Jetstar secure strong support
Jetstar has secured strong majority support amongst employees for a new 3 year Enterprise Agreement with the Australian Services Union (ASU), with the the Jetstar/ASU Agreement 2007 having been accepted by a 94 per cent majority of participating employees working in Airports, Operations Centre, Technical & Operations Publications, Human Resources, Finance & Administration and Commercial Groups – 331 existing Jetstar employees will be covered by the Agreement.
The new EBA is effective from 1 October 2007 and will span over three years to replace an existing collective Enterprise Agreement between Jetstar and the ASU.
Jetstar Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce said the new Agreement provides higher pay and a suite of improved benefits including access to better promotional opportunities within the fast growing airline.
Mr Joyce said the existing high level of engagement between Jetstar management, its staff and the sound working relationship with the ASU culminated to produce endorsement of the new Agreement, adding, “Operating within a dynamic and competitive industry sector, this very positive result reinforces the reality that Jetstar has highly engaged people that are focused on working towards supporting the airline’s future growth plans.”
“The airline continues to prosper through offering a range of workplace agreements that are most applicable to the respective work group.” “This includes common collective unionised and collective non-unionised agreements, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements.”
“Jetstar’s remains steadfast in its continual pursuit of cost containment measures at Airports to support our future sustainable growth.” “Such an approach is being supported through new workplace flexibilities built within this Agreement as well as the future rollout of web check-in and kiosk technology across our domestic network.”
A key benefit of the Jetstar/ASU Agreement 2007 includes a 3 per cent annual wage increase applying from the first full pay period after 1 October 2007, 1 October 2008 and 1 October 2009 and delivery of a pre-tax sign on bonus for eligible staff.
Payments will be paid in the first full pay period after the successful lodging of the Agreement with the Australian Workplace Authority in conjunction with ASU representatives.
Further benefits include:
** Family friendly initiatives including an increase in Parental Leave from 52 to 104 weeks providing more flexible work/life balance choices and to encourage a future return to the workforce;
** Improved and more flexible rostering practices built into the Agreement including shift swaps directly amongst employees and a broadening of options for the full time workforce on shifts with access to Day off in Lieu (DIL Days) for being rostered off on Public Holidays;
** Choice of superannuation fund and salary sacrificing of pre-tax salary into superannuation.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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