Big Blue has settled its potential big blunder over outsourcing sackings after being forced into a hearing of the Industrial Relations Commission. Workers were given no warning and staff based at St Leonards in Sydney were told only 16 jobs were available - however, this would mean relocating to Clayton, Victoria and decisions had to be made within a fortnight. Staff picketed IBM's Sydney headquarters during the dispute.
Workers now have three options - redundancy, redeployment or relocation.
However, exactly how many jobs and what they would be under the redeployment option still isn't clear, according to Carey. Those who choose redeployment will have the option of being made redundant if they're not happy with the move within 12 weeks, the CPSU said. Workers in Sydney now have until May 3 to decide whether to relocate. Although the outcome of the 64 workers has been settled, the union says IBM-GSA is still stalling enterprise agreement negotiations. Us Copyright 1999-2001 ZDNet Asia .