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Nov 22

Know your Rights: Meal breaks

with Brett Peters…. 36. Meal breaks 36.1 Employees shall not be rostered to work for more than five hours without an unpaid meal break. 36.2 A minimum of 40 minutes and a maximum of 50 minutes shall be allowed for an unpaid meal break. 36.5 Meal breaks shall be provided at a time when an […] Read More »

Nov 8

Know your rights: Income protection

With Brett Peters… 18. Income protection 18.1 There will be no roster changes made solely for the purpose of reducing the rake home pay of employees cover by this Award. 18.2 No shift changes will result in a loss of take home pay of more than two percent over a twelve month period (based on […] Read More »

Oct 25

Know your Rights: Rates of pay for bus trainees

With Brett Peters… 17. Rates of pay for bus trainees 17.1 Employees who commence employment on a Bus Traineeship shall, following completion of their Traineeship, move to the rate of pay for a Bus Operator Level 2. Read More »

Oct 11

Know your Rights: Paid Maternity Leave

With Brett Peters… 62. Paid Maternity Leave 62.1 A female employee is entitled to paid maternity leave in accordance with this clause and with State Transit’s Parenting Leave Procedures. 62.2 An employee who has, or will have, completed 40 weeks continuous service before the expected date of birth, is entitled to paid maternity leave. Read More »

Sep 26

Know your Rights: Income Protection

With Brett Peters… 18. Income Protection 18.1 There will be no roster changes made solely for the purpose of reducing the take home pay of employees covered by this Award. 18.2 No shift changes will result in a loss of take home pay of more than two percent over a twelve month period (based on […] Read More »

Sep 12

Know your Rights: Career paths

With Brett Peters… 21. Career paths 21.1 Where an employee covered under this Award takes up an Apprenticeship or Traineeship with State Transit, the employee will maintain their current rate of pay under this Award, until the pay rate in the new position has exceeded the afore-mentioned rate.   Read More »

Aug 22

Know your Rights: Articulated bus allowance

With Brett Peters… 39. Articulated bus allowance 39.1 An employee who operates an articulated bus shall be paid an additional amount per shift as set out in the Part B, Item 2 of Table 2 of this Award. 39.2 An employee who operates an articulated bus on 124 or more shifts in a twelve month […] Read More »

Aug 7

Know your Rights: Job Share

With Brett Peters… 11.1 The parties agree to enable employees covered under this Award, to participate in job share arrangements where possible. The intention of the parties is to improve employee retention rates by providing more flexible patterns of work through job share arrangements, with particular emphasis on: a) employees contemplating a reduction in working […] Read More »

Jul 26

Know your Rights: Acting out of Classification

With Brett Peters… 22. Acting out of Classification 22.1 An employee engaged temporarily in a higher grade shall be paid the rate to which they would be entitled if they were appointed to that grade.  22.2 The conditions applying to the classification in which an employee acts shall be their conditions whilst so acting. 22.3 […] Read More »

Jul 11

Know your Rights: Skills Competency

With Brett Peters… 8. Skills Competency 8.1 The employer may direct an employee to carry out such duties where practical, as are within the limits of the employee’s skill, competence and training consistent with the classification structure of this Award provided that such duties are not designed to promote deskilling. Read More »