Enterprise agreement bargaining expected to commence in 2016 On Tuesday 15 December 2015, the Department of Finance issued a notification of employee representation rights to commence negotiating the next enterprise agreement. Have you appointed someone to be your bargaining representative? If you have not appointed a representative and you are not a member of the…
Employees have overwhelmingly voted to agree to the terms of new ASU and Helloworld Enterprise Agreement, which was negotiated and recommended by the ASU National Negotiating Team. The independent company who conducted the ballot has declared that the new agreement has been approved by a majority of staff – almost 90% of employees who voted…
On 14th December ASU delegates and officials met with Virgin Airports GCC and industrial relations management for one of the regular Ground Crew Agreement Implementation Committee meetings. There was lots on the agenda and this bulletin provides a short summary of what was discussed. Follow up on rostering standards Our agreement provides in clause 16…
Your ASU National Negotiating Team (NNT) met face to face with the firm’s negotiators for the first time on 7th & 8th December 2015 in Melbourne. This was our fourth meeting and it was great to have the whole team together in the room. On the first day of negotiations we discussed the firm’s claims…
ASU Officials met with Management on Thursday 10th of November to discuss the implementation of KPI’s and targets in the contact centre. The ASU also asked questions generally about organisational change and the future for the customer contact centre. KPI’s and Targets – How are they set? World Vision indicated to the ASU that KPI’s…
The Union has received a number of queries from Tenix employees regarding their Sick Leave rights and entitlements. Many of these queries have complained about borderline bullying from managers who ask intrusive questions about the nature of the illness and a range of other matters. In very simple terms all YOU have to do is…
The first group of meetings begin today to explain to RAC employees the back payment / underpayment arrangements flowing from the de-annualised hours dispute. These meetings will occur variously with different shifts across the next week. Management will address each group of employees for 30 minutes and then Union members will meet with straight after…
After long arduous negotiations the day has finally arrived where the company is paying you what you’re owed. Dnata finally pays up After the ASU continually pursuing the company for a date that they intended to make the payment they have finally advised us that the back pay has been processed and should be in…
Following ASU members endorsing the proposal for a new Helloworld Agreement, you will know that voting has now commenced. The vote is being conducted by Elections Australia – an independent company that conducts enterprise agreement ballots. Your vote will be kept confidential. Voting will close at 4pm on Friday 11 December 2015, after which the…
We are pleased to advise that the four ASU / Dnata passenger services agreement for Qld, NSW, SA and Victoria were approved by the Fair Work Commission on Wednesday 2nd December 2015. This follows the overwhelming support for the agreements from staff who voted to approve them last month. These agreements come into force on…
As employees will be aware, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered that the Australian Electoral Commission (“AEC”) run a secret ballot at Birdlife Australia to determine once and for all whether a majority of employees at Birdlife would like an Enterprise Agreement to be negotiated. The lead up The ASU conducted a majority support…
As mentioned in yesterdays information update an announcement was imminent about the appointment of an Administrator to work through the affairs of the Call Active business collapse. An announcement was made today that SV Partners have been appointed to the Administrator role. Some basic details about who SV Partners are can be obtained from their…