Originally Posted by
ANCDU
If it’s knocked back I’m not sure how it could decline it’s Qantas’s own IR policy that they would have to decline.
It could decline by the award compliance payment. (Roughly 6%)
The F/O + S/O wages are written as a percentage of Captains wages. Given the 0,0,2,2% originally on offer, this did not bring the wages up to the award for some of the lower ranks, hence the award compliance payment.
Since then the wage policy has changed to 3%.
At 0,0,3,3% adjusted down as a % from the captains wage, this would cover the award for the lower ranks it originally did not when 2%. The award compliance has been maintained because it was agreed to 'in principal' prior to the wages policy changing (And probably with the knowledge of the sh!t fight it would cause.)
We could all argue they had to etc etc. Call it what you will, but they would have no obligation to maintain the compliance payment with the policy at 3% as it complies with the award.