WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION. Industrial Relations Act 1979. City of Geraldton and The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Workers—Western Australia Branch. No. AG 379 of 1997. City of Geraldton Workshop Staff Enterprise Agreement 1997. CHIEF COMMISSIONER W.S. COLEMAN. 6 March 1998. Order. HAVING heard Mr M. Fitzgerald on behalf of the Applicant and Mr M. Golesworthy appeared on behalf of the Respondent, and by consent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred on it under the Industrial Relations Act, 1979, hereby orders— THAT City of Geraldton Workshop Staff Enterprise Agreement 1997 attached hereto be and is hereby regis- tered as an industrial agreement and shall operate on and from the 16th day of August, 1996. (Sgd.) W. S. COLEMAN, [L.S.] Chief Commissioner. ——— Schedule. CITY OF GERALDTON WORKSHOP STAFF ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 1.—TITLE This Agreement shall be known as the City of Geraldton Workshop Staff Enterprise Agreement 1997. 2.—ARRANGEMENT (To be incorporated when all other matters relating to the draft are settled) INDEX 1. Title 2. Arrangement 3. Definitions WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 841 78 W.A.I.G. 4. Date of Operation 5. Incidence and Parties Bound 6. Specific Exclusions 7. Fixed Term Contracts 8. Relationship to the Award 9. Aims of the Agreement 10. Best Practice and Service Level Enhancement 11. Wages 12. Hours 13. Dispute Settlement and Grievance Procedures 14. Occupational Safety and Health. 15. Equal Opportunity 16. Employment Security 17. Redundancy Provisions 18. Salary Sacrifice 19. Paid Leave 20. Past Productivity 21. Work Practice Improvements 22. Annual Leave 23. Cultural Leave 24. Self Managed Work Teams 25. Staff Training 26. Higher Duties 27. Contracting/Competitive Tendering 28. Family Support Leave 29. Paid Meetings 30. Jury Service 31. Recognition of On Site Delegates 32. Team Leader Rate 33. Additional Allowances 34. Implementation and Monitoring Committee 35. Annualised Salaries 36. Provision of Technology and Equipment. 37. Retirement Planning 38. Staff Counselling Service 39. Signatories Appendix A: Agreement Best Practice and Service Level Enhancement Program Appendix B: Agreement Development Flow Chart Appendix C: Work Practice Improvements—Work Start/Finish Procedures Appendix D: Rostered Day Off Provisions for Me- chanical Workshop Staff Appendix G: Enterprise Bargaining Implementation and Monitoring Committee Appendix H: Staff Enhancement – Higher Academic Qualifications 3.—DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Agreement the following terms shall mean— The Union: The Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineer- ing, Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Workers Western Australian Branch. The City: The City of Geraldton. Outside Staff: All current and future staff employed by the City in classifications covered by the Award who are members of The Union or who are eligible for member- ship of The Union other than those specified within Clause 6 of this Agreement. The Award: The Metal Trades (General) Award, 1966 – No. 13 of 1965 (as amended) C.E.O.: The Chief Executive Officer of the City of Geraldton 4.—DATE AND OPERATION This Agreement shall operate from the beginning of the first pay period commencing after the signing of this Agreement and shall remain in place for a period of twenty four (24) months. In the event this Agreement is not re-negotiated or replaced it will remain in place. The parties agree that six months prior to the date of expira- tion of the Agreement they will commence negotiations on a further enterprise Agreement to replace this Agreement. During this period neither party shall conduct any action that will adversely affect the other party including but not lim- ited to strike, stop work meetings, forced redundancy or re-organisation. 4.1 Flexibility Provision Nothing in this Agreement is to operate to prevent the par- ties from— (i) introducing further change during the life of the Agreement where there is Agreement on the terms and conditions (including variations to the rates pay- able) by which the change(s) will be introduced, or (ii) varying the terms of the Agreement to give proper effect to its terms and conditions. 5.—INCIDENCE AND PARTIES BOUND This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon the City of Geraldton (the City) and all outdoor staff employed who are members of or who are eligible to be members of the Au- tomotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union of Workers Western Australian Branch. This Agreement applies to an estimated three persons. The outdoor staff employed by the City of Geraldton and referred to in sub-clause (1) hereof are covered by the terms and conditions of the Metal Trades (General) Award 1966 – No 13 of 1965. 6.—SPECIFIC EXCLUSIONS This Agreement shall not relate to any staff employed by the City for a specific period associated with subsidised training or work schemes developed by the State or Federal Govern- ments Apprentices are to be included within the provisions of this Agreement and shall receive a pro-rata entitlement in accord- ance with the Award of any payments made to staff as detailed within this Agreement. 7.—FIXED TERM STAFF CONTRACTS Fixed Term staff contracts will be confined to the employ- ment of staff for periods of between two (2) weeks to twelve (12) months service for the purpose where required, of replac- ing staff on long service leave, annual leave, extended sick leave and worker’s compensation and for specific projects where staff numbers above the existing permanent workforce are required. Any Fixed Term staff contract shall be renewable, but in total, the term of the contract(s) shall not exceed twelve (12) months. Prior to the commencement of any fixed term staff contract, the employee may select to be employed under the terms of “casual employees” in accordance with the Award. The Fixed Term Staff Contract shall clearly specify the du- ration of the Contract and the expiry date. All staff employed under a Fixed Term Staff Contract shall receive the benefits of the provisions within this Agreement. 8.—RELATIONSHIP TO THE AWARD This Agreement shall be read and interpreted in conjunction with the Award. Should there be any inconsistency between this Agreement on the one hand and the Award on the other, this Agreement will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency. It is agreed between the parties that the City will maintain and continue to apply all Award standards and conditions in effect at the time of the commencement of this Agreement that are not specifically varied by the terms of this Agreement. No Extra Claims shall be made except where they are con- sistent with the State Wage Decision of the