Documents Workplace Relations 10.14379.pdf - Chief Minister's ...

Without Prejudice
Legislative Assembly Members' Staff Enterprise Agreement 2010-2011
The Government's Position:
1. Quantum of Pay Increase
2.5% increase from 1 July 2010 plus a $650 sign-on bonus to eligible employees .
once agreement is reached.
2. Duration of Agreement
A short-term Agreement which will terminate on 30 June 2011.
3. Termination Payments
In accordance with the Auditor General report requirements wording of the current
Agreement clause 13.2 to be revisited and clarified.
Management initially wanted changes in accordance with the attached document.
However, over the life of the negotiations mana·gement has pared that back to
wanting now to only remove termination payments for new employees whose
employing MLA chooses not to contest a general election and where there is
significant advance warning that staff will not be re-engaged.
All existing staff.would be grandfathered and protected from this change which
would only apply to new staff engaged after the Agreement is made.
4. Time Off In Lieu
Accumulation of TOIL credit to be capped at below 100 hours.
5. Annual Leave
Bring excessive annual leave credit handling in line with methodology used in the
ACTPS.
6. Minimal change
Minimal changes to be made apart from those changes mentioned above and
others legally required by the Fair Work Act 2009.