Originally Posted by clotted
Great theory but in practice in the Australian industrial world it is not an entitlement
Unfortunately this is technically quite correct.
and in reality it is quite the opposite.
But here clotted swerves randomly off the road and lets loose some gobbledegook which sounds authoritative but makes no sense whatsoever. It is the
opposite of an entitlement? So Australian employees are
ineligible for or
barred from achieving a CPI pay rise? I don't think so.
If you can negotiate it and it equals CPI then that is your good fortune.
Ah, now clotted swerves randomly back towards something a little more reasonable. Of course, having a recalcitrant employer who is insincere in negotiating EBAs and who places very little (if any) value on his own employees adds to the negotiating difficulty. But that's part of the rich tapestry of the world we live in I guess. Sometimes you get lucky and have an employer you can establish a good working relationship with, and sometimes you don't.