BARGAINING UPDATE “Unions are going to take a leap of faith with us on this” Darren Fewster 9/10/19 This isn’t a “leap of faith”, it’s an unfettered attack on the working conditions of Telstra staff that must be resisted. The main item on the Telstra wish list – Transfer of business to a subsidiary – …
The direction to take leave should only occur under certain very limited restraints, and must be a reasonable direction. From 2nd January 2019 to 3rd January 2020 Telstra have issued direction to employees to take annual leave for 14 out of 20 days of your annual leave entitlement. That leaves 7 days to take your …
Bulletin – What does the “direction to take leave “ (EBA clause 30.2) mean? Coming up towards Christmas, the annual pressure on reducing Annual Leave entitlements rears its head again, trying to reduce Telstra’s liability on these entitlements. Forcing a shut-down means staff may be directed to take some of their Annual Leave credits at …
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Telstra’s current 2015-2018 EBA – what does the “expiry date” mean, and what does it allow? Much debate has been occurring in some areas of the possibility by the employer to make application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to “terminate” our current (albeit expired) 2015-2018 Enterprise Agreement. The result of a “termination”, if it …
Telstra EBA – Know Your Rights Clause 30 – Annual Leave. What Can They Force You To Do? As is now becoming the norm at this time of the year, many calls into this office indicate a total lack of understanding by Telstra local management of the clauses in the EBA, particularly relating to the …
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Telstra EBA Update CEPU/CWU members will be given the opportunity to vote to engage in protected industrial action at Telstra. The vote requires a 50% (plus 1) return as well as a majority ‘Yes’ outcome. Only a short time ago, employees forced Telstra back to the bargaining table after resoundingly rejecting the offer of a …
TELSTRA EBA UPDATE: Bargaining has continued with Telstra refusing to improve their offer of a measly 1.5% wage rise for Workstream and an equivalent pay pool for Job Family – a pay cut in real terms for both workgroups. In order to break the merry-go-round impasse bargaining had become, the combined Unions Single Bargaining Unit …
FYI: The following information was received today from the CWU Divisional Office: RE: TELSTRA LSL POLICY There have been recent reports of Telstra directing employees to take Long Service Leave where their balances are in excess of 90 days. This is in line with the controversial new policy which has been the subject of dispute …
TELSTRA SLASHES CONTACT CENTRE JOBS IN PERTH, MELBOURNE The CWU has condemned a plan that will see hundreds of employee jobs cut from Telstra’s Global Contact Centre (GCC) operations as more functions are offshored. Telstra notified the CWU on 6 July that it is proposing to close its Dedicated Moves Team (DMT) centre in Perth …
CWU MEETS WITH TELSTRA ON REDUNDANCIES The CWU has begun consultations with Telstra about the latest round of redundancies, announced on 27 October. Altogether, there will be a net loss of just under 400 jobs. Of these, 135 are permanent Telstra employees and the rest agency staff. As previously reported, the redundancies are spread across …