Conditions applying in common to all trades and services staff

This Part shall apply in common to all trades and services staff except where otherwise expressly provided.

Section 3 - Salaries and Related Matters

23. Incremental Advancement - HEW Levels 1-4

23.1 Incremental advancement for staff who receive a salary prescribed for HEW Level 1-4 as provided by Schedule 3 of this Agreement, shall be automatic, provided performance is not unsatisfactory. An increment shall only be withheld in circumstances where the staff member is subject to the disciplinary provisions of this Agreement under clause 20.

Provided that this clause shall have no application to apprentices employed by the University.

23.2 For the purposes of this clause, a staff member shall be considered subject to the disciplinary provisions of this Agreement under clause 20 where:

• proceedings have been commenced that may or may not result in the staff member being issued with a verbal or written warning;
• the staff member has received a verbal or written warning; or
• the staff member is subject to dismissal on notice or summary dismissal.

23.3 Where proceedings have been commenced that may or may not result in a staff member being issued with a verbal or written warning and a decision is made by the University not to issue any warning, the staff member's increment may only be withheld for the period from the commencement of proceedings until the decision is made not to issue any warning and such increment shall be paid retrospectively from when it was due.

23.4 Where a staff member has received a verbal or written warning, the period for which his/her increment may be withheld shall be at the discretion of the University but no longer than a period of twelve months from the date of the staff member's last warning. The anniversary of the date on which an increment is paid following any warning shall then serve as the date for any future automatic incremental advancement.

23.5 No increment shall be paid where a staff member is subject to dismissal on notice or summary dismissal.

23.6 If a staff member wishes to seek a review of a decision to withhold an increment, the staff member may make written application to his/her relevant Divisional Director or Dean and a nominee of the relevant union who shall consider the merits of the case.