16.1 Employees shall be paid in accordance with the salaries contained in Schedule A – Salaries and Casual Rates of this Agreement.
16.2 Employees appointed to Level A, Schedule A – Salaries and Casual Rates, Table 1, who possess a PhD or are appointed as a course controller shall not receive a salary of less than Level A point 7. This subclause does not apply to casual employees.
16.3 Subject to subclause 16.2 of this clause, employees will normally be appointed at the minimum salary for their level, provided that the Vice-Chancellor may approve a higher commencing salary.
16.4 Employees engaged on a casual basis shall be paid the rates contained in Schedule A – Salaries and Casual Rates, Table 2 – Casual Rates.
16.5 Notwithstanding the salaries contained in Schedule A – Salaries and Casual Rates of the Agreement, the salary that would otherwise be applicable to an employee shall be reduced by such amount as is agreed between the employee and the University to the extent necessary to provide a package for the employee containing the reduced salary and packaged items.
16.6 Each employee who negotiates a salary package will be required to enter into a Salary Packaging Agreement with the University.
16.7 In respect of an employee who enters into a salary packaging agreement, the salary rate as specified in Schedule A – Salaries and Casual Rates of this agreement shall be used as the basis to calculate entitlements in respect of:
16.7.1 leave loading;
16.7.2 outstanding leave due upon termination of employment;
16.7.3 redundancy payments;
16.7.4 early retirement payments.
16.8 An employee shall continue to be paid in accordance with the terms of the salary packaging agreement during any form of paid leave.
16.9 Any dispute in relation to the operation of this subclause will be resolved in accordance with Clause 45 – Dispute Settling Procedures, of this Agreement.
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