9-Day Fortnight Proposal

On 7 February 2018 ELT committed to a consultation period to consider a proposal to introduce a 9-day fortnight and standard working hours into Blue Mountains City Council.

The proposal includes the introduction of:

• 9-day fortnight; and/or
• Harmonised ordinary hours of work to 35hpw;
• Implementation requirements to improve work production, quality and value; and
• KPIs to measure effectiveness

Consultation is for a 4-week period formally commencing from Monday 19 February 2018 and will finish on Friday 17 March 2018.

You will have the opportunity to comment on the following options:

Option 1

• Introduction of 9 day fortnight
• No change to ordinary hours of work each week

Option 2

• No change to current 3 week RDO cycle
• Introduction of 35 hours per week ordinary working hours for all employees

Option 3

• Introduction of 9 day fortnight
• Introduction of 35 hours per week ordinary working hours for all employees