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Issue No. 314 | 07 July 2006 |
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News Airline Crashes Into Paypackets
Global Tele Sales (GTS) has been investigated by the Victorian work rights watchdog, which has referred its AWAs to the Equal Opportunity Commission over fears the contracts are discriminatory. The AWAs, put before 80 call centre staff, include penalties for taking sick and carers leave under a "bonus scheme". "Deductions to an employee's bonus will apply even where they are taking leave within the legal minimum provided by the Federal Workplace Relations Act," says Australian Services Union (ASU) state secretary Ingrid Stitt. "Employees who take sick leave or carer's leave are penalised financially under the company's bonus scheme." The Company has introduced an elaborate and confusing performance bonus scheme which delivers bonuses ranging from 0% - 4% per quarter. Maximum bonuses are linked to exceeding KPIs (key performance indicators), taking no more than one personal leave day, and never being late for work. The Australian Services Union (ASU) says the complex bonus scheme will be virtually impossible to achieve. The Company's own briefing concedes employees' base wages will be cut by up to 10 per cent. Penalty rates are also cut across the almost 24 hour operation, with penalties for work on public holidays and Sundays reduced by a quarter and the penalty for work before 7am and after 7pm Monday to Fridays removed completely. Global Tele Sales claims it is not putting pressure on employees to sign the AWAs, but in their own documentation the Company makes it clear that: * The conditions offered are not negotiable; * The Company will not negotiate a new collective agreement, but if it does it will be on the same or less favourable terms; * Any employee who doesn't sign won't get Lufthansa travel privileges, and * If targets for productivity increase and cost efficiencies are not met, "the Company [will have] no choice but to seek concessions from those who have not signed an AWA".
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