• Employees who have reached the top of their salary band will be entitled to an annual bonus payment of $1000 or .5% of their annual earnings, whichever is the greater.  

• All staff to work to a 9-day fortnight, 35-hour week roster arrangement without loss of pay.

• The City to provide employees with twelve days leave per calendar year for the purpose of maintaining health and wellbeing in relation to biological health.
• The City will not refuse any reasonable request for work flexibility for the purpose of maintaining biological health. Requests for flexibility may include:

                              iv.Working from home 

                               v.Altered ordinary hours 

                              vi.More frequent rest breaks in lieu of a single extended break 

• Biological health includes but is not limited to:

                               v.Menstruation 

                              vi.Menopause/Perimenopause  

                            vii.Fertility care 

                          viii.Health screenings  

• The City to ensure bathrooms are stocked with sanitary products. 

• Award recognition that Delegates are entitled to represent the industrial interests of members and persons eligible to be members.
• Delegates to be entitled to reasonable communication with current members and persons eligible to be members about their industrial interests. 
• The City to provide Union delegates and officials access to all new employees. A Union induction will be included as part of the City’s. The Union will be advised of the date of the City’s induction fourteen (14) days in advance to ensure union officials and delegates can conduct the Union induction seminar.

• Employees to have a right to disconnect from work during non-working time.
• Supervisors and managers must respect employees’ periods of leave and rest days and right to disconnect from work during non-working time.
• Employees (other than on-call employees) are not to be required to read or respond to work emails or phone calls outside their working hours.

• There are number of inconsistencies contained within the current Award between definitions and their associated penalties. The USU seeks to correct those inconsistencies. 

• Employees who have reached the top of their salary band will be entitled to an annual bonus payment of $1000 or .5% of their annual earnings, whichever is the greater.  

• All staff to work to a 9-day fortnight, 35-hour week roster arrangement without loss of pay.

• The City to provide employees with twelve days leave per calendar year for the purpose of maintaining health and wellbeing in relation to biological health.
• The City will not refuse any reasonable request for work flexibility for the purpose of maintaining biological health. Requests for flexibility may include:

                              iv.Working from home 

                               v.Altered ordinary hours 

                              vi.More frequent rest breaks in lieu of a single extended break 

• Biological health includes but is not limited to:

                               v.Menstruation 

                              vi.Menopause/Perimenopause  

                            vii.Fertility care 

                          viii.Health screenings  

• The City to ensure bathrooms are stocked with sanitary products. 

• Award recognition that Delegates are entitled to represent the industrial interests of members and persons eligible to be members.
• Delegates to be entitled to reasonable communication with current members and persons eligible to be members about their industrial interests. 
• The City to provide Union delegates and officials access to all new employees. A Union induction will be included as part of the City’s. The Union will be advised of the date of the City’s induction fourteen (14) days in advance to ensure union officials and delegates can conduct the Union induction seminar.

• Employees to have a right to disconnect from work during non-working time.
• Supervisors and managers must respect employees’ periods of leave and rest days and right to disconnect from work during non-working time.
• Employees (other than on-call employees) are not to be required to read or respond to work emails or phone calls outside their working hours.

• There are number of inconsistencies contained within the current Award between definitions and their associated penalties. The USU seeks to correct those inconsistencies.