An intercontinental mineral producer delivered on its promise to increase employee remuneration.
South32 recently revised employment contracts at its Appin Coal Mine, about 36km northwest of Wollongong. It follows months of five- to six-hour work stoppages between 24 and 31 August 2022 under the Fair Work Act.
“Workforce disruptions ahead of the successful negotiation of the new enterprise agreement at Appin resulted in reduced labour productivity during the September 2022 quarter. Following the end of the quarter, we finalised the new enterprise agreement at Appin, with a term of four years to 2026,” the company said in its latest quarterly report.
AMR previously reported multiple unions had negotiated wage increases of 7.5 per cent, 6.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent each year until late 2024. These pay rises apply to operators, production technicians and artisans hired after 1 January 2020.
“We finalised new industrial agreements at our Appin mine at Illawarra Metallurgical Coal and Hillside Aluminium, subsequent to the end of the quarter,” the company said.
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