Crown Employees (Teachers in TAFE and Related Employees, Bradfield College and Teachers in TAFE Children's Centres) Salaries and Conditions Award 2009 [2009] NSWIRComm 169

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION: Crown Employees (Teachers in TAFE and Related Employees, Bradfield College and Teachers in TAFE Children's Centres) Salaries and Conditions Award 2009 [2009] NSWIRComm 169

PARTIES: Director General, New South Wales Department of Education and Training (Notifier) New South Wales Teachers Federation (Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 513 of 2009

CORAM: Boland J President; Sams DP; Grayson DP

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - Award - Award provision committing parties to negotiate over employee related reforms and cost savings to fund salary increases - In the event no agreement was reached parties committed to refer matter to Commission for arbitration - Parties unable to agree - Application by Department of Employment and Training to vary award to increase teaching hours for TAFE Teachers and to introduce other reforms into award in order to achieve cost savings - Opposition by Teachers Federation - Whether proposed variations fair and reasonable - Whether case for variation made out - Award varied. CATCHWORDS: AWARD - Industrial dispute - Award provision committing parties to negotiate over employee related reforms and cost savings to fund salary increases - In the event no agreement was reached parties committed to refer matter to Commission for arbitration - Parties unable to agree - Application by Department of Employment and Training to vary award to increase teaching hours for TAFE Teachers and to introduce other reforms into award in order to achieve cost savings - Opposition by Teachers Federation - Whether proposed variations fair and reasonable - Whether case for variation made out - Award varied.