A Fair Work Commission full bench has delivered unions a victory in their long-term plan to do away with junior rates as it ordered changes to the retail award so 20-year-old workers are paid adult wages. However, they must have more than six months' experience with their employer and the increases will be phased in. The bench - Senior Deputy Presi...
Adult rate win for 20 year olds
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Hadgkiss targets pattern bargaining
Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) director Nigel Hadgkiss has warned employers against agreeing to unproductive clauses via pattern bargaining ahead of industry negotiations in Victoria. Hadgkiss told the Master Builders Association Victoria industry breakfast the building industry has “regressed” to a state of “appalling...
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Vale Wally Curran
Iconic meat union leader and former communist Wally Curran has passed away this morning following a long battle with cancer. Workforce Daily understands Curran fell into a coma over the weekend while on morphine and passed away at 8am today (March 24). Curran was the Australian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) Victoria branch secretary from 19...
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ABCC claims resulted in no convictions
The Victorian Police has revealed no criminal convictions resulted from referrals by the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) in its entire seven year existence. In a Senate hearing last week into the government's approach to re-establishing the ABCC, Deputy Police Commissioner Graham Ashton told the senate committee the cmn had r...
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FWC restrains co-worker in first bullying order
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has issued its first order to stop bullying, including bans on an employee commenting about a colleague's clothes. The order limits interaction between two employees and was agreed to after a conference before Senior Deputy President Lea Drake on March 4, 2014. It prohibits the employee whose behaviour was complained ...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Howes resigns amid confusion over next move
Australian Workers Union (AWU) leader Paul Howes has announced he will be stepping down as union national secretary in July but has denied claims he will be seeking Labor pre-selection. Howes advised the AWU national executive of his decision this morning, with assistant national secretary Scott McDine expected to replace him. In a statement to mem...
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No further clarity for ‘crippling' and ‘indefinite' paperwork ban
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an employer's bid for orders against its warehouse workers' indefinite paperwork ban after finding the notice for action was sufficiently clear and did not need to distinguish between paperwork and technology. Commissioner David Gregory also rejected CEVA Logistics' claims employees were engaging in an unprote...
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FWO offer small biz hiring help
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has issued a guide to hiring new employees as part of a suite of measures to help small business. FWO Natalie James said the guide gives small businesses advice in plain-English about the best way to employ new workers and to outline their workplace obligations. James said the guide - foreshadowed in the Coalition's el...
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Bullying claim fails as jurisdictional objection upheld
The Fair Work Commission has thrown out the bullying case that saw the cmn's first decision because the employer where alleged bullying occurred was not a trading corporation and so it was beyond jurisdiction. Kathleen McInnes' application for a stop-bullying order against mental health charity Peninsula Support Services (PSS) had been the subject ...
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Thomson out on bail pending appeal of prison sentence
Former Labor MP Craig Thomson has been sentenced to 12 months jail, with nine months suspended, for using Health Services Union (HSU) funds for personal benefit including paying for prostitutes. Thomson's counsel Gregory James QC told Workforce Daily he would appeal both his conviction and the sentence to the Vic County Court. Thomson received bail...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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No delay in super increases
Employers' compulsory superannuation contributions look set to rise this year after the Senate knocked back the Government's Bill to delay any increases until 2016. Yesterday, Labor and The Greens voted in the Senate to block a second reading of the Govt's mining tax repeal Bill, which included its proposed deferral of super increases for two years...
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Cleaning guideline repeal may cut pay
The repeal of Federal Government cleaning procurement guidelines could result in lower pay for cleaners because the guidelines mandate above-award rates of pay. Last Friday, Workforce reported that as part of ‘red tape repeal day' the Govt had announced it would abolish the Commonwealth Cleaning Services Guidelines (CCSGs) ( WF19075 ). The CC...
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Anaesthetist's reinstatement fight goes under
A Fair Work Commission full bench has ended a long-running battle for reinstatement by a Geelong Hospital anaesthetist, refusing permission to appeal because FWC findings trust and confidence had broken down were well-founded. Dr Mark Colson won reinstatement with Barwon Health for unfair dismissal in February 2013 ( WF18561 ) but a full bench quas...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Pollster to pay costs due to unreasonable settlement offer
Roy Morgan has been hit with a further costs order over its handling of an unfair dismissal claim after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) ruled it should have put forward a reasonable settlement offer to avoid the expense of a hearing. Earlier this month, the FWC hit the pollster with costs for its failed appeal of the case because it unreasonably rej...
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Tracey fails in RoE appeal
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Western Australia assistant branch secretary Will Tracey has failed in his appeal against the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) refusal to renew his right-of-entry (RoE) permit. Lawyers for the union are now “looking at the decision”, branch secretary Chris Cain confirmed to Workforce this morning ( WF18961 ...
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Govt to repeal offshore Fair Work protection as part of red tape cuts
The Federal Government has introduced a Bill to scrap Labor's changes which would have extended the Fair Work Act (FW Act) to offshore resources activity. The Gillard govt passed the Offshore Resources Activity (ORA) Act in June 2013, which would require a person participating in an offshore resource activity have a work visa, and therefore be cove...
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Fed Court defines complaints as rejects sexual harassment claims
In the most comprehensive decision to date on the workplace right to make complaints related to employment, the Federal Court has narrowed the scope of the protection so that the complaint must be grounded in a source of entitlement and the complainant must believe the claim was valid, even if it is was not substantiated. Rejecting former Energy Au...
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