EA2 - Update 9
Wednesday 21st December, 2011
1. AFP’s first Enterprise Agreement Offer rejected by AFP employees:
- 3.0% 1 July 2011
- 3.5% 1 July 2012
- 4.0% 1 July 2013
- 4.0% 1 July 2014
-Agreement nominally expires 30 June 2015
2. AFP’s current Enterprise Agreement Offer:
- 3.0% on commencement (potentially February 2012)
- 3.5% first anniversary of commencement (potentially February 2013)
- 3.5% second anniversary of commencement (potentially February 2014)
- 3.5% third anniversary of commencement (potentially February 2015)
- Agreement nominally expires 30 June 2016
3. CPSU’s Counter Offer for current Enterprise Agreement:
- 4.0% on commencement (potentially February 2012) - 2.5% July 2012
- 3.5% July 2013
- 3.5% July 2014
- Agreement nominally expires June 2015
4. AFPA’s Counter Offer for current Enterprise Agreement:
- 3.0% on commencement (potentially February 2012) - 3.5% July 2012
- 4.0% July 2013
- 4.0% July 2014
- Agreement nominally expires June 2015
During EA negotiations last week the AFP put forward a pay rise offer which was rejected by the AFPA as being inadequate (see 2 above). The CPSU put forward a counter offer to the AFP (see 3 above).
During EA negotiations yesterday, the parties considered a partially drafted EA document for the first time. A number of positive changes were made by the AFP after considering the views of the AFPA and other bargainers during yesterday’s negotiations.
As a result of significant positive changes being accepted by the AFP, the AFPA advised the AFP that, pending the AFPA and the AFP agreeing on the final terms and conditions of the draft EA document, the AFPA National Council approved counter offer is the original quantum negotiated between the AFPA and the AFP of 3%, 3.5%, 4%, and 4% (see 1 & 4 above).
The AFP is now conducting costings on the CPSU and the AFPA counter offers, taking into account the impact of the new budget cuts to the AFP.
As you are now aware, the AFP budget must be adjusted to cater for:
- An increase in the efficiency dividend by an additional 2.5% for 2012-13, in addition to the existing 1.5% efficiency dividend (for the AFP, a cut of approximately $25M next financial year)
- Reductions in AFP capital funding over three years.
These budget cuts will put significant pressure on all parts of the AFP’s budget, including the annual pay increases that can be negotiated as part of the EA bargaining process. The dire financial situation of the AFP may lead to negotiations breaking down with no agreement being reached in relation to annual pay increases – nothing is certain in this current budgetary environment.
The AFPA stands by our ongoing negotiation position that until the bargaining on the terms and conditions are complete, we are not in a position to finalise our negotiations on the annual pay increases.
We will keep members informed as these difficult negotiations proceed.
Jon Hunt-Sharman
National President
Australian Federal Police Association