Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
AP766597 - Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
[2 amended by PR970166]
This award is arranged as follows:
Part 1 – Application and operation of award
1. Award title [S4324]
2. Arrangement [PR970166]
3. Definitions
4. Date the award starts
5. Parties bound and who the award applies to
6. Relationship with other awards and determinations
8. Workplace flexibility - certified agreement provision
9. Index of facilitative provisions [S8152]
9.1 Agreement to Vary Operation of Award Provisions
9.2 Facilitation by Individual Agreement
9.3 Facilitation by Majority Agreement
9.4 Dispute over facilitation
Part 3 – Consultation and dispute resolution
10. Notice boards
11. Dispute resolution process
Part 4 – Employment relationship
13. Permanent / fixed term employees - conditions of service
14. Casual employees - conditions of service [PR970166]
Part 5 – Salary rates and related matters
17. National training wage
18. Supported wage system [PR932567]
18.1 Definitions
18.2 Eligibility criteria
18.3 Entitlement
18.4 Assessment of Capacity
18.5 Lodgement of Assessment Instrument
18.6 Review of Assessment
18.7 Other Terms and Conditions of Employment
18.8 Workplace adjustment
18.9 Trial period
19.1 Dependant allowance
19.2 Excess fares
19.3 First aid allowance
19.4 Headquarters relocation allowance
19.5 Higher duties allowance
19.6 Intermittent driving allowance
19.7 Living away from home allowance
19.8 Overtime meal allowance
19.9 Private motor vehicle allowance
19.10 Study assistance
19.11 Temporary accommodation allowance
19.12 Tonnage allowance
19.13 Transfer costs
19.14 Travelling allowance
20. Deductions from salaries of rent for residence
Part 6 – Hours of work, overtime, excess travelling time and shift work
21.1 Specific provisions
21.2 Hours of Duty - Facilitative Provisions
21.3 Part-time Employees
21.4 Make up time
21.5 Meal break
22.1.1 Reasonable overtime
22.2 Overtime - Time Off Instead of Payment
22.3 Minimum overtime payment
22.4 Rest Relief after Overtime
22.5 Emergency duty
22.6 Restriction duty
23.1 Excess travel
23.2 Minimum time
23.3 Maximum time
23.4 Rate
23.5 Headstation
23.6 Travelling time
23.7 Employee Required to Work within a District
23.8 Eligibility
23.9 Meaning of a Day
24.1 Shift penalties
24.2 Payments stand alone
24.3 Payment during training courses
24.4 Payment during annual leave
24.5 Exchange of shifts / substitute employee
24.6 Stretch of shift
24.7 Interval between shifts
24.8 Duty on a public holiday
Part 7 – Types of leave and public holidays
25.1 Entitlement
25.2 Conditions for Leave
25.3 Advance payment
25.4 Payment Instead of Leave
25.5 Termination payment
25.6 Recovery of Payments
25.7 Annual leave - seven day shift workers
25.8 Seven day shift workers - payment in lieu of additional annual leave
25.9 Annual leave loading
26.1 Definitions
26.2 Amount of paid personal leave
26.3 Personal leave for personal injury or sickness (sick leave)
26.4 Personal leave to care for an immediate family or household member (carer’s leave)
26.5 Employee must give notice
26.6 Evidence supporting claim
26.7 Unpaid personal leave
26.8 Sick leave without certificate
26.9 Sick leave debits
26.10 Illness during annual leave
26.11 Failure to produce satisfactory evidence
26.12 Employee to provide medical report
26.13 Maximum period
26.14 Sick leave without pay
26.15 Invalidity retirement date
26.16 Reappointment after retirement
26.17 War service sick leave
26.18 Recognition of Prior Public Employment
27. Bereavement leave [PR970166]
28.1 Definitions
28.2 Basic entitlement
28.3 Maternity leave
28.4 Paternity leave
28.5 Adoption leave
28.6 Variation of period of parental leave
28.7 Parental leave and other entitlements
28.8 Transfer to a safe job
28.9 Returning to work after a period of parental leave
28.10 Replacement employees
28.11 Right to request
28.12 Communication during parental leave
29. Leave to attend as witness in industrial proceedings
30. Jury service
31. Public holidays [PR909455]
31.1 Designated holidays
31.2 Substitute holidays
31.3 Local holidays
31.4 Substitution of Public Holidays By Agreement
