2021 WAIRC 00144 WA HEALTH SYSTEM - AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION - REGISTERED NURSES, MIDWIVES, ENROLLED (MENTAL HEALTH) AND ENROLLED (MOTHERCRAFT) NURSES - INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT 2020 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION PARTIES NORTH METROPOLITAN HEALTH SERVICE, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICE, EAST METROPOLITAN HEALTH SERVICE & OTHERS APPLICANTS -v- AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION, INDUSTRIAL UNION OF WORKERS PERTH RESPONDENT CORAM COMMISSIONER T EMMANUEL DATE MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021 FILE NO/S AG 8 OF 2021 CITATION NO. 2021 WAIRC 00144 Result Agreement registered Representation Applicants Mr L Martyr (as agent) Respondent Mr M Olson (as agent) Order HAVING heard from Mr L Martyr (as agent) on behalf of the applicants and Mr M Olson (as agent) on behalf of the respondent, the Commission, pursuant to the powers conferred under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA), orders – THAT the agreement made between the parties filed in the Commission on 6 May 2021 entitled WA Health System – Australian Nursing Federation – Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) and Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses – Industrial Agreement 2020 attached hereto be registered as an industrial agreement in replacement of the WA Health System – Australian Nursing Federation – Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) and Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses - Industrial Agreement 2018 which by operation of s 41(8) is hereby cancelled. COMMISSIONER T EMMANUEL WA HEALTH SYSTEM – AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION – REGISTERED NURSES, MIDWIVES, ENROLLED (MENTAL HEALTH) AND ENROLLED (MOTHERCRAFT) NURSES – INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT 2020 INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT NO: AG 8 OF 2021 PART 1 – APPLICATION & OPERATION OF AGREEMENT 1. TITLE This Agreement will be known as the WA Health System – Australian Nursing Federation – Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) and Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses – Industrial Agreement 2020. 2. ARRANGEMENT PART 1 – APPLICATION & OPERATION OF AGREEMENT ....................... 2 1. TITLE .................................................................................................................. 2 2. ARRANGEMENT .............................................................................................. 2 3. DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................... 5 4. AREA, INCIDENCE AND PARTIES BOUND ................................................ 7 5. PERIOD OF OPERATION ................................................................................. 7 6. RELATIONSHIP TO AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS .................................. 8 7. NO FURTHER CLAIMS .................................................................................... 8 8. AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSULTATION ...................... 8 9. AGREEMENT FLEXIBILITY ........................................................................... 9 PART 2 – NURSES WORKLOAD....................................................................... 10 10. WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT (NURSING HOURS PER PATIENT DAY) .................................................... 10 11. WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT MODELS INDEPENDENT REVIEW ...... 11 PART 3 – MODES OF EMPLOYMENT ............................................................ 11 12. CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT .................................................................. 11 13. EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES ..................................................................... 13 14. COMMUNITY NURSES ................................................................................. 14 15. PERMANENCY OF EMPLOYMENT AND RELIEF COVER ...................... 16 PART 4 – SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES .................................................... 21 16. SALARIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS .......................................................... 21 17. CALCULATION OF RATES OF PAY ........................................................... 36 18. PAYMENT OF SALARY ................................................................................ 37 19. RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS .............................................................. 37 20. RECOVERY OF UNDERPAYMENTS ........................................................... 38 21. QUALIFICATION ALLOWANCE ................................................................. 38 22. HIGHER DUTIES ALLOWANCE .................................................................. 40 23. POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ...................................................................... 41 24. SALARY PACKAGING .................................................................................. 41 2 25. SHIFT WORK ALLOWANCES ...................................................................... 42 26. SPECIAL ALLOWANCES .............................................................................. 43 PART 5 – HOURS OF WORK AND ROSTERING .......................................... 44 27. HOURS OF WORK AND ROSTERING ......................................................... 44 28. FLEXIBILITY IN HOURS AND ROSTERING ............................................. 49 29. OVERTIME ...................................................................................................... 50 30. ON CALL AND RECALL ............................................................................... 53 31. MEAL AND REFRESHMENT BREAKS ....................................................... 56 PART 6 – LEAVE .................................................................................................. 57 32. ANNUAL LEAVE ............................................................................................ 57 33. ANNUAL LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSIONS ............................................... 61 34. LONG SERVICE LEAVE ................................................................................ 63 35. LONG SERVICE LEAVE FOR CASUAL EMPLOYEES .............................. 70 36. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ....................................................................................... 70 37. PERSONAL LEAVE ........................................................................................ 71 38. FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVE ......................................... 78 39. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE ............................................................................... 80 40. CASHING OUT LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS ................................................... 82 41. PARENTAL LEAVE ........................................................................................ 83 42. SUPERANNUATION ON UNPAID PARENTAL LEAVE ........................... 98 43. PURCHASED LEAVE – 42/52 SALARY ARRANGEMENT ....................... 99 44. DEFERRED SALARIES SCHEME FOR 12 MONTHS LEAVE ................. 101 45. BLOOD/PLASMA DONORS LEAVE .......................................................... 102 46. EMERGENCY SERVICES LEAVE .............................................................. 102 47. PUBLIC HEALTH STATE OF EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 103 48. SUPPORT DURING A PANDEMIC ............................................................. 104 49. LEAVE FOR TRAINING WITH DEFENCE FORCE RESERVES ............. 104 50. CULTURAL/CEREMONIAL LEAVE .......................................................... 106 51. CULTURAL LEAVE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS ................................................................... 106 52. STUDY LEAVE ............................................................................................. 107 53. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE ............................................... 109 54. INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS LEAVE ..................................... 112 55. WITNESS AND JURY SERVICE ................................................................. 112 56. LEAVE WITHOUT PAY ............................................................................... 113 PART 7 – ALLOWANCES ................................................................................. 113 3 57. DISTRICT ALLOWANCE ............................................................................ 113 58. RELIEVING OR SPECIAL DUTY ALLOWANCE ..................................... 113 59. WEEKEND ABSENCES ................................................................................ 115 60. TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ..................................................................... 116 61. MOTOR VEHICLE ALLOWANCE .............................................................. 118 62. TRANSFER / REMOVAL ALLOWANCE ................................................... 120 63. PROPERTY ALLOWANCE .......................................................................... 124 64. UNIFORMS AND LAUNDRY ...................................................................... 128 65. DISTANT APPOINTMENTS ALLOWANCE .............................................. 129 PART 8 – REMOTE AND RURAL CONDITIONS......................................... 129 66. REMOTE AREA EMPLOYEES .................................................................... 129 67. RURAL GRATUITIES – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ......................... 132 PART 9 – OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH................................. 138 68. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RECORDS ........................... 138 PART 10 – DISPUTE RESOLUTION ............................................................... 138 69. DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE ..................................................... 138 PART 11 – MISCELLANEOUS ........................................................................