B/1.1 Industrial and legislative environment

Policy Owner	Vice-President (People) and Chief People Officer
Approval Date	14/03/2023
Approval Authority	Vice-Chancellor and President
Date of Next Review	31/12/2023

1.1.1 Employment categories
1.1.2 Industrial environment
1.1.3 Relevant legislation
Related Documents
Modification History

1.1.1 Employment categories

There are three broad categories of QUT staff:

Academic staff, which includes research only academic staff
Professional staff, which includes research only professional staff, and
Senior staff, comprising all positions classified Senior Staff Group A-E (SSGA to SSGE). For the purposes of Council elections, heads of school, executive deans of faculty, the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Academic) and the Provost/Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor are deemed to be members of the academic staff.

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1.1.2 Industrial environment

Staff at the University will be employed under one of the following industrial instruments:

QUT Enterprise Agreement (Professional Staff)
QUT Enterprise Agreement (Academic Staff)
Senior staff employment arrangements

Each industrial instrument contains the current conditions of employment for those staff to whom the instrument covers. Persons appointed to honorary and visiting appointments are excluded from the provisions of the enterprise agreements.

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1.1.3 Relevant legislation

There are a number of State and Commonwealth Acts of Parliament which impact upon the employment of staff at QUT. These include:

Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld)
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth)
Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld)

Other relevant Acts are referenced within university policy as they pertain to each university matter.

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Modification History

Date	Sections	Source	Details
14.03.23	All	Vice-President (People) and Chief People Officer	Periodic review - policy revised to reflect change to the industrial instruments - effective 31.03.23
30.04.21	All	Director, Governance, Legal and Performance	Editorial amendments to align with Repositioning QUT for a post-COVID world organisational change - effective 31.01.21
02.12.14	All	Vice-Chancellor	Revised policy to remove reference to senior staff agreement
11.02.11	All	Governance and Legal Services	Revised terminology due to position title change from Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching Quality) to Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching)
21.12.10	All	Human Resources Department	Periodic review - policy revised to reflect current industrial instrument
17.12.09	B/1.1.3	Human Resources Department	Minor editorial amendments consistent with current Federal Government legislation
10.03.08	All	Human Resources Director	Updated to remove references to Australian Workplace Agreements consistent with current industrial environment
26.06.06	B/1.1, B/1.1.3	Human Resources Director	Minor editorial amendments consistent with current Federal Government legislation
04.10.05	All	Vice-Chancellor	Updated consistent with current industrial agreements
31.01.01	All	Human Resources Department	Updated

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