The Fair Work Commission puts forward a set of recommendations aimed at ending the current stand-off over enterprise agreements, including a $7,000 travel allowance for workers and extra pay when planes to take them home are late.
abc.net.au/news/fwc-proposal-chevron-offshore-alliance-pay-dispute-pilbara-lng/102884606The Fair Work Commission has made recommendations help resolve an ongoing pay dispute between Chevron and unions at two of the world's largest gas projects in the Pilbara.
"In my view, the parties are close to achieving their desired outcome of registered enterprise agreements to cover the wages and employment conditions," he wrote. Commissioner Riordan recommended that where flight delays could be attributed to Chevron, it should make payments to impacted staff.
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