AT801922 - Victorian Catholic Schools and Catholic Education Offices Award 1998 [Transitional]

AT801922 - Victorian Catholic Schools and Catholic Education Offices Award 1998 [Transitional]

41. PART-TIME EDUCATION OFFICERS/SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICERS OR PSYCHOLOGISTS (EDUCATION) OR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS

41.1 The number of hours of employment and duties of a part-time Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist shall be set out in writing by the employer at the time of engagement and at any other time when a variation occurs.

41.2 Calculation of rates of pay

41.2.1 A part-time Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist shall be paid a proportionate amount of the appropriate full-time weekly rate of pay, and any applicable allowance, in that proportion that the part-time Education Officer’s, Senior Education Officer’s, Psychologist’s (Education) or Speech Pathologist’s hours bear to a full-time Education Officer’s, Senior Education Officer’s, Psychologist’s (Education) or Speech Pathologist’s hours respectively. The rate shall be assessed according to the appropriate formula:

hours employed

x

weekly salary

38

41.3 Additional hours

Where an employer requires a part-time Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist to work additional hours and the part-time Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist agrees to work such additional hours, the Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist shall be paid for each additional hour or part thereof at the Education Officer’s, Senior Education Officer’s, Psychologist’s (Education) or Speech Pathologist’s normal part-time hourly rate of pay, respectively.

41.4 Variation of hours

An employer cannot vary the hours employed of a part-time Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist pursuant to 41.2 unless:

41.4.1 the Education Officer, Senior Education Officer, Psychologist (Education) or Speech Pathologist consents; or

41.4.2 it can be demonstrated that such a variation is required as a result of a change in program, organisation, structure, technology or funding. In this case, seven weeks’ notice in writing shall be given by the employer. In the absence of the required notice and provided that the change involves a drop in salary, the Education Officer’s, Senior Education Officer’s, Psychologist’s (Education) or Speech Pathologist’s salary will be maintained at its former level for the period of the notice not given.