The Victorian Government is bracing itself for another wave of unprotected industrial action after Fair Work Australia today suspended conciliation talks with nurses. Commissioner Anne Gooley called off conciliation after it became apparent neither party could bridge the chasm between union demands for guaranteed nurse/patient ratios and the govt's...
Vic nurses dispute set for flare-up after FWA conciliation talks called off
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Blame NSW govt for spike in industrial dispute lost days: Evans
Federal Government Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans has blamed the NSW Govt for a sharp spike in days lost due to industrial disputes (see below, Industrial disputes down compared to 2010, but days lost spike in Sept ) . "During the September quarter thousands of public sector workers took strike action to protest against the O'Farrell Gove...
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Industrial disputes down compared to 2010, but days lost spike in Sept
WFD: Days lost to industrial disputes rose sharply in the September quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed . The ABS said 101,300 working days were lost to industrial disputes for the Sept quarter, up from 66,200 in the June quarter. The total number of disputes for the Sept quarter was 66, against 53 for June. However, the burea...
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Tassie nurses lukewarm on pay rise as Vic nurses opt for mass protests
More than 4,500 Tasmanian public sector nurses gained a pay increase from December 1, but the nurses' union is far from happy claiming the state government didn't flag workforce cuts during enterprise agreement negotiations. Tasmanian health minister Michelle O'Byrne on the weekend announced the second, 2.75%, installment in its 9.75% over three ye...
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Arbitration clause no fait accompli: Evans
Union-demanded arbitration clauses to resolve bargaining deadlocks are not a done deal, despite being voted up as part of the ALP's industrial relations platform, a spokesperson for Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans told Workforce Daily . If there are to be changes to the Fair Work Act, they will be "evidence-based" only following next year'...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 9208 4559, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Govt to extend domestic violence leave to private sector
The Labor Party will seek to change the Fair Work Act and anti-discrimination legislation to include provisions on domestic violence leave, according to an amendment to the party platform passed at its national conference on Saturday (December 3). Amendment 448A signals the government's intent to promote the clause in the private sector. It has alr...
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FWA surveys on IFAs and unpaid parental leave requests in early 2012
Fair Work Australia has tendered for a major project survey of employers and employees on individual flexibility agreements under modern awards and enterprise agreements. The project will include surveys about how National Employment Standards provisions on requests for flexible working arrangements have worked; and data on requests for extensions ...
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Parks Victoria workers vote up industrial action
Parks Victoria workers have voted up industrial action as public sector unions put the squeeze on the state government to increase its 2.5% wage increase offer ( WF17802 ) . Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members at Parks Vic overwhelmingly voted up the Fair Work Australia-approved ballot, the union said. It said 180 out of 259 members to...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 9208 4559, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Engineer quits job after being ordered to shave off beard
A chemical engineer who claimed he was dismissed for refusing to shave off his beard to comply with a new safety policy has lost his unfair dismissal claim. Fair Work Australia ruled Incitec Pivot Ltd had not dismissed 11-year veteran William Bishop, who had quit rather than modify his facial hair. FWA heard Incitec introduced a new personal protec...
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Ridout appointed to RBA board
Australian Industry Group CEO Heather Ridout has been appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank. She will take up the five-year appointment from February 14 next year, replacing Bluescope Steel chair Graeme Kraehe. "It is an honour to be appointed to this most important position," Ridout said. "I have an abiding interest and commitment to strong a...
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13% SACS pay rise 'sound and reasonable': Aust Business Industrial
The Federal Government-unions joint submission on the SACS equal pay case is so "overly mechanistic" it would be "perilous to blindly accept" its proposed method of assessment and pay outcome, Australian Business Industrial (ABI) has told Fair Work Australia. Its latest submission to the full bench inquiry into the Social and Community Services (SA...
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Bowen Basin ceasefire confirmed
The BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) confirmed it has agreed to a ceasefire with the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) with the union scrapping industrial action planned for December and January 2012. "All the industrial action notices have been withdrawn and we've agreed there will be no new notices while our negotiations are...
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Management can change testing policy despite commitment to union
Fair Work Australia has ruled it is management's prerogative to change company policy even if the result contradicts industrial settlements. The decision has allowed Leighton Holdings mining contractor HWE Mining Pty Ltd to pursue urine- over saliva-testing as a "more reliable" form of on-site drug screening, despite having an agreement with a unio...
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Call centre faces stiff penalties as questions raised about FWO
A regional NSW call centre has been found guilty of breaching eight workplace laws by underpaying its 40 workers more than $200,000 and failing to provide requested documents to workplace inspectors (WF17444) . However, a Federal Magistrate pointed out there may have been "maladministration" in the way the Fair Work Ombudsman dealt with the case. T...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 9208 4559, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Independent contractor an employee
A Fair Work Australia full bench has upheld a ruling that a shop assistant engaged as an independent contractor was actually an employee because of the nature of his work. In December 2007, Sydney furniture business French Accent, owned by Jiang Shen Cai, engaged Michael Anthony Do Rozario to work in its Willoughby shop through an oral contract. In...
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Clues emerge on Fair Work Act review, but still no details
Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans has ruled out the Productivity Commission undertaking the eagerly awaited Fair Work Act review, and is considering a list of "independent" candidates for the role, his office confirmed today. A spokesman for Evans confirmed to Workforce Daily the government wanted a "fresh pair of eyes" to head up the review...
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Ridout to step down from Ai Group
Australian Industry Group CEO Heather Ridout has announced she will leave the group in April next year following her appointment to the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (WF18032) . Ridout has been with AiG for 33 years, the last eight as CEO. AiG said a successor would be named by the group's national executive early next year. Ridout said he...
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