Some time back Australia Post unilaterally determined that new employees in eLetters would be employed in accordance with the Sprintpak classification levels rather than the Mail Officer classification that had previously been applied to eLetter employees. It goes without saying that the rate of pay in the Sprintpak classification level 1 is lower than the Mail Officer rate. However under the Sprintpak classification an employee who is classified at level 1 and is required to drive and operate a fork lift truck for a day or part of a day must be paid an allowance. Further, an employee classified in Level 1 who is required to adjust machinery on any day must also be paid an allowance.
Now Australia Post’s eLetters management has unilaterally decided not to pay the allowance relating to machinery adjustment. Why not, you might ask? Good question and one the CEPU has put to eLetter’s management who have dragged their feet on the issue, promising a response last week, have not responded to date.
It would seem that eLetter’s management is still seeking a determination from the Post lawyers on what constitutes engagement with machinery for their own convenience but as far as the CEPU is concerned the words in the Sprintak Division Agreement and the Fair Work Agreement and their intent in relation to the payment of allowances are clear and we will not tolerate attempts to rewrite these Agreements.
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