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11/12/2008 12:58 pm
A call centre company's efforts to find new jobs for 56 redundant employees did not mean it could avoid paying them severance pay, the Federal Court has found. ...
08/12/2008 08:25 am
ANZ has announced it will cut 800 jobs before the end of this year. The cuts will take place over the next few weeks. The cuts are likely to come from the bank’s middle management while branch and call centre jobs are expected to be safe. In November the Financial Services Union said as many as 3, ...
06/12/2008 07:56 am
Most of the jobs are expected to go in the next few weeks and are likely to come from the bank's middle management. Branch and call centre jobs are expected to be safe. Mr Smith told staff that ... ...
25/11/2008 04:23 pm
Telstra today confirmed it would shift the jobs of 101 Sydney and Melbourne call centre workers dealing with large corporate customers to facilities in Brisbane and Perth. ...
17/11/2008 11:00 am
The FSU is very concerned about the media speculation in the last two months, culminating in a front page story on Friday, about potential job losses at ANZ. As reported to members previously, the FSU has been meeting with ANZ regularly to be provided with information about the progression of the On ...
17/11/2008 11:00 am
Latest News Weekly briefings with Bankwest Management continue. FSU has made a submission to the ACCC raising concerns about the impact of the sale on competition in the industry. We have requested an urgent meeting with the Commonwealth Bank to discuss:   Retention of the Bankwest Enterprise Agre ...
17/11/2008 11:00 am
State Member for Shepparton, Jeanette Powell, has called on the Premier to give whatever support is needed to the Excelior call centre in Shepparton to enable the creation of the 400 jobs promised by the government back in October 2006. ...
15/11/2008 12:00 am
THE boom is over. Up to half of the employees at the Trading Post call centre in Brisbane's West End may lose their jobs a union official said. ...
14/11/2008 03:48 pm
Asia-Pacific telco PacNet (formerly Pacific Internet) today confirmed it would shift some local call centre operations to Malaysia, in a move that will affect the jobs of 22 Australian staff. ...
12/11/2008 02:33 pm
TELSTRA ?s troubled customer management platform Siebel is causing call centre staff to miss their sales targets and union officials are concerned that this could force hundreds of jobs offshore.Call ... ...
12/11/2008 02:20 pm
A NEW system at Telstra is causing call centre staff to miss their sales targets and there's concern 500 people could lose their jobs. ...
05/11/2008 03:00 pm
The Minister for the Illawarra, David Campbell, has called for an assurance that local jobs will be quarantined, if a local government owned call centre is sold off. ...
04/11/2008 10:34 am
PROTECTING about 600 jobs at the Wollongong call centre of superannuation administration business Pillar will be central to any deal if a proposed sell-off of the state-owned business goes ahead. ...
30/10/2008 11:00 am
The Rudd Government today signed the Australian Employment Covenant. Andrew Forrest and his steering committee are encouraging Australian employers to join with Australian Government and Indigenous Leaders in addressing Indigenous unemployment with real jobs. At today's launch, the Prime Ministe ...
13/10/2008 11:00 am
If you hold shares in St George we need your support. The FSU is opposing the proposed takeover of St George by Westpac in a fight for jobs, conditions and the future of Australia’s banking industry. It’s time to make your shareholder vote count and to maintain an independent St George and Bank ...
11/10/2008 10:14 am
BENDIGO could lose up to 50 jobs as Bendigo and Adelaide Bank dismantles its call centre in the city and transfers it to bases at Ipswich and Adelaide. ...
09/10/2008 11:59 pm
MORE than 500 Telstra call centre jobs, including at least 200 in Melbourne, are to be transferred to the Philippines.TeleTech, the United States outsourcing firm that employs the workers ... ...
08/10/2008 01:25 am
30 UK jobs created after Delhi call centre is closed ...
05/10/2008 12:24 pm
Hundreds of Telstra call centre jobs are set to move offshore, possibly to the Philippines, after the company awarded a big contract to a US outsourcing firm.Sources confirmed that the contract ... ...
04/10/2008 04:20 am
Sources confirm telco will cut jobs, paper says. 4 Oct 2008 4:20 AM ...
04/10/2008 12:03 am
HUNDREDS of Telstra call centre jobs are set to move offshore, possibly to the Philippines, after the company awarded a big contract to a US outsourcing firm.Sources confirmed that the contract ... ...
11/08/2008 10:00 am
Westpac has announced that another 55 jobs have been earmarked to go to India. Branch Enquiry Line jobs are included in the 55 jobs under review meaning Westpac employees may have to call Genpact, India to help customers. The jobs under review at the Concord Operational Centre are from teams respons ...
10/08/2008 10:55 am
The Tasmanian Greens today released a letter they have written to the Premier, David Bartlett, in which they reiterated their request for the release of the terms of reference for the feasibility study promised by Labor following the closure of Gunns’ ex-Auspine mill at Scottsdale, saying that giv ...
18/07/2008 07:32 pm
London call centre to shut as part of cutbacks ...
18/07/2008 04:15 pm
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Bartlett State government to release the terms of reference for his promised study into a community mill and training centre for Scottsdale and urged the Premier to maintain faith in the Scottsdale community who are waiting for action. Greens Shadow Plantatio ...
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