The TAFE Committee considered a Summary of Initiatives + 11% salary over three years received from the Department on the 29 November 2011 and recommended it for acceptance.

This position was tabled to Executive on the 2nd December 2011.

Congratulations to the negotiating team, TAFE Committee and all members who have supported the campaign activities.

The Union has now proceeded on behalf of TAFE members to establish an ‘in-principle agreement’ with the Department and industrial action has been lifted.

Members will be provided with an opportunity to vote on this proposal early in the New Year.

The employer has indicated that salary increases will be from the pay period of 8 December 2011.

For further details see the attached documents.

Summary of Initiatives @ 29/112011

Requirement to ‘upgrade’ Certificate IV in Training and Assessment: Include a clause in the Agreement which acknowledges the TAE 40110 Certificate Iv as the minimum requirement for Lecturers and acknowledge the requirement to comply with any future requirements under the AQTF.

Additional hours by agreement: Enable lecturers to work additional annual lecturing hours within current total hours worked in return for additional pay. Lecturers would receive an additional 1% of salary for every additional 20 hours worked, and an additional 0.5% for every 10 additional hours thereafter.

Maintain Country Incentive Allowance: Maintain the Country Incentive Allowance at current rates.

Update and simplify FHA provisions: Amend the FHA provisions in the agreement to reflect the continuation of FHA and simplify the provisions and other amendments as per draft provided.

Standard public sector provisions (All negotiable for inclusion, except for Parental Leave):

• Annual Leave Travel Concessions
• Bereavement Leave
• Camping Allowance
• Parental Leave
• Property Allowance
• Standardise definitions 

Discipline: Employer will fast track request to Public Sector Commission for TAFE Lecturers at STPs to be prescribed by Regulation under Part 5 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994.

Fixed Term Contract: Maintain STERC Fixed Term Contract Policy during the life of new Agreement and in that time transition to amendments which are consistent with the requirements of the Commissioner’s Instruction – Filling a Public Sector Vacancy.

STERC: Remove references to specific matters subject to STERC at clauses 17, 20, 31, 36A, 37, 38, and 40

Redundant clauses: Remove clauses that repeat other legislative provisions.

VTEC: Extend coverage to VTEC lecturers.