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Probity complaints protected: Fed Court

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The Federal Court has found making probity complaints that could prejudice a worker's employment if not reported is a protected workplace right - but ultimately dismissed an adverse action case after finding a complainant was dismissed for performance issues. Melinda Walsh began employment at Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) on Septembe...

Sacked apprentice gets extra time due to depression

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A sacked worker's major depressive illness and reliance on others to manage his affairs constituted exceptional circumstances allowing for his late unfair dismissal application, the Fair Work Commission has found. Apprentice plumber Matthew Cornelius filed his application 24 days after he was dismissed from Grant Chugg Plumbing in mid-December 2013...

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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com. Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Helen Jones. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

FWC ignores outcomes of shielded investigation in bullying decision

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held an employer's decision to conduct an external investigation into employee complaints and not disclose the full report or evidence due to “legal privilege” is reasonable management action. However, it has refused to give weight to the investigation's outcomes because it was not fully disclosed. Com...

Biggest public service cuts deferred

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The federal budget Treasurer Joe Hockey delivered last night (May 13) has revealed just 2,000 further public service cuts - but finance minister Mathias Cormann has warned “the most comprehensive phase of consolidation of government bodies” is still to come. In his budget speech, Hockey declared “a smaller, less interfering govt w...

Fit and proper to conduct ballot requires proof: FWC

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An application for an agent other than the Australian Electoral Commission to conduct protected action ballots requires proof they are a fit and proper person - similar to the test for right-of-entry (ROE) permits, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has warned. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) applied for a protected action ballot order (PA...

Bag man alleges TWU leader took slush fund money

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Ex-AWU official Ralph Blewitt yesterday alleged in the Royal Commission against union corruption that he handed money from a secret slush fund associated with the Australian Workers Union (AWU) to ex-Transport Workers Union (TWU) leader Jim McGiveron. In response to questions from his counsel, Bob Galbally SC, Blewitt alleged ex-AWU leader Bruce Wi...

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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com. Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Helen Jones. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Judge finds salary default measure in damages for ‘time lost'

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In a rare decision dealing with an employee's contractual breaches from spending work time on non-work activities, the Federal Court has ruled damages for such breaches should be calculated at the cost of the employee's remuneration where there was no direct financial loss to the company. Justice Chris Jessup considered contractual damages for high...

Bench cuts Sunday penalty rates for ‘overcompensated' casuals

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A senior Fair Work Commission full bench majority has moved to cut Sunday rates by about $4 an hour for lower level casual employees in the restaurant industry after finding high penalty rates were no longer a “fair and relevant” safety net as per the modern award objective. The bench - Vice Presidents Adam Hatcher and Graeme Watson, Se...

Registered Orgs Bill defeated but will live to face new Senate

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Labor and the Greens have combined to defeat the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2013 (RO Bill) after it moved to second reading in the Senate yesterday (May 14). Deputy opposition Senate whip Anne Urquhart said Labor opposed the RO Bill as it “fundamentally missed the point about the nature of officials of many registered...

Senate inquiry calls for Green Army min hours

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Labor and the Coalition have combined to pass the Green Army Bill without amendment in the Lower House - despite agreeing in a Senate committee it should be amended to give participants minimum hours of work or risk them receiving payments lower than the welfare they will lose. The Bill passed the Lower House on press day (May 15), just one day aft...

Qld doctors vote up new contracts

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A ballot of Queensland doctors has cautiously approved individual contracts, after significant Qld Health concessions helped secure a settlement. The ballot result organised by Together Union and the Australian Salaried Medical Officer Federation (ASMOF) was 53% in favour of the contracts, 34% opposed and 13% unsure or abstained. When ASMOF nationa...

FWC backs monthly visits in frequency of entry dispute

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has handed down its first decision on the Fair Work Act's new frequency-of-entry provisions since they were enacted earlier this year. Dealing with a dispute under s505 and s505A , Commissioner John Lewin recommended the Australian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) visit Queensland abattoir Greenmountain Food Proc...

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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com. Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Helen Jones. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

CFMEU opposes Collinsville non-union EA

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The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) is seeking to stop the approval of Glencore Xstrata's new agreement for its reopened Collinsville Coal mine, arguing it should have been included as a bargaining representative. In July last year, Glencore Xstrata gave notice it would terminate its contract with Thiess at the north Queensland mi...

FWO criticised for not legally helping ‘commission-only' worker

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The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a finance company to pay a ‘commission-only' worker $123,760 in penalties after it failed to pay him sick leave, holiday pay, annual leave, leave loading and superannuation. However, Judge Kenneth Raphael has questioned why the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) declined to assist the applicant after its investiga...

Biggest public service cuts deferred

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WFD : The federal budget Treasurer Joe Hockey delivered last night (May 13) has revealed just 2,000 further public service cuts - but finance minister Mathias Cormann has warned “the most comprehensive phase of consolidation of government bodies” is still to come. In his budget speech, Hockey declared “a smaller, less interfering ...

Growth in casuals and contractors appears to have peaked

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Non-standard employment - including independent contractors and casuals - may have peaked, latest figures suggest. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) November 2013 Forms of Employment figures released this week reveal a steady decline in the percentage of independent contractors in the workforce over the past four years - from 9.8% in 2010 to 8....

FWO criticised for not legally helping ‘commission-only' worker

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WFD : The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a finance company to pay a ‘commission-only' worker $123,760 in penalties after it failed to pay him sick leave, holiday pay, annual leave, leave loading and superannuation. However, Judge Kenneth Raphael questioned why the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) declined to assist the applicant after its investi...
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