Operational Ambulance Officers (State) Award (No 2) [2015] NSWIRComm 20

Industrial Relations Commission New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Operational Ambulance Officers (State) Award (No 2) [2015] NSWIRComm 20 Hearing dates: 13 August 2015 Decision date: 13 August 2015 Jurisdiction: Industrial Relations Commission Before: Walton J, President; Kite AJ; Tabbaa C Decision: The Full Bench concludes that:

(1) the classification structure will be that sought by the applicant.

(2) as to the rates to be fixed for the new classification:

(a) the first year rate should be above the rate of Paramedic Specialist year 3 (when those rates are adjusted for 2.5 per cent);

(b) the second year rate will be no greater than the rate for a Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 1; and

(c) the rates will absorb the specialist allowance prescribed by the award.

(3) the rate for Team Leader (Aeromedical) will be 105 per cent of the rate for a Critical Care Paramedic (Aeromedical) year 2 Catchwords: FURTHER STATEMENT – preliminary views as to quantification – provide assistance to parties in discussions assessing quantification and employee related costs – classification structure – absorption of specialist allowance – team leader rate relativity. Legislation Cited: Industrial Relations (Public Sector Conditions of Employment) Regulation 2014 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Health Services Union of NSW (Applicant) NSW Ministry of Health (First Respondent) Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) (Second Respondent) Secretary of the Treasury (Intervenor) Representation: M Gibian of counsel (Applicant) P Ginters of counsel (First Respondent) I Latham of counsel (Second Respondent) A Britt of counsel (Intervenor)