Otis Elevator Company Pty Ltd
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1241 · result published 19 Aug 2025
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Eligible voters55employees on the voter roll
Turnout–see the notice
Voted yes94–96%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 18 Sept 2025
Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.
What workers voted on
27 actions were put to the vote: 1 stoppage, 1 overtime ban, 25 work bans. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Indefinite and/or periodic stoppages on the performance of all work49296%✔ passed
2. Ban on overtime49296%✔ passed
3. Ban on call backs49296%✔ passed
4. Ban on the use of pens, pencils, texters and crayons49296%✔ passed
5. Ban on all lifting equipment48394%✔ passed
6. Ban on the use of cordless tools48394%✔ passed
7. Ban on the use of 10mm, 13mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, 19mm, 21mm and 24mm spanners and sockets48394%✔ passed
8. Ban on the use of the retriever app49296%✔ passed
9. Ban on all deliveries49296%✔ passed
10. Ban on building sites, including Multiplex, Hutchinsons, Hickory, Hacer, Built, L U Simons, icon, Kane Constructions, Watpac, Mirvac, Lendlease, Hamilton Marino Kapitol group, Crema and Maxcon49296%✔ passed
11. Ban on the use of Axonify app49296%✔ passed
12. Ban on call outs and servicing at Realto site49296%✔ passed
13. Ban on call outs and servicing at Aurora site49296%✔ passed
14. Ban on call outs and servicing at Collins Place site49296%✔ passed
15. Ban on call outs and servicing at 35, 55, 101 and 120 Collins Street Melbourne49296%✔ passed
16. Ban on all energisation procedures49296%✔ passed
17. Ban on call outs and servicing at QV49296%✔ passed
18. Ban on call outs and servicing at 600 Bourke Street Melbourne49296%✔ passed
19. Ban on the installation of cables that are not supplied on a drum49296%✔ passed
20. Ban on the moving of test weights49296%✔ passed
21. Ban on the use of the Otis test tool49296%✔ passed
22. Ban on fault finding on all equipment49296%✔ passed
23. Ban on all call outs, excluding hospitals and aged care homes, for trapped passengers49296%✔ passed
24. Ban on working night shift48394%✔ passed
25. Ban on lifting filler weights49296%✔ passed
26. Ban on the installation and altering of all scaffolds49296%✔ passed
27. Ban on daily prestart checks on all man riding hoists49296%✔ passed
The wording above is shortened from the notice's questions: introductory phrases are removed, and the action, what's affected, how long and any exclusions are kept. A question passes if more than half of the valid votes were yes.