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CFMEU WA agrees to wage cuts

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The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) West Australia branch has reached a deal with Brookfield Multiplex to cut rates to construction workers by up to 12% as part of a one-year deal ahead of further negotiations. The agreement, which includes cuts to travel allowances and redundancy and income protection premiums, is expected to set...

Text messages suggest CBUS witness involvement in leak

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Trade Union Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon has referred to a CBUS witness's responses as “comical” as she continued to deny her involvement in leaking confidential member data to the construction union, despite text messages indicating the contrary. The royal cmn recalled CBUS business executive Maria Butera to the stand despite her on...

Unions seek domestic violence leave in modern awards

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The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has applied for domestic violence leave to be included in all awards as part of the Fair Work Commission four-yearly modern award review. Today (October 28) the ACTU made a claim for 10 days paid domestic violence leave for permanent staff and 10 days unpaid leave for casuals as part of the review's com...

CFMEU fails to beat criminal contempt charges over Grocon

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The Vic Appeal Court has refused an appeal by the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) against criminal contempt of court convictions related to the union's Grocon blockade in 2012. The CFMEU appealed against Justice Tony Cavanough's March 31, 2014, decision to fine the union $1.25m for the picket of Grocon's Emporium and McNab Avenue ...

Editorial Team

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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

Inquiry to revoke HSU No 1 right-of-entry permits is proper: FWC

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected a bid by the Health Services Union (HSU) Victoria No 1 branch to stop the cmn considering revoking right-of-entry (RoE) permits due to allegations of cheating on permit tests. Since September 2013 FWC regulatory compliance director and delegate Chris Enright has been inquiring into the provision of RoE pe...

FCC sends message to hair industry with $70k fine for underpayments

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The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a hairdresser employer and two directors to pay a total $70k penalty after an $8k underpayment. Judge Heather Riley found there was a need for general deterrence in the industry, which had attracted more than 400 complaints of underpayments in nine months. Melbourne hairdresser Cuts Only The Original Barber Pty...

Redeployment considerations not limited by time of dismissal

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held a worker was genuinely redundant when he was dismissed nine months after his duties dried up despite him performing “fill in” work at the time. Commissioner Danny Cloghan held that although FWC must consider whether workers could have been reasonably redeployed at the time of their redundancies, i...

Editorial Team

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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

Lyons takes aim at ‘political' TURC

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The Trade Union Royal Commission is an “irrevocably political exercise” that fails to recognise unions' legitimate purposes unions, Australian Council of Trade Unions assistant secretary Tim Lyons says. Lyons yesterday (October 29) made the comments in a speech to the Chiefly Research Centre. He rebutted the Federal Government's claims ...

Jetstar pilots agree to wage freeze

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Jetstar has reached in-principle agreement with pilots covered by the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP), the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU). The proposed agreement, which covers about 900 pilots, includes an 18-month wage freeze ( WF19375 ) . A spokesperson for Jetstar told Work...

ATO ruling opens door for pizza deliverers to become employees

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An Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ruling that pizza delivery drivers are employees - and not independent contractors - for superannuation purposes could have implications for unions in the retail and delivery space. The 2013 ruling , made available under Freedom of Information requirements, found pizza delivery drivers were employees “as pe...

Editorial Team

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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

Cotton On opposes collective bargaining despite corporate values

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Australian retail chain Cotton On has declared it opposes collective bargaining as part of its appeal against a majority support determination (MSD) its warehouse workers won in Qld. The clothing company's position is in contrast to its corporate social responsibility policy, which requires its supplier partnerships to have respect for employees' c...

Senators pledge to block Fair Entitlements Guarantee cut

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Unions say cross-bench senators have committed to vote against a Bill to cut the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) to a maximum 16 weeks' redundancy payments. The govt announced the proposed cut in the May budget ( WF 19145 ) and introduced a Bill to make the cut on September 4 ( WF 19305 ) . The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and T...

Lyons takes aim at ‘political' TURC

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WFD: The Trade Union Royal Commission is an “irrevocably political exercise” that fails to recognise unions' legitimate purposes unions, Australian Council of Trade Unions assistant secretary Tim Lyons says. Lyons on October 29 made the comments in a speech to the Chiefly Research Centre. He rebutted the Federal Government's claims it i...

FCC sends message to hair industry with $70k fine for underpayments

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WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has ordered a hairdresser employer and two directors to pay a total $70k for an $8k underpayment. Judge Heather Riley found there was a need for general deterrence in the industry, which had attracted more than 400 complaints of underpayments in nine months. Melbourne hairdresser Cuts Only The Original Barber Pty Ltd ...

Senators pledge to block Fair Entitlements Guarantee cut

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WFD: Unions say cross-bench senators have committed to vote against a Bill to cut the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) to a maximum 16 weeks' redundancy payments. The govt announced the proposed cut in the May budget ( WF 19145 ) and introduced a Bill to make the cut on September 4 ( WF 19305 ) . The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) ...

Unions seek domestic violence leave in modern awards

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WFD: The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has applied for domestic violence leave to be included in all awards as part of the Fair Work Commission four-yearly modern award review. On October 28 the ACTU made a claim for 10 days' paid domestic violence leave for permanent staff and 10 days' unpaid leave for casuals as part of the review's c...

CFMEU WA agrees to wage cuts

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WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) WA branch has reached a deal with Brookfield Multiplex to cut rates to construction workers by up to 12% as part of a one-year deal ahead of further negotiations. The agreement, which includes cuts to travel allowances and redundancy and income protection premiums, is expected to set the st...
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