June 2002 Volume 83 Number 6
"serving the protectors"
| June 2002 Volume 83 Number 6 "serving the protectors" |
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| By Mark Carroll, PASA Assistant Secretary |
Defence Reserves leave
The Commissioner for Public Employment PSM Act Determination 6 has extended special leave with pay for employees who are members of the Defence Reserves. Members now may be granted special leave with full pay:
- In the first year of service as a reservist (up to six weeks’ paid leave).
- In subsequent years (up to four weeks’ paid leave).
Any leave required for Defence Reserves in excess of this would normally be provided as special leave without pay.
On-call guidelines
SAPOL has provided the Police Association with its final position on guidelines for “On Call”, as required by EA 2001. The association’s working party and committee of management have endorsed the guidelines, which will be debated by a meeting of PASA elected officials on June 4, 2002.
Provisions in the guidelines include:
- SAPOL will not, as a matter of course, require any employee to be on call more frequently than 7 days in every 21 days. Notwithstanding, the operational requirements of specific functions may require more frequent on call requirements. Such arrangements will be the exception. No employee however, should be rostered or required to be on call more frequently than a total of 7 days in every 14 days. Any arrangement that would require an employee to be on call more frequently than 7 days in every 14 days must only be introduced where the employee concerned genuinely agrees to it and be assessed with respect to the requirements of Occupational Health Safety and Welfare legislation. Rostering of on call shall provide for a clear break between periods of on call of 7 clear days. This does not preclude short notice changes to on call arrangements in unforeseen circumstances.
- A precise on call disposition roster shall be posted in each workplace that details periods where an employee is required to be on call. This roster shall give employees a minimum of 14 days notice of respective on call requirements, with 28 days notice being given where possible. The frequency, duration etc. of being on call is to be established through consultation with the employees affected and if requested by the employees, their representatives, having particular regard to Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare considerations.
- Where on call is a regular requirement of any particular position, the position information document shall clearly identify that requirement. Notwithstanding that all police employees may be required to be on call for specific occasions.
- In circumstances where employees are aggrieved by the rostering of on call, and the matter cannot be resolved at the local level, a meeting shall be convened between the respective Officer in Charge for the area concerned, Manager Employee Relations or delegate, and a PASA representative. If the matter cannot be satisfied at this level, then stage three of the dispute avoidance procedures contained in the Enterprise Agreement 2001 shall be enacted.
- Employees who are rostered on call shall be provided with and use any equipment required for their work which may include a vehicle, mobile phone or pager. Telephone rental and business call reimbursement provisions contained in the SAPOL General Duties Manual are not affected by these provisions and will continue to apply.
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