Upcoming ballot for Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and General Staff) 2005
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As you may be aware the contents of the proposed Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and General Staff) 2005 were agreed upon by the university and the NTEU earlier this year. Since then, the NTEU and the university together with elected staff representatives of the academic and general staff revised the Agreement to ensure compliance with the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements (HEWRRs).
Over the past two weeks a series of staff forums were held across all campuses and the Agreement has been available for staff inspection at:
http://www.monash.edu.au/entbarg/academic-general-2005/
The Agreement must now be put to a ballot of all eligible staff prior to its certification by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. All full-time, part-time, casual, and sessional academic and general staff covered by the proposed Agreement and employed by the university in Australia during the period of the ballot are eligible to vote.
On 4 th November 2005, eligible staff without email access or who are on leave were sent postal ballots, which must be returned by close of business on Wednesday 9 th November 2005.
At 12:00am on Tuesday the 8 th of November staff members will receive an email addressed to their Monash University email account containing a personalised web address that links to the EBA ballot site. The ballot site is being administered by an external company “Computershare”.
Staff will be able to access the site between 9:00am on Tuesday the 8 th of November and 5:00pm on Wednesday the 9 th of November. The ballot site will be closed after these times and any votes submitted will not be accepted.
Any staff members who believe they will not be able to participate in the electronic ballot are requested to contact the Employee Relations department on ext. 56996 or email: entbarg@adm.monash.edu.au to organise alternative voting arrangements.
Andrew Picouleau
Acting Director Human Resources