Salary Packaging (1) For the purposes of this Agreement, salary packaging shall mean an arrangement whereby the wage or salary benefit arising under a contract of employment is reduced, with another or other benefits to the value of the replaced salary being substituted and due to the practitioner.
(2) A practitioner may, by agreement with the employer, enter into a salary packaging arrangement.
(3) The employer shall not unreasonably withhold agreement to salary packaging on request from a practitioner.
(4) The employer shall not require a practitioner to enter into a salary packaging arrangement, provided that this clause will not impinge on any additional employer provided benefits.
(5) A salary packaging arrangement shall be formulated and operate on the basis that, on balance, there shall be no material disadvantage to the practitioner concerned, and shall be cost neutral in relation to the total employment cost to the employer.
(6) A salary packaging arrangement must comply with relevant taxation laws and the employer shall not be liable for additional tax, penalties or other costs payable or which may become payable by the practitioner.
(7) In the event of any increase or additional payments of tax or penalties associated with the employment of the practitioner, or the provision of employer benefits under the salary packaging agreement, such tax, penalties and any other costs shall be borne by the practitioner.
(8) A practitioner may elect to cancel any salary packaging arrangement by giving a minimum of four weeks notice.
(9) The employer may elect to cancel any salary packaging arrangement by giving a minimum of four weeks notice if the employer incurs a liability to pay fringe benefits tax or any other tax in respect of the non-cash benefits provided, provided that the employer cannot retrospectively cancel any salary packaging arrangement.
(10) Notwithstanding subclauses (8) and (9) of this clause, the employer and the Practitioner may agree to forgo the notice period.
(11) The cancellation of salary packaging will not cancel or otherwise effect the operation of this Agreement.
(12) For the purposes of this provision, any penalty rate, loading or other salary related allowances which would ordinarily be calculated on the basis of the salary rates expressed in Schedule 1 Full Time Annual Base Salary Rates shall continue to be so calculated despite an election to participate in any salary packaging arrangement.
(13) For the purposes of this provision, statutory 9% employer superannuation contributions shall be made on the basis of pre-packaging salary rates. To avoid doubt, employer contributions shall not be reduced as a result of a practitioner participating in salary packaging pursuant to this provision.
(14) The employer may at any time vary the range of benefits provided or the conditions under which benefits are provided however the employer shall not differentiate between different class of practitioners across WA Health in terms or range of benefits or the conditions under which benefits are provided.
(15) If a practitioner is found to have committed misconduct in the claiming a salary packaging benefit the employer is entitled to prospectively cease to provide some or all salary packing benefits either indefinitely or for any period determined by the employer.
Salary Scale The salary scale applicable to Employees shall be set out hereinafter in the Wage Schedule.
Salary Scales
2.5.1 Effective from 1 January 2024, and subject to the Remuneration provisions in the Terms of Settlement, a 4% increase will apply to all paid and printed rates. The following Allied Divisions shall refer to the applicable schedules for their scales: MIT, UCOL and Otago.
2.5.2 Effective from 1 January 2025, kaimahi will be translated into the following salary scale, which includes the 4% salary increase: Band Step (N/A for UCOL and TOPNZ) Scale Scale 2025 (4%) 40 hours Band Step(N/A for UCOL and TOPNZ Scale 2025 (4%) Scale 2025 (4%)
SALARY STEP PLAN AND SALARY ADJUSTMENTS Appointments to positions in the City and County service shall be at the entrance rate established for the position except as otherwise provided herein.
Salary Schedules (a) The salary schedules shall be incorporated into this Agreement as Appendix V.
(b) Salary schedules will contain Career Enhancement/Growth steps as described in Section 45.6.
Salary and Fringe Benefits The employee shall be paid a salary which is the pro- rata share of the salary which the employee would have earned had he or she not elected to exercise the option of reduced workload. The employee shall retain all other rights and benefits enjoyed by full-time members of the unit.
Customary Fringe Benefits Executive will be eligible for all customary and usual fringe benefits generally available to executives of Company subject to the terms and conditions of Company’s benefit plan documents. Company reserves the right to change or eliminate the fringe benefits on a prospective basis, at any time, effective upon notice to Executive.
Marketing Plans Contractor and the Exchange recognize that Enrollees and other health care consumers benefit from efforts relating to outreach activities designed to increase heath awareness and encourage enrollment. The parties shall share marketing plans on an annual basis and with respect to periodic updates of material changes. The marketing plans of each of the Exchange and Contractor shall include proposed marketing approaches and channels and shall provide samples of any planned marketing materials and related collateral as well as planned, and when completed, expenses for the marketing budget. The Contractor shall include this information for both the Exchange and the outside individual market. The Exchange shall treat all marketing information provided under this Section as confidential information and the obligation of the Exchange to maintain confidentiality of this information shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Increment Date for Salary Grid Placement Upon achieving one (1) year of experience, an increment shall be awarded on the first of the month following the month in which the experience accumulation is earned.
Salary Progression 1. For the purposes of determining annual progression from one step to the next, each teacher’s performance will be assessed annually against the appropriate professional standards.
2. When setting performance expectations and development objective(s) with individual teachers for the coming year, the appropriate professional standards against which the teacher is to be assessed should be confirmed between the teacher and the employer.
3. For each teacher to progress annually to their next salary step they will need to demonstrate that they meet the appropriate professional standards.
