Know Your Agreement: Victorian Catholic Education Agreement Highlights - Part 4
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This is the fourth in our series unpacking important CEMEA clauses, including some details you might have missed which could significantly enhance your working life.
The Agreement was officially approved by the Fair Work Commission on 31 July and came into legally binding effect on 7 August. Congratulations to everyone who campaigned so long and hard to make these necessary changes a reality!
Consultative Committees
(Clauses 9, 16 and 40)
Meeting limits
(Clause 59.1(b))
Fewer meetings, more efficiently run. Every educator wants that. And this Agreement delivers the means for that outcome through the 30+8 workload model.
Under the ’30 + 8 model’ for teacher workloads, only 3 of the 8 hours set aside for employer-directed tasks can fall outside the normal 7-hour ‘attendance time’. Two of these hours can be used for meetings, but no more than one hour on any day unless otherwise agreed at the Consultative Committee.
The remaining third hour is intended for other purposes, such as before- and after-school duties or student supervision, collaborative learning, PD, directed planning, or compliance training.
Furthermore, the Consultative Committee must be given the opportunity in Term 4 to make recommendations around the efficient use of staff meeting times for the following year.
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Accident Make-Up Pay
(Clause 50)
The CEMEA increases accident make-up pay entitlements to a maximum of 39 weeks, up from 26 weeks under the previous Agreement.
Employees who are injured at work and as a result unable to safely perform their duties will in most cases receive WorkCover payments – but these payments are not made at the worker’s full pre-injury salary.
The accident make-up pay clause in this Agreement requires that the employer ‘top up’ the balance for 39 weeks to ensure that the employee suffers no drop in their income – the last thing anyone needs when incapacitated through their work.
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Stay tuned for the next suite of highlights – coming next week!
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