Fair Work Australia has set aside March 14 to address issues relating to its decision on the social and community services (SACS) sector's equal remuneration order (ERO). Finalisation of the ERO was delayed again earlier this month after the Federal Government and Australian Services Union sought FWA clarification on how to deal with any unintended...
More equal pay discussions in FWA
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Vic nurses call for 'anti-puppet' measures in Fair Work Act
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) wants the Fair Work Act changed to bind the Vic Government to good faith bargaining (GFB) provisions. The union says the govt has avoided GFB obligations by using a third party "puppet" - the Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association (VHIA) - to run its enterprise agreement negotiations with the ANF. That a...
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Port Kembla strike breakthrough in the balance
Talks are continuing aimed at ending rolling stoppages at the BHP Billiton-operated Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT). Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) district vice president Bob Timbs told Workforce Daily there had been no breakthrough at press time, despite the union cancelling a 24-hour stoppage planned for today off the bac...
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalists: Steve Andrew, David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718105.
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Vic nurses call for 'anti-puppet' measures in Fair Work Act
WFD: The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) wants the Fair Work Act changed to bind the Vic Government to good faith bargaining (GFB) provisions. The union says the govt has avoided GFB obligations by using a third party "puppet" - the Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association (VHIA) - to run its enterprise agreement negotiations with the ANF. T...
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$5 an hour sex workers: 'We've been excluded from IR law'
Sex workers have been prevented from accessing justice through Fair Work laws due to the full or partial criminalisation of the sex industry, the union representing sex workers says. In a submission to the Fair Work review, the Scarlet Alliance claimed sex workers have been unable to gain genuine access to workplace laws. "There is no access to the...
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Scientologists eschew fair pay: 'spiritual service is its own reward'
WFD: The Church of Scientology (CoS) has said it was a violation of human rights to force churches and other volunteer organisations to be covered by Fair Work laws. In a four paragraph submission to the Fair Work Act Review, CoS Director of Public Affairs Reverend Mary Anderson said the FW Act had a valid purpose for commercial and industrial orga...
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Too much emphasis on FW review: Kearney
Australian Council of Trade Unions president Ged Kearney says employers and the media have put too much importance on the Fair Work review. More than 150 submissions have now been made public on the review website ( see submission coverage below) detailing the wide range of views on the IR laws. However in a speech to a Committee for Economic Devel...
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Teenage worker sacked after protective mum interferes
A Perth company is facing prosecution for allegedly taking adverse action by sacking against a teenage boy it sacked after his mother queried his pay rates. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) claims aeroplane propeller company West Coast Propellers Pty Ltd employed the 16-year-old on an hourly rate of $5.32, about $2 less than he should have been paid p...
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Port Kembla industrial action over
The Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) industrial dispute has been resolved with more than 100 workers securing a 4.5% pay increase a year over three years, job security and a concession that all parts of a new EA could be arbitrated by Fair Work Australia if needed. The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union confirmed it had reached in principle ...
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Port Kembla strike starts to bite as workers stood down without pay
WFD: More than 100 freight workers faced being stood down without pay earlier this week as rolling stoppages at the Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) stretched into a third week ( WF18085 ) . However, the workers gained a late reprieve as parties made headway in talks culminating in an in-principle deal late yesterday (February 23). Coal train haule...
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Employers shouldn't overreact to foul-mouthed workers: FWA
WFD: Fair Work Australia has reinstated a Woolworths employee who allegedly called his supervisor "f**king stupid". Commissioner Ian Cambridge said people on the receiving end of swear words at work should not be overly sensitive and "unrealistically precious". Cmr Cambridge made the remarks in an unfair dismissal claim brought by forklift driver A...
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'Jobs safe' despite profit loss: Bluescope
WFD: Bluescope has told Workforce Daily it has "no plans" for further jobs cuts, despite announcing a $530m net half-yearly loss on Monday (February 20). Just six months ago the company axed 1,000 Australian jobs as part of a restructure of its steel operations, which included the closure of a blast furnace at Port Kembla, NSW and its Mornington Pe...
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Migration agents call for migrant workers union and harmonisation
WFD: The Migration Alliance (MA) - a professional body representing about 2,200 registered migration agents - has called for harmonisation between IR and migration laws to give migrant workers access to Fair Work Act protections. The Transport Workers Union and several other unions backed the submission , which has called for the establishment of a...
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Little has 'gone wrong' with FW Act but changes are needed: Academics
WFD: Standardising the time limit for unfair dismissal and general protections complaints could reduce 'frivolous' claims, two leading IR academics have said in their submission on the Fair Work review. In a joint submission , Monash University Associate Professor Anthony Forsyth and University of Adelaide Professor Andrew Stewart said little had "...
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10-day strikes at Bowen Basin
WFD: Queensland miners are stepping up their fight for improved job security and rosters at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's Bowen Basin mines, with a 10-day strike now planned for at least two of the company's seven mine sites from tomorrow (February 25). (Continued) BMA speaking 'gobbledygook': CFMEU (Cont) Both sides appeared to be digging in ...
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Bring back AWA-style agreements with BOOT/NES protection: AiG
WFD: The Australian Industry Group says the country's IR system has gone backwards and has called for dramatic changes to the Fair Work Act including reintroducing a type of Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA) but with better-off-overall-test (BOOT) and National Employment Standards protections. The no-holds-barred submission - titled Removing the...
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Red faces at Red Rooster
WFD: A third fast food chain has been forced to sign up to a national audit of its pay records after the Fair Work Ombudsman found a number of its franchises were underpaying workers. Red Rooster Foods Pty Ltd (RRF) signed a "Pro-Active Compliance Deed" on February 14, following the lead of McDonald's and Domino's ( WF18095 ). The FWO said it initi...
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Diary
ACTU National Union Awards 2012: Nominations close Monday (February 27). See website for more details. ACTU inquiry into insecure work: Public hearings next week: Sydney - Monday and Tuesday (Feb 27 and 28); Hobart on Friday (March 2). Final hearing in Melbourne on March 22. See inquiry website for details. Federal Govt inquiry into fly-in, fly-out...
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