WFD: The Trade Union Royal Commission seems likely to report by its December 31, 2014 deadline, after Attorney General George Brandis revealed the government has not received a request to extend the inquiry.Brandis told Sky News on Sunday (September 21) the govt would consider a request if Cmr Dyson Heydon felt the cmn needed more time or needed to...
Govt would consider expanding TURC remit: Brandis
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NTEU wins temporary reprieve over La Trobe University job cuts
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has given the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) 14 days to come up with an alternative to proposed compulsory job cuts at La Trobe University. The NTEU lodged a dispute notice in the cmn over the uni's plans to axe 350 jobs, claiming the uni failed to properly consult on the matter. It claimed detailed consultat...
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Mallia denies alleged cover-up
WFD: Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) NSW president Rita Mallia has denied the union gave favourable treatment to George Alex's companies and attempted to ‘white-wash' her investigation of an alleged death threat against whistleblower Brian Fitzpatrick. Mallia's denials came as the Trade Union Royal Commission announced it ha...
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Shorten ‘no comment' over AWU fee
WFD: Federal Opposition leader and former Australian Workers Union (AWU) Victoria secretary Bill Shorten has refused to comment on allegations his branch oversaw an agreement with Chiquita Mushrooms in the early 2000s that involved it making monthly “training” payments totalling $25k to buy industrial peace. Last week, the Trade Union R...
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BERT strike pay at GCH project
WFD: The head of the Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT) has defended his decision to pay construction union members strike pay from its funds by pointing out it had done so in the past. BERT general manager Bill Wallace made the payments to 13 workers at the Queensland Children's Hospital site in August 2012. That was despite opposition by ...
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FEG causes ‘moral hazard': ctee
A Senate committee has backed the Federal Government's proposal to cut the Fair Entitlement Guarantee (FEG), claiming the current scheme creates an incentive for unions to squeeze struggling companies. Yesterday (September 25) the Coalition controlled Senate Education and Employment Committee released its report into the bill proposing to cut the F...
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Diary
IR Society of South Australia Conference: October 17, Adelaide. More info here . ‘Is there really an Industrial Relations Club?' by RMIT University Professor Anthony Forsyth: October 22, 5:30pm, RMIT. More info here . Australian Labour Law Association Conference ‘Under the Microscope: The Next Phase of Australian Labour Law?': November ...
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Madigan comes out against Fair Work amendments
Independent Senator John Madigan has come out against the Federal Government's proposed Fair Work Act amendments, warning the changes move Australia “towards an American-style system of low wages and zero benefits”. The FW Amendment Bill restricts right-of-entry and clarifies monetary benefits can be traded for non-monetary ones under I...
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Employer disregard for FWC order blows $2k comp out to $50k penalty
In anAustralia first, the Federal Circuit Court has fined an employer and its manager a total of almost $50k for failing to pay $2k in unfair dismissal compensation as ordered by the Fair Work Commission (FWC). On January 17, 2014, Fair Work Commissioner Tim Lee made orders that World Gym Sunshine (WGS) pay Samak Ndege $2,200 plus superannuation wi...
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Tas Govt ditches pay freeze Bill following upper house delay
In what has been called an extraordinary dummy spit, the Tasmanian Government has withdrawn its bill to freeze public sector pay for 12 months after the state upper house last night voted to adjourn debate so as to encourage the govt to negotiate with the workers instead. The Govt responded that it will dump the bill and move to cut 500 jobs instea...
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Employers paid MUA WA for industrial peace, Royal Cmn hears
Companies agreed to make payments of up to $1m into a Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) related training fund to buy industrial peace, the Trade Union Royal Commission has heard. Today (September 29) counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar SC began the first hearing into the MUA with a statement outlining that the union had procured training payments from...
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Two month consultation required for redundancy of laundering expert
A retrenched bank manager has been awarded ten weeks' salary after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found the bank failed in its obligations to consult all employees affected by a restructure so they could propose alternative solutions. The FWC also found the bank's early identification of the manager for redundancy had “prejudiced the whole pr...
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Chris Cain shrugs off quid pro quo claims
Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) WA secretary Chris Cain has denied the union promised to calm industrial unrest in return for company contributions of up to $1m for training and annual sponsorships of its delegates conference. Yesterday (September 29) the Trade Union Royal Commission heard companies including oil and gas contractor Saipem and Sap...
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Tender conditions don't relate to employment: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected a bid by the Health Services Union (HSU) to force the Victorian government to warn tenderers about having to maintain employee conditions as part of the state's privatisation plans for disability services. The cmn found the union's proposed orders did not pertain to the employment relationship. In early 2...
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CMC completed investigation over Driscoll fraud
The Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) has revealed it has finalised its investigation into claims disgraced ex-state MP Scott Driscoll unlawfully used his electoral office to run his former employer organisation. The CMC's annual report tabled in state parliament today said it completed its investigation back in January 2014 and a br...
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Chef's unpaid leave claim backfires as court allows set-off
The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has ordered a chef to pay his employer $73k despite finding it had failed to pay him $11k in annual leave entitlements because he had been ripping it off through his arrangement to order schnitzels. The employer won an $84k cross-claim against the chef for on-selling schnitzels at a $1 mark-up, in breach of his contr...
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Private use of work internet does not count for high income threshold
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has held an employee's private use of the internet on his work phone and laptop was not relevant to whether he was over the high income threshold for unfair dismissal claims. The bench quashed Commissioner Susan Booth's rejection of Sasidhar Maturu's unfair dismissal claim in May on the grounds he earned $500...
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