As a commitment to safety, during any stoppage of work:

1. the System Operators, Area Operators and Despatch rostered on in accordance with the usual roster will perform work as usual; and

2. the Call Centre Staff, District Operators (DOPs), Emergency Services Officers (EMSOs), Rescue Service Officers / Coordinators, and Operational Depot Supervisors (ODS’s),
3. rostered on in accordance with the usual roster who are taking protected action, and those Field Staff that are normally rostered on the on-call roster who are taking protected action, will:

(i) remain at the place where they usually commence work;

(ii) be ready, willing and able to perform unplanned work that, if not performed imminently, would create a serious and imminent threat to human life; and

a)in circumstances where such work is required for a hospital, nursing home, essential telecommunication hub, police station, SES depot, fire station, ambulance station,
utility stations/plants for water and/or sewerage, traffic lights and/or life support customers, will comply with a written direction from the employer to perform such work
to the extent required to restore power and avert the serious and imminent threat to human life; and

b)in all other circumstances where such work is required, will comply with a written direction from the employer to perform such work to the extent necessary to avert the serious and
imminent threat to human life (which may or may not include restoring power).

Bushfire Rectification Work Safety Commitment

As a safety commitment, all industrial action, including stoppages and bans, will not apply to employees who are directed to perform tasks required to complete bush fire rectification jobs.

Defective, mains and apparatus (DM&A) works Safety Commitment

As a safety commitment, until 11.59 pm Friday 22 October, employees who are members of the CEPU and are directed to perform a task necessary to defective, mains and apparatus works will not engage in any form of protected industrial action in respect of that task.