[Busmanagers] CANTEEN EMPLOYEES

[MYERSCOUGH, Joy]

Hi Rosemary – below is information Chris Towers sent out in October last year.  It may be of some help to you -

 

 

 

The conditions of employment set out on the various pages of HRWeb apply equally to all employees in schools.  Sometimes there is a view expressed that these policies, including rates of pay, leave, offer of employment, employment type, termination provisions etc. are different for school council employees/locally paid staff. This is not the case.  

 

Now some specifics:

 

1.                  There is a sample offer of employment letter for s15 employees (this means school council employees) on HRWeb at http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/hr/procedures/SSOofflet.doc .  Schools should use this as a staring point and modify as necessary to meet their needs.  All HR forms, including the employment offer is available on the forms page on HRWeb at http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/hrweb/resources/forms.htm 

 

2.                  Industrial agreements (i.e. SSO agreement) are already in place.  What the school is doing is making an offer of employment.  Amounts to the same thing, but "Agreement" on the document creates confusion.

 

3.                  Ministerial Order number 154 that is quoted in the agreement is out of date.  It's now order 188

 

4.                  The hourly rate quoted does not equate to any of the minimums under Order 188.  If it is intended to be a casual rate such an agreement goes to the poor practice of long term employment on casual rates i.e. casual rates are only to be used where the employment really is of a casual nature, meaning it is of an irregular and temporary nature.  

 

5.                  Clause 5 breaches the SSO Agreement, Order 188 and Department policy.  The department has processes in place (see HRWeb) to deal with unsatisfactory performance or misconduct.  They should be followed.  

 

6.                  What is the point of the termination clause (clause 6) (see point 5)? Aside from the legality of this why can the school give only 14 days but the employee must give 30 days!!!

 

7.                  Clause 7 intends this to be a fixed-term contract, but they end up with an ongoing contract because clause 7 doesn't do the job.  Bottom line is use the sample letter on HRWeb and the employment details template that goes with it.

 

 

 

Joy Myerscough  ☺

HRMS Personnel

Kew High School

1393 Burke Road, Kew East   3102

 

9859.8652 : phone

9819.7880 : fax

kew at kew.vic.edu.au

myerscough.joy.d at edumail.vic.gov.au

 

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From: busmanagers-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:busmanagers-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Pembroke Secondary College - Senior Campus
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2007 11:24 AM
To: busmanagers at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Busmanagers] CANTEEN EMPLOYEES

 

Good Morning All,

 

Can anyone tell me if Canteen Employees come under the SSO Agreement or where I can find their conditions of employment?

 

Rosemary Tyrrell

Administration Manager

Pembroke Secondary College

9724 3005

tyrrell.rosemary.j at edumail.vic.gov.au

 

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