Management has given your union team a draft EA and we’re preparing a comprehensive response.
We are committed to achieving a timely and clear settlement that gets a fair outcome for Questacon employees.
Answers needed on adult rates transition, consultation and women’s super
Management’s draft
Your union believes
Aged based employees will be increased to APS 1.1 upon
satisfactory assessment as set out in the yet unwritten ‘Transition To
Adult Salary Rates Policy’
Salary increase will occur with effect from 1 January or 1 July
This hard fought win should come into effect on day one
of the new agreement
We cannot recommend something if we don’t know what it is
This goes to the heart of why improved consultation provisions are
important
Fewer facilities for employee reps than in the DIISR
agreement
Consultation limited to strategic in nature and excludes issues
relating to specific employees or groups of employees
Policies and guidelines excluded from the agreement and are
non-enforceable
Questacon employees should have access to the same
consultation provisions as DIISR, specifically:
facilities for employee reps
opportunity to influence decisions not only in appearance, but
in fact
subject to dispute settlement
Management agreed to align consultation provisions in earlier EA
meetings
Women’s superannuation under threat when on unpaid
maternity leave through an administrative change
Women should continue to receive their employer super
contribution to ensure a decent income in retirement
What happens next?
Union team to seek answers and further clarity from management
Management to genuinely consider our response and advise regarding a
final draft EA
Union vote on whether we endorse and recommend the revised package
Not yet a member?
By being union members you help provide the power and resources we need to
win a decent outcome for you and your colleagues. Membership fees are
tax-deductible and tiered to salary so the less you earn, the less you pay i.e.
casuals earning less than $10,000 can join for $3.90 a fortnight.
Technical and trades employees (Fyshwick workshop) are encouraged to join the
AMWU.
