Members meeting to endorse the UTS Professional Staff Agreement

Summary

Despite a concerted push from Management, the new Agreement will see no loss of existing entitlements.  Positive gains for UTS Professional Staff include:

• ·         2%pa pay increase (paid twice-yearly as 1% in May and 1% in November)
• ·         Twice-yearly consultation meetings with University Management
• ·         20 paid days of Domestic Violence Leave
• ·         17% Supperannuation for all fixed-term staff from 2020
• ·         Reference to Working From Home Policy captured within the EA
• ·         Improvements to fixed-term and casual conversion
• ·         Extended Redeployment for Professional Staff HEW 7 and below (now 20 weeks)
• ·         Commitment to ongoing employment as the preferred mode of employment captured in EA
• ·         New post-restructure implementation review process added to Change Management
• ·         Increased Union training leave (now 10 days)
• ·         Non-gendered Primary Carer Leave replaces Maternity Leave
• ·         New Social Justice Leave category added to FACS Leave
• ·    Additional $500,000pa held in a central fund for “next-level” Professional Staff training and      development