Welcome to the Electronic Voting Service for the proposed Varied ANU Enterprise Agreement 2005-2009

The following advice will assist you to lodge your vote for the proposed Varied ANU Enterprise Agreement 2005-2009

What do I need to do?
Who is eligible to vote?
How do I find out about the agreement?
When do I have to vote by?
What about confidentiality?
What do I do if I have problems using the voting system?

What do I need to do?

As an eligible staff member covered by the current Enterprise Agreement, you should indicate that you support, or do not support, the proposed Varied Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005-2009

Who is eligible to vote?

This web voting service is for authorised official University Users only.  Each staff member can lodge one vote. 

You will be eligible to vote if you are employed on a fixed-term or standard appointment (both full time and part time) and covered by the current Varied ANU Enterprise Agreement 2005-2008 (i.e. not a visiting fellow, contractor, or employed under the Entertainment and Broadcasting Industry Awards). Casual staff members employed and paid in either of the two pay periods proceeding the opening date of the ballot will also be eligible to vote.

How do I find out about the agreement?

Explanatory Notes outlining the changes to the current Enterprise Agreement, and the proposed Agreement, in full, are available here. 

It is in your interest to understand and inform yourself of the contents before you vote. 

When do I have to vote by?

The electronic voting system will be open from 0600 Thursday 11 December 2008 (after the consultation period), until 1200 Monday 15 December 2008 when voting closes.  

What about confidentiality?

Your vote will be treated as confidential, with the authentication processes being the same as those used for your pay slip access via HORUS. 

Details of the voting procedure including computer confidentiality are available here.

What do I do if I have problems using the voting system?

If you are having problems with your password or your browser is not working properly, please contact your area’s IT support person (LITSS).  A list of LITSS staff is available here.

TOP of page

Related Links

Enterprise Bargaining 2008

EB News Archive

Computer Confidentiality

The University has designed the voting system and used reasonable procedures to address the concerns about security of operation, privacy and scrutiny of the voting processes. 

A vote must only be cast by an authorised individual using his or her own password. 

Each vote is encrypted and validated to ensure that only a valid formal vote from each staff member is counted.  All data will be destroyed after the ballot is complete and finalised. 

A secure web server is used to provide access to the web voting.  However, the University cannot guarantee that a breach will not occur under the conditions of bad faith, inappropriate use, or misuse, although procedures have been put in place to minimise this risk.