The three NSW branches of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) are split over a proposal to consolidate into one branch, with one secretary blasting another for a premature call to merge at the union's national conference. The union must consolidate the branches to save $750k in administrative costs, AWU greater NSW branch secretary Russ Collison tol...
Tension over AWU NSW branch consolidation call
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Labour movement must target inequality: Buchanan
Professor John Buchanan has called on the union movement to attack the unequal distribution between capital and labour, saying it lagged even conservative institutions in warning inequality is harming growth. The Sydney University academic and ex-Workplace Relations Centre director made the comments to the Australian Workers Union national conferen...
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AWU to target future industries
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) will commission economic modelling to predict future growth industries to target for coverage. The union hopes to find ways to regain members after job losses in traditional areas of coverage, such as steel and aluminium production. AWU assistant national secretary Daniel Walton told Workforce Daily after “a...
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McDine preaches member empowerment
AWU national secretary Scott McDine concluded his opening address to the national conference on Monday (March 2) with a promise to empower members. “We need to flatten up this union and empower those who have offered their service for this noble calling,” he said. McDine said “a strong modern union can never be top heavy … [...
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Correspondence, not meeting, over ‘game changing' offer breaches GFB
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has found a mining company failed to meet good faith bargaining (GFB) requirements by only providing a letter in response to a union's substantially revised enterprise agreement (EA) offer. The bench ordered Peabody Coal to meet with Australian Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers (APESMA) to discu...
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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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Time off on w/comp counts as period of employment: FCC
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected an employer's argument the Fair Work Act's service provisions prevent a Queensland employee from accruing annual leave while on workers' compensation payments. Sonographer Aaron Hall was seeking about $24k in leave payments from his former employer Medical Imaging Queensland Pty Ltd (MIQ). The figure accounted...
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Abbott ups ADF pay, but not enough for Lambie
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has moved to increase the Australian Defence Force (ADF) pay rise from 1.5% to 2%, but Senator Jacqui Lambie has said it may not be enough to secure her Senate vote. Yesterday (March 4) Abbott announced the Federal Government would increase ADF pay by 2% a year “with effect from the next pay day”. Last Novembe...
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Technology and migration mooted as productivity growth factors: IGR
Labour productivity will slow to 1.5% a year and gross national income per person will slow to 1.4% growth a year, according to predictions from the Intergenerational Report 2015 released today. The report, which forecasts the next 40 years, said annual productivity growth had declined to an average of 1.5% in the 2000s, following its high in the 1...
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Productivity growth slows in private sector
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' national accounts has recorded that labour productivity in the market sector slowed in 2014 after the highs recorded in the previous two years. Gross value added per hour worked in the market sector continued to record a negative 0.1% in the December 2014 quarter, following the negative 0.1% in the September qua...
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No way to prove impairment means strict drug policies reasonable
Employer drug and alcohol policies that allow for dismissal over positive cannabis tests in safety-critical environments are lawful and reasonable, even if the test provides no proof of impairment, a Fair Work Commission full bench has said. The bench rejected ex-BCS Infrastructure Support team leader Owen Sharp's appeal against a finding he was no...
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PC must not review minimum wage, penalty rates: Senate
The Australian Senate has passed a motion calling on the Government to direct the Productivity Commission (PC) “to exclude the minimum wage and penalty rates from its inquiry into the workplace relations framework”. Greens Senator Sue Rice moved the motion on behalf of herself and Labor Senator Doug Cameron on March 4. The Senate passed...
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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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Payout for unlawful sacking less than half refused settlement offer
A child care union delegate sacked for recruiting union members has received just $15k in penalties and compensation after refusing a $35k offer to settle the adverse action claim. The Federal Court earlier held Queensland child care franchisee MDBR123 Pty ltd (trading as Mother Duck Bracken Ridge) took unlawful adverse action when it fired United ...
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Qantas urged to review stopover policy after pilot's drunken night out
Qantas should review its stopover policy in the wake of a pilot's sacking for groping a crew member during a drunken night out, the Fair Work Commission has urged. Commissioner Ian Cambridge said he had “great sympathy” for sacked flight officer Steven Gregory, whose unblemished 20-year career had been decimated “as a result of on...
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Senate motion passed for PC not to review minimum wage, penalty rates
WFD: The Senate has passed a motion calling on the government to direct the Productivity Commission (PC) “to exclude the minimum wage and penalty rates from its inquiry into the workplace relations framework”. Greens Senator Sue Rice moved the motion on behalf of herself and Labor Senator Doug Cameron on March 4. The Senate passed the m...
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Liquidated company directors liable as accessories under FW Act
WFD: In what is understood be a rare decision, a Federal Circuit Court has held former directors of liquidated phoenix companies are liable to pay employees compensation for the companies' underpayments under the Fair Work Act's accessorial provisions. Judge Nick Nicholls made the ruling in default, holding four men were involved at various times u...
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Abetz promises third time lucky as new Senate votes down Reg Org Bill
WFD: Employment minister Senator Eric Abetz has promised to reintroduce the Fair Work Registered Organisations Bill to the Senate in three months after cross benchers last night voted down the Bill for the second time. The Bill failed 33 votes to 30 at 6pm with Labor, The Greens, Palmer United Party (PUP) and Senators Jacquie Lambie and Ricky Muir ...
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Correspondence, not meeting, over ‘game changing' offer breaches GFB
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has found a mining company failed to meet good faith bargaining (GFB) requirements by only providing a letter in response to a union's substantially revised enterprise agreement (EA) offer. The bench ordered Peabody Coal to meet with Australian Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers (APESMA) to ...
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Esso seeks to stop AWU action after overtime ban win
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) will hear a fifth application by Esso to stop Australian Workers Union (AWU) industrial action, a week after it successfully put a stop to an alleged ban on overtime. On February 17, Deputy President Reg Hamilton ordered the AWU not to engage in bans on overtime at Exxon Mobil Australian arm Esso's Longford and L...
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