Enterprise Bargaining

Global Email to all staff at Australian Campuses from Peter Marshall, Vice-President (Administration)

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Dear Colleagues

You may be aware the NTEU has called for a 24 hour strike on Thursday, 21 May 2009 at all Victorian campuses of the University.

Employers (including Monash University) are prohibited from making a payment to an employee engaging in industrial action (section 507 of the Workplace Relations Act).  In order to administer pay deduction arrangements for staff who take strike action on 21 May 2009, the University requires full-time and part-time staff who participate in industrial action on Thursday, 21 May 2009 to complete a declaration form, available at www.adm.monash.edu.au/enterprise-bargaining/ If you do not participate in industrial action, you do not need to complete any separate form or declaration, and you will be paid as per normal for work undertaken on this day.

Once completed and authorised by your supervisor /nominee of supervisor, the form should be returned to Human Resources Division no later than COB Wednesday 27 May 2009.  Administrative action to deduct pay will occur on payday 18 June 2009.

These arrangements only impact on academic and professional (general) staff, they do not presently apply to trades and services staff.  On the strike day, there are likely to be NTEU picket lines at entrances to each Victorian campus of the University, commencing from as early as 6:30am.

Advice on a range of related issues such as leave and working from home arrangements, dealing with picket lines and campus access on the strike day is available at www.adm.monash.edu.au/enterprise-bargaining/ For any queries please email workplacerelations@adm.monash.edu.au

Strike Action Declaration form

• Download Strike Action Declaration form (doc)

Leave arrangements for Thursday 21st May 2009

• Annual Leave – Staff who are on approved leave authorised prior to 19/5/09 at the time of the industrial action are exempt from the requirements to submit a form in relation to the period of industrial action. Please note that retrospective applications to take annual leave on Thursday 21st May will not be accepted
• Working From Home Arrangements – existing working from home arrangements continue to apply
• Sick Leave – All sick leave requests for Thursday 21st May must be supported by a medical certificate
• Existing flexible working arrangements and time off in lieu arrangements continue to apply

Guidelines to assist staff in relation to picket lines

• Download guidelines (doc)

Hints for dealing with picket lines and traffic disruption at Clayton Campus

• Download hints (doc)