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$50k unfair dismissal payout stayed as duty of loyalty appeal looms

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A Sydney engineering firm has won a stay order on paying $50,000 to an employee it sacked unfairly pending an appeal. Senior Deputy President Ian Watson said SDP Jonathan Hamberger erred in his December 2011 decision to award six months' lost earnings to long-standing DesignInc employee Ming-Yang Xu as the SDP had not factored in five weeks' paymen...

FWA's first group insurance scheme determination

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In what is believed to be the first time an industrial tribunal has arbitrated on group income insurance, Fair Work Australia has directed Victoria's Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) to set up a group insurance scheme which will pay firefighters 75% of income for up to 52 weeks for non work-related injuries and illness. The sign...

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalist: Steven Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.

Unions call for urgent govt intervention to save dollar-hit jobs

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Unions have drawn a line in the sand over job losses brought on by the high Aussie dollar, demanding car-industry style government relief to ease the pressure on other struggling businesses. In yet another blow to employment following job cuts at Holden and Toyota, Alcoa announced yesterday (February 8) it would "review the viability" of its Point ...

Striking Port Kembla workers return to negotiation table

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BHP Billiton and 100 striking workers at its Port Kembla coal terminal were meeting at press time in an attempt to end their impasse over terms in a new workplace agreement. Workers returned to work on Wednesday after a week-long stoppage in support of pay and job security demands, only to stop work for a further 48 hours this morning (February 9)....

High Court to determine whether it will hear Rio's Pilbara appeal

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The High Court will tomorrow (February 10) hear applications for special leave to appeal two important industrial relations decisions. In the first, Rio Tinto is appealing a Federal Court Full Court decision which invalidated a non-union workplace agreement for 10 workers at its Pilbara mining operations ( WF17845 ) . The decision was hailed as a v...

Cash flow problems not valid reason for underpaying staff: FMC

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A federal magistrate has issued a strong warning to cash-strapped companies not to use their financial difficulties to evade paying workers, imposing a $78,000 fine on a business and its owner for not complying with workplace laws. The Federal Magistrates Court heard Sebastian Boi employed four graphic designers at Melbourne-based Promoting U Pty L...

Cash flow problems not valid reason for underpaying staff: FMC

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WFD: A federal magistrate has issued a strong warning to cash-strapped companies not to use their financial difficulties to not pay workers, imposing a $78,000 fine on a business and its owner for not complying with workplace laws. The Federal Magistrates Court heard Sebastian Boi employed four graphic designers at Melbourne-based Promoting U Pty L...

$50k unfair dismissal payout stayed as duty of loyalty appeal looms

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WFD: A Sydney engineering firm has won a stay order on paying $50,000 to an employee it sacked unfairly pending an appeal. Senior Deputy President Ian Watson said SDP Jonathan Hamberger erred in his December 2011 decision to award six months' lost earnings to long-standing DesignInc employee Ming-Yang Xu as the SDP had not factored in five weeks' p...

IR specialist 'not a good cultural fit', loses adverse action claim

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WFD: An industrial relations specialist who claimed he had been sacked for complaining about being bullied has lost his adverse action claim. The Federal Magistrates Court (FMC) found Airservices Australia had dismissed Geoffrey Stevenson because he was 'not a good cultural fit' for the company and had failed to establish good working relationships...

Bowen Basin strike imminent

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WFD: BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) seven Bowen Basin coal mines could be hit with strike action in the next fortnight after Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) members overwhelmingly knocked back the Alliance's 5% pay rise offer last Friday (February 3) saying it did not offset conditions the deal would strip away ( WF18075...

SDP Kaufman fends off bias claim in Schweppes dispute

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FWA Senior Deputy President Les Kaufman has dismissed union claims of bias over his decision to bring a Schweppes Melbourne factory's two-month lock-out to a head. SDP Kaufman listed the matter himself in a personal motion after receiving two anonymous letters from Schweppes workers. Late last year Schweppes lost an application for FWA to terminate...

High Court to determine whether it will hear Rio's Pilbara appeal

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WFD: The High Court today began hearing applications for special leave to appeal two important industrial relations decisions. In the first, Rio Tinto is appealing a Federal Court Full Court decision which invalidated a non-union workplace agreement for 10 workers at its Pilbara mining operations ( WF17845 ) . The decision was hailed as a victory f...

Unions call for urgent govt intervention to save dollar-hit jobs

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WFD: Unions have drawn a line in the sand over job losses brought on by the high Aussie dollar, demanding car-industry style government relief to ease the pressure on other struggling businesses. In yet another blow to employment following job cuts at Holden and Toyota, Alcoa announced Wednesday (February 8) it would "review the viability" of its P...

Bowen Basin miners seven-day strike

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More than 3,500 miners will go on strike for seven days starting next Wednesday at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) seven Bowen Basin coal mines, the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has confirmed. The unions representing the workers - the single bargaining unit comprising of the CFMEU, Australian Manufacturing Workers Unio...

FWA's first group insurance scheme determination

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WFD: In what is believed to be the first time an industrial tribunal has arbitrated on group income insurance, Fair Work Australia has directed Victoria's Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) to set up a group insurance scheme. It will pay firefighters 75% of their income for up to 52 weeks for non work-related injuries and illness....

SDP Harrison new Pres of Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal

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The Governor-General has appointed Senior Deputy President Anne Harrison president of the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT). The part-time, five-year appointment is with immediate effect. SDP Harrison replaces Patricia Leary who was appointed in 2008 when a Deputy President of FWA's predecessor, the Australian Industrial Relations Commissi...

Suncorp sends more jobs offshore

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WFD: Suncorp's decision to send a further 65 jobs offshore was "bad news" for the future of the Australian insurance workforce, Finance Sector Union national secretary Leon Carter said this week (February 9). Carter claimed Suncorp's offshoring program was "gaining pace", with the 65 jobs to go to India in 2012 coming a fortnight after the company ...

ABCC abolition nears

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Passions ran high and motives roundly questioned as debate on the bill to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) resumed in Federal Parliament this week (February 9) (see Hansard ) . Liberal MP Jamie Briggs led the Coalition's campaign against the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fa...

SDP Acton firms in the running

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The word trackside is Senior Deputy President Jennifer Acton has shortened into favouritism to replace Fair Work Australia President Justice Geoffrey Giudice, who takes early retirement at month's end. Vic County Court (and ex-AIRC Vice President) Judge Iain Ross sits a close second. It appears the two have opened a gap on the field, including Fede...
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