Life_goes_on wrote on Oct 29
th, 2010 at 2:55pm:
Quote:While that is an obvious solution it still remains that the employer in taking this action is clearly in breach of industrial law.
It is truley amazing how many employer / managers have not got a clue.
If the OP isn't stretching the truth or missing some important details, then why didn't the union delegate object to and appeal the reprimand?
If he broke no rules then the reprimand would have been withdrawn.
I think it's because the delegate IS in the wrong, and knows it..
"An ATO spokesman said its Employee Consultative Representative Framework disallowed union delegates from sending "unsolicited emails to ATO employees who are not union members or who have not notified the union they want to receive material from them".
"If an ATO employee is not complying with any policy whatever it covers, or has indicated they do not intend to comply with any policy, we will issue them with a direction to follow the policy.
"If they still contravene our policy after they have specifically been directed not to, we can take conduct action.""
He sent the message to NON Union members too, which is against the ATO rules...
And the union delegate isn't facing the sack...he received a warning not to send emails to non union members, unless they've asked him to..