The Offshore Alliance has condemned oil and gas contractor Legeneering over the shoddy treatment of two workers, one of whom contracted COVID on a Woodside floating production storage and offloading facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two members of the Offshore Alliance who work for contractor Legeneering were recently removed from Woodside\u2019s Ngujima Yin FPSO after one tested positive for COVID and the other was deemed a close contact. Both had tested negative prior to mobilising to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Offshore Alliance, a partnership between the AWU (Australian Workers’ Union) and the MUA (Maritime Union of Australia), covers all workers in the offshore oil and gas industry in Western Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brad Gandy, AWU WA branch secretary and Offshore Alliance spokesman, said Legeneering had taken both workers off shift at the start of a three-week pay cycle and ordered them into quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The close-contact worker was paid a single payment equivalent to 7.6 hours of work and sent to a company camp without subsequent pay. The worker who contracted COVID at work was paid nothing, put in a Woodside-owned house and told to live on a $50 a day allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis flies in the face of the idea of common decency for workers. This is a serious workplace health issue,\u201d Mr Gandy said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLegeneering claims its key core value is \u2018integrity’, but what kind of integrity is shown by refusing to pay workers who have come into contact with COVID-19 at the workplace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo add insult to injury, Legeneering is paying a miserly $50 a day per diem for food while the employee is in isolation. That\u2019s just not enough to live on, particularly without any income and in an expensive place such as Karatha.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Gandy said Legeneering employed over 100 workers but claimed it couldn\u2019t afford to pay employees who become ill after contracting an illness at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur member wasn\u2019t COVID positive when he mobilised on the chopper, but he has subsequently become positive once on the FPSO. In the circumstances it is untenable that Legeneering is refusing to pay his wages,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s wage theft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLegeneering\u2019s bosses say they are simply following the direction of their client, Woodside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf this is correct, Woodside management is out of control and massively out of touch with their oil and gas workforce \u2013 including the contractor crews helping generate Woodside\u2019s super-profits during the global energy crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time companies such as Legeneering stopped trying to convince workers and the union that their hands are tied when it comes to looking after their workers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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