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Sensis redundancies - urgent meetings- 2 February 2012 On Tuesday Sensis announced over 100 redundancies as part of on-going “cost savings” in their customer and corporate areas. Most of the affected positions will be in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane with the majority of affected roles in the sales teams.
Telstra Project Evolution update: We’re listening- 29 January 2012 Members have asked the CPSU to continue to work constructively with Telstra management to ensure that as many members as possible who wish to retain their employment with Telstra can do so.
Back to bargaining at Sensis- 25 January 2012 Hours of work, individual flexibility agreements, accrued days off, overtime provisions, redeployment, redundancies, performance management, personal leave, annual leave, other types of leave, secondments and more.
Job security in Australia Network- 7 December 2011 The CPSU is seeking a meeting with ABC management to discuss the plans to integrate Australia Network and Radio Australia. We are also seeking permanent employment for eligible contract staff following the Federal Government’s decision last night to award the Australia Network contract to the ABC.
SBS agreement begins today - 6 December 2011 The 2011-2013 SBS agreement comes into force today. This means that staff will receive a 3%pay increase in their next pay cycle. Additional increases will be subject to staff achieving an “Exceeds” or “Outstanding” rating in their career performance appraisal.