3. Definitions

"HEW" means Higher Education Worker.

"JCC" means Joint Consultative Committee as established in clause 11 of this Agreement.

"Long term casuals" are casual Trades and Services Staff who have been employed by the University on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment during a period of at least 12 months.

"Operative Date" means the date from which this Agreement operates as specified in the approval decision of Fair Work Australia.

"Ordinary rate of pay" means the staff member's hourly, daily or other rate of pay calculated on the base annual salary payable in accordance with the relevant classification as set out in Schedule 2, except where elsewhere provided in this Agreement.

"Parties" shall mean the University and the CEPU (Electrical Division), CEPU (Plumbing Division) and the CFMEU and any other union where that union has acted as a bargaining representative in relation to this Agreement and notifies Fair Work Australia of its intention to be bound pursuant to the Fair Work Act 2009, unless otherwise implied by the context

"Reasonable Travelling Time" means the period of time normally required to travel from the place of residence of the Trades and Services Staff member to his/her normal workplace and back.

"Representative" means a person chosen by a Trades and Services Staff member but not a practising barrister or solicitor.

"Service" for the purpose of determining the leave entitlement of a staff member and for all other purposes means:

• Any period of paid leave, including long service leave taken on half pay counting as normal service;
• No more than 20 days unpaid leave for incapacity due to illness or injury continuously or in aggregate in any year of service (as distinct from a calendar year);
• No more than 26 weeks' continuous paid or unpaid parental leave;
• No more than 20 days' unpaid Election or Arbitration leave, or any other unpaid leave continuously or in the aggregate in any year of service (as distinct from a calendar year);
• Time worked on WorkCover rehabilitation with the University after the expiry of make-up pay.

"Suitable Alternative Employment" means a position of equivalent grade and salary for which the Trades and Services Staff member is suitable, having regard to his/her qualifications and experience.

"Trades and Services Staff" or "Staff" for the purposes of this Agreement means employees of Monash University who are employed in one of the following classifications:

• Carpenters;
• Electricians;
• Fitters;
• Oiler/Greasers;
• Painters;
• Plant Attendants;
• Plumbers;
• Store Attendants employed by the University in or about Building 40 on the University's Clayton Campus;
• Trade Assistants;

"University" means Monash University, a body politic and corporate established under the Monash University Act 1958 and comprises all of its campuses wherever situated.

"University Policy" means the policy of the University as in force and varied from time to time.

"Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of Monash University or his/her nominated delegate.