The head of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) president has asked the Federal Government to urgently appoint an additional panel member for its default superannuation fund review following the resignation of one of its members. Last week, FWC expert panel member Vicki Allen, who was taken off the review in March due to conflicts of interest, resigned ...
Govt to appoint new super panel member
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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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Qantas axes local, not offshore, jobs
The Australian Services Union (ASU) has condemned Qantas' plan to close its telephone sales centres in Brisbane and Queensland while maintaining its offshore centres, describing it as a “breach of faith” to its Australian employees. The union has also rejected Qantas' inter-state redeployment offer due to low relocation benefits and ins...
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Justice Ross wants off default fund review
Fair Work Commission (FWC) President Justice Iain Ross has revealed he won't hear the default super fund review if the Government appoints another expert panel member in time. On Friday (May 28) Justice Ross asked employment minister Senator Eric Abetz to appoint another expert panel member after the resignation of Vicki Allen ( WFD19171 ). Justice...
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Lib Senator to detail Harcourt complaint to FWC
Liberal Senator Helen Kroger will write to Fair Work Commission President Justice Iain Ross to complain that political statements by expert panel member Tim Harcourt may be in breach of the FWC code of conduct. In Senate Estimates yesterday, Senator Kroger asked Justice Ross whether Harcourt's “active Tweeting about the Federal Government's b...
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FWC throws out state public sector bullying claim
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has confirmed its bullying jurisdiction does not cover state public sector employees, rejecting the application of a Western Australian teacher who claimed she was bullied at work. The case reinforced that under Fair Work Act (FW Act) s789FD(3)(a) only constitutional corporations, the Commonwealth or its authorities a...
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Royal Cmn to dig deeper into AWU scandal
The Royal Commission into union corruption will next week continue its inquiry into the Australian Workers Union (AWU) alleged ‘slush fund', with hearings scheduled over four days. The June 10 to June 13 hearings will deal with the AWU-Workplace Reform Association, a fund allegedly secretly set up and controlled by former AWU officials Ralph ...
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FWC rejects ‘contentious' EA over signature fail
The Fair Work Commission has rejected Sky Racing's new enterprise agreement (EA) and directed the company to restart negotiations after finding the agreement application had not complied with the Fair Work Act's signature requirements. Sky Channel's proposed production crew EA was understood to have recently been voted up by a margin of only four v...
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Editorial Team
Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Workers' assets at risk for striking
The Fair Work Building and Construction Commission has confirmed that two “search and seizure” notices have been issued to Western Australia workers for failing to pay fines related to unlawful industrial action. The notices prevent the workers from selling their assets, usually their house or car, before they pay their $10,000 fine. La...
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Vic to pay $100k plus reinstatement for depression sacking
The Federal Circuit Court has ordered the Victoria Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP) to reinstate a lawyer unlawfully sacked for depression after considering its earlier judgment's “widespread publicity” could cause difficulties for him obtaining future employment. In a remedy decision handed down last week following adverse action fi...
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Director fined after company underpaid $240k
The Federal Circuit Court has fined a bankrupt transport company's director $13,200 for his involvement in his now-insolvent company underpaying three workers a total $239,364. Between December 2011 and July 2012 the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) investigated freight company Doble Express after three employees complained about underpayments. After the ...
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Earnings fall largest in 10 years as union membership restarts decline
Trade union membership has fallen to new lows while real median weekly earnings dropped for the first time since the global financial crisis, the latest data reveals. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ' (ABS) ‘Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership' data for the year to August 2013 today revealed that union membership fell t...
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Govt dodges big termination payout in public sector transfer
A Full Court of the South Australian Supreme Court has rejected a claim by a former executive public servant for a $173k termination payment, finding legislation allowed him to be transferred within the public sector without triggering the entitlement. The case highlighted state governments' flexibility to manage their workforces . The full court t...
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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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Min wage increased by 3% as FWC calls for legislative change
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has increased minimum modern award wages by 3%, lifting the national minimum wage by 50¢an hour to $16.87 and by $18.70 a week to $640.90. The cmn has also called for legislative amendments to “inflexible” minimum wage provisions so it can revisit its determinations in light of subsequent business or indus...
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Qld Govt repeals union spending ballot law
The Queensland Government has repealed controversial requirements for unions to conduct ballots before making political expenditures of more than $10,000. It inserted the provisions in 2013 ( WF18705 ) and Qld unions launched a High Court challenge after Unions NSW's success in toppling similar laws ( WF19065 ). The changes to the Industrial Relati...
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Minimum wage 2014: How the panel came to its decision
Following yesterday's Fair Work Commission decision to increase minimum modern award wages by 3% or $18.70 a week ( WFD19173 ), today Workforce Daily analyses the thinking behind the decision. Inequality increasing The national minimum wage (NMW) panel accepted the force of the ACTU's argument that there was close correlation between the falling mi...
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Palmer spells trouble for PPL paymaster bill
The bill which requires the government to pay the statutory paid parental leave (PPL) entitlement directly to workers ( WF19075 ), passed the House of Representatives on June 2 but may be blocked in the Senate with Labor, Greens and the Palmer United Party (PUP) all opposed MP Clive Palmer told parliament “PUP senators have resolved not to su...
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FWC allows Alcoa Kwinana refinery to unilaterally change rosters
The reallocation of Alcoa Kwinana Refinery workers from a 10.3 hour shift roster to a nine-day fortnight did not breach a workplace agreement, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. In a dispute application, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) argued any change to the roster required consultation with the union. However, Commissioner Bru...
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