With the ink barely dry on the new Union Collective Agreement, CPSU delegates around the country are already reporting problems for members in the workplace around the implementation of the new agreement.
Representatives from CPSU Section Council are meeting today with National CSA
HR reps to try to resolve the following issues.
Transition
Individuals have been on the phones for up to 6 hours a day
Staff do not have enough time for follow up
CSA unable to meet the 4 weeks notice period for rosters or the 2 weeks
notice of changes required under the agreement
Staff required to provide leave and lunch preferences 8 weeks in advance
Staff required to provide leave dates 6 months in advance in SA.
General
CSA retrospectively applying carers’ leave taken under the old agreement
in order to put people on performance agreements for accessing personal
leave under the new agreement
CSA requiring staff who access more than 2 days personal leave in a 2
month period to attend a rehab meeting
CSA refusing to pay restriction allowance in SA, VIC, TAS
WA policy for part-time staff is 6 months maximum contracts all starting
and ending on the same day.
Sensible approach to transition of flex balances for staff with more
than 10 hours in arrears
Consultation on changes to phone rostering -individual rosters vs team
rosters. Use of :( symbols on rosters (in Transition) when someone is sick
Change of delegation to approve permanent part-time agreements
Bandwidth, staff told they can’t work at 7am without prior approval,
thereby negating their right to flex time under the agency agreement.
CPSU delegates in some sites have already lodged stage one disputes with
local management to try to resolve some of these issues. If we are unable to
find a resolution today CPSU will enforce members’ entitlements under the
dispute settling procedures, including escalation to the Australian Industrial
Relations Commission.
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