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KPMG to review FWA-HSU inquiry

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Fair Work Australia has admitted its inquiry into the Health Services Union (HSU) has "on the face of it ... taken an unreasonably long time", and has revealed KPMG will conduct an independent review of the inquiry when it is completed. The industrial tribunal has been widely criticised for taking more than three years to report back on the financi...

Tenders called for ABCC sham contracting research

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The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has called for tender submissions to conduct research into sham contracting. The tender comes out of the cmn's Sham Contracting Inquiry Report, published last November ( WF18025 ) , which recommended an “appropriate” researcher dig further into its occurrence. Tenders close Marc...

Westpac teller rumbled over bogus sick certificate

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Westpac Banking Corporation has seen off an unfair dismissal claim by a bank teller it sacked for providing a fake medical certificate. The bank dismissed customer service officer Ropafadzo Tokoda on September 26, 2011, after discovering she had falsified a medical certificate for sick days off work at the Woden, ACT branch between Sept 12-16. The ...

Editorial team

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.

No fine for employer ‘cashing out' annual leave

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A company which unlawfully allowed a worker to ‘cash out' his sick leave after the Fair Work laws came into play, has escaped prosecution as the employee did not claim any sick leave during the relevant period. The Federal Court heard manufacturing firm Jeld-Wen Glass Australia Pty Ltd made an Aust Workplace Agreement (AWA) with factory worke...

Love is in the air at IEU: ACTU refuses to kiss and tell

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WFD: A Valentine's Day ‘kiss and make up' between the Independent Education Union (IEU) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) reflects a "new understanding " on the issue of state and private school funding, a spokesperson for IEU secretary Chris Watt has told Workforce Daily . The union had disaffiliated from the peak body last y...

Unemployment drops to 5.1%

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The unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage point in January to 5.1%, the latest ABS Labour Force figures show. The number of unemployed dropped by 15,300 to 614,200 in January, as the number of employed increased by 46,300 to 11.464m. The growth was driven by an increase in both full- and part-time work. There are now 3.4m part-time workers and 8...

Greens push to give workers more flexibility

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WFD: All workers who have been in their job for at least 12 months would have the right to request flexible working arrangements under a new Bill introduced to Federal Parliament by Greens MP Adam Bandt. The Fair Work Amendment (Better Work/Life Balance) Bill 2012 aims to strengthen the Fair Work Act's individual flexibility arrangements, which Ban...

Holden says media reports over new EA deal misleading and premature

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WFD: Holden has slammed media coverage that claimed its new enterprise agreement proposed wage increases of up to 22.2% over three years for its 4,000-strong workforce. Holden said reports of the deal had been "misleading" and took "a very one-sided view of negotiations". The company said it would not comment on the details of its offer until worke...

Rio Tinto and Springvale appeals will not be heard by High Court

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WFD: Mining giant Rio Tinto has lost its three-year battle to have a non-union workplace agreement validated for its Pilbara mining operations. The High Court last Friday (February 10) rejected Rio's bid for a special leave to appeal a 2011 Federal Court Full Court decision which ruled a 2008 agreement reached with 10 iron ore workers was invalid (...

Diary

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Fair Work Review: Submissions close today, February 17 and supplementary submissions close March 2. Report is due to be provided to the Federal Govt by May 31, 2012. See DEEWR website . JJ Richards Federal Court Full Court appeal: February 20, Melbourne. ACTU inquiry into insecure work: Public hearings next week: Perth and NSW Central Coast, Feb 20...

Bowen Basin strike rolls on

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WFD: Striking miners at BHP Billion Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) Bowen Basin mine sites have accused the company of ignoring union offers to settle the matter through an "independent third party". Three thousand miners stopped work on Wednesday (February 15) in an escalation of their enterprise agreement dispute over job security, roster and accommo...

Tenders called for ABCC sham contracting research

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WFD: The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has called for tender submissions to conduct research into sham contracting. The tender comes out of the cmn's Sham Contracting Inquiry Report, published last November ( WF18025 ) , which recommended an "appropriate" researcher dig further into its occurrence. Tenders close March 19, w...

'Expensive confusion' over informal appointment of café manager

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WFD: A federal magistrate has warned of the "expensive confusion" that can be created when businesses informally negotiated employment terms with employees, after ordering a small café to pay a former manager $38,000 for breaching a workplace contract. Pavilion Space Bar Pty Ltd hired Habib Farah to manage its new Aero Café and Bar in central Sydne...

KPMG to review FWA-HSU inquiry

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WFD: Fair Work Australia has admitted its inquiry into the Health Services Union (HSU) has "on the face of it ... taken an unreasonably long time", and has revealed KPMG will conduct an independent review of the inquiry when it is completed. The industrial tribunal has been widely criticised for taking more than three years to report back on the fi...

Willox to succeed Ridout at AiG

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WFD: The Australian Industry Group national executive this week appointed Innes Willox as the organisation's new chief executive, succeeding Heather Ridout. Willox served as the Australian Consul General to Los Angeles from 2006 to 2008, and was chief of staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, from 2004 to 2006. He joined AiG i...

Westpac teller rumbled over bogus sick certificate

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WFD: Westpac Banking Corporation has seen off an unfair dismissal claim by a bank teller it sacked for providing a fake medical certificate. The bank dismissed customer service officer Ropafadzo Tokoda on September 26, 2011, after discovering she had falsified a medical certificate for sick days off work at the Woden, ACT branch between Sept 12-16....

Domino's deed to deliver right pay

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The Domino's pizza chain has agreed to audit the pay packets of more than 1,000 staff after about 20 delivery drivers told the Fair Work Ombudsman they were being underpaid. The fast food giant has promised to back pay anyone found to have been paid incorrectly. Domino's employs about 11,000 people at 455 pizza outlets across Australia. In mid-2010...

Port Kembla strikes continue

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WFD: Strikes are set to continue at the BHP Billiton-operated Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) next week after talks with the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CMFEU) failed late last week ( WF18085 ) . At press time today (February 17), the CFMEU confirmed it had given notice of further two-hour stoppages next Monday and Tuesday (February...

Drafting SACS orders require one more discussion before FWA

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The Social and Community Services (SACS) industry equal remuneration final order will be delayed again, after the Australian Services Union and Federal Government requested Fair Work Australia chair a discussion of the parties to deal with any unintended consequences and overall cost impacts of the February 1 decision ( WF18075 ) . The tribunal had...
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