Pizza will be correct if the company get there way with the recent EBA, with the transmission of business clause included then all of Engineering will be a distance memory as far as Qantas is concerned. They can sell Etoms as a going concern without having to worry about paying them nasty severance payouts. What will happen to all the engineering people who work there at the moment. Well Qantas will ensure that they have gainful employment with the new company for a set period by signing a contract with the company for about 2/3 years. They will be making around the same money, about 20k less a year but thats not a great differance in the scheme of things and they can work O/T to make up the differance, O/T will of course be ensured for a while.
However after the contract period is up then Qantas can and will shop around for the cheapest place to get the work done . Your new company loses the contract and then your out the door with no severance payouts.
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