Not only overtime but a pay cut as well
Not only is Airservices seeking compulsory overtime, but they are effectively offering a "pay cut" in their current EBA negotiations.
Airservices has two main agreements covering its staff, one for technical and admin staff (known as TAS/Corportate) agreement - it includes schedules for ARFF and AusFIC and another for ATCs.
The "offer" for TAS/Corp including AusFIC is that staff will be required to work an extra 2 hours per week. This represents for shiftworkers approx a 5.1% increase in actual working hours. For this Airservices is offering 4% on signing and 2% each six months. Not only is this a paycut, but the existing profit sharing of 1% once per year is goooorne.
This is effectively institutional overtime that they see as "productivity". It is merely staff working longer. It does not represent any real productivity, say by improved process, or efficiency or with less staff numbers. Once one takes of the "extra" income of the 2 additional hours per week, and then applies the pay rise of 4% to the hourly rate of pay - it is truly a pay cut!!!
Because the canberra boffins want to shut the place down over xmas they have in recent years forced staff to take approx 2 days leave during this period - well now they are offering a credit of 2 days - that one will still be forced to take if you are an admin worker.
They must be living on another planet, if they think that staff will buy this.