WFD: The Federal Court has rejected the adverse action claim of a sacked childcare worker who helped her union meet fellow employees, finding the well-being of children and not her union activity motivated the employer to dismiss her. Justice Christopher Jessup considered the decision-makers' own support of unions in rejecting the application, noti...
Child welfare not union activity was cause for sacking: Fed Court
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Diary
‘Future of Work' conference, NZ Work Research Institute : Feb 9, at AUT University city campus. More info here . ACTU Congress 2015: May 26 to 28, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. See more info here . Australian Workplace Relations Study conference, Fair Work Commission : June 25-26, at University of Melbourne. More info here .
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NZ Labour outlines five themes for ‘future of work'
The NZ Labour Party has outlined an ambitious agenda for its landmark Future of Work Commission, with the two-year study to explore how technological, social and demographic changes are changing the nature of work and challenging traditional mechanisms for economic development. The Future of Work Cmn announced by new NZ Labour leader Andrew Little ...
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CFMEU committed adverse action against socialist: court
The Federal Court has found the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) committed adverse action against its own organiser by sacking him for involvement in the Socialist Alliance. Justice Debbie Mortimer found the union acted on a complaint by then Australian Workers Union (AWU) secretary Paul Howes against the organiser and was “s...
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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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Jackson out; Chris Brown elected HSU secretary
The Health Services Union (HSU) has elevated its acting national secretary Chris Brown to leadership of the union, ending former secretary Kathy Jackson's reign. Brown was the secretary of the Tasmanian branch for more than 10 years and has run the union for three years while Jackson faced serious allegations of corruption. He was elected unopposed...
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Court orders max penalty for accessorial liability
A repeat offender in the trolley collecting business has copped the maximum penalty after he was found to have been an accessory to a subcontractor's underpayments of a dozen overseas workers. Federal Circuit Court Judge Michael Lloyd-Jones took the rare step to hit Nick Iksidis with the top fine after noting the need for specific deterrence and th...
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Productivity complaint cyclical: academic
Australian businesses should not be alarmed at the perception of stagnating productivity in a major workplace survey as what it uncovered was a cyclical dip, according to Professor David Peetz. The Australian Workplace Relations Survey (AWRS) released on January 30 found 16% of businesses felt labour productivity had worsened in the last year, whil...
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Full bench to tackle ResMed bid to wipe out AMWU coverage
ResMed has launched a new attack on the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), seeking representation orders that the union has no right to represent any of its employees. The move was in response to the AMWU's bid to change its eligibility requirements so it specifically represents all ResMed workers. ResMed, represented by barrister Arthu...
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The World According to Lyons
In response to questions about his views and agenda, ACTU assistant secretary and leadership contender Tim Lyons last week posted four of his speeches on Twitter. Here's what they reveal: On campaigning “[O]ur ideas and our program for a changed society needs to be real, evidence based and actually work … If we think all that matters is...
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Drunk but not disorderly manager gets $300k for wrongful sacking
The NSW District Court has ordered an insurance firm to pay a manager $297k after it sacked him for being intoxicated at work which the court found was not serious enough to constitute gross misconduct. The case demonstrated mere intoxication - even at work - may not justify summary dismissal, and that aggravating factors such as reputational damag...
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ANZ performance pay a risk: FSU
The Financial Services Union (FSU) has urged its members to reject a performance-based pay offer from ANZ bank which could see employees given increases varying from no increase to 5.25%. Voting has begun on ANZ's proposed 2014-2016 enterprise agreement to cover more than 21,000 employees. ANZ's offer includes a sliding scale of pay increases for &...
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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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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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Bargaining Bill passes lower house
The House of Representatives has passed a Bill to lift the threshold for protected action and require the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to consider productivity when approving it ( WF 28/11/2014 ). The Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill passed the lower house yesterday (February 10). Labor MP -and ex-Community Public Sector Union secretar...
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AIMPE defeated on penalty for foreign crews
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected a claim by the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers (AIMPE) for a dredging company to make “shorthand” payments when it used foreign workers to make up the numbers on ship crews. Under its 2011 enterprise agreement (EA) Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd must make shorthand payments to i...
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Vic Labor moves to repeal anti-protests laws
The Andrews government announced the introduction of legislation yesterday (February 10) to repeal Victoria's expanded move-on laws. The Summary Offences Amendment (Move-On Laws) Bill 2015 would reverse amendments made in March 2014 by the Napthine govt expanding the grounds on which the police could order people to move on from public places ( WF ...
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Bench resolves tension over conflicting PABO decisions
A senior Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has lowered the bar to win a protected action ballot order (PABO) by rejecting authorities that ruled bargaining for non-permitted matters would inevitably mean a party was not genuinely trying to reach agreement. The full bench - President Justice Iain Ross, Vice President Adam Hatcher and Commissione...
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AiG calls for amendments on strike Bill to address Esso decision
Australian Industry Group (AiG) is seeking to effectively overrule this week's Esso senior full bench decision by having parliament amend the Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill to expressly prohibit protected action ballot orders (PABOs) if the applicant makes a claim about a non-permitted matter (WF 11/02) . AiG CEO Innes Willox said ...
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