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Prof sacked after ‘blurring' lines between uni and private work

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a university's academic freedom policy did not allow an engineering academic to promote his private business at a university function, for which he was later sacked. However, Commissioner Michelle Bissett has criticised the uni for objecting to the academic's failure to keep his private work separate while a...

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NSW IR Society Conference: May 22-24, Leura. More info here . ACTU Congress : May 26-28, Melbourne. Speakers include Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Dave Oliver and Ged Kearney. More info here . Committee for Economic Development of Australia : ‘Digital disruption and Australia's future workforce'. June 16, Melbourne. More info here . Australi...

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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: 314021719625. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Bargaining notice must state agreement coverage: bench

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WFD: A Fair Work Commission full bench has reinforced the cmn's strict requirements for providing notice of employee representational rights (NERR), quashing a decision that approved an enterprise agreement (EA) despite the notice failing to specify its coverage. The decision clarifies that both the general form of words for NERRs and the specific ...

Oliver unveils social wage wishlist

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Improvements to the social wage such as health, education and retirement incomes will be at the centre of the Australian Council of Trade Union's (ACTU) political campaign, secretary Dave Oliver has revealed. In an interview with Workforce Daily , Oliver said the main focus of its triennial Congress this week will be achieving endorsement of the pe...

Disciplinary ambush not reasonable management action: FWC

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An employer springing a disciplinary meeting on an employee was a “threatening” rather than a reasonable management action, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found. Despite the ambush, FWC refused a stop-bullying order because the employer dealt with the probationary employee fairly after the incident and in the face of the worker's in...

Qld opposition claims ‘privacy' flaw in union encouragement clause

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The Qld opposition has questioned the legality of Government plans to provide public sector employees' contact details to unions under its new union encouragement policy. The Palaszczuk govt has approved a union encouragement policy which: allows “employees full access to union delegates/officials during working hours to discuss any employmen...

Labour law a side show - ‘what happens when the music stops'

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Globalisation, the fracturing of the employment relationship and the politicisation of industrial relations are rendering labour law increasingly irrelevant, a former union organiser turned management academic has argued. Delivering a speech at the NSW Industrial Relations Society conference last week, University of Technology assistant professor S...

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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

Lambie makes new push for ‘explosive' secret TURC report

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Senator Jacqui Lambie has written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) Commissioner Dyson Heydon demanding to see the confidential third volume of the TURC interim report, which she has described as one of the most “explosive” documents in Australian history. The new push comes despite Cmr Heydon's initi...

Union plan to recruit school children

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Victoria Trades Hall Council (VTHC) secretary Luke Hilakari has revealed a plan to target school children for union membership and organise young workers in hospitality and retail industries. Hilakari made the comments at a 'fringe' session on organising at the Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress today (May 26). The VTHC planned “to g...

Subcontractor hit with $300k for hiding behind labour hire firms

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A construction company that used labour hire companies to distance itself from its workplace obligations and entered into agreements to keep the construction union “at bay” has been ordered to pay almost $300k for breaches over underpayments and record-keeping. The Federal Court penalty ruling - the first to be made after a full court d...

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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

Compensation is not a punitive measure: bench

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Compensation in unfair dismissal cases is not a punishment for an employer's poor practices, a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has ruled in upholding a refusal to award a unfairly dismissed worker any compensation. The bench upheld Commissioner Chris Simpson's decision last year that found labour hire company Matilda Greenbank - which did not...

Loss of traditional work leading to 'trickle up' wealth: ACTU

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The decline of traditional employment relationships due to digital disruption and globalisation has led to a 'trickle up' effect in wealth, according to Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver. Oliver made the comments about growing income inequality at the opening of the ACTU's triennial Congress today (May 26). He reiterat...

No contest at ACTU Congress

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Comment : ACTU president Ged Kearney launched Congress this morning boldly declaring “a contest of ideas is a sign of a healthy movement”. It was “a contest of ideas” that then-ACTU assistant secretary Tim Lyons had also cited as his reason to challenge Oliver for leadership of the movement ( WF 6/02/15 ). Lyons, who announc...

ACTU unit will organise affiliates' industrial campaigns: Oliver

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Campaigners employed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) for its federal election push will stay on to help affiliates organise their own campaigns around industrial matters, ACTU secretary Dave Oliver has revealed. The ACTU Congress today (May 27) unanimously approved a $13m budget for its 'Build a Better Future' campaign, which will ...

Let's get radical: TWU NSW secretary

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Unions should run “radical” campaigns including sit-ins and blocking roads to “misbehave” and hold corporate power to account, according to the Transport Workers Union (TWU) NSW secretary Michael Aird. Aird made the comments at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) yesterday (May 26). He was one of the few delegates ...

Australia must get ahead of automation curve: Shorten

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Australia needs to prepare for the jobs of the future as it confronts the risk of automation of low-wage sectors, opposition leader Bill Shorten has said. Shorten made the comments in an address to the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Congress today (May 27). He criticised the view that high wages made Australia less competitive, and warne...

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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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