New COVID Splinter Award to be made to operate from 8 April

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Published: Wednesday, 06 April 2022 14:26

There has been some disagreement with LGNSW about whether or not the Splinter Award, which currently expires on 8 April, needs to be renewed for another twelve months. In terms of controlling the pandemic, or managing it as best we can, we all need to be vaccinated and keep our vaccinations up to date. The most important provision in the Splinter Award is requiring employers to provide reasonable time for employees to be vaccinated.

If it’s not one variant, it’s another, and now we are dealing with sub-variants. This week in NSW we’re still looking at a seven day average of around 20,000 new cases, so it’s important for employers to be providing the reasonable time for employees to continue with their boosters. It’s in everyone’s interest, our workmates, our families and our friends.

We’re all at the stage of our first booster and for those above 65 (yes, there are some of us still working) they will be lining up for a second booster four months after their first.

Unions and LGNSW have now reached agreement to roll over the existing Splinter Award in its entirety. While the Industrial Relations Commission won’t have made the Award by 8 April, it will be made to operate retrospectively from that date.

Keep protected, get vaccinated.