impact.<br />
4) Time Sheets<br />
We request that management should provide us with model of payment that could be offered<br />
to staff they chose to opt out of TOIL. This should allow for an increase in the LAMS<br />
allowance that adequately compensates the individual for the additional hours that they are<br />
required to work due to the nature of the employment in this area. This would be revenue<br />
neutral as the increase in LAMS allowance would be compensated by the hours of leave that<br />
do not need to be funded and the decreased cost of administration due to the removal of the ·<br />
need to process timesheets for these staff.<br />
However, staff must be offered the choice between additional LAMS allowance with no access<br />
to TOIL or the current system with timesheets and access to TOIL and also be able to change<br />
between these schemes once per year to reflect their changing circumstances. ·<br />
5) Higher Duties Allowance<br />
We request that clause 34 to be altered to permit an enforceable 'higher duties' allowance<br />
where a staff member is expected to perform at a higher level to fulfil the duties of a higher<br />
level employee during periods of absence longer than two weeks.<br />
This should be structured such that extended periods leave do not count against Member's<br />
salary caps which will allow other staff to act in their places without disadvantaging the<br />
Member's ability to staff their offices and pay their staff at appropriate levels for the work<br />
they are undertaking.<br />
6) Equitable access to subsidised transport and parking<br />
We request that all staff have access to a range of options which minimise the cost of<br />
transport to and from work, whether that be via public transport, private vehicle or bicycle.<br />
This should acknowledge that only a limited number of staff have access to free parking at<br />
present while others are forced to pay significant out of pocket expenses for transport and<br />
parking costs.