PUBLIC SECTOR FLEXI-TIME

In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (26 June 2012).

The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport): The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology's (DFEEST) flexi-time arrangements are managed so as to be cost neutral. There is a provision in the Wages Parity Enterprise Agreement to pay out flexitime under Section 19.2:

where an employee has been permitted to accrue TOIL or such flexi-time in excess of 10 days, the employee may apply to the employer to convert such TOIL or flexi-time into payment at their ordinary rate.

Only one such payment has been made in DFEEST since the introduction of such payments in the most recent Wages Parity Enterprise Agreement. Managers monitor flexi-time through a timesheet process and negotiations occur to ensure that flexitime is taken within the limits of each agreement.