Rail Staff Incentive Offers

In reply to the Hon. J.A. DARLEY (2 February 2021).

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport has advised:

All redeployment opportunities and voluntary separation payments are in line with the redeployment, retraining and redundancy provisions set out within the Rail Commissioner Rail Operations Enterprise Agreement2020 (the agreement).

In the event an employee receives written advice of being declared an excess employee, where an employee has elected to become a redeployee (i.e. has decided not to accept an offer of a voluntary separation package), the redeployee will be assigned a case manager and will participate in the redeployment/retraining program.

The agreement requires that a redeployment plan will be established in consultation with the affected employee, with the objective of identifying an alternative ongoing role within the public sector.