Aurizon has announced its intention to make 160 employees redundant, but will delay acting until the Full Federal Court hears a union appeal to reinstate a ‘no forced redundancy' clause. On April 22, Aurizon rid itself of the redundancy clauses and other legacy conditions when a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench terminated 12 enterprise a...
Aurizon delays 160 job cuts for appeal
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Liberal Senator calls Riordan FWC appointment into question
The Liberal chairman of the Senate's workplace relations references committee has called on opposition leader Bill Shorten to explain how he could appoint Bernie Riordan to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) due to Riordan's “conflict of interest” over the Electrical Trade Union's $500k loan to the ALP NSW. Ex-ETU NSW secretary now Commissi...
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ABC report leads to calls to halt temporary visa expansion
Unions have called on the Federal Government to immediately suspend any expansion of the temporary visa program in light of the ABC's Four Corners report on gross exploitation of migrant workers by labour hire companies operating for big suppliers to the food industry. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said last night's report confirmed...
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Unions NSW pushed for lower rate for its million dollar loan to ALP
Unions NSW secretary Mark Lennon negotiated down the interest rate for the peak body's $1.5m loan to the ALP state branch because he was concerned that it was “too high”. Giving evidence to the Trade Union Royal Commission, Lennon said the NSW ALP branch had requested the loan at the end of 2010 to fill a cash shortfall ahead of the 201...
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No lawyers needed for ‘big' unfair dismissal case: bench
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has rejected the need for legal representation in an unfair dismissal case after finding it was not a “complex” matter despite the volume of documents and “extraneous materials” involved. The decision reinforced the importance of parties providing evidence of how they would be disadvan...
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Dispute over bullying complaints not about safety
Employers' handling of bullying complaints is not a “bona fide” safety issue but an issue over procedure, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled. Deputy President Greg Smith rejected RMIT University's objections to him dealing with an employee's dispute over the university's handling of staff bullying complaints against her. Vicki Mol...
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Unions must prepare for future of work: Oliver
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver has warned digital disruption is increasing unsecure employment and unions must prepare themselves to represent workers in a changed economy. The union leader has flagged organising the online workplace and developing apps for workers as possible responses to the challenge ahead of a b...
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Vic budget could flag wage cap bust
The Victorian Government has planned for a 7.1% increase in public sector wage costs in its 2015-16 budget, indicating wage growth may exceed the 2.5% nominated by its wages policy. The budget , delivered yesterday (April 5) by Treasurer Tim Pallas, reveals that employee expenses (including superannuation) are projected to grow by 7.1% to $23bn in ...
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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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ALP draft policy backs portable entitlements, fights casualisation
The federal Labor party has released a draft policy platform which promises to fight casualisation and insecure work with an “objective test” for casuals and portable leave entitlements. The draft platform , released ahead of the party's national conference on July 24 to 26, promises to “reduce the incidence of underemployment and...
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UV boss quits in shock resignation; president tipped to take over
United Voice president Jo Schofield is tipped to replacenational secretary David O'Byrne, who has resigned citing family reasons after only 12 months in the top job. Ina Facebook statemen t yesterday (May 6),O'Byrne said working out of Hobart and travelling across the country every week had “taken its toll”. “This job deserves com...
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Booze sacking after Cup Day unfair: FWC
The Fair Work Commission has held a worker sacked for being drunk on the job on a chicken farm at 3am after Melbourne Cup Day was unfairly dismissed. Commissioner Nick Wilson found she had not been intoxicated and her employer did not “objectively assess her condition” when it sacked her just for the smell of her breath. Machine operato...
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Federal Court judges at odds on ‘double punishment' of CFMEU
The Federal Court has held it cannot issue penalties against the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) for unlawful blockades because that would be “double punishment” after the union was fined $100k for the same action being in contempt of court. Justice Richard Tracey said he would have imposed a $30k penalty for the union...
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Cleaners charged $500 to be exploited: United Voice
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is investigating claims by United Voice that cleaners in a high end Sydney office building were recruited to jobs advertised at below-award wages after being charged $500 each to apply. The investigation goes so far as to include the owner of the building over its alleged involvement under s550 of the Fair Work Act. Un...
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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. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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SA inquiry to investigate labour hire exploitation
The South Australian Government will set up an inquiry into labour hire practices with an eye for a coordinated national approach in the wake of a Four Corners ' report that exposed exploitation of migrant labour. IR minister John Rau has also directed SA agencies to investigate the allegations. Premier Jay Weatherill yesterday said he was “e...
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UV boss quits in shock resignation; president tipped to take over
WFD: United Voice president Jo Schofield is tipped to replace national secretary David O'Byrne, who has resigned citing family reasons after only 12 months in the top job. Ina Facebook statemen t on May 6, O'Byrne said working out of Hobart and travelling across the country every week had “taken its toll”. “This job deserves compl...
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Vic budget could flag wage cap bust
WFD: The Victorian Government has planned for a 7.1% increase in public sector wage costs in its 2015-16 budget, indicating wage growth may exceed the 2.5% nominated by its wages policy. The budget , delivered on April 5 by Treasurer Tim Pallas, reveals that employee expenses (including superannuation) are projected to grow by 7.1% to $23bn in 2015...
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Defence dept wins legal representation in bullying case
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has allowed respondents to a stop-bullying application at the Commonwealth defence department permission to be legally represented, but refused applications for de-identification and suppression of the applicant's and respondents' names. Deputy President John Kovacic accepted legal representatives would assist in...
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