The University of Western Australia Collective Staff Agreements 2010

The Agreements Expiry date 30 September 2012 Salary increases Academic Workload provisions Misconduct & Unsatisfactory Performance – Professional & General Staff Improved Severance for Ongoing Contingent Funded Staff Increase in PhD salary entry point - Academic Staff Casuals Leave Offshore Work

Salary increases 11% Salary Increase Comprising three instalments 3% increase paid 11 th October % increase September % increase September 2012

Workloads – Academic Staff Reasonable workloads and responsibility of supervisors to ensure workloads are fair, equitable and manageable. Average 37.5 hours per week (1725 hours pa) Workload Models factors for inclusion Specify maximum teaching weeks (normally 26 weeks) Workload Advisory Committee Monitoring and reviewing of workload models Promote establishment of workload models

Misconduct and Unsatisfactory Performance Both Misconduct and Unsatisfactory Performance have been included in the Professional & General Staff Agreement to reflect current policies Unsatisfactory Performance -reintroduces possible termination of a fixed term contract employee on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance Misconduct -Agreement to include amended review provisions regarding research misconduct -Requirement of Part B of the NHMRC/ARC Research Code

Improved Severance for Ongoing Contingent Staff Period of Continuous ServiceSeverance Pay At least 1 year but less than 2 years4 weeks’ pay At least 2 years but less than 3 years6 weeks’ pay At least 3 years but less than 4 years7 weeks’ pay At least 4 years but less than 5 years8 weeks’ pay At least 5 years but less than 6 years10 weeks’ pay At least 6 years but less than 7 years11 weeks’ pay At least 7 years but less than 8 years13 weeks’ pay At least 8 years but less than 9 years14 weeks’ pay At least 9 years but less than 10 years16 weeks’ pay At least 10 years12 weeks’ pay

Increase in PhD salary entry point Entry level for PhDs will increase from Level A step 7 to level A step 8 From 1 January 2011

Casual Employment Increase in casual salary loading to 25% effective from beginning of first pay period after lodgement (11 October). Recognition for additional marking based on in class/out of class criteria to be incorporated in Academic Casual Rates schedule Casual Academic Research rates will be introduced.

Leave Parental Leave Annual Leave Personal leave Long service leave Bereavement / compassionate Community service leave Employee funded additional leave

Leave (cont’d) Parental Leave Replacement of existing Return To Work Bonus with additional 12 or 22 weeks paid parental leave based on years of service. 12 months service required prior to each period of parental leave to access enhanced entitlement. (if not 14 weeks)

Leave (cont’d) Annual Leave Accrued leave in excess of 8 weeks is considered to be excess leave Requirement to reduce leave on an annual basis to 4 weeks or less Transition arrangements, greater than 8 week balance clearance of 50% within 12 months and 4 weeks or less within 24 months Ability to cash out a minimum of 1 weeks leave with a minimum balance of 4 weeks – in cases of financial hardship only

Leave (cont’d) Personal Leave (formerly Sick/Carers) A wider definition of immediate family Academic and Professional & General Staff are required to provide a medical certificate for absence of 3 or more consecutive working days

Leave (cont’d) Long Service Leave Academic staff have access to take pro-rata LSL after 7 years Continuation of cessation of accrual when LSL is not cleared within 5 years of accrual -Academic staff required to clear all LSL accrued -Professional & General staff required to clear a minimum 6 weeks of LSL accrued -Transition arrangements in place (Prof & Gen)

Leave (cont’d) Bereavement/compassionate Leave To be paid for up to 2 days on each permissable occasion with no limit on the number of occasions Community Service Leave Provisions are extended to Academic staff Employee funded additional leave Provisions extended to Academic staff Additional 2 weeks to 8 weeks available under the Scheme

Offshore Work Offshore work to be defined as work performed outside Australia at the direction of the University Participation will be voluntary except where the requirement is a genuine requirement of the position Reimbursement of actual reasonable expenses Notice of 2 weeks to be given except in emergency situations Review during the life of the Agreement

Process Ballot Notification Lodgement Approval Implementation