EB'99 Academic Staff

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SUMMARY OF MEETING OF HELD ON

9 NOVEMBER 1999

At the Academic Enterprise Bargaining Group meeting held this morning between the University and the NTEU, the following issues were tabled and/or outcomes resolved:

1. That the NTEU would provide to Brian Stoddart a detailed letter address resourcing concerns and that both Team Leaders would meet to further discuss the issue.

2. There was discussion of the proposed seven days notice period for meetings concerning EB. It was agreed that any meetings which discussed EB specifically would be covered by the seven day notification period and that the substance of these respective meetings would be provided on either the NTEU or management EB Web site.

3. Management provided financial information to the NTEU on student income fees and a report on the University's deferred maintenance liability which was developed by the Director of FMS.

4. Management provided a detailed verbal item to item response to the NTEU Log of Claims.

5. It was agreed by the parties that all corrospondence and information would be forwarded to the EEO Manager.

6. The following EB issues have been agreed in principle:

(a) preservation on current superannuation arrangements and including a limit on the choice of funds.
(b) the inclusion of grievance and dispute resolution procedures in the agreement; and
(c) clause 18 in the UNE proposed agreement relating to subject and course co-ordination allowance.

7. That a consolidation document of the UNE and NTEU log of claims would be developed and that all further negotiations would take place from that document.

8. That the next meeting would determine areas of agreement, disagreement and areas for further discussion. Further, this meeting would also develop a potential timeline for future negotiations.