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Qantas has warned its workers that they must not take part in “any action that harms Qantas or a Qantas Group company” or it will tear up its offer of aThe scheme is a sweetener intended to get unionised staff behind new pay deals that include a two-year wage freeze and, after that period, a 2 per cent annual wage bump – well below the headline inflation rate of 5.1 per cent.
“The workgroup covered by the Wage Freeze EA [enterprise agreement] must not have engaged in any action that harms Qantas or any Qantas Group company between the announcement date and the payment date,” an employee QA “workgroup” refers to the individual cohorts of flight attendants, pilots, engineers and other workers covered by industrial agreements. If one workgroup breaches this condition, it will not affect the bonus for others.
It is understood “harm” would cover any serious breach of Qantas’ company policy, such as sexual harassment or disregarding safety standards, and taking unprotected industrial action. If staff were to undertake protected industrial action, Qantas would assess whether it warrants a breach of that clause too.
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