Over the last few months the ASU and employee representatives have negotiated with management on your behalf for a new Enterprise Agreement to cover Employment, Training and Immigration staff at MaxNetwork. Improvements The ASU and employee representatives achieved the following improvements: – Parental leave will be paid in one block of 12 weeks, rather than…
On 14 July 2014, the ASU National Negotiating Team met with management for our 5th meeting about the new Enterprise Agreement. The ASU presented the remaining claims and the parties discussed issues such as casual conversion and car parking that had been raised at previous meetings. The key discussion about the ‘job families’ proposal (discussed…
We have some welcome news. Late last night the Abbott Government backed down from their push to open up foreign ownership of Qantas by repealing the Qantas Sale Act. There was no support in the Senate for amendments that could have seen thousands of jobs off-shored. This is your win. In March this year, ASU…
I write to give you an update on our efforts to start some meaningful discussions with management around stress levels in the MCC and how these matters affect your day to day working conditions of employment. As you will recall from recent email newsletters to you from the Union we conducted a widespread survey of…
Qantas has now decided to extend the time frame for all EOIs that are being sent out today in telephone sales to 1st August 2014. Earlier in the week the company had proposed that there would be 2 cut off dates for the EOIs – 4th July 2014 and 1st August 2014 if staff wanted…
ASU representatives including your ASU Delegates from Brisbane, Melbourne and Hobart met with Qantas management in Sydney on 1 July to receive an update on the call centre consolidation. Qantas gave the union an update on the EOI process and other staff related matters. This update included: Advise on how many completed EOI’s had been…
I write to tell you that the ASU has, this morning, made application to the Fair Work Commission for a hearing to consider matters relating to stress in your workplace. The reasons for this notification to the Commission include: 1. The Stress Survey we conducted in the MCC 2. The many phone calls and emails…
ASU representatives including your ASU Delegates from Brisbane, Melbourne and Hobart met with Qantas management in Sydney on 1 July to receive an update on the call centre consolidation. Qantas gave the union an update on the EOI process and other staff related matters. This update included: Advise on how many completed EOI’s had been…
On 2 July 2014, the ASU National bargaining team met with StarTrack Management representatives to discuss the content of a new National Enterprise Agreement to cover all staff in the Call Centre and Clerical classifications at StarTrack. At the meeting Management presented a financial overview of the business. Management and the ASU then presented their…
Are new employees entitled to paid personal (sick) leave Yes. Employees are entitled to 76 hours paid sick leave in the first year of employment. When can the leave be taken? Sick leave accrues progressively in the first year. Employees receive about 6.3 hours paid sick leave each month. This means that at the end…
As all Union members will know the ASU recently conducted a wide ranging Stress Survey in the RACV MCC. To say the least the results of this survey are alarming. The Union has conducted these sort of surveys across a number of workplaces over recent years but I have never seen one deliver the sort…
Your next EBA pay increase is due to commence on the first full pay period after 1 July 2014. This pay rise is secured under the Virgin EBA and is your second pay increase since December last year. In the past 6 months alone pay increases have ranged between 8.15% and 13.6% depending on where…