Know Your Rights: Personal Carers’ Leave
With Brett Peters… 61. Personal Carers’ Leave 61.3 An employee must, if required by the employer, establish by production of a medical certificate OR statutory declaration, the illness of the person concerned and that the illness is such as to require care by another. Provided that, a medical certificate will be required to support any Carer’s leave […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Charter Work
With Brett Peters… 54. Charter Work 54.1 The maximum shift portions on Charter Work are to be of five hours duration, with extended standing time to be a paid break, and treated for all purposes as crib time. Such crib time is to be of 30 minutes duration. 54.2 Timetabled peak work may be included […] Read More »
Bondi meal room leaves a bad taste for drivers
In what Divisional President Gary Way called a “victory for drivers’ health”, the STA has finally acknowledged that the meal room at Bondi Junction Interchange is not fit for human habitation. The meal rooms are in a disgusting condition – filthy with damaged flooring, a broken fridge and rat traps right next to where the […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Parental Leave
With Brett Peters… 65. Parental Leave 65.2 An employee who is not eligible for maternity leave or adoption leave may, in special circumstances, be granted parental leave to care for a child who is under two years of age at the time the leave commences. 65.4 Parental leave is for a period of not more […] Read More »
The Hot Topic
Union slams STA accident policy How dare State Transit penalise us when someone crashes into our bus!! If you are being hassled by management for NOT RESPONSIBLE ACCIDENTS, the union needs to know. Tram & Bus Division President Gary Way says,”We will not tolerate State Transit’s policy of penalising bus drivers for not responsible accidents”. […] Read More »
Red light camera at Mayfield goes troppo
Drivers at the Belmont depot are becoming increasingly frustrated and angry as they continue to receive infringement notices for a legal left-hand turn in Mayfield. A safety camera at the corner of Maitland and Maud Street is clocking buses as they move forward on the green arrow from the shared lane to turn left and […] Read More »
The Hot Topic
Dude, what’s up with your bus? A recent Bus Express exclusive on mouldy buses caused a media sensation – with the Manly Daily and the Daily Telegraph both running stories about the failure of STA to deal with the problem. Bus drivers know, however, that mouldy seats are only the tip of the iceberg. Things that don’t work, maintenance problems that […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Hours of work, breaks, overtime and shift work
With Brett Peters… Section 4. Hours of work, breaks overtime and shift work Clause 36 – Meal Breaks 36.1 Employees shall not be rostered to work for more than five hours without an unpaid meal break or crib. 36.2 A minimum of 40 Minutes and a maximum of 50 minutes shall be allowed for an […] Read More »
Know Your Rights: Sign on and off allowances
With Brett Peters… Table 4 and 5: Sign On and Off Allowances in Sydney and Newcastle a) First sign on bus exit shed —- 10 Minutes Drivers are allocated 10 minutes for sign on duties and pre-departure check before leaving the depot. Read More »
Randwick drivers take action over depot transfers
RTBU members took immediate action when drivers were transferred from Randwick to Kingsgrove recently, calling for the drivers to be returned to their home depot. Read More »
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