24 March 2006
Short Haul Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) 7
Dear Colleague,
As you will be aware the Short Haul EBA 7 was approved by a valid majority of Flight Attendants on 18 March 2006. As a result Qantas lodged an application for certification of the EBA by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on Monday 20 March.
The EBA was listed for certification hearing on Thursday 23 March. During the certification hearing on Thursday the Commission made a decision to adjourn the hearing until 4 April 2006 to enable further consideration by the Commission. Until the EBA is certified by the Commission, which we are hopeful will occur on 4 April, the current EBA 6 remains in place. It is also important to note that the application for certification was made prior to the effective date of the new Workchoices legislation and therefore the EBA will still be able to be certified under the existing legislation regardless of the delay in the certification process.