Port Hedland Port Authority Port Marine Officers Industrial Agreement 1993

PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY

PORT MARINE OFFICERS

INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT 1993.

No. AG 92 of 1993

1.-TITLE

This Agreement shall be referred to as the Port Hedland Port Authority Port Marine Officers Industrial Agreement 1993.

2.-ARRANGEMENT

This Agreement is arranged as follows:

1.Title

2.Arrangement

3.Relationship of Agreement to the Parent Award

4.Parties Bound

5.Date and Period of Operation

6.Introduction of 12 Hour Shift Roster

7.Aggregation of Salaries and Allowances

8.Superannuation

9.Revision of Salaries Increments

10.Provision of Emergency Sick Relief

11.Training and Relief of Marine Supervisor

12.Introduction of Annual Leave Roster

13.Annual Leave Air Travel Entitlements

14.Annual Dependant Child Allowance

15.Change of Name

Signatories

Schedule 1

3.-RELATIONSHIPOFAGREEMENTTOPARENTAWARD

This Agreement shall be read and interpreted in conjunction with the Port Hedland Port Authority Port Control Officers Award 1982 as varied, provided that where there is any inconsistency with the Award, this Agreement shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

4.-PARTIESBOUND

This Agreement applies and is limited to the Port Hedland Port Authority, the Merchant Service Guild of Australia, Western Australian Branch, Union of Workers and the employees of the Port Hedland Port Authority the subject of Clause 3. - Scope of the Port Hedland Port Authority Port Control Officers Award 1982 No. A 1 of 1982. No other party may be joined to this Agreement.

5.-DATEANDPERIODOFOPERATION

This Agreement shall come into operation on and from the date of its registration by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission as an Industrial Agreement pursuant to Section 41 of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ("the agreement date") and shall remain in force for a period of 12 months thereafter.

6.-INTRODUCTIONOF12HOURSHIFTROSTER

On the agreement date the parties will implement a new roster for Port Marine Officers incorporating 12 hour shifts as standard. Port Control Officers will work four shifts on and take four shifts off in rotation to aggregate to 168 ordinary duty hours per 28 day cycle.

7.-AGGREGATIONOFSALARIESANDALLOWANCES

(1)The introduction of the 12 hour shift roster will be accompanied by the introduction of an aggregate wage. The aggregate wage will gather together the base salary rate together with the full range of allowances, penalty payments including shift and overtime penalties and annual leave loadings as specified in the parent award, with the exception of District Allowance and Removal Allowance which shall continue to be paid as applicable and on the terms set forth in the parent award.

(2)The aggregate wage shall be paid fortnightly and shall comprise one twenty sixth of an Officers annual entitlement as calculated by the method of aggregation agreed between the parties. The method of aggregation and consequent annual gross salaries applicable are set out in Schedule 1 of this Agreement.

8.-SUPERANNUATION

The gross aggregate fortnightly wage as set out in Clause 7(1) of this Agreement shall be deemed the employee's wage for the purposes of calculating employer contributions to superannuation for the employees covered by this Agreement.

9.-REVISIONOFSALARIESINCREMENTS

The Port Hedland Port Authority Port Control Officers Award 1982 No. A 1 of 1982 establishes an incremental range extending through five incremental adjustments to salary over a five year period of service. The parties to this agreement have determined to reduce the incremental adjustments to three over the five year period with the incremental steps set at Range 1, 1st year, 3rd year and 5th year as per the parent award. Employees not already at 5th year level of Range 1 and having an increment due within the term of this Agreement shall progress to the next level as determined by the three step process introduced by this Agreement.

10.-PROVISIONOFEMERGENCYSICKRELIEF

It is a term of this Agreement that each employee consents to the provision of up to six shifts per annum as emergency sick relief, to be worked within the parameters of the aggregate wage and attracting no further payment. The seventh and subsequent emergency sick relief shifts worked shall attract the penalty prescribed at Clause 7 (1) - Overtime of the Port Hedland Port Authority Port Control Officers Award 1982 No. A 1 of 1982. The parties agree that the penalty shall be paid as an extra shift at ordinary time in addition to the aggregate wage for the week during which the additional sick relief shift was worked.

The provision of such emergency relief will where possible be equitably distributed between the employees. Officers may be nominated as Emergency Relief Officer during a four day break in shifts, but are not required to be on stand-by.

11.-TRAININGANDRELIEFOFMARINESUPERVISOR

It is a term of this agreement that each employee consents to undergo training at the direction of the Marine Supervisor in some of the functions performed by the Marine Supervisor. The object of this training is to develop those competencies which will allow Officers to provide relief for the Marine Supervisor during those period the Marine Supervisor is absent on annual, long service, sick or shift leave. Such relief will be provided on an as needed basis, subject to there being a full 12 hour shift roster. No adjustment will be made to aggregate salary for periods of relief performing Marine Supervisor duties.

12.-INTRODUCTIONOFANNUALLEAVEROSTER

In order to facilitate relief arrangements in relation to periods of leave taken by the Marine Supervisor there shall be established on the agreement date a leave roster which shall specify the periods of leave to be taken by each employee within the ensuing six months. The Marine Supervisor shall have first preference in the nomination of his/her periods of leave proposed in the ensuing six months.

It is a term of this Agreement that the parties review the annual leave roster after the first six months of operation.

13.-ANNUALLEAVEAIRTRAVELENTITLEMENTS

In exchange for the benefits accruing from "even time" working and wage aggregation the employees the subject of this agreement agree to a reduction in annual air travel entitlements.

From the agreement date, each employee the subject of this agreement shall be entitled to two Port Hedland-Perth and return air fares, plus one Port Hedland-Perth and return air fare for a spouse and each dependant child.

14.-ANNUALDEPENDANTCHILDALLOWANCE

Each employee the subject of this agreement having dependant children has prior to this agreement enjoyed an entitlement of $100.00 per annum per dependant child. On the agreement date this entitlement shall cease.

15.-CHANGEOFNAME

It is a term of this Agreement that the employees the subject of it, formerly designated as Port Control Officers, shall from the agreement date be designated Port Marine Officers.

SIGNATORIES

Ian Baird

Signed ......

For Port Hedland Port Authority

10.12.93

Date: ......

Ted Boronovskis

Signed ......

For Merchant Service Guild of Australia

(WA Branch)

17.12.93

Date: ......

SCHEDULE1

PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY MARINE OFFICERS INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT 1993

1st3rd5th South

YearYearYearHedland

AWARD SALARY IS:
AGGREGATE RATIO:
Penalty Weekend Penalty
Shift Allowance
Handover Allowance
Meal Allowance
Phone Allowance
Uniform allowance
Travel Allowance
Overtime
Leave Loading / $27,225
.2055
.0205
.0097
.0397
.0067
.0097
.0268
.2094
.0279 / $30,695
.2055
.0182
.0086
.0352
.0060
.0086
.0238
.2094
.0248 / $34,668
.2055
.0161
.0076
.0312
.0053
.0076
.0211
.2094
.0219 / .0788

.5559.5401.5257.5834

AGGREGATE SALARY IS: $42,359$47,273$52,893$54,893

VARIATIONRECORD

PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY PORT MARINE OFFICERS

INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT 1993

NO. AG 92 OF 1993

Delivered 21/01/94 at 74 WAIG 248

Consolidated at

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