Originally Posted by
ampclamp
If employed under an EBA they are stood down iaw with that document. They can't just alter your conditions in that contract arbitrarily. even if an EBA expires prevailing conditions should apply until another EBA is agreed upon.
True, but nothing to stop them applying to FWA and having the EBA terminated and reverting to the appropriate award, as happened to the coal workers down Collie way (WA, former Griffin Coal) resulting in 30 -40% pay cuts. Likely to be successful? Most likely not, but always a possibility.
"The FWC has agreed to an application by the Griffin Coal Mining Company in Collie, Western Australia, to terminate the existing maintenance agreement, which covers around 70 workers.The maintenance workers will have their contracts revert to award conditions and, under the Black Coal Award, earn around $50,000 a year less."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-...ay-cut/7503584