The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has launched Federal Court proceedings against Toll, alleging the company left more than 170 workers eligible to vote in a protected action ballot off a list supplied to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). As reported in Workforce this week, more than 80% of votes cast in the ballot supported protected indus...
TWU takes Toll to Fed Court over ‘incomplete' PAB voter list
↧
↧
ACTU warns Collinsville mine dispute could erupt Patrick-style
The ACTU has warned of a “Patrick-style” dispute at Glencore Xstrata's Collinsville mine, where the company will shut down operations and terminate more than 300 workers tomorrow. The Swiss company took over the mine on September 1 from contractor Thiess. Thiess delivered termination notices to the mine's more than 300 workers, with the...
↧
Abetz reaffirms bullying law support
The Coalition has vowed if it wins next month's election it will retain the broad definition of worker contained in the federal workplace bullying laws due to take effect in January. That's despite acknowledging it could increase the volume of complaints. A spokesperson for Shadow industrial relations minister Eric Abetz told Workforce news associa...
↧
FWC rules out of hours sacking for drugs and explosives unfair
In a decision extending the major authorities on employers' control of employees' out-of-hours conduct to criminal matters, the Fair Work Commission has ruled an employer unfairly sacked a worker charged with possessing ecstasy tablets and explosives. Commissioner Michelle Bissett cited Rose v Telstra [1998] and Hussein v Westpac [1995] in concludi...
↧
Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
↧
↧
‘Passionate' worker who challenged management unfairly dismissed
The Fair Work Commission has ruled a passionate worker who challenged her employer's perceived mismanagement was harshly sacked despite finding the “spectacular” breakdown in her employment relationship amounted to a valid reason for dismissal. New England and Western Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service (NEWTAAS) Inc summarily dismissed...
↧
QIRC increases state minimum wage by $15.80
A Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) full bench has increased the state's minimum wage from $630.70 to $646.50 a week. The bench handed down its decision in the 2013 state wage case late last week. It takes the Qld minimum wage $24.30 above the national minimum wage of $622.20. The increase affects between 3,000 and 4,000 workers at ...
↧
QIRC increases state minimum wage by $15.80
A Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) full bench has increased the state's minimum wage from $630.70 to $646.50 a week. The bench handed down its decision in the 2013 state wage case late last week. It takes the Qld minimum wage $24.30 above the national minimum wage of $622.20. The increase affects between 3,000 and 4,000 workers at ...
↧
Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
↧
↧
High Court to look at implied term
The Full Federal Court ruling on the existence of an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment contracts is heading to the High Court ( WF18795 ) . A Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) spokesperson told Workforce Daily the “bank is seeking leave to appeal the Full Court's decision to the High Court”. The CBA...
↧
Coalition refuses to rule out changing FW Act to restore ABCC
The Coalition has refused to rule in or out whether its report into re-establishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) recommends changes to the Fair Work Act's (FW Act) general protections provisions. MP Paul Fletcher - who chaired the working group tasked with the report - confirmed to Workforce Daily he had handed the rep...
↧
Bench split on scope of transitional modern award variations
A Fair Work Commission full bench majority has resisted calls to make major changes to annual leave provisions in modern awards. However, Vice President Graeme Watson has warned the tribunal against taking such an overly cautious approach to its task of undertaking two-year transitional reviews of modern awards. He said the bench ought not to ̶...
↧
Chinese communists fined for undercutting Australian labour law
A People's Republic of China state-owned enterprise has been fined almost $15,000 after it paid s456 visa workers rates as low as $1.90 an hour while they worked in Australia. Second-hand machinery removal company China Sanan Engineering Construction (CSEC) paid the 24 Chinese workers in yuan. It only made full payment at Australian rates - which c...
↧
↧
High Court to look at implied term
The Full Federal Court ruling on the existence of an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment contracts is heading to the High Court ( WF18795 ) . A Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) spokesperson told Workforce Daily the “bank is seeking leave to appeal the Full Court's decision to the High Court”. The CBA...
↧
Toll and TWU strike 15%-over-four-years deal, plus more super
Toll and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) appear to settled their increasingly acrimonious bargaining dispute, having reached in-principle agreement on a new four-year enterprise agreement. It gives workers a 15% pay rise over four years and a 1.5% increase in superannuation. If employees vote up the deal, they'll get 2% on July 1, 2013; 2% on Jan...
↧
Greens IR policy introduces FWC secure employment orders
The Greens industrial relations policy includes some novel proposals, such as an expanded right-to-request for casuals and the ability of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to grant ‘secure employment orders'. Its IR spokesperson Adam Bandt released the policy today. It includes: Allowing unions and employer organisations to make applications to ...
↧
Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
↧
↧
Family First opposes ABCC
The lead Senate candidate for Family First has announced he would block a Coalition Government's attempts to reintroduce the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) if elected. Property developer and chair of not-for-profit Ethan Affordable Housing Ashley Fenn said with 25 years working in the Victorian construction industry, he was ...
↧
Productivity continues long-term growth
Labor productivity in the market sector continues its positive run with the latest national accounts revealing 0.5% trend growth in the June 2013 quarter. The Australian Bureau of Statistics trend figure - based on gross value added per hour worked in the market sector - is the ninth quarter in a row to record labour productivity at 0.5% or higher ...
↧
FWC full bench rules against general protections arbitration
In the wake of conflicting decisions on the issue, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled the cmn has no authority to determine if there has been a dismissal in general protections disputes before it holds a conference on the matter. A dismissal need only have been alleged. The full bench - President Justice Iain Ross, Vice President Adam Hatc...
↧
More Pages to Explore .....
