Originally Posted by
C441
Probably, but the difficulty is that neither the EA or Fair Work place any defined time limit on stand-downs, so it comes down to an argument over what constitutes conditions beyond the employer’s control unless another avenue can be found.
Some form of Border restrictions (not necessarily closures but vaccine requirements or individual country restrictions) will probably exist for a few years. In any case FWA have said they’ll be allowing employers as much flexibility as they need to keep their business afloat, with probably no disagreement from the current government. So my guess is stand downs will be for as long as they need them.
Originally Posted by
Xeptu
When jobkeeper ends, CR, just the national minimums initially, anything over and above that you'll wait for.
The ending of Jobkeeper will have zero effect on whether or not further redundancies are enacted or stand downs are ended. Stand downs were announced well before Jobkeeper came into existence. Jobkeeper may be extended for aviation employees beyond March? But I think the announcement of it’s planned ending was to give affected employees plenty of time to organise alternative income well in advance of it’s cessation.