Victorian Government Schools Agreement (VGSA) 2008 - Australian ...

Salary loading allowance(5) (i) Subject to subclause (iii), anemployee is entitled to bepaid, on a date determined bythe Employer, a salary loadingallowance each year equivalentto 17.5 per cent of four weeksof the total salary to which heor she is normally entitled asat 1 December of the year inwhich the allowance is paid or$935 in 2008, $961 in 2009,$987 in 2010 and $1,014 in2011, whichever is the lesser.(ii) Employees with part time serviceduring the relevant yearwill be paid the salary loadingallowance based on the timefraction for which service wasthe longest in aggregate withinthe twelve months precedingthe date determined undersubclause (i).(iii) An employee with less than acomplete year of service willbe paid a pro rata salary loadingallowance based on theaggregate of the employee’sservice over the twelvemonths preceding the datedetermined undersubclause (i).(iv) No payment shall be made inrespect of service prior to cessationof employment exceptwhere an employee dies orretires on account of age orill-health.(v) For the purposes of subclause(iv) an employee is deemed toretire:- on account of age - if onor after attaining the ageof 55 years he or sheceases to be employed;- on account of ill health— if he or she produces tothe Secretary satisfactoryevidence that his or herceasing to be employed isdue to ill health which islikely to be permanent.Staffing20 (1) (a) Schools must have the capacityto select the best availablestaff to meet the educationalneeds of students and thatongoing employment opportunitiesin Victorian Governmentschools are maximised.Local selection arrangementsprovide the most effective wayof matching the talents andcareer aspirations of staff withthe specific needs of individualschools.(b) Employees may be employedfull-time or part-time on eitheran ongoing, fixed term orcasual basis.Modes of employment(2) (a) The standard mode of employmentin the Teaching Service isongoing. However some fixedterm or casual employmentwill continue to be necessary.In order to maximise employmentopportunities, advertisedvacancies are open to qualifiedapplicants both within (fixedterm or ongoing) and externalto the Teaching Service.(b) Except as set out in thisagreement, the local selectionarrangements determined bythe Employer will apply. Selectionfor advertised positionswill continue to be determinedsolely on the basis of meritassessed in relation to the selectioncriteria of the position,provided that employees withpriority status will be consideredin isolation from and notin competition with other applicantson the basis of theirsuitability for the position.(c) Notwithstanding subclause (b):(i) Arrangements may berequired that enable themovement of staff includingstaff rotation.(ii) A person employed inresponse to an advertisedfixed term vacancy may beoffered one further periodof fixed term employment,without advertisement ofthe position, provided theposition continues to satisfythe criteria set out insubclause (d). The furtherperiod of fixed term offeredunder this subclausecannot be for a longerperiod than the period setout in the original advertisedvacancy.(d) Without limiting the generalityof the following, teachers willbe employed ongoing except:(i) when a teacher is employedfor a fixed period oftime to replace a teacherwho is absent on leaveof twelve months or less,other than family leave;(ii) when a teacher is employedfor a fixed period of timeto replace a teacher whois absent on family leaveprovided that the teacherwill be employed until theteacher she or he is replacingreturns to duty. Providedthat, where the teacherabsent on family leavedoes not return to dutyat the school, the teacheremployed to replace theteacher absent on familyleave will be offered ongoingemployment subject toa probationary period ofup to twelve months;(iii) when the principal, as theEmployer’s representative,has good reason to believethat, should a teacher notbe employed fixed term,an excess staff situationwill arise. This may includepredicted enrolmentdecline determined by theenrolment predictions ofthe Employer;(iv) when a teacher is employedfor a fixed periodof time to undertake aspecific project for whichfunding has been madeavailable for a specifiedperiod of time providedthat the vacancy is to beadvertised for the durationof that funding;(v) where a fully qualifiedteacher is not available anda less than fully qualifiedteacher is employed fora fixed period of time,56 57