Australian labour laws
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Australian labour laws
Hypothetically, if an airline is stood down/hibernating for a period of say 4 months, what is to stop that airline forcing its staff onto a lower contract upon resumption of operations?
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If employed under an EBA they are stood down iaw with that document. They can't just alter your conditions in that contract arbitrarily. even if an EBA expires prevailing conditions should apply until another EBA is agreed upon.
True, but nothing to stop them applying to FWA and having the EBA terminated and reverting to the appropriate award, as happened to the coal workers down Collie way (WA, former Griffin Coal) resulting in 30 -40% pay cuts. Likely to be successful? Most likely not, but always a possibility.
"The FWC has agreed to an application by the Griffin Coal Mining Company in Collie, Western Australia, to terminate the existing maintenance agreement, which covers around 70 workers.The maintenance workers will have their contracts revert to award conditions and, under the Black Coal Award, earn around $50,000 a year less."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-...ay-cut/7503584
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It would probably qualify as constructive dismissal and you could lodge a claim for unfair dismissal through Fair Work Australia.
WTAF is wrong with pilots????? Here we are, pilots, giving management ideas.
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Haven't we got enough to be worried about, FFS?
Talk about misery loving company.
:ug h:Haven't we got enough to be worried about, FFS?
Talk about misery loving company.
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Relax
I am reasonably confident a companies HR department would have thought of all these ideas long before people decide to post on PPrune. I doubt they troll through PPrune looking for suggestions on how to get around IR law.
I am reasonably confident a companies HR department would have thought of all these ideas long before people decide to post on PPrune. I doubt they troll through PPrune looking for suggestions on how to get around IR law.
Tiger Pilots
This whole business is a sh!te sandwich that’s for sure, but does the Tiger EBA provide for a common date of joining list across the VA group?
Probably a moot point given the dire financials of the parent. It wouldn’t be the first time redundant employees have had their rights swept away in the name of the greater good.
Anyone remember the Kendall RJ Pilots?
Probably a moot point given the dire financials of the parent. It wouldn’t be the first time redundant employees have had their rights swept away in the name of the greater good.
Anyone remember the Kendall RJ Pilots?
The Tigerair EBA does allow for redundant pilots to keep their place on the Tigerair seniority list for 5 years. It does not mention the greater group seniority list, and isn't written with redundancy of the whole pilot corps in mind.
Few VA Group pilots would bemoan the TT pilots keeping their place on the GDOJ list, in the unlikely event it's worth anything. For that you'd need VA to exist and hire pilots again.
Few VA Group pilots would bemoan the TT pilots keeping their place on the GDOJ list, in the unlikely event it's worth anything. For that you'd need VA to exist and hire pilots again.
