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Collective Agreement- Staff and Unions' Log of Claims- Government reponse<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 ACf Government and its employees.<br />
• Agreed.<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 />
• Agreed. The Government understands that this claim relates in part to the provision<br />
of blackberry technology. Currently access to blackberry technology is provided for<br />
chief of staff and media advisers only. It is agreed that guidelines may be changed<br />
that allow access to other staff at the discretion of the Member. This is on the<br />
understanding that the cost is met from the Member's DOA.<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 />
• Not agreed.<br />
• This is already incorporated into salaries, which are 'somewhat in advance' of ACfPS<br />
equivalents.<br />
• Staff can also claim TOIL for this purpose.<br />
• The Government may reconsider an overall LAMS allowance including which has on<br />
call and existing LAMS allowance elements as a substitute for TOIL.<br />
• The Government is unconvinced that an on call allowance would be offset by<br />
productivity gains.<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 />
• Agreed. The Government is prepared to a change in methodology to calculate the<br />
LAMS allowance over a full year. This would include times when staff are on paid<br />
leave but not at times when on unpaid leave. However, this would be on the<br />
understanding that the payment would be at a reduced rate and not paid on<br />
termination monies.<br />
• The Government does not agree that this will result in a significant reduction in the<br />
administration of the allowance.<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.