The federal Coalition has said it will scrap the government's plans to deliver pay rises to aged-care workers on the condition their employers sign up to an enterprise agreement. At the third leaders' debate yesterday, Opposition leader Tony Abbott said he supported Labor's aged-care improvements “in broad terms”. However, he said the C...
Coalition to remove EA requirement for aged care pay rises
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Alcoa defends decision to seek licence for foreign-flagged vessel
Alcoa has defended its decision to seek a temporary licence to employ a foreign-flagged vessel on its Port Henry smelter route, claiming “no other alternative” was available. The foreign-flagged vessel would provide a “temporary” replacement for Aloca's ageing bulk carrier MV Lindesay Clark , a company spokesperson this morn...
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Ford stands by claims the FBT partly to blame for stand downs
Ford Australia has stood by its claims the Federal Government's fringe benefits tax (FBT) policy is partly to blame for a “doubling” in the number of planned stand-down days at the company's manufacturing plants in August and September. Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) vehicle division national secretary Dave Smith this wee...
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Apology, correction
Monday's (August 26) Workforce Daily article 'Secret recording can be ground for sacking' wrongly attributed the decision to Fair Work Commission Deputy President Brendan McCarthy ( WF18821 ) . The decision was handed down by Commissioner Danny Cloghan. Workforce apologises to DP McCarthy for the error. See corrected story, above.
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Toll's TWU members vote up industrial action as talks continue
WFD: Toll, the nation's biggest transport operator, is facing the prospect of three-day strikes at more than 400 of its sites across the country after workers voted up protected industrial action. The parties have been at loggerheads for several months in negotiations for a new Transport Workers Union (TWU)/Toll three-year enterprise agreement ( WF...
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Coalition looks to remove 'reverse onus'
WFD: The Coalition has announced it will seek to remove federal legal limitations on "traditional rights" if elected, including reverse onuses of proof in Fair Work Act adverse action provisions. Speaking at a debate on Monday (August 26) with Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, Shadow attorney-general Senator George Brandis said the reverse onus of pro...
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Coalition to remove EA requirement for aged care pay rises
WFD: The federal Coalition has said it will scrap the government's plans to deliver pay rises to aged-care workers on the condition their employers sign up to enterprise agreements. At the third leaders' debate on Wednesday (August 28), Opposition leader Tony Abbott said he supported Labor's aged-care improvements "in broad terms". However, he said...
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Alcoa defends decision to seek licence for foreign-flagged vessel
WFD: Alcoa has defended its decision to seek a temporary licence to employ a foreign-flagged vessel on its Port Henry smelter route, claiming "no other alternative" was available. The foreign-flagged vessel would provide a "temporary" replacement for Aloca's ageing bulk carrier MV Lindesay Clark , a company spokesperson told Workforce Daily on Thur...
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Ford stands by claims the FBT partly to blame for stand downs
WFD: Ford Australia has stood by its claims the Federal Government's fringe benefits tax (FBT) policy is partly to blame for a "doubling" in the number of planned stand-down days at the company's manufacturing plants in August and September. Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) vehicle division national secretary Dave Smith this week accus...
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No 'exceptional circumstances' or 'significant harm' test in s424
WFD: In a significant decision dealing with the interpretation of the Fair Work Act's s424 (1), a Fair Work Commission full bench has found a vice president erred in finding a university results ban was not significant enough to warrant anything other than a nominal one-hour suspension ( WF18785 ) . The National Tertiary Education Industry Union (N...
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United Voice ‘covert ops' uncovers foreign student exploitation
Cleaners union United Voice (UV) has released a report that claims many international students working as cleaners in Melbourne's CBD are "routinely subjected to wage rip-offs, exploitation and verbal abuse". The report, A Dirty Business: The Exploitation of International Students in Melbourne's Office Cleaning Industry , was based on information g...
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FWC extends CFMEU industrial action ban on John Holland project
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has extended a six-month ban on union industrial action at John Holland Pty Ltd's $1.2bn Perth Children's Hospital project for a further 12 months. Deputy President Brendan McCarthy issued a six-month s418 order against the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) in February ( WF18563 ) . John Holland claimed...
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Downloading movies no reason for sacking: FWC
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has held a real estate agency did not have a valid reason to dismiss a sales consultant who sent a "childish" work email sledging staff and downloaded several gigabytes of movies onto his work computer. MCREAG Pty Ltd trading as McDonald Real Estate Aspendale Gardens fired Jesse Roberts on March 1 because it said he ha...
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Global survey ranks Oz among world best for labour productivity
WFD: Australia has the ninth highest labour productivity in the world and is outperforming seven of the richest nations, according to new data from respected independent global business research organisation, The Conference Board (TCB). Using the US as a proxy for "best practice", TCB estimated Australia's labour productivity level at 87.6% of the ...
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ASU opts for protected industrial action over family violence clause
WFD: The Australian Services Union (ASU) Victorian/Tasmanian branch has decided to take protected industrial action over an employer's refusal to include a family violence clause in an enterprise agreement. The union admitted wages was partly to blame for the impasse in negotiations with Citywide Services Solutions in Melbourne. However, the ASU sa...
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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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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: 314021718825. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC productivity powers go against 20 years of IR norms: Peetz
WFD: The federal Coalition's proposal to introduce Fair Work Commission (FWC) intervention powers over productivity is a return to its role under the jettisoned enterprise bargaining laws of 1991, an IR academic has said. Griffith University Professor of Employment Relations David Peetz told Workforce Daily the Coalition's proposals (see below) for...
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FWC majority finds porn sackings unfair
A Fair Work Commission full bench majority has held Australia Post's sacking of three employees for sending pornographic emails at work was unfair after taking into account the workplace's “culture of tolerance” and failure to enforce its policies. The majority - Vice President Michael Lawler and Commissioner Anna Cribb - made the findi...
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ICAC makes corrupt findings against ex-union boss
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has found ex-Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) boss John Maitland engaged in corrupt conduct by misleading the NSW Government to benefit from a lucrative mining exploration licence ( WF18665 ) . False and misleading statements ICAC (above) found Maitland made and published sev...
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