Part I - Performance/Employment Management

61. Working Off-Shore Policy

61.1 The University undertakes to develop a 'Working Offshore Policy' within one year of certification of the Agreement. The Policy will address the following matters:

• Right of staff to refuse unreasonable requests to work outside Australia;
• Definition of an “unreasonable request” in relation to work outside Australia;
• Provision of the means for communication with immediate family in Australia in the circumstance that a staff member is required to undertake work outside Australia;
• Work-related travel;
• Right to direct staff to return to Australia, where the University forms the view that it is unsafe for the staff member to remain offshore; and
• A statement that casual and sessional staff members are not expected to work offshore.

61.2 However, nothing in this Agreement prevents the University, in its discretion, from amending or varying the resulting Policy throughout and beyond the nominal life of the Agreement.