AT794071 - Queensland Local Government Officers' Award 1998 [Transitional]
8. CLASSIFICATION/RECLASSIFICATION, SALARY INCREMENTS & PROGRESSION
[8 Salary increments title changed and substituted by PR958449; PR958449 stayed by PR959376; PR959376 set aside by PR962423; substituted by PR965535 ppc 08Sep05]
8.1 Officers will be classified in accordance with the classification definitions contained in Schedule A.
8.2 A respondent will when requested (in writing) by an officer provide to the officer (in writing) within eight weeks of the receipt of the written request:
8.2.1 the officer’s classification;
8.2.2 the reasons for the officer’s appointment to that classification including:
Such a request shall only be made on an annual basis provided however that an officer may make a request at any time where the officer’s position has been restructured or reorganised or as a result of a substantive change in the position initiated by the respondent, such that the position should be classified as a higher level within the award.
8.3 An officer may dispute the classification determined by the respondent. Any disputes that are initiated regarding classification shall be dealt with in accordance with the disputes procedure contained in clause 34 of this award. Provided that an officer will have the right to elevate the dispute to the Commission following the expiry of the process outlined in clause 8.2.
8.4 An officer may request a union or other representative to represent them throughout the process outlined in the clause above.
8.5 Salary increments
Movement to the next highest salary point within a level will be by way of annual increment subject to the officer having given satisfactory service for the prior twelve months in accordance with a Staff Development and Appraisal System developed by the respondent in consultation with officers who may be represented by their accredited Union representative in such consultation.
8.6 Where a respondent chooses not to implement a Staff Development and Appraisal System, movement between salary points will occur at yearly intervals.
