Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions: Friday, July 05, 2013

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PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

In reply to the Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (26 June 2013).

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts): I have been advised of the following:

A commitment to job security has been included in the enterprise agreement that covers salaried employees in the public sector. The South Australian Public Sector Wages Parity Enterprise Agreement: Salaried 2012 (the enterprise agreement) was approved by the Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia on 23 October 2012 and nominally expires on 30 June 2014.

The enterprise agreement provides security of employment for the life of the agreement, meaning that the government's 'no forced redundancy policy' will apply to the employees covered during the life of that agreement.

The agreement only applies to the parties bound by it. Generally these are salaried employees who work in administrative units (i.e. Public Service); SA Health; and various entities specified in the agreement.

Attachment A lists 'job security provisions' and the 'protection of existing conditions provisions' in the enterprise agreements that have been approved since June 2012.


ATTACHMENT A:

SA Public Sector Enterprise Agreements approved since 26 June 2012 that include security of employment and/or existing condition provisions

Enterprise Agreement Job Security Provisions Protection of Existing Conditions Provisions
South Australian Public Sector Wages Parity Enterprise Agreement: Salaried 2012 Objects And Commitments Clause 2.2.4 Security Of Employment And Redeployment Clause 9.1 9.1.1 9.1.2 Objects And Commitments Clause 2.2.7Enforcement 27.1.2
Lotteries Commission of South Australia Enterprise Agreement 2012 No Forced RedundancyClause8.18.28.3 EnforcementClause 6.1
TAFE SA Educational Staff Enterprise Agreement 2012 No Extra ClaimsClause 1.7RedeploymentClause 4.11.1 EnforcementClause 3.2.7
South Australian School and Preschool Education Staff Enterprise Agreement 2012 No Extra ClaimsClause 1.8.4 EnforcementClause 3.4
Staff Employed Under the Parliament (Joint Services) Act 1985 Enterprise Agreement 2013 Security of Employment and RedeploymentClause7.17.1.17.1.2 Aims and ObjectivesClause 5
SA Water Corporation Enterprise Agreement 2013 Objectives of AgreementClause 2.1.2Job SecurityClause 3.6.13.6.23.6.3
Rail Commissioner (Maintenance Employees) Enterprise Agreement 2012 No Forced RedundancyClause30.130.2
Adelaide Cemeteries Authority Salaried Enterprise Agreement 2013Adelaide Cemeteries Authority Weekly Paid Enterprise Agreement 2013 Objects and CommitmentsClause 2.1.3 Employees' Protection—No Disadvantage GuaranteeClause 27
West Beach Trust Enterprise Agreement 2012 Security of Employment and RedeploymentClause 1.101.10.11.10.1.11.10.1.2
Forestry SA Enterprise Agreement 2013 No Forced RedundancyClause 9.3
South Australian Public Sector Wages Parity Enterprise Agreement: Weekly Paid 2013 Objects and CommitmentsClause 2.1.6Security of Employment and RedeploymentClause 15.1.115.1.215.215.3 Objects and CommitmentsClause 2.1.6EnforcementClause 18.1