In Episode 24, Stuart invites Tim Nagle back to discuss the topic of Transition to Retirement. This is a feature of the agreements, because a lot of employers are using Transition to Retirement clauses as a way of retaining employees within the sector. In the last EBA round, provisions were placed in the agreement to help others benefit from the practices that some employers were using. The purpose of the provision is to remove the disincentive for people to transition to retirement – eg. Long service leave paid out at the contracted hours at the time. This means that if a Full Time employees had been working in the workplace for a long time, but are now unable to continue at a Full Time rate, then they are left with the difficult situation where this may disadvantage them. This provision is to support a more flexible use of this clause and to remove such impediments.

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