Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718945. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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3rd Annual Ron McCallum Debate - ‘Should the IR pendulum swing again? ' November 28, Swissotel, Sydney. Details here . FWC Workplace Relations Lecture Series - ‘The Fair Work Commission's Role in the Enterprise Bargaining Process' : December 6, 1-2pm, Rm G08 (ground floor), Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton, Melbourne. Le...
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AMMA lays out vision for appeals body
WFD: The Australia Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) has launched a strident attack on the Fair Work Commission, accusing Labor's appointments of making it top-heavy and union-dominated which had affected employer confidence in tribunal outcomes. AMMA urged the fast-tracking of an independent appeals tribunal. In a speech delivered to the AMMA We...
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Full Court rules on when uniform allowance required
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has failed in its Full Federal Court appeal arguing Victorian nurses should be paid a uniform allowance even though no uniform was required. The ANMF based its case on a clause in its 2012 enterprise agreement (EA) with Eastern Health (EH) that required payment when a uniform was not provided. ...
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Engineers Australia NT boss loses bid to stay adverse action sacking
The Federal Court has refused to grant an interim injunction against the purported adverse action-related sacking of the Engineers Australia Northern Territory branch general manager. Bronwyn Russell, 64, sought an urgent Federal Court hearing for an interim injunction pending the outcome of proceedings currently afoot in the Fair Work Commission. ...
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Qld IR reforms pass despite opposition
The Queensland parliament has passed the state's IR reforms, which introduce state employment standards, arbitration and conciliation time limits and an award modernisation process, despite union claims it was “worse than WorkChoices” (WF18915) . The Industrial Relations (Fair Work Act Harmonisation No. 2) and Other Legislation Amendmen...
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ACTU slams PC research paper call to lift retirement age to 70
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has slammed a Productivity Commission (PC) recommendation to lift the retirement age to 70 as being “out of touch” with reality. On Friday (November 22), the PC released a research paper - An Ageing Australia: Preparing for the Future - warning that an ageing population would affect labour s...
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Questions surround ‘misleading' unfair dismissal success figures
The Fair Work Commission has challenged claims that the success rate for unfair dismissals has almost doubled in the last quarter, calling the widely reported figures “misleading” due to recent legislative changes that have led to a decrease in “fair” dismissal findings. In a speech last week criticising recent ex-union appo...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718951. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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ACTU slams ROC Bill, employers worried about officer exposure
The Aust Council of Trade Unions has mounted a scathing attack on the Fair Work (Registered Organisation) Amendment Bill 2013, saying there is no justification for a proposed Registered Organisation Commission (ROC) to have Australian Securities and Investments Commission-like powers (WF18934) . In its submission to the inquiry into the Bill being ...
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FWBC focus on building sites, palms off sham contracting to FWO
Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) has struck a deal to hand over its sham contracting and wage compliance investigations and prosecutions remit to the Fair Work Ombudsman. Recently appointed FWBC director Nigel Hadgkiss confirmed the arrangement made with the FWO in Senate estimates hearings last week. He said the construction industry wat...
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RBA deputy looks on the bright side of labour productivity
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy chairman Phillip Lowe has said there is cause for optimism about Australia's future productivity growth, with reports that employers had made “serious” efforts to increase their efficiency in recent years. Speaking at the University of NSW productivity conference today, Lowe said that over the past two d...
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Redundancy/income protection schemes funds union militancy: AiG
The Australian Industry Group has taken aim at union coercion of employers to pay into industry redundancy funds or income protection insurance products, saying it was a “far more significant problem” than coercing to pay money into particular superannuation funds. AiGroup's submission on the Building and Construction Industry (Improvin...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Abetz invites informal input on terms of reference for FW Act review
Employment minister Senator Eric Abetz has consulted privately on the terms of reference for the upcoming Productivity Commission review into the Fair Work laws, he revealed in senate estimates last Thursday (November 22). Responding to questions from new workplace relations senate committee member Labor Senator Mehmet Tillem, Abetz said there had ...
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Bill excludes building code from adverse action/coercion protections
The Australian Industry Group has welcomed the Federal Government's Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, saying in its interpretation the Bill excludes the govt from adverse action and coercion claims when implementing a national building code and guidelines ( WF18935 ) . However, the employer group has urged govt ...
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Implied term of reasonable notice applies to SA local govt CEOs
The SA Supreme Court has ruled an implied contractual term of reasonable notice applies when terminating local government CEOs under the Local Government Act 1999 (SA) s97 . Justice Michael David found while s97 - which details the reasons for which local govt CEO appointments can be terminated - was silent on notice period, s97(1)(b) provided a ca...
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Coalition questions Tighe govt appointment
The Coalition Government has questioned Labor's appointment of ex-Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) secretary Peter Tighe to head a government agency, requesting the Department of Employment provide evidence of his selection process. Tighe retired from his role as CEPU secretary on July 22 this year. He had applied for - and was expec...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Ex-employer org head faces charges
An associate of disgraced ex-Queensland MP Scott Driscoll ( WF18945 ) and former secretary of a Qld employer organisation has been charged by police for allegedly providing false documents to the Qld Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC). Bruce Mills, who replaced Driscoll as head of the Qld Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association (QRTSA) in Se...
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