Brisbane City Council Certified Agreement 2018 EBA9
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Brisbane City Council Certified Agreement 2018 EBA9 \ Contents A The Agreement _________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Ti tle _______________________________________________________________________________ 4 In troducti on ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Enterprise Bargaining Unit ______________________________________________________________ 5 Administrative arrangements ____________________________________________________________ 5 Objectives of this Agreement ____________________________________________________________ 7 Framework for this Agreement___________________________________________________________ 7 Employee and industrial relationships _____________________________________________________ 8 Consultative processes ________________________________________________________________ 9 Dispute resolution ___________________________________________________________________ 10 Wage/salary outcomes _______________________________________________________________ 11 B Organisation of work ___________________________________________________________________________ 12 Improved systems and processes ______________________________________________________ 12 Use of internal providers and alternative supp li ers ________________________________________ 12 Use of contingent workforce _________________________________________________________ 12 Business growth through partnering arrangements and alliances ______________________________ 14 Transmission of business _____________________________________________________________ 14 Unforeseen outcomes of organisational change ____________________________________________ 15 C Developing a capable and adaptive work force _____________________________________________________ 17 Achieving Zero Harm ________________________________________________________________ 17 Managing drugs and alcohol in the workplace _____________________________________________ 17 Heat Fatigue _______________________________________________________________________ 18 Workload management ______________________________________________________________ 18 Work and li fe ______________________________________________________________________ 19 Learning and career develo pment ____________________________________________________ 19 Apprenticeships and traine eships _____________________________________________________ 20 Retraining, placement and separation __________________________________________________ 20 D Conditions of employment ______________________________________________________________________ 21 Parental Leave _____________________________________________________________________ 21 Time Off in Lieu of Overtime (exc luding Passenger Services employee s) _____________________ 21 Half Pay Annual Leave ______________________________________________________________ 22 Half Pay Long Service Leave _________________________________________________________ 22 Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Leave _____________________________________________ 23 Industrial Relations training leave __________________________________________________________ 24 Superannuation ____________________________________________________________________ 24 Change to pay process to address timesheet estimation ___________________________________ 25 Local Area Arrangements and Special Arrangements _______________________________________ 25 Brisbane City Council Certified Agreement 2018 (EBA9) Page 2 Schedules – Administration _____________________________________________________________________________ 27 Schedule 1: Unions _____________________________________________________________________________ 27 Schedule 2: Awards _____________________________________________________________________________ 27 Schedule 3: Charter of the Joint Consultative Committee ________________________________________________ 28 Schedule 4: Agreed policies, procedures and common conditions _________________________________________ 32 Schedules – Procedures _______________________________________________________________________________ 34 Schedule 5: Personal Leave and rehabilitation procedures _______________________________________________ 34 Schedule 6: Retraining and placement procedures ___________________________________________________ 40 Schedule 7: Redundancy and separation procedures ___________________________________________________ 53 Schedules – Employee groups __________________________________________________________________________ 61 Schedule 8: Salaried Staff Employees _______________________________________________________________ 61 Schedule 9: City Service Employee s ______________________________________________________________ 76 Schedule 10: Passenger Services Employees _________________________________________________________ 90 Schedule 11: Trade Services Employees____________________________________________________________ 101 Schedule 12: Agreed continuing rostering arrangements _______________________________________________ 111 Brisbane City Council Certified Agreement 2018 (EBA9) Page 3 A The Agreement Ti tle 1.1 This Agreement shall be known as the Brisbane City Council Certified Agreement 2018 (EBA 9). 1.2 This Agreement supersedes and replaces all previous Enterprise Bargaining Certified Agreements that had application to employees of Brisbane City Council. In troducti on 2.1 Brisbane City Council serves the people of Brisbane and aims to make Brisbane a prosperous subtropical city, enjoyed by residents, admired by visitors and respected nationally and internationally for its achievements. Employees of Council are dedicated to a better Brisbane and to delivering Brisbane Vision 2031: (i) our accessible, connected city (ii) our active, healthy city (iii) our clean, green city (iv) our friendly, safe city (v) our new world city (vi) our smart, prosperous city (vii) our vibrant, creative city (viii) our well-designed, sub-tropical city and an organisation which is recognised as an employer of choice with a capable workforce: (i) serving Brisbane through being customer focused (ii) serving Brisbane through operational excellence (iii) serving Brisbane through being resilient and responsive (iv) serving Brisbane through being capable and motivated (v) serving Brisbane through partnering with citizens and the community (vi) serving Brisbane through being innovative (vii) serving Brisbane through being leaders. 2.2 Council, employees and Unions which are Parties to this Agreement acknowledge Council’s Corporate Plan and its outcomes as a tool to guide the direction of the organisation and recognise that continuously improved performance is essential to meeting growing competition and other organisational pressures. The Parties are committed to the implementation of Council-wide policies and procedures, while providing flexibility in employment arrangements to meet business needs and individual circumstances. 2.3 The Parties are all committed to Zero Harm and to putting into practice our common values of: (i) passion for Brisbane (ii) responsive customer service Brisbane City Council Certified Agreement 2018 (EBA9) Page 4 (iii) respect for people (iv) courage to make a difference (v) working together (vi) getting things done (vii) value for money. Enterprise Bargaining Unit This Agreement has been developed by an Enterprise Bargaining Unit (EBU), consisting of management representatives and union representatives, with the assistance of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission. Administrative arrangements 4.1 Application This Agreement applies to the employment of all employees of Brisbane City Council who are engaged in roles classified under the Awards listed in Schedule 2 or within other Schedules to this Agreement. This Agreement shall not apply to an employee who is engaged in accordance with a written contract of employment, namely Specialist and Senior Professionals (SSP), Professional Services Employment (PSE), Senior Executive Stream (SES), and Senior Officer Stream (SOS). 4.2 Parties covered (‘the Parties’) The Parties covered by this Agreement are Brisbane City Council and each of the Unions listed in Schedule 1 which become signatory to this Agreement prior to certification. 4.3 Date and period of operation This Agreement shall operate on and from the date of certification and shall remain in force until 7 October 2020. We agree to commence negotiations for a new certified agreement no earlier than as prescribed in the Industrial Relations Act 2016. 4.4 Agreement to prevail This Agreement shall operate to the exclusion of all previous Enterprise Bargaining Certified Agreements and Local Area Arrangements and Special Arrangements that had application to employees of Brisbane City Council covered by this Agreement. 4.5 Incorporation of Awards 4.5.1 This Agreement shall be read and interpreted as incorporating each of the terms and conditions of the Awards listed in Schedule 2 as they applied at the date of certification of this Agreement, except for: (i) General Rulings of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (ii) variations to Awards specified in Schedule 2 by consent of Council and the relevant union[s] (iii) variations to the Awards which arise from arbitration by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, where referral of the matter to arbitration was agreed by the parties. 4.5.2 The terms of this Agreement, including the Schedules (excluding Schedule 2) shall prevail to extent of any inconsistency with the incorporated