WFD: Employer groups the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and Business Council of Australia (BCA) agree there is too wide a scope of matters upon which unions can take protected industrial action under the FW Act (See above, Qantas calls for return of 'prohibited content') . "The bargaining system has expanded union rights into ma...
Subject EAs to productivity test, restrict bargaining matters: ACCI
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Qantas pilots call for financial disclosure provisions under GFB
WFD: The Australian International Pilots Association (AIPA) says the Fair Work Act's good faith bargaining (GFB) provisions should be strengthened to force employers to hand over commercially sensitive financial information to bargaining representatives. In its submission to the FW Act Review, AIPA said Qantas provided its bargaining reps with scar...
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ACTU wants focus on bargaining and insecure work
WFD: The Australian Council of Trade Unions has been happy with most aspects of the FW laws but believes there should be some changes, starting with strengthening the bargaining system and protecting workers in insecure employment. The ACTU submission proposes a number of reforms which remain within the framework of the existing legislation. The su...
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700 Vic nurses walk off the job as Shorten's intervention rebuffed
At press time, Fair Work Australia was hearing an urgent stop-industrial-action application by the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association (VHIA) as more than 700 Vic nurses started unprotected action this morning with more threatened over the weekend. In a twist to the five-month long dispute, Workplace Relations minister Bill Shorten entered t...
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VP Ross speaks at union curtain raiser
AIRC Senior VP Iain Ross this morning slammed key aspects of Work Choices legislation that will affect unions, at an AWU rally in Melbourne. About 1,000 people attended the rally for what AWU national sec Bill Shorten called the "curtain raiser to the union fight against Work Choices". VP Ross said the removal of s166A meant an employer could now s...
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New blood for FWA as new president prepares to take his seat
Six years after standing down as vice president of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Justice Iain Ross will take the reigns as president of its successor, Fair Work Australia. Justice Geoffrey Giudice steps down as FWA president this Wednesday (February 29) after 14 years heading the national industrial tribunal - first the AIRC then ...
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Riordan among 'balanced' package of appointments
WR Minister Bill Shorten made five other important FWA appointments on Friday after appointing Justice Iain Ross president (see, New blood for FWA as new president prepares to take his seat , above) . "This is a carefully balanced package of appointments comprising candidates who are well qualified and will bring with them a depth of experience fro...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Tributes pour in as Giudice calls it a day
Employers, unions, ministers and work colleagues have lined up to pay tribute to Justice Geoffrey Giudice at a ceremonial sitting in Melbourne. Former Australian Workers Union head and now Workplace Relations Minister, Bill Shorten , was first to congratulate Fair Work Australia's retiring president at the sitting on Friday (February 27). Shorten d...
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Coal terminal workers to vote on 4.5% a year pay increase
Port Kembla Coal Terminal operators will decide in the next two weeks whether to accept a new agreement providing a 4.5%-a-year pay increase over three and a half years. The in-principle agreement between the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and Port Kembla Coal Terminal management was reached on Friday (February 24). The deal ...
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Bandt moves to knock out all 'Qantas-style lockouts'
Greens MP Adam Bandt has introduced a Bill to Parliament to limit the ability of large employers to use unannounced lockouts as an industrial tactic and force the industrial umpire to consider job security when making decisions. The Fair Work (Job Security and Fairer Bargaining) Amendment Bill 2012 would require FWA to give more attention to issues...
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TWU considers legal options over $707k fine in Qantas casuals dispute
A Federal Court Full Court ruling upholding a $707,000 fine imposed on the Transport Workers Union (TWU) for unprotected industrial action at Qantas in 2009 may be headed to the High Court. A TWU spokesperson this morning (February 28) told Workforce Daily the union had 28 days to decide whether to appeal the Feb 22 finding. "We are considering our...
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High Court registered organisations decision due tomorrow
The High Court is due to hand down its judgement tomorrow (February 29) on the Australian Education Union's long-running objection to the registration of the Australian Principals' Federation (APF). The APF first applied for registration in December 2003 but has hit ongoing legal hurdles over the past decade. The court will test the constitutional ...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Coles prosecuted over alleged underpayment of trolley collectors
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is prosecuting Coles Supermarkets and three trolley collection operators for allegedly underpaying four Adelaide trolley collectors $143,000. All four collectors were Indian men in their 20s who spoke limited English. They were allegedly underpaid while working at the West Lakes shopping centre between October 2009 and...
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Hospitals seek injunction to halt Vic nurses strike
On pressday, the Federal Court was hearing an application to end unprotected industrial action by more than 2,000 Victorian nurses and midwives. The interlocutory hearing before Justice Richard Tracey started at 10.15 this morning (February 28). The Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association has applied for an immediate halt to rolling stoppages at...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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News Ltd sees off adverse action claim
News Ltd has defeated an adverse action claim brought by a printer who claimed he had been sacked for complaining about the company's decision to refuse him supplementary personal leave. The Federal Magistrates Court heard News subsidiary Queensland Newspapers Ltd terminated Ron Gofton's employment on February 4, 2010. Gofton had worked for the com...
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Vic nurses defy court orders
Victorian nurses have defied a Federal Court order to stop industrial action with rolling stoppages continuing at state hospitals this morning. Justice Richard Tracey late yesterday ordered the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) to cancel all unprotected action by 6.30pm last night. In granting the interlocutory injunction sought by the Victorian ...
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AEU wins LSL High Court case for SA temp contract teachers
The High Court has potentially resolved a long-running dispute involving long service leave (LSL) provisions for temporary teachers in the South Australian state system, ruling in favour of the Australian Education Union (AEU). The High Court found the SA Education Minister did not have the power to appoint contract teachers under s9(4) of the SA E...
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