DRAFT 

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

STAFF CONSULTATIVE GROUP

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 13 October 2008

Minutes of the meeting of the Staff Consultative Group held on 13 October at 10 am in the Council Room, E11A.

Present:

Ms Laura Billington					G7 
Dr Peter Browne 					A10
Associate Professor Suzan Burton		A2 
Ms Leanne C	ameron				G8 
Phoebe Dangerfield					G6
Mr Edward Davies 					CPSU
Mr Dylan Hodson					G5
Ms Stephanie Grolimund				NTEU
Ms Carolyn Kennett (Chair)			NTEU
Dr Rosalind Kitson					A4
Mr Michael Marston					G3
A/Professor Marea Mitchell			A5
Ms Dianne Mitchell					CPSU
Mr Lachlan Morgan	(Deputy Chair)		G4
Mr Vasantha Saparamadu 			NTEU
Ms Cathie Shanley					G13
 Mr Greg Stark 					CPSU
 Ms Cathy Wright					G14
 
Apologies		Catherine McMahon				G11
Vasantha Saparamadu				NTEU
Dr Iain Stewart					A6
			Associate Professor Julian Leslie			A3
Associate Professor Catriona McKenzie		A7
Ms Cathy Rytmeister 				A1
Ms Sue Spinks					A9
Ms Sondra Wibberley 				CPSU
Ms Carlene Kirvan					G9

Vacant Electorates General Staff VC
			Academic Staff ELS
			General Staff ELS
			Genera Staff Law		

The apologies as listed above were noted.				

Guests: 		Mr Tim Sprague Director, Human Resources

2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

Minutes from 8 August 2008 SCG meeting were accepted without alteration.

3.	BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES

Constitution of the SCG 2009 -2011

There was lengthy discussion amongst SCG representatives with respect to the proposal put forward by Human Resources in June related to the constitution of the SCG including the disproportionate representation of academic to general staff related to the size of the constituency.

Resolution 20/08 

The SCG recommends the SCG electorates be established as proposed by Human Resources in the proposal dated 29 June 2008 with one additional academic representative for each of the 4 Faculties.

Passed Unanimously.

The Director Human Resources Tim Sprague confirmed that management would accept the recommendation of the SCG.

4.	REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES

Code of Conduct

The draft Code of Conduct had been circulated to the SCG prior to the meeting. It was identified that the University intended to send the Code of Conduct to the December meeting of Council following further consideration by the Ethics Committee. 

HR Delegations

The Director HR identified that the draft HR Delegations document had been circulated to the Executive and that he had received feedback that the document was too complex. The University will wait for feedback from the SCG before making further revisions.

Flexible Working Arrangements

The Manager Employee Relations has identified that further work needed to occur with respect to this policy and had made contact with the Working party Chair Suzanne Burton with respect to the lack of progression on this policy with acknowledgement that Human Resources needed to progress this matter in the short term.

5.	REPORTS FROM SUB COMMITTEES

There were no reports circulated from Sub Committees.

6.	REPORTS FROM WORKING PARTIES

Promotions Policy & Casual Employment Policy

The Working Party report on the revised Promotions policy and the Casual Employment policy was circulated and endorsed unanimously.

Other Business

It was noted that the new Sustainability policy and anti discrimination guidelines needed to be circulated to the SCG. 

Meeting closed 11:50 am

Next Meeting 4 December 2008 
9:30 am Senate Room