The university wants to restructure professional service functions – the union wants more information sooner rather than later

Management wants to restructure admin units in the business and law faculty and create a university-wide finance unit, to replace existing decentralised functions.

While individual roles are not yet on the agenda and the structures are still out for consultation, CMM hears the National Tertiary Education Union has gone to the Fair Work Commission asking that the university provide it with position descriptions.

Word is that 100 plus roles in business and law may be involved and while there are not expected to be overall headcount cuts there will be some spilling and filling from old to new positions. Around 140 roles are involved in the planned finance consolidation, with 30 to transfer and the rest of the positions to be made redundant, with people able to express interest in the same number of new jobs.

FWC Deputy President Gostencnik has reserved his decision