Wesfi Pty Ltd Particleboard and Low Pressure Melamine Manufacturing Divisions - Dardanup

WESFI PTY LTD PARTICLEBOARD AND LOW PRESSURE

MELAMINE MANUFACTURING DIVISIONS - DARDANUP

(ENTERPRISE BARGAINING) AGREEMENT 1993

No. AG 71 of 1993

1.-TITLE

This agreement shall be known as the Wesfi Pty Ltd Particleboard and Low Pressure Melamine Manufacturing Divisions - Dardanup (Enterprise Bargaining) Agreement 1993.

2.-ARRANGEMENT

1 Title

2. Arrangement

3. Application

4. Parties Bound

5. Date and Period of Operation

6. No Extra Claims

7. Relationship to Parent Awards

8. Single Bargaining Unit

9. Objectives

10. Remuneration

11. Dispute Resolution

12. Review of Agreement

13. Implementation of Quality System

14. Implementation of Continuous Improvement Methodologies

15. Training

16. Hours of Work

17. Annual Leave

Schedule "A" - Signatories to the Agreement

3.-APPLICATION

This agreement shall apply to the Wesfi Pty Ltd Particleboard and Low Pressure Melamine Manufacturing Divisions, Dardanup, and to all employees engaged under the terms and conditions of the following awards:

Particle Board Industry Award No. 10 of 1978

Metal Trades (General) Award 1966.

4.-PARTIESBOUND

(1) This agreement shall be binding on:

(a) Wesfi Pty Ltd Particleboard and Low Pressure Melamine Manufacturing Divisions, Dardanup.

(b) The Forest Products, Furnishing and Allied Industries Industrial Union of Workers, W.A.

(d) Metals and Engineering Workers' Union - Western Australian Branch.

(2) The parties will oppose any applications by other parties to be joined to this agreement.

5.-DATEANDPERIODOFOPERATION

This agreement shall come into effect from the first pay period on or after the 3rd day of December 1993 and shall remain in operation for a period of fifteen months from that date.

6.-NOEXTRACLAIMS

It is a term of this agreement that the various parties to this agreement will not pursue any extra claims award or overaward during the currency of this agreement, except when consistent with the State Wage Case Principles.

7.-RELATIONSHIPTOPARENTAWARD

This agreement shall be read and interpreted wholly in conjunction with those awards specified in Clause 3. - Application, provided that where there is any inconsistency, this agreement shall take precedence.

8.-SINGLEBARGAININGUNIT

For the purpose of negotiating this agreement consistent with the principles enunciated in the State Wage Decision of January 1992, a single bargaining unit has been established.

9.-OBJECTIVES

(1) The objectives of this agreement are to facilitate and commit the parties to:

(a) Creating a culture on the site that is outwardly focused to providing excellence in meeting customer requirements and inwardly focused to provide consultative, rewarding and productive teams within the plant.

(b) Ensuring the Dardanup plant becomes a more productive and efficient operation.

(d) Ensuring the plant operates to world's best standards in:

(i) Safety

(ii) Quality

(iii) Production.

(2) The objectives shall be achieved by the following methods over the fifteen months of this agreement:

(a) Introduction of performance measures through the consultative committee process to allow gauging of the plant performance. These measures to allow for the introduction of capital and new product lines.

(b) The implementation and maintenance of AS3901/AS3902 quality systems, policies and procedures and defined in Clause 13. - Implementation of Quality System.

(c) The implementation and operation of the principles of continuous improvement processes as defined in Clause 14. - Implementation of Continuous Improvement Methodologies.

(d) The company is committed to improve the training opportunities and skills of its employees. To facilitate this the parties commit to the training proposals and structure as outlined in Clause 15. - Training. This system will facilitate multi-skilling and allow employees to undertake more complex tasks, a greater range of tasks or to complete the tasks more rapidly with improved quality and safety.

(3) The parties to this agreement agree to the following with respect to scheduling of hours of work:

(a) Normal hours of work will be scheduled to allow manning to maximum advantage of the business and to suit market conditions, whilst not compromising the quality of life of employees as set out in Clause 16. - Hours of Work.

(b) By mutual agreement, subject to the consultative process annual leave and annual maintenance shutdowns may vary in length and in timing to suit the market conditions. This may include splitting annual leave as considered appropriate to the company to meet market conditions. Notwithstanding this the company will endeavour to meet the employee's needs and requirements.

10.-REMUNERATION

The parties agree that wage increases will be based on productivity indicators. However, it is clearly understood that the establishment of such indicators will not be achieved quickly or easily due to the complexity of establishing targets and measuring performance. In the light of this the company does not believe that the payment of the wage increase should be delayed pending such discussions. The wage increase shall be:

(1) Wage increase of 4.5% payable from the first pay period following ratification of this agreement by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

(2) The wage increase specified in subclause (1) hereof shall be applied to the award rate for the relevant classifications determined in the applicable award plus any overaward all purpose payment.

