Director-General, Queensland Department of Health for and on behalf of the Various Regional Health Authorities and the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals, South Brisbane v The Electrical Trades Union of Employees of Australia, Queensland Branch and Others [1993] QIRC 291 (1993) 143 QGIG 586

586 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE [6 August, 1993 #################################################### QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELAT IONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1990 s. 10.4 - approval of industri al ag reemen t D irector-G eneral, Qu eensland Department of Health fo r and on beha lf of the Various Reg ional Health Aut horities and t he Mater Misericordiae Pub lic Hosp i tals, South Brisbane AND The Electrical T rades Un i on of Employees of Austra li a, Queensl and Branch and Others (N o. IA37 of 1993) TRAD ES PER SONS - METROPOLITAN AND TOWN SV ILLE H OS PI TALS ETC - ON CALL ARRANGEM EN TS INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT COMMISSIONER BOU GOURE 15 July 1993 T HIS AG REEMENT, m ade in pursuance of th e Industrial Relations Ac t 1990, this twenty-eighth day of Ju ne, 1993, betw een the D irector-Genera l, Departmen t of Health for and on behalf of the various Reg ional Health Authoriti es an d the Mater M i se ricord i ae Public Hospi ta l s, So uth Br isba n e, of th e one part an d the Unions and Members of the Un i ons signatories hereto, of the other pa rt w it nesse th that i t is hereb y mut ua lly agreed as cont ai ned in the attached document:- lnd us tri al Agreement No. A23 of 1987 is hereby ca ncelled. 1. Title Trade spe rso ns - Metropolitan and Townsville Hospitals Etc - On Cal l Arrangements - Ind ustrial Agreement. 2. Arrangement The arrangement of this Agreement is as fo llows:- Subject Matter Oause No . Appl ication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Date of Operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Emergency Wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fares an d Travelling Expen ses . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Statutory Ho lidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Telepho ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Title . . . ..... . .. .. . . . ... ..... .. ... . 3. Appl ication This Agreement sha ll apply to Plumbers, Fitters and Electrici ans (hereinafter to be referred to as Trade sperson s) who are em p loyed at Wo lston Park Hospital, Royal Bri sban e Hospital, Royal Childrens' Hospi ta l, Royal Womens' Hospital, Princess Alexandra Hospital, The Pr ince Charles Hospital, Town sville Hospital and the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals - South Bri sbane, and to th e D irecto r-General of Health as th e employer. This Agreement appli es to th ose Tradesperso ns who are required from time to time to be roste red on call and shall re pla ce arrangements provided in previously exi sting Industri al Agreemen ts . 4. Emergency Work Tradespersons ros tered to be on call for emergency wo rk outside of o rd inary worki ng hours sha ll be paid an al lowan ce at t he rate of $38.30 for eac h week of seven ( 7) days when th ey are requ ired to re main on call in addition to the ra te s prescribed in the relevant Sta te Award for such employees: Prov ided t hat the al lowance contained in this clause sha ll be increased by the percentage movemen ts in th e Guaranteed Min imum Wage awarded from time to time by the Queensland Industrial Re l at ions Commi ss ion. (, I 6 August, 1993] QUEENSLAND GOVERNM ENT INDUSTRIAL GAZETTE 587 Fo r the purpose of this clause, an on cal I T ra d esp erson shall mean a Tradesperson who, outside ordinary work ing hours i s required to make themself avai lable at all times to perform emergency work. 5. Statutory H ol ida ys Tradespersons shall have one (1) day added to th ei r annual leave for each statu tory holiday on which they are requi red to remain on ca ll. 6. Overt ime T he overtime provisions ap plicable to the particular Tradespersons when called ou t shall be as prescribed in the clauses in the relevant Awards, n am el y clauses 4.4 and 4.7 of the Eng ineering Award - Sta te and clause 4.4 of the Buildi ng Trades Awa rd - State. Overtime payment for Plumbers made in terms of cl ause 4.4 of the Bui lding Trades Awa rd - State sha ll be calcu lated on the rate of remuneratio n prescribed for a Lea ding Hand Plumber in su bclause (6) of clause 3.6 of the aforesaid Award. 7. Telephone Tradespersons requi red to be rostered on ca ll shall be entitled to th e fol l ow ing:- (1) In stal lation of a te lephone in their pri vate res iden ce; (2) Full ren t al pa id for such telephone; (3) An allowance not exceeding 166 metered cal ls per annum as compe ns ati on for local calls; Provided that such te lephone allowance is to be varied from time to time to re flect any incre ases in such allowan ce as determined for certain other employees of Hospit als . In addition, t hose Tradespersons required to be rostered on ca ll shall be provided with a paging device (beeper) which shall remain the property of the respective employer. 8. Fares and Travelling Expe nses Tradespersons on ca ll who are ca ll ed to perform emergen cy work sha ll :- (1) be paid $7.30 on each occasion as comp ensat ion for fares and travelling e xpenses incurred t he refore; or (2) be provided with transport to and from t he ir home; or (3) be pa id 27.09 cents per ki lometre where they use their own motor vehicle. Where practicabl e, t he tradesperson on ca ll shal l be given t he option of one of the above. The allowance shown in (1) shall be adjusted from time to time with adj ustments in the " Fares and Travelli ng Allowance" provisions as contained in the Bu ild ing Trades Award - State. The allowances shown in (3) shall be ad justed from time to time with adjustmen ts in clause 3.9(3}(b) of the "Travelli ng and Boa rd " provisions of the Engineering Award - State. 9. Rosters Trad es persons sha ll be notified at l east one (1) month in advance of the ag reed roster: Provided th at in emergen t circumstances, the roster may be altered by mutual arrangement between the employer and employee. 10. Date of Operation Th is Agreement shall take effect and have th e force of law from the twen ty-eighth day of June, 1993, and shall re main in force for a period of tw elve (1 2) months from th at date and therea fter until vari ed or rescinded . Signed for and on behalf of the D irector-General, Department of Health, the Brisbane North Regional Hea lt h Authority; the Brisbane South Regional Health Au thority; the Northern Regional Health Authori ty; the West Mo reton Reg io na l Health Authority; and Ma ter M i se ri cordi ae Publ ic Hosp ital s, So uth Brisbane ?) ) ) ) ) ) } G.A. KENNEY In the presence of - R.M. GURR Signed for and on be ha lf of The } Electrical T rades Union of Emp l oyees ) of Austral ia, Queensland Bran ch } In the presence of - J. CAMP Signed for and on behalf of Th e Pl um b ers and Gasfitters Emp l oyees Union of Au st rali a, Queensland Branch, Un ion of Employees } ) ) } In the prese nce of - R.M. GURR Signed for and on beh al f of Th e Metals and Engineering Wor kers' Industrial Un ion of Empl oyees , Q ueensland i) } R. l. WILLIAMS JEFF KNI GHT J.A. VAUGHAN In the presence of - I. PAVLIKOV IC Pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act 1990, the provisions of this Industrial Agreemen t are approved. R.W. BOUGOURE, Commi ss ioner. T HIS In dustrial Agreement was fi led in my o ffice on the fif th day of July, 1993, was approved by the Commission and was registered No . IA37 of 1993, in the Reg iste r of Industrial Agreements kept by m e. Dated this fif teenth day of July, 1993. M.J . CALLEN, Industrial Registrar. Operative Date: 28 June 1993 Indu st ri al Agreem en t - Department of H ea lt h a nd O thers #################################################### -- 1 of 1 --