Staff Vote
As advised in my global e-mail on 30 November 2009, the Fair Work Act 2009 requires that the university must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the terms of the proposed Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2009, and the effect of those terms, are explained to its academic and professional staff before they are requested to vote on the Agreement. In accordance with that requirement, information sessions were arranged on each of the university’s Australian campuses to explain the proposed Agreement.
The last of those information sessions was held on the Caulfield and Parkville Campuses today. The proposed Agreement remains available for inspection and download at:
and a summary of the Agreement’s key features and changes is available at:
The proposed Agreement will be critical to promoting the university’s standing as an employer of choice and supporting our aim to be one of Australia’s and the world’s best universities. All eligible academic and professional staff are therefore urged to vote for the approval of the proposed Agreement in the forthcoming staff ballot.
As previously advised, the vote will proceed by way of a staff ballot administered by an external company, Computershare. The ballot will open at 9:00am on 15 December 2009 and close at 5:00pm on 18 December 2009. All full-time, part-time, casual, and sessional academic and professional staff covered by the proposed Agreement and employed by the university in Australia (or as expatriates) during the period of the ballot will be eligible to vote.
The ballot will be conducted on-line for those staff who have a current university e-mail address. Staff can access the online ballot at http://www.computershare.com.au/monash. This website will provide staff with their login instructions and will open for voting at 9:00am on 15 December 2009.
Staff without a current university e-mail address or on leave for the duration of the ballot will be sent a ballot paper and a reply-paid envelope to their home addresses and will have the option of a paper ballot. Alternatively, they may contact the staff of the Workplace Relations Branch on extension 29661 or via e-mail to ebfeedback@adm.monash.edu.au for assistance if they wish to vote on-line.
It is expected that the outcome of the ballot will be declared on 21 December 2009. If the Agreement is approved by a valid majority of eligible staff voting, the university will then make application for approval of the Agreement by Fair Work Australia.
Any academic and professional staff members with a current university e-mail who consider that they will be unable to participate in the ballot on-line are requested to contact the staff of the Workplace Relations Branch on extension 29661 or via e-mail to ebfeedback@adm.monash.edu.au. The staff of the Workplace Relations Branch are also available if you require any other information or assistance regarding the proposed Agreement and the conduct of the staff vote. This includes any requests for the provision of printed copies of the proposed Agreement.