Workplace Relations Training - Australian Government Public Sector Workplace Bargaining Policy

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The Australian Government Public Sector Workplace
Bargaining Policy provides the overarching
workplace relations policy for all federal
government agencies
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Workplace Relations Training - Australian
Government Public Sector Workplace Bargaining
Policy

• Hba consulting can provide training to executive
  teams, workplace bargaining representatives and
  general staff on the content and operations of
  the Australian government workplace bargaining
  policy, which came into effect in march 2014.
• This workplace relations training package can be
  tailored to meet the specific needs of any
  organisation who must develop their new
  enterprise agreement in line with this policy.

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The HBA Consulting Workplace Relations
Training Package For the Australian Government
Public Sector Workplace Bargaining Policy Covers
the Eight Key Parts of the Policy
Part 1 - Employment Arrangements
Part 2 - Affordability and Funding
Part 3 - Remuneration and Productivity
Part 4 - Employment Conditions
Part 5 - Employee Relations
Part 6 - Performance Management
Part 7 - Enterprise Agreement Content
Part 8 - Approval Requirements for Enterprise Agreements and Other Collective Arrangements
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The HBA Consulting Workplace Relations Training
For the Policy Also Focuses On the Important
Approval Requirements for Enterprise Agreements

• Agencies are expected to comply with any
  instructions issued by the APSC in relation to
  this policy.
• Agencies must not offer a proposed remuneration
  increase until the Australian Public Service
  Commissioner is satisfied that proposed
  remuneration increases are affordable and offset
  by genuine productivity gains, in consultation
  with the Secretary of the Department of Finance.
• Before making any wages offer, an Agency Head
  must be satisfied that the proposed remuneration
  increases, and any other enhancements to terms
  and conditions which have a fiscal impact, are
  affordable from within existing and known future
  budget allocations and would not require the
  diversion of programme funds or additional
  supplementation.

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Approval Requirements for Enterprise Agreements
and Other Collective Arrangements

• All agreements proposing remuneration increases
  need to be supported by the agencys Minister.
• Where the Department of Finance and/or the APSC
  indicates that it considers an agencys proposed
  workplace arrangement is not affordable or not
  supported by appropriate productivity gains, the
  agency must revise the proposal to ensure it is
  affordable.
• Agencies are not permitted to reach agreement,
  including in-principle agreement, with
  bargaining representatives on any matters that
  are inconsistent with Government policy unless
  the Ministers have approved exemptions in
  relation to those matters.

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• At the conclusion of bargaining
• A draft enterprise agreement, or other collective
  arrangement, must be provided to the APSC for
  assessment against Government policy prior to an
  agency seeking the Ministers approval of the
  agreement. Such drafts are to be accompanied by a
  Remuneration, Funding and Productivity
  Declaration signed by the Agency Head.

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• Agencies will be required to provide the APSC
  with evidence that the proposed agreement has met
  the Governments policy objectives, including
• the total cost of the proposed agreement
• productivity initiatives arising from the
  agreement and
• the extent to which objectives relating to the
  removal of restrictive work practices and the
  maintenance of the core APS terms and conditions
  of employment have been met.
• The Ministers approval of the agreement must be
  received before the agreement is put to a vote of
  employees.

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• Ministerial, apsc finance clearance
  requirements
• Description of remuneration increases and costs
• Total increase in employee costs by year and
  across the period of the ea
• Productivity/efficiency offsets by year and
  across the period of the ea
• Agency projected operating statement post ea

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