Griffith University Branch
Welcome to the homepage of the Griffith University Branch of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The NTEU represents academic and general staff at Griffith University. If you are new to the NTEU, take a moment to explore the many feautres of our integrated website.
This page contains links to Griffith University-specific news, advice, and contacts.
Join the NTEU Griffith Branch. Contact our Griffith Branch organiser Maggie May on 3735 7635 or m.may@qld.nteu.org.au
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- Collective Bargaining in 2008
- Casual Rates of Pay
- Enterprise Bargaining
- Academic Work @ Griffith
- Past Activities
- Your Rights @ Work
- Branch audited accounts 2005/2006
- Contacts
Collective Bargaining in 2008
Collective Bargaining Negotiations for new agreements at Griffith University in 2008| Log of Claims | This log of claims was endorsed by NTEU members at Griffith uni, and served on Griffith Uni management on Friday 30 May, 2008 |
Casual Rates of Pay
Casual Academic Staff.
Are you being paid correctly?
Casual Academic Salary Rates are contained in Schedule 3 of the Academic Union Collective Agreement which can be found online at the Griffith University HRM webpage http://www.griffith.edu.au/hrm/employee_relations/awas.html
The Guidelines for payment of Casual academic staff set out the minimum standards that a tutor or lecturer engaged casually can expect to be afforded.
“Contemporaneous Marking”
Contemporaneous marking is marking of student work done within the teaching weeks and directly associated with the lecture or tutorial program. An allowance is made within the standard payment for a tutorial or lecture as follows -
For each 1hour delivery/presentation:
1hour for preparation
45 minutes for marking
15 minutes for consultation, record keeping etc.
Any marking over and above this allowance within the teaching weeks must be paid at the correct marking rate.
Payment for marking
Marking of essays, assignments and exams that are not directly associated with the tutorial or lecture must be paid at the correct marking rate. If the full allowance for contemporaneous marking it is not used it is not to be taken off the marking payment for end of semester marking.
This practise has occurred in many schools despite clarification from both the union and HRM and those who have not been paid correctly for marking can make a claim for correct payment.
Lecturing
Those engaged to provide lectures are required to be paid at the correct level for the work performed. All marking other than contemporaneous marking must be paid.
If the casual academic is required to develop a series of lectures and course notes and is not provided with notes and course outlines by the course convenor the lecturer should be paid a higher rate than the basic lecturing rate of two hours associated work for each hours presentation which is only designed to allow the lecturer to read and acquaint themselves with the materials for presentation.
Tutoring
The basic rate for tutoring is for staff engaged to present a tutorial to students and work through a defined tutorial outline.
Those who hold a relevant doctoral qualification and/or coordinate a course are to be paid at the higher tutorial rate. This is not subject to negotiation and is a requirement based on duties and/or qualifications that must be paid.
Other Required Academic Activity
All other academic work attracts an hourly rate, the university is required to pay for all work performed that is not lecturing, tutoring or marking. This may include administration associated with course coordination, attendance at meetings, seminars or lectures, demonstrations, musical accompaniment etc.
The hourly rate for other required academic activity is currently $30.35 or $36.42 for doctoral qualifications and/or full course coordination
Contracts of Engagement
A contract for casual employment is accompanied by a schedule setting out the agreed payment for all work performed and should include marking payments and payment for other required academic activity.
Casual academic staff who are expected to undertake end of semester marking should be clear on the expectations of the school or department regarding the time allotted to each paper and the marking guidelines for the course.
Work done over and above that required in the contract schedule before or after the semester is to be paid for at the hourly rate for other required academic activity
Griffith Business School Sessional Staff Calculator
The use of the sessional staff calculator in GBS is to be considered a guide only when allocating work to sessional academics. The sessional staff calculator automatically allocates work at the lowest level of payment for the work performed. Those who hold a doctoral qualification or are involved in full course coordination are to be paid at the higher applicable rates for tutoring, marking and associated work.
Head Tutors.
There is currently no set criteria for the allocation of a Head tutor in the collective agreement, those appointed to this role should be aware that all extra work required in this role must be paid for at the other academic activity rate as previously described regardless of number of students enrolled.
Advice and Assistance for Casual staff
Please contact the Griffith Branch office for further advice if your payments for work undertaken are not as set out in this brief guide.
The union will pursue all underpayments for casual members.
Membership of the NTEU for casual staff is encouraged to ensure that your rights are protected and starts at just $27.50 for six months.
You can join online at www.nteu.org.au or by contacting the Branch Organiser Maggie May on x57635 for a membership form.
Enterprise Bargaining
The Griffith University Union Collective Agreements 2006 -2008 are now finalised. The Griffith Branch Committee on behalf of members thanks the negotiating teams for all their hard work and congratulates the negotiators on a great outcome for Griffith.
Bulletins on EB Round 4.5 go here
| AWA Comparison | comparison of AWA against collective agreement |
| Final Outcomes of 2006 Collective Agreement negotiations | Final Outcomes of Collective Agreement Negotiations as of August 2006 |
| Salary Rates Comparison 2006-2008 | The salary outcomes in the current round of bargaining compare favourably to University of Qld and Queensland University of Technology. Attached is a salary comparison table for rates of pay as at 1 January 2008, where the final 4% pay increase is achieved by Griffith staff. |
| Enterprise Bargaining Bulletins | |
| Comments on Draft IP Policy | NTEU comments on Draft of new Intellectual Property Policy at Griffith |
Academic Work @ Griffith
| Technical Services proposal | NTEU response to the proposal to disestablish OTS |
| GBS Workload Formula | Discussion paper on the GBS Workload Formula and its inconsistencies with the Union Collective Agreement. |
| Griffith Business School Workloads | A response to the NTEU on the GBS workloads model dispute |
| November 05 NTEU Submission on Academic Work @ Griffith proposals | The NTEU submission on the November proposals from management, based on consultation sessions, member feedback and EB negotiations |
| NTEU response November 05 | The NTEU response to members on the latest Academic Work @ Griffith proposal, as of November 2005 |
| New Academic Work Profiles - NTEU Submission | After feedback from members over the past year, the NTEU Griffith Branch has provided this submission to management on the new Academic Work @ Griffith programme. |
Past Activities
Recent past activities of NTEU members at GriffithYour Rights @ Work
| Griffith Union Collective Agreements | Your salary and conditions at Griffith University are primarily set by Union Collective Agreements ( the new name for EBA's under Workchoices.) There are two UCA's at Griffith University: one for academic staff, and one for general staff. |
Branch audited accounts 2005/2006
�| Branch audited accounts | Provision of audited accounts to members is a requirement of the Workplace Relations Act 1996. A signed copy as lodged with the AIR is available in the Branch office. |
| Branch Audit 2006 |
Contacts
To contact the Griffith University Branch of the NTEU, call (07) 3735 7635 or email Maggie May, Branch Organiser m.may@qld.nteu.org.au
| Griffith Branch Office | Full contact details for Maggie May, Branch Organiser, and the NTEU Branch Committee. |
| Branch Committee 2006 | Updated July 2007 |
| Griffith Sub Branch Committees | Updated July 2007 |