Is your employer requiring you to come in prior to the start of your shift to make sure you are set up for work? Is your employer requiring you to stay back at the end of your shift to pack up? If so, are you being paid for this work? “Off the clock” work required…
TO ALL UNION MEMBERS IN THE RACV MCC AND RELATED WORK AREAS The negotiations for your new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) continue to roll on with RACV management. It has been a few weeks since our last update so we thought it was time to let you know the current state of play… WHAT THE UNION…
Since the last ASU update, EBA negotiations have been continuing for a replacement agreement for On-Course and Special Events staff. There has been some progress made over some issues, however the union must be satisfied that the overall agreement leaves people better off. The union will continue to negotiate with Tabcorp in good faith. The…
ASU Organiser for TIO Andy Lewis has met with employees to discuss the transition of Investigators to the Dispute Resolution Officer Title. During the meeting Andy suggested the following to members, Taking management at face value it is unlikely, and would not be cost effective, that employees spend the majority of time or substantial proportion…
The ASU is aware that employees have expressed concern at the time taken to obtain approval from Government of the proposed 2015 Enterprise Agreement. After all, negotiations concluded some 10 weeks ago. Following a little applied pressure, the ASU is at least now able to communicate that the review process has reached the final stage.…
The ASU’s majority support application was heard by the Fair Work Commission on Friday 6th of November. The ASU had collected sufficient signatures to demonstrate that a strong majority of employees based in Melbourne wanted the ASU to bargain for an Enterprise Agreement at Birdlife Australia. However, we were only able to obtain a bare…
The ASU is pleased to announce that drafting of your Enterprise Agreement is now complete. The drafting process was complex and both parties worked hard to ensure agreed entitlements were delivered. The following aspects proved difficult but have now been resolved to the Unions satisfaction, Provision of Government standard redundancy entitlements. These entitlements exceed those…