Vic Police are said to be revisiting an investigation over an alleged “three and a half year campaign of harassment” by Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic officials John Setka and Shaun Reardon against a female FWBC inspector. The alleged campaign included late night phone calls from CFMEU assistant secretary Reardon,...
CFMEU ‘harassed' female FWBC officer with late night phone calls
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Dropping offer of ‘new role' was really a termination: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected a law firm's defence to an adverse action claim that it did not sack an employee but merely decided not to offer him a new role. Deputy President John Kovacic said he would continue to hear the claim the lawyer was sacked for raising a bullying complaint because the ‘new role' was just a proposed ro...
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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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Melhem rejected my concerns over ‘member fees': Andrews' adviser
A former Australian Workers Union (AWU) organiser had been “troubled” over a deal pushed by then-Vic secretary Cesar Melhem for an employer to provide the union with hundreds of staff names plus $75k in “service fees”. The 2010 AWU Vic side-deal was a condition for cleaning contractor Cleanevent to roll over a 2006 WorkChoic...
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You're being paid less -and working longer hours: ABS
Employers' labour costs per worker have substantially decreased this quarter while hours worked have risen, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS released data today (June 3) revealing non-farm real unit labour costs dropped 0.7% in the March 2015 quarter, reversing the 0.1% increase seen at the end of last year and return...
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Labor ‘Fair Work Taskforce' to critique govt on IR
The federal Labor opposition has launched a travelling forum to examine conditions of working people and critique the government's approach to industrial relations. Shadow employment minister Brendan O'Connor announced the ‘Fair Work Taskforce' with its chairperson Lisa Chester MP and secretary Senator Chris Ketter in Canberra today (June 3)....
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‘Subdued' inequality contributed to lower min wage rise
Slower increases in income inequality in recent years led to this year's “more modest” 2.5% rise in the national minimum wage (NMW), the 2015-16 annual wage review decision has revealed. Despite the Australian Council of Trade Unions calling for a $27 a week increase (or 4.2%) due to record-high inequality (WF 27/3/2015) , the NMW panel...
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Full Court ruling strips substance from general protections: judge
A BHP subsidiary did not take unlawful adverse action against a worker it moved from weekend to weekday shifts because its decision-makers were motivated by his ‘unpredictable' absences, not the fact those absences were permitted by personal leave rights, a Full Federal Court majority has found. But in a powerful dissent Justice Mordy Bromber...
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AWU Vic sec ‘decidedly uncomfortable' with Melhem fees
Australian Workers Union (AWU) Vic secretary Ben Davis has laid the blame for his union's false training invoices squarely on his predecessor, current Vic Labor MLC and state govt whip Cesar Melhem, saying he has since terminated the practice. The AWU Vic branch issued fake invoices to employers for occupational health and safety (OHS) training and...
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Vic is hotbed of industrial action: ABS
Working days lost to industrial action has risen with the construction industry accounting for 43% of all days lost at the start of the year. More than half all days lost were from Vic. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) industrial disputes data released today (June 4) showed 20,400 days were lost to strikes in the March quarter, with 14,600...
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Lack of training meant misuse of debit card not sackable offence
A Qld resort duty manager sacked after he charged $250 in debts incurred by his wife at the resort to his company debit card was unfairly dismissed because the company had not properly trained him about its code of conduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. Awarding former RACV Royal Pines Resort employee Adrian Ward $14,126 compensation in lieu ...
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FWC keeps employer finances secret despite claims of deception
A Sunshine Coast public figure has failed to lift a suppression order covering the financial details of the company who retrenched him, despite his argument the details were necessary to defend his reputation. Refusing the application, Fair Work Commissioner Paula Spencer said she was “not satisfied” the reasons for making the original ...
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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
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Judges building ‘intention' element into adverse action: academics
WFD: Courts are “building in a requirement of intention” to adverse action provisions, reducing their effectiveness in protecting workers from discrimination. Senior discrimination law academics Associate Professor Anna Chapman and Professor Beth Gaze made the comments in a lecture hosted by the Fair Work Commission and Centre for Emplo...
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Deed of release barred summary dismissal claim: court
WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has rejected a managing director's claim he was summarily dismissed in breach of contract, finding the fact he had signed a deed of a release was a “complete bar” to his claim. Judge Michael Lloyd-Jones rejected the employee's submission the deed was not valid because it was signed by a manager from his em...
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ALP taskforce to critique govt on IR
WFD: The federal Labor opposition has launched a travelling forum to examine conditions of working people and critique the government's approach to industrial relations. Shadow employment minister Brendan O'Connor announced the ‘Fair Work Taskforce' with its chairperson Lisa Chester MP and secretary Senator Chris Ketter in Canberra on June 3....
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Melhem rejected my concerns over ‘member fees': Andrews' adviser
WFD: A former Australian Workers Union (AWU) organiser had been “troubled” over a deal pushed by then-Vic secretary Cesar Melhem for an employer to provide the union with hundreds of staff names plus $75k in “service fees”. The 2010 AWU Vic side-deal was a condition for cleaning contractor Cleanevent to roll over a 2006 Work...
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FWC keeps employer finances secret despite claims of deception
WFD: A Sunshine Coast public figure has failed to lift a suppression order covering the financial details of the company who retrenched him, despite his argument the details were necessary to defend his reputation. Refusing the application, Fair Work Commissioner Paula Spencer said she was “not satisfied” the reasons for making the orig...
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AWU Vic sec ‘decidedly uncomfortable' with Melhem fees
WFD: Australian Workers Union (AWU) Vic secretary Ben Davis has slapped the blame for his union's false training invoices squarely on his predecessor, current Vic Labor MLC and state govt whip Cesar Melhem, saying he has since terminated the practice. The AWU Vic branch issued fake invoices to employers for occupational health and safety (OHS) trai...
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Melhem sheets blame for Cleanevent deal to AWU national
WFD: Former Australian Workers Union (AWU) boss Paul Howes' name has been dragged into the Trade Union Royal Commission, with ex-Vic secretary Cesar Melhem seeking to portray Howes as ultimately responsible for the rollover of a WorkChoices EA that short-changed casuals of up to two thirds of their penalty rates. Melhem - now a Vic Labor MP - claim...
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