On Thursday 25th January, Slater and Gordon held a second briefing session about the proposed changes to the incentive scheme. The ASU was not aware that a meeting had already been held prior to this date and only got invited to the latter two meetings after we discovered that they had been scheduled for the…
What’s ahead for 2019? Throughout 2019 we expect that Slater’s intends to address and or overhaul many of their current policies and practices associated with you as employees. Whether that is a refresh of policies and procedures, incentive scheme reviews, market comparison of classifications and rates of pay or the multitude of other issues that…
We are pleased to advise that the Fair Work Commission has approved the new ASU/Slater and Gordon Lawyers’ Agreement on 22nd January 2018. The Agreement commences operation on Monday 29th January 2018. Payroll have confirmed that the back pay will be processed as part of the first full pay period under the new Agreements. Back…
Employees have overwhelmingly voted to agree to the terms of new ASU and Slater and Gordon Lawyers’ Agreement, which was negotiated and recommended by the ASU S+G National Negotiating Team. The independent company who conducted the ballot has declared that the new agreement has been approved by a majority of staff – 91% of employees…
The ASU has worked hard to extract promises from Slater and Gordon about the integration of Nowicki Carbone into the main S+G business. Much of this work has been done through the negotiation of the Lawyers Enterprise Agreement at Slater and Gordon. Subject to approval of the Agreement, the following provides a basic outline of…
Following ASU members endorsing the proposal for a new Enterprise Agreement for lawyers and law clerks at Slater and Gordon, we have been working with S+G to finalise the drafting of the Agreement. We can now advise you that the Agreement is about to be put out for a vote of employees. Next Wednesday 16…
As you would be aware, the ASU has been pressuring Slater and Gordon to pay back pay from 2014 to Law Clerks and paralegals for a while now. Management has finally agreed to pay this, so law clerks/ paralegals should be watching out for the payment to hit your bank accounts shortly. If you have…
The Slater and Gordon Support Staff Enterprise Agreement 2014 took effect on 7 April 2015, and since then, your ASU representatives have been busy getting to work implementing the benefits we negotiated for members during the negotiations. Support Staff Service Leave Days It was brought to our attention that there was a lot of confusion…
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…