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CPSU GENERAL STAFF ENTERPRISE
BARGAINING
NOTES OF MEETING
2.00PM - 5:00PM, TUESDAY 4 APRIL
2000
CONFERENCE ROOM, TC LAMBLE
BUILDING
Present:
Brian Lancaster (Director, HR Services)
Ian Galloway (CPSU Industrial Officer)
Christopher Serow (Mgr, IR& WC)
Judy Stott (CPSU Rep)
Chris Burrell (IR Officer)
Frank Leayr (CPSU Rep)
Rebecca Wood (G/S EB Secretary)
ITEM 1. Apologies:
Peter Szacsvay
Meeting opened at 2:15pm.
Chris Serow as Chair.
ITEM 2: Minutes of Previous Meeting:
The minutes of the last meeting were accepted as
a true and accurate record with the following
amendments:
1. Item 1. Should read ……subject to
CPSU submission of C. No. 20997 of 2000 on
transcript.
2. Item 2.1 Should read for further
discussion.
ITEM 3: Matters Arising from the Minutes of
28th March 2000
3.1 No Forced Retrenchments
CPSU advised that as some of its members are HEO
level 10, this clause should be up to and inclusive
of level 10.
UNE replied that some level 10 have other
agreements and administratively it is harder to
enforce at that level.
CPSU also advised in paragraph 3 it states "and
incumbent in not transferred to another position"
which is already covered in paragraph 2. It was
also stated by the CPSU if a position is made
redundent, there should be no barrier for the
incumbent to take a package.
UNE advised that they would like to keep skilled
employees and in some cases they might be able to
have other negotiations (not financial)with that
staff member.
CPSU also asked for an explanation of the
following statement "to be retained as required by
UNE"
Action:After some discussion it was agreed that
UNE will respond to the following points raised by
the CPSU
· What level the clause should include
· Redeploying fulltime staff to more than
one position
· Deleting paragraph 3
· Inserting "UNE shall
a) offer redeployment
b) provide a redundancy package in accordance
with the agreement.
· Explain "to be retained by UNE"
· Advise on the issue of redeploying staff
two levels below their current position.
3.2 Managing Change
UNE tabled 4 documents
· Managing Organisational Change
(Consultation Draft)
· Grievance Procedures for the Avoidance of
Disputes (Consultation Draft)
· Emergency Contacts and Call Back
Arrangements (draft)
· University of Sydney On-Call
Arrangements
Action: After some discussion it was
agreed that this should go on the agenda for the
next meeting.
3.3 On-Call Arrangements
The UNE advised that it is their intention to
have one set of guidelines across UNE and the NTEU
have agreed to this.
Action: It was agreed that UNE will
redraft the University of Sydney document and
distribute to the CPSU.
3.4 Grievance Procedures
After some discussion with this it was agreed
that UNE will table the draft award clause at the
next meeting
Action: UNE to table the draft award at
the next meeting
4. AIRC Recommendations
It was agreed by the parties that the UNE had
complied with points one and two of the
recommentdations.
CPSU advised that it had complied with point
5
UNE also advised that it is waiting on
statistics from ISG before they reply to the CPSU
on point 3.
5. Other Business
5.1 Salary Offer
CPSU requested information on the sign on bonus
and UNE advised that they have tabled the timing of
their offer and that UNE did not have the funds
available to offer a sign on bonus this year.
Action: It was agreed that more
discussion was needed on this matter and it should
be put on the next agenda.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting between the University and the
CPSU will be on Wednesday 5 April, beginning at
11:00am in the Conference Room TC Lamble
Building.
Meeting closed at 4.35pm
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