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General Staff Agreement

Definitions

 
 General Staff Agreement 2009
 
 Part A - Preliminaries
 
  8. Definitions

8. Definitions

8.1   Academic Year   Means the timetable as set out for the relevant School or section

8.2   Act   Means the Workplace Relations Act 1996 as amended.

8.3   Afternoon Shift   Means a shift commencing at or after 12 noon and before 6.00 pm.

8.4   AIRC   Means the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

8.5   Casual   Means an engagement specified as such at the time and is employed by the hour and paid on an hourly basis in accordance with the appropriate classification. The amount of casual loading is outlined at Schedule F – Categories of Employment.

8.6   Day Shift   Means a shift commencing at or after 6.00 am and before 12 noon.

8.7   Employee Representative   Means a person nominated by an employee to provide support and/or to make representations to the University on their behalf, and who is not currently a practising solicitor or barrister.

8.8   Employer   Means The University of Western Australia constituted under authority of the University of Western Australia Act 1911.

8.9   Fixed Term   Means a fixed term appointment as defined in Schedule F – Categories of Employment.

8.10   Funds Available   Means the sum of money which is allocated for the payment of salary, salary related allowances and on-costs.

8.11   Head   Dean, Head of School or Section or as otherwise defined under the University’s delegations but does not include a Head of Discipline.

8.12   Level   Means a classification level from the ten level structure set out in accordance with Schedule A – Classification and Salary Structure.

8.13   Night Shift   Means a shift commencing at or after 6.00 pm and before 6.00 am.

8.14   Ongoing Contingent Funded Research Contract   Means an appointment made in accordance with Schedule F – Categories of Employment

8.15   Part-Time   Means an engagement in which the appointee is required to work a certain number of hours, but less than 37.5 hours per week on a regular basis each week.

8.16   Pre Translation Employee   Means a member of the general staff, covered by this Agreement who was an employee of the University as at 19 April 1994 and has been continually employed on an ongoing or fixed term capacity since that date.

8.17   Research Grant   Means a sum of money made available to the University for the conduct of a specific research project or programme which is to be undertaken over a specified period of time.

8.18   Salary Horizon   Means the maximum salary that a pre translation employee could have attained for the classification of the position occupied as at 19 April 1994.

8.19   Salary Protection at Point (SPP)   Means those identified points on the salary schedule (shown Schedule A – Classification Salary and Structure) that can be accessed by pre translation employees in order to protect their previous salary horizon.

8.20   Satisfactory medical evidence   A certificate from a registered doctor, dentist, physiotherapist, chiropractor or clinical psychologist.

8.21   Senate   Means the Senate of The University of Western Australia constituted under the authority of The University of Western Australia Act 1911.

8.22   Union   Means:

  • The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU); and/or
  • The Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU); and/or
  • The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU); and/or
  • The National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU).

8.23   University   Means The University of Western Australia constituted under the authority of the University of Western Australia Act 1911.

8.24   Vice-Chancellor   Means the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia or a person acting in the Vice-Chancellor’s position, or as his or her nominee.

 

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