Originally Posted by
normanton
If the company knew how bad the situation was going to become, they wouldn't have even agreed to backpay or 3% rises. Your argument is flawed,
I think
your argument is flawed.
- Australia closed its borders on March 20.
- Qantas stood down its staff on March 21.
- Qantas made its application to the FWC for ratification of the LHEA on April 8.
You can’t suggest things have deteriorated since the LHEA was submitted, if anything the situation in Australia has improved and avoided the worst predictions available at the time.
I believe Qantas will have to comply with the EA. Nearly every instance where a condition within the EA could be ‘varied in agreement with the association’ were deleted from our EA’s years ago (at the insistence of Qantas).