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

My question is again to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and follows on from his previous answer about the Lufthansa subsidiary Global’s AWA and his reference to choice. Isn’t it the case that the internal Global documents associated with the AWA and presented to Global employees make it crystal clear that the AWA is not subject to negotiation, that, if the AWA is not accepted, access to staff benefits will be lost—a matter which the Victorian Workplace Advocate identified as possible duress—and that Global has fewer than 100 employees and is exempt from any unfair dismissal remedy? Isn’t it the case that, far from choice, this was a take it or leave it AWA—take the AWA or lose benefits, or lose your job because you have no unfair dismissal remedy?

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