Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editors: Peter Schwab/Helen Jones. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Labor would remove red tape for small business over super and PPL
The Federal Government has proposed to reduce business red tape by extending access to its superannuation clearing house and excluding small businesses from administering the govt's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme. The govt's free online clearing house was set up in 2010 for businesses with less than 20 employees and helps administer and distribut...
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Veteran activist walks free from contempt hearing
Veteran union activist Bob Carnegie has been cleared of contempt of court for allegedly breaching an injunctive order banning him from taking part in industrial action at the Queensland Children's Hospital (QCH) building site. The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) found the original order was defective. Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd's FCC application clai...
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CFMEU refuses to rule out action over Barrow Island bunk beds
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has refused to rule out industrial action over an alleged shortage of beds for fly-in, fly-out construction workers at Chevron's Barrow Island, Western Australia, oil and gas field site. Workers aired their grievances in a protest march at the site on Sunday (August 18). CFMEU WA construction an...
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CFMEU hit hard over coercion campaign
WFD: The Federal Court has ordered the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Communication Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) to pay almost $120,000 for their "calculated and co-ordinated" campaign against Watpac Construction (Queensland) Pty Ltd. In her decision, Justice Berna Collier said a penalty against the CFMEU of almost fi...
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Coalition flags FWO immunity for small biz worker underpayments
WFD: The federal Coalition's small business policy has flagged potential immunity for employers who unintentionally breach workplace laws by paying workers incorrectly. The 23-point policy released on Monday (August 19) includes - under the title 'providing help to small business workplaces' - what appears to be a directive to the Fair Work Ombudsm...
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No case for 'catch-up' increases for labour's 'lost share': Parham
WFD: The mining sector was entirely responsible for labour's falling share of income in the 2000s and there is no case for "catch-up" wage rises, a productivity economist has argued ahead of new research into the subject. Speaking at the Fair Work Commission's IR lecture series on Friday (August 16), Dean Parham expanded on his soon-to-be-published...
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Fed Court throws out adverse action claims about wearing union T-shirt
WFD: The Federal Court has found the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) did not take adverse action against its HR director's executive assistant (EA) for wearing a union T-shirt during a period of protected industrial action. Despite the union listing T-shirts as a ban on its protection action ballot, Justice Iain Ross found such...
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Coalition reveals its PPL scheme would start July 2015 if elected
WFD: The Coalition has announced the details of its paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, although it would not be available to mothers until July 1, 2015. Speaking in Melbourne on Sunday (August 18), Opposition leader Tony Abbott said, if the Coalition was elected on September 7, mothers would get six months' pay plus superannuation contributions at t...
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Holden three-year wage freeze deal ready for FWC approval
WFD: Holden has confirmed it will submit an enterprise agreement variation application to the Fair Work Commission, paving the way for a three-year wage freeze for more than 1,600 workers at its Elizabeth plant in South Australia. About 500 Holden workers in Victoria voted yes for the variation in a secret ballot late last week, although the variat...
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Jetstar to reinstate attendant spooked by 'bomb' device on plane
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has ordered Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd to reinstate a flight attendant it sacked for being unfit for work following psychological injuries she suffered after finding a bomb-like device on a flight. The tribunal heard evidence Monique Neeteson-Lemkes was a union delegate and had given evidence against Jetstar in a 2011 Sen...
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CFMEU refuses to rule out action over Barrow Island bunk beds
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has refused to rule out industrial action over an alleged shortage of beds for fly-in, fly-out construction workers at Chevron's Barrow Island, Western Australia, oil and gas field site. Workers aired their grievances in a protest march at the site on Sunday (August 18). On Thursday (August...
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Labor would remove red tape for small business over super and PPL
WFD: The Federal Government has proposed to reduce business red tape by extending access to its superannuation clearing house and excluding small businesses from administering the govt's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme. The govt's free online clearing house was set up in 2010 for businesses with fewer than 20 employees and helps administer and dis...
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Veteran activist walks free from contempt hearing
WFD : Veteran union activist Bob Carnegie has been cleared of contempt of court for allegedly breaching an injunctive order banning him from taking part in industrial action at the Queensland Children's Hospital (QCH) building site. The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) found the original order was defective. Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd's FCC applicatio...
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Gostencnik could be out of a job under a Coalition govt
WFD: The Coalition has confirmed it will remove the new Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate (FWBII) director from his position if it is elected and will reinstate the Australia Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). FWBII director Val Gostencnik, who was appointed to the role last month, would then have to reapply for his position in the...
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McMahon elected SPSF president to join Batt in historic double act
Public Service Association (PSA) South Australia branch general secretary Jan McMahon has been elected State Public Services Federation (SPSF) group federal president of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU). SPSF, part of the CPSU, mainly represents state government workers. McMahon replaces former NSW secretary John Cahill. Earlier this ye...
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MUA hails new international law protecting seafarers' conditions
WFD: The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said the international Maritime Labour Convention ( MLC ) 2006, which took effect on Tuesday (August 20), was a "significant leap forward in the global trade union campaign to improve the labour rights and labour standards of seafarers". More than 40 countries, including Australia, have signed up for the M...
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Diary
Foenander Lecture 2013: September 11, 6.30pm, Basement Theatre, The Spot ,198 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Melbourne. Hosted by the University of Melbourne's Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law. The 2013 Lecture is titled ‘Overworked and underpaid? The new realities of the labour market' and will be presented by Professor Sue Richards...
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Kearney goes on offensive against Fiji Govt military strike-busters
ACTU president Ged Kearney has called on the Fiji Government to immediately withdraw soldiers dispatched to put down industrial action at one of the country's major sugar mills. Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union (FSGWU) secretary Felix Anthony, who keeps in regular contact with Kearney on Fiji's troubled IR landscape ( WF17823 ) , alleged the mi...
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editors: Helen Jones, Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718815. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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