Well, who would have thought that the company would place a timeline on us?
Negotiating 101 states that the first thing you do when the other team tries to impose a deadline is to ignore it - just don't even think of addressing this until negotiations have been completed.
Second trick is to bypass the negotiators and go straight to the employees with a vague implication that negotiations have been completed and this is the agreed result - it is blatantly obvious that this is NOT the case and we have been denied some of our protections.
MOST IMPORTANT
Do not sign anything! Consider that your payments to the Australian Tax Office are a subscription fee for the Australian protections and entitlements under law. You have paid for things like:
Long Service Leave
Enterprise Bargaining Agreements
Superfund contributions
Salary Sacrifice arrangements
etc
Would you sign up for a club and pay hefty fees and then be told that you don't get the benefits? No, nor would I.
Don't you just love the arrogance of our beloved company?
JUST DON'T SIGN.