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1 Professional and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017 2021. PART 1 OPERATION OF Agreement . 1. Agreement TITLE. This Agreement will be known as Griffith University Professional and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017 - 2021. 2. ARRANGEMENT. This Agreement is arranged as follows: Clause Title Page PART 1 OPERATION OF Agreement . 1 Agreement Title 1. 2 Arrangement 1. 3 Operation of Agreement 2. 4 Award Relationship and Replacement of Agreement 2. 5 Application of the Agreement 2. 6 Operation of Schedules 3. 7 Availability of Agreement 3. 8 No Further Claims 3. 9 Consultation on Policy Change 3. 10 Definitions 3. 11 Flexibility 6. PART 2 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND RELATED MATTERS. 12 Types of Employment 7. 13 Modes of Employment 14. 14 Work Allocation 16.

2 15 Dispute Avoidance and Settlement Procedures 17. 16 Professional and Support Staff Consultative Committee 18. 17 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, First Peoples: Employment 18. Strategy 18 Certificate of Employment 19. PART 3 SALARIES AND RELATED MATTERS. 19 Salaries 19. 20 Payment of Salaries 19. 21 Allowances 20. 22 Salary Packaging 21. 23 Superannuation 21. 24 Classification Process 22. 25 Linked Classifications 23. PART 4 HOURS OF WORK. 26 Ordinary Hours 24. 27 Shift Work 26. 28 Overtime 27. 29 Variable Hours Arrangements 28. PART 5 LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS. 30 2020 Student Cohort Leave Provision 31. 31 Public Holidays 31. 32 Recreation Leave 31. 33 Sick Leave 33. 34 Long Service Leave 33. 35 Family, Cultural Obligations & Other Special Circumstances Leave 35.

3 36 Parental Leave 36. Note This Agreement is to be read in conjunction with the undertakings given by the employer. The undertakings are also taken to be terms of this Agreement . A copy of these terms have been inserted as additions to this Agreement at the relevant clauses. 37 Leave without Salary 39. 38 Other Leave 40. PART 6 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND DISCIPLINARY MATTERS. 39 Probation 41. 40 Performance Management Review 42. 41 Unsatisfactory Work Performance 42. 42 Dealing with Misconduct/Serious Misconduct 43. PART 7 CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT. 43 Termination of Employment 45. 44 Resignation 46. 45 Absence from Duty 46. 46 Job Security 46. 47 Change Management 47. 48 Redundancy/Redeployment 48. PART 8 OTHER MATTERS. 49 Managing Ill-Health 51. 50 Local Area Agreement 53.

4 51 Career Development and Training 53. 52 Apprentices and Trainees 54. 53 Working Overseas 54. 54 Workplace Bullying 54. 55 Union Recognition, Role and Resources 55. 56 Individual Grievance Resolution Procedures 56. 57 Signatories to the Agreement 57. SCHEDULES TO THE Agreement . 1 Position Classification Descriptors 59. 2 Salary Rates 69. 3 Conditions of Employment, Childcare Centres and School Age Care Staff 70. 4 Conditions of Employment, Griffith Food Staff 87. 3. OPERATION OF Agreement . This Agreement will operate from seven days after the date of approval by Fair Work Commission and have a nominal expiry date of 30 June 2021. The University will meet with the unions listed in this Agreement upon their request at least 3 months prior to the nominal expiry date of the Agreement to commence negotiations for a replacement Agreement .

5 4. AWARD RELATIONSHIP AND REPLACEMENT OF AGREEMENTS. This Agreement is a closed and comprehensive Agreement and wholly displaces any awards and agreements which, but for the operation of this Agreement would apply. This Agreement is read in conjunction with the National Employment Standards and if a term of this Agreement is detrimental to an employee when compared to a standard, the standard prevails over a term of this Agreement . If any base rate payable to an employee under this Agreement falls below the base rate payable for the employee's corresponding classification under the relevant Modern Award or relevant minimum Wage Order, the employee will be paid at a base rate no less than that applicable under the Award or Order. Policies, procedures and guidelines of the University are not incorporated into and do not form part of this Agreement .

6 5. APPLICATION OF Agreement . This Agreement has been negotiated between the University and bargaining representatives on behalf of Staff including the unions listed below and shall be binding according to its terms upon the following: Griffith University;. Professional and Support Staff employed by Griffith University, as defined herein;. Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union;. Griffith University Professional and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017 - 2021 2|Page National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU); and United Voice. This Agreement shall apply to all employees, except as listed below, provided that in the case of: employees who are appointed to the positions listed in Schedule 3, the provisions of that Schedule shall apply.

7 Employees who are appointed to positions listed in Schedule 4, the provisions of that Schedule shall apply;. employees who are employed as Research Assistants, the provisions of the clause relating to the classification process; Part 4, relating to hours of work;. and Schedule 1 relating to position descriptors will not apply. This Agreement shall not apply to employees employed by Griffith University who are: employees who are engaged on a casual basis at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University as;. o Front of House o Ushers employees employed in or by production companies engaged in the production and presentations of theatrical, musical or other entertainments;. employees engaged on a casual basis in Griffith Fitness Centres as gym attendants.

8 6. OPERATION OF SCHEDULES. Schedules 1, 2, 3, and 4 will have effect. 7. AVAILABILITY OF Agreement . The Agreement will be made available on the University's website. 8. NO FURTHER CLAIMS. During the operation of this Agreement it is recognised that this Agreement shall constitute full and final settlement of all matters and that there will be no further claims made for the duration of the Agreement . 9. CONSULTATION ON POLICY CHANGE. No substantive changes will be made to University policies, procedures and guidelines related to conditions and benefits affecting employment, including those referred to in this Agreement , without prior consultation with employees and the unions. 10. DEFINITIONS. Definition of Singular and Plural For the purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include words in the plural and vice versa.

9 Definition of Terms Professional and Support Staff or employee means and includes a person employed by the University in a position classified in accordance with the position descriptors in Schedule 1 and those in a position specified in Schedules 3 and 4, and those designated as Research Assistant, but does not mean or include a person who is a Deputy Vice Chancellor; a Pro Vice Chancellor; or a Director, a Deputy Director, Associate Director or equivalent senior manager howsoever named, of a unit of the University's administration or Information Services; or employees holding similar or equivalent offices who are above HEW (as described in Schedule 1). Agreement means Griffith University Professional and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017 2021.

10 Allowances mean an allowance payable to an employee as per the following: First Aid allowance is an allowance paid to an employee who holds a current Senior First Aid Certificate obtained from St John's Ambulance or equivalent Griffith University Professional and Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017 - 2021 3|Page qualification and is appointed as a first aid contact through nomination by their Head of Element. The employee will receive the allowance under these circumstances even if it is an essential requirement of the job description to hold such qualification and provided the qualification is valid and they carry out duties such as being responsible for first-aid facilities, keeping injury records, and render first aid as required. On Call allowance is an allowance paid to an employee rostered for call-out standby.