10 - hour break
QQ What happens if an FE's break is interrupted?
AA If it is after overtime, the proposal is that the EA provisions would apply (i.e. double time if no adequate break provided, no loss of pay while taking the rest etc).As a business, we want to avoid interrupting a 10-hour break as we want to ensure effective fatigue management.
NBN - SPECIFIC ISSUES WE RAISED
Following our Wednesday meeting, we raised these issues. There was no time to debate them so NBN is responding in writing.
1. Separate EBA for FEs (variation needs full vote anyway and Level 3 specifically excludes field engineers)
2. SOD EOD issues - no legal basis - not in EBA and must be paid work. A new EBA could introduce such a scheme but not there now.
3. EOD extend to 1 hour each day - totally opposed.
4. Button Compliance - is work that must be paid.
5. On Call - loss of income significant - appears to be reduction from about 30% per hour to 20% per hour.
6. Now TOIL Day for public holiday work
7. Formal lunch break now added - not reasonable where it must be done when time permits
8. Shiftworker or dayworker not distinguished. Cannot swap around.
9. Overtime not shift penalty out of hours work for dayworkers
10. Redundancy - why are they redundant? See FAQ.
11. Redundancy what conditions apply - EBA?
12. Legitimate reasons to refuse shift eg medical, family
13. On Call hours - why 14 hours?
14. Away from Home Allowance after 2 days - explain
15. 10 hour break - interrupted - must start 10 hour again
16. Confirm that new salary same as TFR.
17. Effectively TFR is grandfathered - what is future of grandfathered salaries - increase or frozen until EBA catch up. (Immediate response not frozen)
Finally we stated that there was insufficient time for genuine consultation
