Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union, Queensland Branch, Union of Employees v Queensland Ambulance Service [1995] QIRC 410 (1995) 150 QGIG 296

296 QUEENSLAND GOVER M ENT I DUSTRIAL GAZETTE [ 15 September, 1995 #####1#1####################/H#I######################### Ql l J >s;SLA '\I) l'\DL:Sl RIAL RI:LATIO'\\ ( O\l\1JSSIO' Industrial Re/a11om Act I 990 , 144 - appl ica11on for variation '\ustrahan I 1quor. l lthJntaht) and \fo,ccll,meou,- \1, orl.ers l nion. Queensland Branch. Union of r mplo) ec, AND Queensland Ambulanu: Sen ice (,\o 86'?.J of 1995) .\\1R l 1LANO . Sl, RVICE EM P l.0\ EES .\ W , \RD - S'I \ rt·. C0\1'1.11SSlOMR BOl'GOl Rl VA RIAl l ON l HI') matter commr on for hcanng before the Comml',100 at Bri,hanc on 29 \la). 1-1 Jui) and 25 Augu,1 199~ . this CommM1on doth order that the ,aid A\\t1rd be , aricd a~ follows m. from the t"cnt, •Ct(!hth da) of August 1995 B) deleting dauscs 5 7 and 5.8 and mseninl( a ne" cla11'C 5.7 I I l TI\ I ca,e) as follo.-s. --5_7 T l T\ l .ea, e A union del..:gJtc or dul) elected nr appoint ed union n.:prc,cntative ~hall . upon \\Tittcn application b, the union to the cmplo)cr. such .ipphcauon bcm1; endor-cd b) the: umon and g1,cn to the cmplo)er at lca,t th ree months in advance (or ~uch lt:~,cr period as mutuull) agreed bctween the union and cmplo)er). be gninte<l up 10 li,c \\Ori-mg. da),· lea,e (non-cumulative) on ordina.T) pa) each cah:ndar ) ear to attend cour..es or ,cminars conducted h) the ,\ustraltan Trade l 01011 rraimng Authorit) ( 11 1l"A} or ~pccifo: trammr courses appro, ed and accr.:d1tcd b) 11 I A rhe ~cope . content and le, el ol such courses or seminal", ,hall be ,uch as to contrihutc to a better understanding ol industrial ,elations "1th111 the cmpln) er· s operau ons Other cour~e, mutuall) agn:cd bct"een a tm1on part) 10 thi- /\ w; 1rd .111d the employer may he included under this clause. ,\II\ \\Titten apphcauon h) a umon ,eel.mg rch:a,e or a delegate or rcprc,cntati, c to ,lllend a courso:: ,hall include details of the t) pc and content ot the course to he attended as \\ell us the dates upon "h1ch the course i-, proposed to be conducted I or the pUl'J){hC, of these pro, 1,1011s ·ord1n.1r~ pay· ~hall mean the ordmar} time camings paid 10 the emplO)CC c,ctus1,c of an} all<m,mces. pcnalt) rate, or tra, ell mg ume and I.ire, I he g.rantin!! of such lca\c ,ha ll be suhJecl to the lollow111g cond1tinns:- c l l I he emph>)CC mu,t ha"; at least 1I 'J t\,ehc month, continuous scf\·1cc \,;th the cmplo)er pnor to such lca,c being granted and he the elected union delegate rc:prc~entath e ( '.!J Unles, othcn, ise agreed the ma,imum number of emplo) e.:, nf one and the same emplO)er attendmg ,1 trammg cour,c or seminar c,1ch )Car "ill be as follO\\S Wh~re the emplo,cr ernplo)~ bet\\ccn 10 - 50 cmplovees .. \\'h rie the emplcl\cr crnplo,s hel\,c:cn ~I - 10') emplo,ees 1 Whe1e the emp l,"cr ernplO)S o,er 100 Cl'l'plo~ccs 4 (3) Where an employer ha, more than one place of emplo) mcnt 1n Queensl.md then the maximum number of emtllo~ee~ entitled to attend a cour:,e at the sams umc shall b<c t\\O I his shall not pre, ent an emplO) er lrom Jgrcc111g to rc:lea)C additional em pl oyees. (4) I he granung of such lea, e shall be subJecl to the comcnienc.:" uf the emplo)er l>O that the operation5 of the Queensland Ambulance en.ice wilt not be ad,cr:.d) affected \\here the employer approaches the union and demnn,tra1c:~ genuine d1nicuhics \\llh respect to the rclc,1,e of a particular union deh:1?-.itc or rcprc,cnl,lti, e at ,1 panicular tune ( mcluding \\ here the cmplo) er might ha, c prc\lousl~ ad, ised ol its ability to rclca~c ,uch union delcg,llc or rcpresen1at1vc) the union \\tll not unrc.i,onabl) pre~, its request for the relea_,c of that delegate rcpr.. -.entati,c at that ume II the matter 1- 001 am1cahl~ rc,uhed. 1t ,hJII be processed 111 accordance \\Ith the C,nc\ance Prnccdurc contained in this A"'ard. (51 In granung such paid lca,e. the cmplo~cr 1, not re,pt1ns1bt.: tor an) add111onal co~L, c,ccpt the pa) ment ol c:,tra rcmunerauon \\here rchc, ing arrangement, arc mst1lutcd b) the cmplo) cr to co, er the absence of the employee. (6) I ca,e granted to aucnd such training cour,es \,ill not incur an) addnwnal pa)ment or alternate time oil if such cour-e co111cides \\tth an emplo)ee·, ro:.tcred da) of[ or \\Ith an) other conu:,sional lea,c. (7) \uch paid lca,e will not affect other lca\'e gr,mtcd to emplo)ee, under thi) .\\\ard (8) On completion of the cour,e the employee sh,111. upon request. pnl\ 1dc: to the cmplo)Cr proof of anendancc al the course. I ,cert in the case of ,1cl.. lea, c or authomcd lea, e. non-aucndJnce at a tr,un111g course \\Ill result 111 th.: emplo) cc not being p:11d for ,uch umc (9) A, Tt;T •\ 1s regarded a, a tr.umng mailer. release ol ,t,111 for [ UTA ,11tcnJancc will he co-ordinated h) the Regional I raining Co-ordinators:· 13; th~ <. vmrn 1ss1011 . [LS] R II BLUMSOM lndu,l! ~ Regisua1 Opera11, c Date 28 Augu~I 1995 Vanatmn - TUTA l t.i,e 15 Septcmbt!r. 1995] QUEENSLA D GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 297 (' I fI I • f ' -- 1 of 1 --