NURSES AND MIDWIVES (VICTORIAN PUBLIC SECTOR) …

1 L\ NURSES AND MIDWIVES (VICTORIAN PUBLIC SECTOR) (SINGLE INTEREST EMPLOYERS) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020-2024 L\ PART A - PRELIMINARY 1. Title Part A This Agreement will be known as the NURSES and MIDWIVES (Victorian PUBLIC Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024. 2. Index A Absences on Defence Leave .. 121 Accident Make-up Pay .. 46 Accrued Days Off .. 61 Additional Leave Entitlement to Four Clear Days .. 83 Aged Care .. 161 Agency Staff and nurse Bank Employees .. 158 Allowances .. 49 Allowances Related to Overtime.

2 52 Alternate On Call Allowance (Four Clear Days) .. 72 Annual Leave .. 77 Anti-Discrimination .. 13 Avoidance and Management of Short Shifts .. 67 B Best Practice Employment Commitment .. 132 Blood Donors Leave .. 120 Breaks .. 63 Breastfeeding .. 107 C Cashing Out of Annual Leave .. 84 Casual Conversion .. 39 Casual Employment .. 38 Casual Employment Caring Responsibilities .. 89 Ceremonial Leave .. 122 Change of Roster Allowance .. 57 Change of shift allowance preservation - ENs only .. 57 Childcare Reimbursement .. 57 Compassionate Leave.

3 95 Consultation .. 15 Consultation about changes to rosters or hours of work .. 18 Copy of Agreement .. 12 Coverage .. 12 D Date and Period of Operation .. 12 Daylight Saving .. 73 Definitions .. 6 Demand Escalation Policy 162 Deputy Director of Nursing .. 158 Designated Work Groups .. 171 Dispute Resolution Procedure .. 25 E Enrolled NURSES Classification .. 133 Examination Leave .. 126 F Family Violence Leave .. 93 Filling/Advertisement of Position .. 167 Fitness for Work .. 90 Fixed Term Employment .. 40 Flexible Working Arrangements.

4 35 Full-time Employment .. 38 G Gender Based Discrimination .. 13 H Higher Duties .. 54 Hours of Work .. 59 HSRs .. 171 I Incidence and Application .. 12 Incident Reporting, Investigation and Prevention .. 170 Individual Flexible Working Arrangements .. 37 Industry OHS Working Group .. 168 Interaction with the Safe Patient Care Act .. 178 J Jury Service .. 123 L Lead Apron Allowance .. 49 Leave to Engage in Emergency Management Activities 121 Letter of Appointment .. 40 L\ 2 Long Service Leave .. 107 M Managing Conduct and Performance.

5 32 Midwifery Continuity of Care Models .. 182 N No Extra Claims .. 12 No Lift Co-ordinator .. 167 Notice Period Before Termination .. 40 No amalgamation of wards without agreement of ANMF and Employer .. 19 O Occupational Violence and Aggression Prevention and Management .. 172 OHS Preliminary .. 168 OHS Risk Management .. 170 Overtime .. 69 P Parental Leave .. 96 Part-time Employment .. 38 Payment of Wages, Employee Records and Related Matters .. 43 Personal Leave .. 86 Post-registration Students .. 127 Pre-adoption Leave.

6 96 Pre-natal Leave .. 96 Professional Development Leave .. 124 Proposals to Vary Specific Matters .. 163 PUBLIC Holidays .. 74 Purchased Leave .. 85 Q Qualification Allowance .. 49 R Recall Return to Workplace .. 71 Recall - Without Return to Workplace .. 72 Redundancy and Associated Entitlements .. 19 Registered NURSES and MIDWIVES Classification .. 138 Replacement During Annual Leave and Extended Leave Relief .. 158 Rest Period After Excessive Hours .. 73 Rest Period After Overtime/Recall .. 72 Rosters .. 64 Rural and Isolated Practice Allowance.

7 51 RUSON/RUSOM Classifications .. 157 S Salary .. 43 Salary Packaging .. 46 Shift Allowance .. 53 Skill/Mix .. 158 Special Disaster Leave .. 122 Special Rates for Saturdays and Sundays .. 68 Staff Replacement .. 127 Staffing ANUM/AMUM and Above .. 158 Statewide Industry Panel .. 27 Study Leave .. 125 Superannuation .. 44 Supplementary Roster and Additional Shifts .. 66 T Trainee Enrolled NURSES .. 165 Trainee Enrolled NURSES Classifications .. 157 Transition to Retirement .. 42 Translation Arrangements for Registered NURSES / MIDWIVES .

8 156 Travelling and Relocation .. 55 U Undergraduate Employment Models .. 180 Uniform and Laundry Allowance .. 56 Union Matters .. 129 V Vehicle Allowance .. 189 W Workers' Compensation, Rehabilitation and Return To Work .. 175 L\ 3 3. Arrangement PART A - PRELIMINARY .. 2 1. Title .. 2 2. Index .. 2 3. Arrangement .. 3 4. Definitions .. 6 5. Coverage .. 12 6. Incidence and Application .. 12 7. Date and Period of Operation .. 12 8. Copy of Agreement .. 12 9. No Extra Claims .. 12 10. Anti-Discrimination .. 13 10A. Gender Based Discrimination.

9 13 PART B CONSULTATION, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND DISCIPLINE .. 15 11. Consultation .. 15 11A. Consultation about changes to rosters or hours of work .. 18 11B. No amalgamation of wards without agreement of ANMF and Employer . 19 12. Redundancy and Associated Entitlements .. 19 13. Dispute Resolution Procedure .. 25 14. Statewide Industry Panel .. 27 15. Managing Conduct and Performance .. 32 16. Flexible Working Arrangements .. 35 16A. Individual Flexible Working Arrangements .. 37 PART C TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT, COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND END OF EMPLOYMENT.

10 38 17. Full-time Employment .. 38 18. Part-time Employment .. 38 19. Casual Employment .. 38 20. Casual 39 21. Fixed Term Employment .. 40 22. Letter of 40 23. Notice Period Before Termination .. 40 24. Transition to Retirement .. 42 PART D WAGES .. 43 25. Salary .. 43 26. Payment of Wages, Employee Records and Related Matters .. 43 27. Superannuation .. 44 28. Salary Packaging .. 46 29. Accident Make-up Pay .. 46 PART E ALLOWANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS .. 49 L\ 4 30. Allowances .. 49 30A. Lead Apron Allowance .. 49 31. Qualification Allowance.