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Our union was recently back in the Fair Work Commission for our dispute with BOQ around recent job cuts and offshoring to CapGemini.

Specifically, our dispute calls into question the interpretation of redundancy under the BOQ Enterprise Agreement and whether the roles that are being displaced by CapGemini are in fact redundant.

Ultimately, our goal is to ensure the ongoing job security of our members. We have been calling on BOQ to take additional steps to protect and support permanent employees. This comes as BOQ last week announced its intention to offshore a further seven roles from Group Technology.

Following various hearings in the commission and discussions during Enterprise Agreement negotiations, BOQ tabled what it said was its final position.

Unfortunately, the position that was tabled is unacceptable.

Therefore, the Commissioner has set an arbitration date for 23 April. This means the Commissioner will determine whether the BOQ Enterprise Agreement allows for BOQ to displace workers and offshore work to CapGemini in the way it has.

Since the hearing, a further meeting has been requested by BOQ to discuss further. Unless BOQ changes its position, we will progress with this arbitration.

Negotiations continue

Meanwhile, we are continuing negotiations for our new Enterprise Agreement, which will determine our pay and working conditions for the next few years, including our job security.

If you haven’t done so already, please support our campaign so that BOQ understands we expect a fair Agreement and genuine safeguards around our job security.