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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . ChiefJournalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

CEPU at war: sparkies and plumbers intervene in postie plebiscite

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The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is investigating an extraordinary intervention by the heads of the electrical and plumbing unions in its plebiscite over divisional mergers. The two have written to the CWU's members accusing their branch officials of opposing the vote as a way of maintaining their “own jobs, salaries and perks” ( ...

No second chance for manager who lied about office affair

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A Westpac bank manager sacked after he lied about his romantic involvement with a junior work colleague has failed in an unfair dismissal claim after the Fair Work Commission found the lies - rather than the affair itself - justified the dismissal. “His failure to disclose this relationship to his manager, and his subsequent (and repeated) di...

Per diems don't count against salary: FWC

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Payments to cover living expenses when travelling for work (per diems) don't count for salary calculation in unfair dismissal cases, the Fair Work Commission has reaffirmed. In a case against Freelancer International Pty Ltd, software engineer Adric Schreuders claimed he was unfairly dismissed after three years with the company, working mainly in t...

Labor ‘pours gasoline on the fire' in backing taxation of visa workers

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WFD: Labor will back the Coalition's proposed taxing of working holiday visa workers a third of their income from the first dollar, despite strong union fears this will encourage a black market and “make a terrible situation worse”. The Coalition's 2015-16 budget proposed removing the tax-free threshold of $18k for s417 visa workers and...

CFMEU whistleblowers claim union sacked them for ‘political opinions'

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Exclusive The two whistleblowers at the centre of allegations the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) NSW branch has had links with organised crime have filed adverse action claims against the union claiming it sacked them because of their “political opinions”. The union is understood to have dismissed NSW branch organiser...

Westpac to pay $70k bonus as manager admitted policy breaches

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WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has ordered Westpac to pay a former employee a $70k discretionary bonus it refused him when it made his employment redundant. That was because of what Judge Michael Lloyd-Jones called a manager's “extraordinary admissions” that he did not follow policy when denying the worker the bonus and had acted “...

Teacher claims leaks to media are protected from adverse action

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WFD: A school staffer suspended for coordinating a campaign against an allegedly bullying principal and “inciting others” to leak information to the media is claiming adverse action because he had engaged in industrial activity. Federal Court Justice Bernard Murphy has ordered the school to retain the staffer on full pay until the appli...

Make exploitation a crime: Sheldon

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WFD: Labour exploitation and “illegal undercutting of wages” should be criminal offences, including strict liability for employers at the top of the supply chain, Transport Workers Union (TWU) secretary Tony Sheldon has said. Sheldon made the call at the TWU national council in St Kilda on May 18, saying “exploitation and illegal ...

‘What's next, the Bible?': courts foisting unintended contexts on EAs

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Courts' excessive use of extrinsic materials and analysis of historical context to interpret enterprise agreements (EAs) is “foisting” unintended meanings on workers, according to former Federal Court and Industrial Relations Court judge Peter Gray. Gray made the comments in a seminar on award and EA interpretation to the Centre of Empl...

Per diems don't count against salary: FWC

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WFD: Payments to cover living expenses when travelling for work (per diems) don't count for salary calculation in unfair dismissal cases, the Fair Work Commission has reaffirmed. In a case against Freelancer International Pty Ltd, software engineer Adric Schreuders claimed he was unfairly dismissed after three years with the company, working mainly...

Industry super to get political: Sheldon

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WFD: Industry superannuation should advocate for political causes which improve retirement income and labour standards including permanent jobs, Transport Workers Union (TWU) national secretary Tony Sheldon has said. At the TWU national council on May 20 Sheldon said industry super funds were created to “benefit fund members, not the institut...

TURC flags racketeering and ‘corrupting benefits' laws

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WFD: The Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) discussion paper on new offences to tackle union corruption has proposed criminalising the receiving or giving of ‘corrupting benefits' and flagged US-style anti-racketeering provisions aimed at extortion, fraud, bribery and obstruction of justice. The discussion paper , released May 19, says recei...

Labor privileges entrepreneurs as economic priority with new council

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WFD: Labor has promised that start-up entrepreneurs will have the “ear of the Treasurer” if it came to power, promising to convene an “Entrepreneurial Council” that would act as formal advisory body. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen announced the council in a National Press Club speech on May 20 where he said “I want the n...

Min wage panel casts doubt on budget freeing up higher increases

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WFD: Fair Work Commission (FWC) President Justice Iain Ross has raised skepticism that the minimum wage panel should take into account budget measures to boost small businesses, saying he doubted whether they would pass the Senate. The Australian Council of Trade Union's (ACTU) post-budget response said the Federal Government's proposed small busin...

Security guard harshly sacked for sleeping on duty

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WFD: A security officer sacked after a client discovered him sleeping on the job has been reinstated because of his employer's six-week delay before summarily dismissing him. Fair Work Commission Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan ordered MSS Security to reinstate Antony Mundy despite concerns his reinstatement could affects MSS's relation...

Competitive shipping will create onshore jobs: Fed Govt, ACCI

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WFD: The Federal Government's reform proposals aimed at loosening requirements to pay foreign workers local wages in the shipping industry, include reserving jobs for Australians. On May 20 infrastructure minister Warren Truss announced in a policy paper his intention to “undo Labor's disastrous 2012 changes” to the Coastal Trading Act ...

Mandate employer PPL top-ups: ACTU

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The trade union movement looks set to ramp up its campaign on paid parental leave (PPL), with an Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) draft policy document demanding government-funded PPL be boosted to 26 weeks and employers be required to supplement it with their own schemes. The May 7 draft policy paper, obtained by Workforce ahead of the AC...

Aurizon terminates EAs before Full Court appeal decision

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Aurizon has terminated 12 expired enterprise agreements (EAs) so it can start redundancies and cut allowances before the Full Federal Court issues its decision in a union appeal to prevent the termination. Yesterday (May 21) Justices Christopher Jessup, Richard Tracey and John Reeves heard the Qld rail unions' appeal ( WF 1/05/15 ) against a Fair W...

Samuel review urges Cbus to boost independence from unions

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Industry superannuation fund Cbus should reduce its “heavy” reliance on unions in collecting arrears and appoint more independent directors to counter a “culture of proprietorship” from sponsor organisations. However, while the report found past Cbus practices had risked breaching privacy laws it said those practices had dev...
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