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Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2009

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Part A - Preliminaries

  1. Title
  2. Arrangement
  3. Definitions
  4. Operation of Agreement
  5. Application and Parties Bound
  6. Availability of Agreement
  7. Operation of Awards and Agreement
  8. No Extra Claims
  9. Re-opening of Negotiations
  10. University Policies and Further Policy Development and Review
  11. Committees and Chairpersons
  12. Dispute Resolution Procedure
  13. Consultation about Change
  14. Job Security

Part B - Employment Regulations

  1. Performance-Based Contracts (PBCS)
  2. Mode of Employment
  3. Continuing (Contingent Funded) Employment
  4. Fixed-term Notice, Renewal and Severance
  5. Casual Staff Career Progression
  6. Intercampus Work, Travel and Transfers

Part C - Salaries and Related Matters

  1. Salary Increases
  2. Payment of Salaries and Deductions
  3. Payment of Increments
  4. Annual Leave Loading
  5. Salary Packaging
  6. Superannuation

Part D - Workplace Flexibility

  1. On-Call and Call-back for IT Staff
  2. Conditions for Monash University Boiler House 12 Hour Shift Roster for Engineering Services Officers (ESOS)
  3. Terms for Parkville and Gippsland Campuses
  4. Voluntary Reduced Working Year
  5. Pre-retirement
  6. Exchange of Annual Leave Loading for Extra Leave
  7. Individual Flexibility Arrangements

Part E - Leave Entitlements

  1. Definitions and General Conditions
  2. Leave Entitlements
  3. Application of Annual Leave
  4. Application of Personal (formerly Sick) Leave
  5. Application of Long Service Leave
  6. Application of Parental Leave
  7. Application of Other Leave
  8. University Holidays
  9. Christmas/New Year Closedown Arrangements

Part F - Staff Welfare Management

  1. Leave Or Make-up Pay to Incapacitated Staff Members
  2. Occupational Welfare
  3. Occupational Health and Safety
  4. Environmental Sustainability

Part G - Cessation of Employment

Part G governs the redundancy process for academic and professional staff. Where the University gives or intends to give notice that a position is or positions are redundant, it will only do so in accordance with the provisions of clause 47 (academic staff) and clause 48 (professional staff).

  1. Redundancy - Academic Staff
  2. Redundancy - Professional Staff
  3. Redeployment Process - Academic and Professional Staff
  4. Termination of Employment on the Grounds of Ill-health - Academic Staff
  5. Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme

Part H - Disciplinary and Grievance Matters

  1. General Principles
  2. Termination of Employment and Disciplinary Action - Academic Staff
  3. Professional Staff Disciplinary Procedures
  4. Research Misconduct
  5. Employment Related Grievance Resolution Procedure
  6. Workplace Bullying

Part I - Performance/Employment Management

  1. Probationary Employment Principles - Academic Staff
  2. Performance Management- Academic Staff
  3. Academic Workloads
  4. Summer Teaching Period
  5. Outside Study Programme (OSP) - Transferability of Service
  6. Online Teaching and Learning
  7. Working off-shore Policy
  8. Professional Staff Performance Management Scheme
  9. Professional Staff Workloads
  10. Professional Staff Classifications
  11. Progression Through Classification Levels
  12. Job Redesign
  13. Disputed Classifications
  14. Classification Linking
  15. Indigenous Employment

Part J - Professional Staff Conditions

  1. Hours of Duty
  2. Span of Hours
  3. Meal Breaks
  4. Overtime and Time off In Lieu
  5. Shift Work

Part K - Allowances, Loadings and Like Payments

  1. Travelling and Related Expenditure, Meal and Vehicle Allowance
  2. Higher Duties Allowance
  3. Overtime Meal Allowance
  4. Motorcycle and Bicycle Allowance
  5. Sleep Over Allowance
  6. Camping Allowance
  7. Professorial and Clinical Loadings


  1. Annual Salary Rates
  2. Teaching Associate Sessional Rates and Casual Academic Research Assistant Rates
  3. Teaching Associate Sessional Rates Descriptors
  4. Part-year, Seasonal and Annualised Hours Terms
  5. Leave Entitlements
  6. Professional Staff Position Classification Descriptors

This is not an official copy of the approved Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2009. While every effort has been made to ensure this is an accurate copy of the approved agreement, this document has been produced for the in-house use of Monash University staff only. If you have any questions about this agreement, contact the Workplace Relations Branch on extension 29593.