(3) The parties are committed to achieving in any following agreements, wage increases related to agreed productivity indicators. It is proposed that the productivity indicators will be in place at the commencement of the next agreement and that movement of the indicators will be used to determine future productivity based increases. It is agreed by the parties that the parties will be working towards having a following agreement in place at the expiration of this agreement.

11.-DISPUTERESOLUTION

The parties to this agreement have agreed that any disputes or grievances shall be resolved by following the procedures as provided in the parent awards.

12.-REVIEWOFAGREEMENT

The parties agree to review this agreement no later than six weeks from the date of the expiry of the order giving effect to this agreement.

13.-IMPLEMENTATIONOFQUALITYSYSTEM

The company is committed to the successful introduction and implementation of the AS3901/AS3902 quality procedures. These systems commit the company to following a rigid audited system of operation with respect to procedures and policies that may affect product quality. The company believes, and the parties agree, that the successful implementation and accreditation and continuing maintenance of the AS3901/AS3902 system is fundamental to the capacity of the enterprise to maintain sales of its products.

The parties commit to supporting and promoting the AS3901/AS3902 systems that are put in place.

14.-IMPLEMENTATIONOFCONTINUOUSIMPROVEMENTMETHODOLOGIES

The company believes that continuous improvement methodologies are an important concept to maintain and achieve greater productivity and thereby to ensure that the plant operates to world's best standards. The continuous improvement methodologies will:

(1) Set goals for the enterprise and allow a clear direction to be enunciated.

(2) Create improvement teams so as to facilitate employees' participation in improvement projects and goal achievements.

(3) During the improvement team training create a knowledge base within all parties of the need for measurement to facilitate improvement and the training in the measurement tools available to measure improvement.

15.-TRAINING

(1) The company has proposed a new training scheme that will encourage employees to undertake training to improve their skills and possibilities for advancement. It is also understood by the parties that training of personnel will assist in maintaining a safe work environment and is of critical importance to the success of the operation.

(2) It is agreed that the cost of delivering training to individuals as part of their skills formation and career path progression must be kept to a minimum. This is to ensure that the availability of training is sufficient to satisfy both the company needs and individual expectations of career path progressions.

(3) It is agreed that the implementation and planning of training must be such so as not to adversely affect the plant operation or financial performance. It is agreed that the following be adopted:

(a) Training of employees in current tasks. It is agreed that any person on site may be required to undertake training in this category as necessary. Payment will be at single time.

(b) Training to increase skills and career advancement where this is considered necessary for the business. Payment will be at single time.

(c) Training to increase skills and career path advancement where this is not considered necessary for the business. It is agreed that this training is elective and will be facilitated by the company where possible. There will be no payment in this instance by the company.

(4) The company will endeavour to schedule training during the ordinary hours of work but may require personnel to attend training sessions at other times. As above this training time will be paid at the single time rate.

(5) TAFE or other external courses attended by employees will generally fall into paragraph (3)(c) above and time will not be paid for these courses by the company.

16.-HOURSOFWORK

Normal hours of work are based on the current twelve hour shift roster (42 hours per week) for the continuous shift, or with an average of 7.6 hours per day (38 hours per week) for day employees, or other such rosters agreed between the parties. Normal minimum award conditions will apply such as an average of 38 ordinary hours per week.

17.-ANNUALLEAVE

Annual leave entitlements under the award are retained with respect to the accrual of annual leave, leave loadings and other such minimum conditions available under the award.

By agreement of both parties up to four weeks' annual leave may be accrued by employees. This accrual will be reviewed by the company before the end of February each year.

SCHEDULE"A"-SIGNATORIESTOTHEAGREEMENT

B.J.Norton 4/11/93

on behalf of Wesfi Pty Ltd Particleboard and Low Pressure Melamine Manufacturing Divisions

T.P.Daly 4/11/93

on behalf of The Forest Products, Furnishing and Allied Industries Industrial Union of Workers, W.A.

D.Forster 4/11/93

on behalf of the Australian Electrical, Electronics, Foundry and Engineering Union (Western Australian Branch)

JimDavidson 4/11/93

on behalf of Metals and Engineering Workers' Union - Western Australian Branch

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WESFI PTY LTD PARTICLEBOARD AND LOW PRESSURE

MELAMINE MANUFACTURING DIVISION - DARDANUP

(ENTERPRISE BARGAINING) AGREEMENT 1993

NO AG 71 OF 1993

Delivered 03/12/93 at 73 WAIG 3412

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