Last week we attended AMP’s Annual General Meeting, where we put some tough questions to CEO Alexis George about AMP’s contract debacle, and told shareholders how she’s exposing them to an unacceptable level of risk.
In case you missed it, AMP shocked everyone recently by asking workers to sign one of the worst individual employment contracts our union has ever seen.
It highlighted why AMP workers need the guarantees and protections that come with a collective enterprise agreement – to ensure AMP can never pull a stunt like this again.
Are you in?
Yes, I want to be protected by an Enterprise Agreement
AMP’s individual employment contracts are the worst our union has ever seen. They include:
- invasive surveillance and medical privacy clauses.
- a clause that allows AMP to request a medical examination by a practitioner of AMP’s choice.
- a clause that tries to circumvent workers’ right to disconnect if they earn a certain salary.
- annualised salaries that absorb overtime, penalty rates, loadings and superannuation.
While AMP has since confirmed they will not use surveillance and monitoring on employees in their homes (though only because of intense public and media backlash), the contracts still stand –and they highlight why AMP employees need the protection of one collective agreement now more than ever.
For years we’ve been calling on AMP to negotiate an Enterprise Agreement with us. Now it’s up to all of us to force them to the table.