Enterprise Agreement update

Enterprise Agreement update

The new EA provides a lot of new benefits and over a hundred changes coming into effect, and we’ll continue to keep you updated about all relevant changes and procedures. There’s some important information for you to know today.

Your pay

Our people are working hard to implement these changes and deliver your entitlements. We initially prioritised getting the one-off payment of $4,500 processed in the pay run on either 17 February 2023 for Drivers and Guards or 24 February 2023 for employees in other classifications and the FAQs have been updated to give you more information on page 6 about how the payment is taxed.

Thanks to the hard work of the payroll and IT teams and following discussion with unions, we’re pleased to be able to bring forward some payments in the first full pay cycle after the EA comes into effect:

For Drivers and Guards: the payment of the 2.53% pay rise plus super, (noting the super increase has already been paid since 1 July 2022), backpay of 2.53% from 1 May 2022 and roll-up of Cab Allowance (for Drivers) and Cab and Security Allowance (for Guards) into base pay will be paid in the pay of 3 March 2023. 
For NSW TrainLink employees in all other classifications: the payment of the 2.53% pay rise plus super, (noting the super increase has already been paid since 1 July 2022) and backpay of 2.53% from 1 May 2022 will be paid in the pay of 10 March 2023.

Please remember that to claim any of the new entitlements you need to capture the relevant information on your timesheets from today. Have a look at the “What I do differently now” guides on StayInformed that explain this in detail.

Updated processes and procedures

Our main Transport Portal pages have been updated to display these new procedures that also come into effect today:

The NSW Trains Prescription Safety Eyewear Procedure now reflects that if you wear prescription safety eyewear to do your work, the reasonable benefit limit has increased to a total of $1,000 for lenses and frames combined.
An updated NSW Trains Medical Retirement Process (previously called TOMA), which steps through the processes for both employer-initiated and employee-initiated medical retirement. There is also an updated Medical Retirement Guide available for managers.

Another key commitment of the Enterprise Agreement is the Fair Decision Framework (FDF) which also applies from today. It applies in all new safety investigations and conduct matters, supporting the assessment of the actions of individuals involved in a safety incident or conduct matter.

Your Safety team and People and Culture Business Partners are available to provide support as we walk through implementation and upskilling our people. Visit the Fair Decision Framework SharePoint page for more information. 

Resources

StayInformed remains the place to go for EA information as we start working under our new agreement.

Yesterday we added factsheets to StayInformed that walk through What I Do Differently Now for different roles at NSW TrainLink.