An Electrical Trades Union (ETU) organiser has gained a right of entry (RoE) permit despite his “significant” industrial law breaches, on the grounds they were six years old. That was despite the Fair Work Commission (FWC) having refused to grant him a permit only the year before. The ETU had applied for a permit for Vic official Peter ...
Second time lucky: union entry permit issued despite earlier refusal
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NSW Supreme Court grants $3m redundancy claim
The NSW Supreme Court has ordered the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to pay the former chief executive of its successful takeover target ABN Amro $2.9m plus interest, finding a lucrative redundancy policy was part of his contract of employment. But the damage could have been much worse, with the court rejecting his claim for $11.4m in lost remunerati...
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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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SDA and Business SA strike deal to trade away penalty rates
Business SA and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) have struck a template agreement which would abolish Saturday penalty rates and halve Sunday rates in return for an 8% base rate pay rise. The template agreement also secures 3% annual pay rises for employees and a new right to refuse to work on Sundays and public holidays...
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ALP confronts future of work; calls for regulation of ‘sharing economy'
The Labor Party has pledged to protect workers' rights in the emerging Uber-style “sharing economy” and has called for public submissions on setting new minimum standards to regulate the growing field. The measure is the first move by a major Australian party to address issues surrounding the future of work, including the effect of digi...
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Senate to probe regulation of cooperatives
A Senate inquiry will examine the operation of cooperatives in Australia, including barriers to growth and comparisons between mutual and private ownership of public services Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Victorian Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie moved a motion to refer the issue to the Economics References Committee on March 2. The term...
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Disputed late dismissal claim requires conference
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) must hold a determinative conference or hearing over late unfair dismissal applications if their lateness is disputed and it cannot determine such cases on papers. A senior full bench led by President Justice Iain Ross with Senior Deputy President Jennifer Acton and DP Val Gostencnik made the ruling in upholding an ap...
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KPMG to review FWC performance
Fair Work Commission (FWC) general manager Bernadette O'Neill has engaged KPMG to undertake a comparative study into the cmn's efficiency and performance with a report expected this year. A cmn spokesperson confirmed to Workforce Daily the research was commissioned in August 2014. “KPMG were engaged to review the cmn's efficiency through a co...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . ChiefJournalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Jackson claims HSU documents to clear her spending were lost
Ex-Health Services Union (HSU) national secretary Kathy Jackson has filed a defence in the union's $1.4m Federal Court case against her, denying unauthorised spending of union money and claiming she can't account for spending due to a loss of records. The HSU is suing Jackson for alleged personal spending of union funds, including from the National...
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Penalty rate cut requires trade-offs: unions
Unions have warned any attempts to cut penalty rates through enterprise bargaining must be accompanied by trade-offs which leave workers better off overall. The calls come in the wake of praise from both unions and employers of a template agreement struck between the Shop Distributive & Allied Employees Association SA (SDA) and Business SA whic...
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TWU Qld's Scott Connolly new ACTU assistant secretary
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) executive has unanimously elected Transport Workers Union (TWU) Qld assistant secretary Scott Connolly as the peak body's new assistant secretary. Connolly will fill the casual vacancy created after Tim Lyons resigned on March 19 ( WF 20/3/15 ). Lyons resigned due to his unsuccessful challenge against A...
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Compulsory ballot for MSD fails but union promises EA ‘inevitable'
The National Union of Workers (NUW) has failed to get up a majority support determination (MSD) for Baiada's non-union plant in Adelaide but the union says a collective agreement is only a matter of time. The NUW had sought to organise three groups of workers at the Adelaide Poultry Plant, one consisting of direct employees of BPL Adelaide Ltd (BPL...
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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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Broad arbitration power will resolve public sector disputes: CPSU to PC
The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) has proposed giving the Fair Work Commission (FWC) arbitration powers to specifically resolve public sector bargaining impasses, arguing such broad powers would act as an incentive to make concessions. The union's submission to the Productivity Commission's (PC) workplace relations inquiry argues the Commonw...
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Offshore work without visas invalid: Full Court
The Full Federal Court has found a ministerial declaration exempting offshore resources workers from visa requirements and Fair Work laws was invalid, upholding an appeal by two maritime unions. In July 2014 the Senate disallowed a regulation allowing foreign workers on offshore oil and gas ships to work on Maritime Crew Visas (MCVs) below Australi...
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Non-punitive CFMEU drug policy supports those who come forward
The chief building union has called for blanket, non-random impairment testing in the construction industry, saying workplaces can no longer afford to “roll the dice” on hard core drugs such as ice and methamphetamines. Speaking to Workforce Daily this morning, Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) drug and alcohol spokesper...
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Small business inquiry to look at penalty rates
The Federal Government has launched an inquiry into “inhibitors to employment for small business”, which its Liberal chair says will consider employment conditions including penalty rates. Yesterday (March 25) employment minister Senator Eric Abetz referred the small business inquiry to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on...
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Govt moves to extend FWBC powers
Employment minister Senator Eric Abetz has introduced a bill to extend Fair Work Building and Construction's (FWBC) coercive powers, which are due to expire on May 31. The Construction Industry Amendment (Protecting Witnesses) Bill 2015 will extend FWBC's powers to compel witnesses to give evidence for a further two years. Introducing the Bill yest...
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New inquiry into 457 rorting and labour law exemptions
Labor and the Greens have initiated a Senate committee inquiry into alleged skilled subclass 457 visa rorting and whether working visas are undercutting Australian labour law conditions. On March 24 the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment launched the inquiry into “the impact of Australia's temporary work visa programs on th...
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