Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and follows on from his answer to the previous question. It relates to the Lufthansa subsidiary Global Tele Sales’ AWA and his reference to the performance bonus and the Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate. I refer the minister to his statement in which he said:

The Advocate reports that there has been a reduction in the base pay offered in the AWA of between 3% to 10%.

More critically he found a bonus system had been introduced that offers up to 16% per annum—enabling employees to earn up to a net 13% increase in wages.

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