Employees “Better Off” On Half Award Pay Says Fair Work

During my senate estimates questioning of Murray Furlong from the Fair Work Commission, I was told that it's a requirement under a Fair Work Enterprise Agreement that employees must be better off overall with terms that are more beneficial than the award rate.

Surely anyone can see $66,000 is not better off than $137,000? The award rate is more than double what the enterprise agreement rate was. No amount of paperwork and reference to laws can change that fact. The process of approving this enterprise agreement was flawed and illegal must be fixed.

Mr Furlong was not able to show that the Deputy Commissioner had sighted the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) for the 2015 EA before approval and I read out a letter from the FWC that indicated that the BOOT was not attached to the file and therefore was not done.

Simon Turner's claims must be fulfilled.

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