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Lyons proposes ACTU ‘organising blitz'; flags detailed plans to come

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WFD: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary contender Tim Lyons has promised to reveal detailed leadership plans ahead of the May Congress after calling for a “much more aggressive agenda” from the union peak body ( WF 13/02 , WF 16/02 , WF 16/02 ). In a Facebook Q&A hosted by the National Union of Workers (NUW) on Febr...

CFMEU ordered to stop industrial action over non-union EAs

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The Fair Work Commission has ordered an end to unprotected industrial action at Lend Lease Building's Brisbane showgrounds construction sites allegedly over the presence of non-union contractors. The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU)-organised action was allegedly in response to enterprise bargaining talks involving subcontractors a...

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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: Peter Schwab. Product Code: 314021719505. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Diary

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AWU National Conference: March 2-5, Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast. Australian Workplace Relations Study conference, Fair Work Commission : June 25-26, at University of Melbourne. More info here .

Redundancy exclusion not imported from NES: bench

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A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected a bid by Spotless to refuse redundancy payments to 78 workers by importing an exclusion from the National Employment Standards (NES). The NES at s119 of the Fair Work Act states that an employee is not entitled to redundancy pay where the employer does not require their job to be done “due to the...

Rail unions postpone most Qld strikes for cyclone

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The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) and the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees (AFULE) have postponed their planned 24-hour strikes at three Aurizon coal depots due to Cyclone Marcia. The RTBU was due to take 24-hour strikes at the company's Bluff, Stanwell, Callemondah and Pring coal depots today (February 20) ( WFD 18/02/2015 ). On...

Voluntary overtime EA clause knocked back

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A labour hire company's proposed enterprise agreement (EA) including voluntary overtime paid out at ordinary rates has been rejected for being contrary to the public interest. Fair Work Commission Senior Deputy President Anne Harrison dismissed the EA despite the labour hire company's competitor operating under an EA with a similar overtime clause....

Vale Mavis Robertson

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Australian unions have paid tribute to one of the leading pioneers of Australia's compulsory super system, Mavis Robertson, who has died aged 84. In a statement released on February 18, Australian Council of Trade Unions president Ged Kearney praised Robertson as a “driving force” behind the development of the industry super fund networ...

Validity of CWU plebiscite motion questioned after full bench ruling

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The plebiscite motion that could ultimately lead to the merging of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) with the Electrical Trades Union is set to be revisited after a CWU national branch win at the Fair Work Commission (FWC) ( WF 21/11/2014 , WF 17/02 ). A FWC full bench - Vice President Adam Hatcher, Senior Deputy President Justice Alan Boulton...

New counsel assisting adds to mega TURC fee bill

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The Attorney-General's (AG) department has revealed the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) is paying almost $8m to law firm Minter Ellison and $3.4m to counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar QC. A new junior counsel assisting, Thomas Prince, joined Stoljar on November 20, 2014. Prince has already added $132k to TURC's legal bill. The revelations are con...

Agriculture dept workers to consider over-screening

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Department of Agriculture employees are set to consider implementing work bans designed to delay transport and delivery by screening by more mail, passengers and cargo. The Fair Work Commission's approval of the workers' protected action ballot order (PABO) comes as the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) announced it will also seek a PABO at ...

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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

Fact-finding investigation not adverse action

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The Federal Circuit Court has found an aged care provider's workplace investigation into anonymous and widely circulated allegations against a senior manager that ended up forming the basis for his sacking was not adverse action (WF 18/07/2014) . Judge Dominica Whelan held the company's decision to conduct the investigation was not an injury to the...

Sole redundancy still failure to consult on ‘major change'

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held failure to consult about the redundancy of just one employee constituted a breach of an award requirement to consult on “major changes”. Deputy President Karen Bartel made the call in a decision finding a dismissal was not a genuine redundancy because it breached the consultation clause, despite h...

Enterprise bargaining won't ruin AFL Media culture: FWC

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The Australian Football League (AFL) will have to collectively bargain with media employees, after the Fair Work Commission granted a majority support determination (MSD) despite AFL objections to do so would ruin a culture of teamwork in the department. Commissioner Anna Lee Cribb held enterprise bargaining was not “in and of itself” c...

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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

Court suspends second quashing of historic Teys meat workers deal

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In the latest development in Teys Australia's enterprise agreement (EA) debacle, the Federal Court has stayed a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench decision that quashed the approval of the meat company's EA for a second time (WF 13/02) . Justice Robert Buchanan stayed the decision pending a Full Court determination of Teys' appeal, saying it wou...

Future project EAs do not undermine collective bargaining

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A Full Federal Court has held the Fair Work Act does not prevent enterprise agreements (EAs) negotiated with just a few employees but with broad application across classifications, rejecting the construction union's claims such EAs undermined collective bargaining (WF 28/03/2014). The ruling - by Justices Robert Buchanan, Antony Besanko and Michael...

Cut penalty rates on state public holidays: AHA

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The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has proposed cutting penalty rates on Sundays and public holidays, with an even larger reduction for a second-tier of public holidays declared by state governments. The proposals are included in AHA's submission to the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) four-yearly review of the hospitality award. AHA submitted FWC...

Business laments govt refusal to reconsider penalty rates

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Peak business groups have criticised the Federal Government's announcement it will not revisit the minimum wage and penalty rates, regardless of the result of the Productivity Commission (PC) review into workplace laws. Yesterday (February 24) employment minister Senator Eric Abetz said “notwithstanding the [PC] review of the Fair Work Laws t...
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