RMS Surveillance Officers É«ÀÇÉçÇøBulletin
12 November 2015
RMS Surveillance Officers É«ÀÇÉçÇøbulletin November 2015 (PDF version)
Members have contacted the É«ÀÇÉçÇøin relation to your hours of work.
The RMS position that Surveillance Officers (SOs) are not salaried, but shift workers and are not entitled to the 8.5% loading in accordance with the award is a substantial attack on SOs entitlements.
Teleconferences
In response, the É«ÀÇÉçÇøheld teleconferences attended by É«ÀÇÉçÇøindustrial staff and delegates for each region to consult with members, identify issues, provide advice, and obtain additional information to allow the É«ÀÇÉçÇøto develop a strong case in support of members.
We now have SO É«ÀÇÉçÇøcontacts for each region and are currently putting together an email tree for all SO members to enable direct communication.
Members should be congratulated that for the first time SOs now have their own contact network. This will also benefit SOs when the É«ÀÇÉçÇøenters into award negotiations with RMS next year.
É«ÀÇÉçÇøaction
From the teleconferences, we also discovered some members are being directed to work nights and are only receiving the relevant shift work penalties (50%) where previously they had been paid overtime.
The É«ÀÇÉçÇøhas written to the RMS Chief Executive requesting the status quo remain until the issue is resolved between the parties.
Arrangements are currently being made for a meeting which will be attended by É«ÀÇÉçÇøindustrial staff and SO contacts.
Once we have met with RMS in relation to this matter we will hold a teleconference of the new SO contacts and communicate with members via the new email SO tree.
New É«ÀÇÉçÇøSO contacts by region
Northern         Tom McMullen
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Sydney             Bob (Robert) Paton and Vic Karatovic
Southern         Alan Shadlow
South West     Greg Harris
Western          Troy Campbell (É«ÀÇÉçÇødelegate)
Central Coast Gary Mitchell
If you have missed a teleconference, members can either contact their new É«ÀÇÉçÇøSO contact or É«ÀÇÉçÇødelegate for an update or to provide feedback.
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