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Higher Education
Safety net award for three universities
By David Mendelssohn
General staff in three Western Australian universities (Curtin, Edith Cowan and Murdoch) are about to get their own safety net award following a decision by Senior Deputy President Duncan of the Federal Commission.
The general staff unions, of which the CPSU is the main one, had agreed with the universities on most matters to go into the award but there were a small number of non-agreed matters, most of which were of relevance maintenance, security and cleaning staff. SDP Duncan's decision of 30 May deals with those, retaining the higher annual leave loading and the mixed functions clause for those staff.
Once he has a new draft incorporating those matters, SDP Duncan will issue the award. This should be by early July. General staff in those three WA universities will then have an up-to-date safety net award to underpin the upcoming enterprise bargaining round.
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