WAGES PARITY ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2017 ROUND OF BARGAINING
Without Prejudice
Ambulance Employees ‘log of claims’ for SA Ambulance (SAAS) ‘Non Operational’
employees covered by the WPEA
General – pay and conditions
1.
a.
A wage rise consistent with principles of fairness and parity with other public sector
agreements.
b.
2.
No reduction in current conditions and entitlements.
The AEA seeks the addition of a section in the Agreement specifically for SAAS
‘Non-Operational’ employees to cover Ambulance Service expectations and
employment conditions, with the following provisions:
a.
Security of Tenure and manageable workload
i. No forced redundancies.
ii. Maintenance of the ratio (20:80) of SAAS Non-Operational employees to
Operational employees.
3.
Normal Business Hours
The AEA seeks the inclusion of a new clause as follows:
a.
Ordinary hours of duty will be 7.5 hours to be worked between the of hours of 0600 to
1900 Monday to Friday.
i. The span of hours worked in a day may be varied by agreement between the
manager/supervisor and a majority of employees affected by such variances.
ii. Hours exceeding 37.5 on any one day will be paid at overtime rates, unless the
employee affected chooses to accrue time off in lieu.
iii. Saturday and Sunday will be paid in accordance with (clauses 10 and 11 of the
current agreement).
iv. Where there is less than a 10-hour break between shifts, the next shift will be paid
at overtime rates.
4.
Major incidents involving SAAS
It is becoming an expectation that admin personnel will perform a role in major incident
management; this is either in the IMT room at Eastwood, SEC building in Carrington Street
Adelaide or out in the country regions.
It is expected by SAAS that these employees will put their name on a roster to show
availability so they can be called in at short notice. In the past, the hours worked on major
incidents were managed during normal working hours, but this has changed. This is not
‘business as usual’ for our Admin members.
The AEA seeks the inclusion of a new clause provide for:
a. An on-call allowance and recall payments consistent with provisions of this agreement
(clause 14 and 15 of the current agreement) for those who are on the on-call roster;
b. Shift penalties (as set out below) for hour worked outside normal business hours.
i.
Afternoon shifts (finishing after 1900 but before 2400) attracts a 15% penalty.
ii.
Night shifts (finishing on or after 2400) attracts a 20.5% penalty.
iii.
Saturday rates as per clause 10 of the current agreement.
iv.
Sunday rates as per clause 10 of the current agreement.
.
5.
Workplace flexibility/working from home
Some SAAS non-operational employees currently work from home to the benefit of both
the employee and employer; the AEA seeks this continue and that SAAS negotiate with the
AEA to develop a clause for this agreement that clearly sets out the terms and conditions
for this to occur.