Icon Water has rejected claims it appears to be making people redundant based on their age. The utility company was in the process of making 10 jobs redundant as part of a larger restructure that will see up to 50 positions culled. The company has extended the redundancy consultation process which will mean staff will not exit the organisation until the first week of February. The Professionals Australia union’s ACT director David Smith said Icon Water had not outlined which other organisations it had benchmarked itself against to inform the restructure. He had asked Chief Minister Andrew Barr to intervene on behalf of the ACT community to find out how services will be affected by the trimming of the workforce.
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