Otis Elevator Company Pty Ltd
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1237 · result published 21 Aug 2025
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Eligible voters107employees on the voter roll
Turnout84%90 of 107 voted
Voted yes89–98%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 20 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 work85594%✔ passed
2. Ban on overtime84693%✔ passed
3. Ban on call backs83693%✔ passed
4. Ban on the use of pens, pencils, texters and crayons781089%✔ passed
5. Ban on using all lifting equipment84495%✔ passed
6. Ban on the use of cordless tools83594%✔ passed
7. Ban on the use of 10mm, 13mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, 19mm, 21mm and 24mm spanners and sockets82594%✔ passed
8. Ban on the use of the retriever app85298%✔ passed
9. Ban on making or accepting all deliveries83495%✔ passed
10. Ban on working on building sites,83397%✔ passed
11. Ban on the use of Axonify app84298%✔ passed
12. Ban on call outs and servicing at the Realto site83397%✔ passed
13. Ban on call outs and servicing at the Aurora site83397%✔ passed
14. Ban on call outs and servicing at the Collins Place site83397%✔ passed
15. Ban on call outs and servicing at 35, 55, 101 and 120 Collins Street Melbourne83397%✔ passed
16. Ban on all energisation procedures84298%✔ passed
17. Ban on call outs and servicing at QV83397%✔ passed
18. Ban on call outs and servicing at 600 Bourke Street Melbourne83397%✔ passed
19. Ban on the installation of cables that are not supplied on a drum83397%✔ passed
20. Ban on the moving of test weights82495%✔ passed
21. Ban on the use of the Otis test tool81594%✔ passed
22. Ban on fault finding on all equipment81594%✔ passed
23. Ban on all call outs, excluding hospitals and aged care homes, for trapped passengers80693%✔ passed
24. Ban on working night shift83397%✔ passed
25. Ban on lifting filler weights84298%✔ passed
26. Ban on the installation and altering of all scaffolds83397%✔ passed
27. Ban on daily prestart checks on all man riding hoists84298%✔ 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. † Read from chart images in the FWC notice, so check the notice for the official figures.