AN120130 – Clerical and Administrative Employees in Temporary Employment Services (State) Award
(i) For the purpose of increasing productivity and flexibility, as well as enhancing career opportunities for employees, multi-skilling may extend by agreement between an employer and an employee to allow the employee to perform any work in an enterprise within the scope of their skills and competence.
(ii) Discussion shall take place at the enterprise with a view to reaching agreement for employees to perform a wider range of tasks, removal of demarcation barriers and participation of employees in additional training.
(iii) Notwithstanding the provision of (ii) above, employees shall perform a wider range of duties including work which is incidental or peripheral to their main tasks or functions.
(iv) Employees shall perform such work as is reasonable and lawfully required of them by the employer including accepting instruction from authorised personnel.
(v) Employees shall comply with all reasonable requests to transfer or to perform any work provided for by the award.
(vi) Employees shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the quality, accuracy and completion of any job or task assigned to the employee.
(vii) Employees shall not impose or continue to enforce existing demarcation barriers between the work covered by the Clerical and Administrative Employees (State) Award provided that it is agreed that the work lies within the scope of the skill and competence of the employee concerned.
(viii) Employees shall not unreasonably impose any limitation or continue to enforce any limitations on supervisors or technical personnel demonstrating the use of new equipment or machinery: Provided that the appropriate consultation in relation to the introduction of new technology has taken place.
(ix) Employees shall not impose any restrictions or limitations on the measurement and/or review of work methods or standard work times: Provided that appropriate consultation between employer and employees has taken place.
