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Shorter work week to delay Australia’s AWD build schedule PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 February 2010 03:43

Sources from the Australian Defence Force have voiced their concern regarding Fair Work Australia’s approval of a 36-hour work week for transfield workers in Adelaide’s air warfare destroyer project.  

Transfield workers won the right to a shorter work week, reducing their work hours from 38 hours per week to 36 hours.

The Adelaide-based, government-owned ASC (formerly Australian Submarine Corporation) is part of the building team in the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance (AWDA), which is building three 6,250-tonne warships for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

A defence source told the Australian Financial Review that there were concerns because the warship project was costed on the basis of a 38-hour work week.

“The last thing the air warfare destroyer project needs is to see the work practice afflicting ASC’s submarine maintenance transferrer to the warship project,” the source said.

“If the Adelaide shipyard were to run a 36-hour week, it will go straight to the bottom line of the project and could mean up to a year’s delay over the life of the project.”

The first vessel is scheduled for delivery in 2014.