Travel

Your ASU wrote to Flight Centre (FCTG) about placing untenable conditions on your entitlement to a redundancy.A copy of our letter to Victoria Harris is attached to this Bulletin. ASU may dispute Flight Centre’s approach Flight Centre have not responded to our letter (copy attached). Instead, the Company wrote to…

Your ASU arranged a meeting with company HR representative Victoria Harris. We wanted to give the group every opportunity to explain their worrying change process to a new store structure. Victoria Harris has confirmed the following details about their Expression Of Interest (EOI) process to fill the following estimates of…

You will have been called to attend a briefing from the Company yesterday to hear their announcement. We know that you may be concerned about this announcement, but we want to assure you that your union is with you throughout this process. A large number of Flight Centre employees have…

On 7 April 2020, the ASU met with Helloworld Group management to discuss the temporary work offer. Following the meeting, we wrote to them to explain the ASU’s position in detail. There are very serious problems with the contracts. They do not protect your accrued entitlements or your normal job.…

Alternative Offers of Work On 2 April 2020, many employees received an offer to work for the Helloworld as a call centre representative. For many employees the offer of work will be very welcome, but there are risks when you sign a new contract of employment. Employees have been asked…

On 24 March 2020 the Helloworld group stood down over 1,200 staff for 8 weeks and has not allowed anyone to access more than 2 weeks leave of any type during this time even if you have more accumulated annual leave or long service leave that could be used and…

Today the ASU has written to Helloworld group General Manager Human Resources Alex Trifonidis demanding fair and flexible access to paid annual leave for employees affected by the stand down. Mr Alex TrifonidisGeneral Manager Human ResourcesHelloworld Travel Limited EMAIL Dear Mr Trifonidis  Re: Notification of dispute pursuant to s 526…

Today the Flight Centre Travel Group has notified staff by letter that they will progressively stand down many many people. This decision is subject to feedback from staff and may change should responses to the COVID-19 outbreak continue to escalate. In conversations with the ASU, HR Manager for the Group…

ASU members have contacted us about media reports that Flight Centre will be closing 100 stores Australia wide. The ASU has commenced some discussions with key Human Resources team members about the Company’s consultation obligations. We have also has sought to meet with Company decision makers and for those meetings…

The ASU is receiving further reports about misinformation and claims from staff about the Agreement process being complete. This is not the case. When we last updated you in April, we confirmed that technically the Agreement is not in operation and is still awaiting approval by the Fair Work Commission…