AN140296 – Teachers' Award - Non-Governmental Schools 2003
SCHEDULE 18 - TEACHING STAFF - CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (QUEENSLAND) OCCUPATIONAL SUPERANNUATION
S18.1 Application
Schedule 18 shall apply to the Employing Authorities and eligible employees (as defined) when employed in schools under the control of the Employing Authorities in the State of Queensland.
S18.2 Definitions
S18.2.1 "Eligible Employee” means all categories of teaching staff included in the list of callings of the Union, and in particular those employees designated Teacher, Teacher on Secondment, Deputy Principal, Assistant to the Principal (Religious Education) and Assistant to the Principal (Administration).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, "eligible employee" also means teachers employed in a full-time, temporary, part-time, fixed term or casual capacity.
S18.2.2 "The Plan” means:
(a) Queensland Roman Catholic Retirement Plan as amended and the Queensland Independent Education Superannuation Scheme in the case of the following:
Lourdes Hill College Ltd
Trustees of the Sisters of the Brigidine Congregation
Trustees of the Christian Brothers, (Queensland
The Sisters' of St. Joseph of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Rockhampton
Institute of the Missionery Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
The Association of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor
Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Townsville
Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns
Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia
Corporation of the Trustees of the Order of the Sisters of Mercy in Queensland
Corporation of the Trustees of the Presentation Sisters in Queensland
Provincial of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine in Australia
Loreto Properties Association.
Council of Stuartholme School
Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Cairns
Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Rockhampton
Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Townsville.
(b) National Catholic Superannuation Fund and the Queensland Independent Education Superannuation Scheme in the case of:
Trustees of the Marist Brothers
Community of Ursuline Nuns
Corporation of the Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Toowoomba
Corporation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba;
(c) in the case of the Trustees of the Da La Salle Brothers, The De La Salle/Brigidine Superannuation Fund and the Queensland Independent Education Superannuation Scheme;
(d) in the case of the Corporation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Iona College Superannuation Fund and the Queensland Independent Education Superannuation Scheme.
S18.2.3 "Ordinary time earnings” means:
(a) in the case of 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;
(b) in the case of other eligible employees; the fortnightly salary and any salary allowance prescribed in the contract of employment between the employee and the Employing Authority;
(c) in the case of all eligible employees; shall exclude allowances paid as reimbursement of expenses and annual leave loading.
S18.3 Contributions
S18.3.1 The Employing Authority shall contribute to the Plan on behalf of eligible employees an amount calculated at 3% of ordinary time earnings.
Contributions shall commence to be paid from:
(a) in the case of employees who are employed at 1 January 1989, at the rate of 1.5% from 1 January 1989 and a further 1.5% from 1 July 1989;
(b) notwithstanding the foregoing those employees of the Marist Brothers' College, Ashgrove received a 1.5% contribution by administrative concession from 1 January 1988 will not receive a further 1.5% contribution until 1 July 1989;
(c) in the case of employees who are employed subsequent to 1 January 1989 and prior to 1 July 1989 the rate of 1.5% from the employees' date of commencement with a further 1.5% payable from 1 July 1989;
(d) in the case of employees who are employed subsequent to 1 July 1989 at the rate of 3% from the employees' date of commencement.
S18.3.2 The Employing Authorities 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 contribution shall be made in respect of all time worked by the employees for the individual Employing Authorities during the course of any one year extending from 1 January to 31 December.
Such contributions shall be made by the Employing Authorities 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 the Plan.
S18.3.3 Under the rules of the Plan, an employee may personally contribute additional fixed amounts to the Plan and arrangements shall be made for authorised deductions from the employee's pay 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.
S18.3.4 The Employing Authorities may suspend for the applicable period, contributions made on behalf of an employee, if the employee is absent from employment without pay.
S18.3.5 The obligation of an Employing Authority to contribute to the Plan in respect of an eligible employee shall cease on the last day of such employee's employment with the Employing Authority.
S18.4 Freedom of choice
S18.4.1 Each eligible employee shall be given equal access to all information concerning the approved occupational superannuation plans, as defined in clause S18.2.2. Such information shall be made available by the relevant Employing Authority 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(s) specified in clause S18.3.
The Employing Authorities and the Union undertake to honour the intent of clause S18.4.
S18.4.2 Contributions shall be made to the Plan by Employing Authorities on the written application of eligible employees.
S18.4.3 When a new employee commences in employment, the Employing Authority shall advise the employee in writing of the employee’s entitlements under this Schedule, within 2 weeks of the date of commencement of employment.
S18.5 Transfer between plans
If an employee is eligible to belong to more than one Plan, the employee shall be entitled to notify the Employing Authority that the employee wishes the Employing Authority to pay contributions in respect of the employee to the alternative Plan included in clause S18.2.2 but shall not be entitled to do so until the expiration of 3 years from the notification made by the employee pursuant to clause S18.4.2 or after the expiration of 3 years from the last notification made by the employee pursuant to clause S18.5. The Employing Authority shall only be obliged to make such contributions to the new Plan where the Employing Authority 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.
S18.6 General
No additional amount shall be paid by the Employing Authorities for the establishment, administration management or any other charges in connection with the Plan apart from the remittance of contributions on a regular basis.
S18.7 Date of operation
Schedule 18 takes effect from 30 June 2005. Schedule 18 replaces the Teaching Staff-Catholic Schools (Queensland) Occupational Superannuation, Industrial Agreement.
