AN140296 – Teachers' Award - Non-Governmental Schools 2003

SCHEDULE 17 - MONTESSORI SCHOOL LIMITED OF FIG TREE POCKET

S17.1 Application

Schedule 17 shall apply to Montessori School Limited of Fig Tree Pocket hereinafter referred to as the School and eligible employees (as defined) when employed by such school.

S17.2 Definitions

S17.2.1 "Eligible Employee” means all categories of teaching staff included in the list of callings of the Union. For the purposes of Schedule 17, "eligible employee” means teachers employed in a full-time, temporary, part-time, fixed term or casual capacity.

S17.2.2 "The Plan", means:

Sunsuper or The Queensland Independent Education Superannuation Scheme.

S17.2.3 "Ordinary time earnings” means:

(a) In the case of full-time teachers the minimum fortnightly salary prescribed from time to time for teachers in clauses 5.1 and 5.2 of the Award, including the amount of any allowance which is prescribed from time to time for teachers by clauses 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 of the Award, and any salary allowance payable to the teacher by administrative arrangement. In the case of part-time and casual teachers the Award formula applied to the appropriate salary rate.

(b) In the case of other eligible employees: the fortnightly, weekly or monthly salary as the case may be and any salary allowance prescribed in the contract of employment between the employee and employer.

(c) In the case of all eligible employees: shall exclude allowances paid as reimbursement of expenses and annual leave loading.

S17.3 Contributions

S17.3.1 The School shall contribute to the nominated Plan on behalf of eligible employees an amount calculated at 3% of ordinary time earnings as defined.

S17.3.2 The School shall remit contributions on a monthly basis to the Plan in respect of eligible employees with the exception of casual employees.

In the case of casual employees contributions shall be made in respect of all time worked by the employees for the individual School during the course of any one year extending from 1 January to 31 December.

Such contributions shall be made by the School to the Plan at 31 December and 30 June of any one year subsequent to 1 January 1989, provided that prior to the aforementioned dates of remittance the individual employee has applied to join a Plan.

S17.3.3 Under the rules of a Plan, an employee may personally contribute additional fixed amounts to the Plan and arrangements shall be made for authorised deductions from the employee's salary to be forwarded to the Plan management.

Notwithstanding the foregoing casual employees shall not be afforded payroll deductions for this purpose, but shall make the appropriate arrangements directly with the Trustee(s) of the Plan.

S17.3.4 The school may suspend for the applicable period, contributions made on behalf of an employee, if the employee is absent from employment without pay.

S17.3.5 The obligation of the School to contribute to the Plan in respect of an eligible employee shall cease on the last day of such employee's employment with the School.

S17.4 Freedom of choice

S17.4.1 Each eligible employee shall be given equal access to all information concerning the approved occupational superannuation plans, as defined in clause S17.2.2. Such information shall be made available by the relevant School and the Union for the employee's consideration, in order that the employee is able to make an informed choice as to which approved occupational superannuation plan the employee wishes the Employing Authority to make the contribution specified in clause S17.3.

The Corporation and the Union undertake to honour the intent of clause S17.4.

S17.4.2 Contributions shall be made to the Plan by the School on the written application of eligible employees.

S17.4.3 When a new employee commences in employment, the School shall advise the employee in writing of the employee's entitlements under this Schedule, within 2 weeks of the date of commencement of employment.

S17.5 Transfer between plans

If an employee is eligible to belong to more than one Plan, the employee shall be entitled to notify the school that the employee wishes the School to pay contributions in respect of the employee to the alternative Plan included in clause S17.2.2 but shall not be entitled to do so until the expiration of 3 years from the notification made by the employee pursuant to clause S17.4.2 or after the expiration of 3 years from the last notification made by the employee pursuant to clause S17.5. The School shall only be obliged to make such contributions to the new Plan where the School has been advised in writing:

(a) of the employee's application to join the other Plan, and

(b) that the employee has notified the Trustees of the employee's former Plan that the employee no longer wishes the contributions which are paid on the employee's behalf to be paid to that Plan.

S17.6 General

No additional amount shall be paid by the School for the establishment, administration, management or any other charges in connection with the Plan apart from the remittance of contributions on a regular basis.

S17.7 Operation of Schedule

This Schedule takes effect from 30 June 2005. This schedule replaces the Teaching Staff - Montessori School Limited Of Fig Tree Pocket Occupational Superannuation, Industrial Agreement.