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Supreme Court joins federal and state HSU admin proceedings

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WFD: In the latest development in the jurisdictional wrangle over HSU administration proceedings, the NSW Supreme Court has removed them from the state Industrial Court and transferred them to the federal proceedings. Upholding an application for orders by HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson on Wednesday (May 23), Justice Stephen Campbell said he ...

BMA offers more talks with unions as strikes resume in Bowen Basin

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WFD: More than 3,000 miners went on a week-long strike at Bowen Basin coal mines yesterday (May 24) after 11 th -hour talks between unions and mines owner BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) failed earlier in the week ( WF18223 ) . The strike has effectively shutdown production at six BMA mine sites - Saraji, Peak Downs, Broadmeadow, Goonyella Riverside,...

Qantas axes 500 maintenance jobs in Melbourne to save $100m

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WFD: Qantas has announced it will shut down its Tullamarine maintenance hanger and axe 500 maintenance jobs. The company says the move will save it $70 to $100m year against a one-off redundancy cost of about $50m. The company will consolidate its heavy maintenance work to Brisbane and Avalon maintenance hangars. It said 422 jobs would go at Tullam...

Diary

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Federal Govt inquiry into fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers: Public hearings: Sydney - May 25; Melbourne/Burnie - June 13-14. See website . Education, Employment & Workplace Relations Senate Estimates committee hearings: May 28-31. See committee website . Fair Work Review: Report due to be provided to the Federal Govt by May 31, 2012. See DEEWR we...

No evidence linking productivity decline to FW Act: Eslake

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Economist Saul Eslake says the case for blaming Australia's lagging productivity on the Fair Work industrial relations system has yet to be proven on the available statistical evidence. Eslake made the observation in his Bishop Manning Lecture speech at the Kirribilli Club in Sydney last night. "Since there has been a growing tendency in parts of t...

The problem with IFA/AWAs: Stewart

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If the Coalition plans to expand the use of individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), it will likely be forced to increase the size of its public sector, Professor Andrew Stewart has warned. In a speech to the NSW IR Society last Friday (May 18), Stewart said there was a “practical conundrum” that emerged with Australian Workplace Agr...

FWA starts HSU Vic no.1 branch Federal Court proceedings

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WFD: Fair Work Australia general manager Bernadette O'Neill this week (May 23) commenced proceedings against the HSU and three former HSU Victoria branch No 1 officials in the Federal Court. The proceedings seek penalties for breaches of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act, and arise from a FWA report released on March 16 implicating forme...

Thomson lines up HSU rivals, FWA and VP Lawler in spirited defence

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WFD: In a speech likely to fray nerves within Fair Work Australia and key players in the HSU scandal, embattled federal MP Craig Thomson has provided a compelling alternative theory to allegations he misused union funds to, among other things, pay for escorts when he was the HSU national secretary from 2003 to 2007. He was an innocent man - the vic...

ACTU slams enterprise migration agreement for Rinehart project

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The ACTU has slammed the Federal Government's decision to approve the country's first enterprise migration agreement (EMA) for the Roy Hill Iron project in Western Australia. The project is owned by mining magnate Gina Rinehart. It will allow her to sponsor 1,715 457-visa workers to supplement 6,700 local workers for the $9.5 billion project. Emplo...

DP Sams says opt-out clauses contradict FW Act

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The schism among Fair Work Australia members over ‘opt-out' clauses has widened with Deputy President Peter Sams last week siding with Vice President Michael Lawler, Commissioner Julius Roe and Commissioner Wayne Blair against the controversial provisions. DP Sams expressed his strong view that opt-out clauses did not meet the Fair Work Act's...

Editorial team

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.

ETU takes Hastie administrator to FWA

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The Electrical Trades Union has lodged an urgent Fair Work Australia application objecting to its members being stood down without pay as troubled construction service business Hastie Group placed its Australian subsidiaries into administration. PPB Advisory today took control of 33 of Hastie's mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) service comp...

Justice Ross admits FWA's reputation has been damaged

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In a statement to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations senate estimates committee today, FWA President Justice Iain Ross has admitted the tribunal's reputation has been damaged in the fallout from the HSU scandal. Justice Ross said the "sustained criticism" directed at FWA over delays in the HSU investigations were warranted given the ...

Editorial team

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.

FWA managers recalled to Senate estimates hearing

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At press time, Opposition IR spokesperson Senator Eric Abetz confirmed FWA general manager Bernadette O'Neill and acting director organisations Ailsa Carruthers - standing in for Terry Nassios - will re-appear at a Senate estimates hearing at 7.30pm tonight. Abetz intends to grill the pair over the contents of a June 30, 2009 email from Doug Willia...

Budget flights: Thai cabin crew paid $273pm compared to Aus rate $2915

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The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) has slammed what it says is a "dodgy management culture" at Jetstar after the Fair Work Ombudsman launched penalty proceedings. The FWO alleges Thai cabin crew recruited by Qantas subsidiaries were paid less than one tenth of Australian cabin crew rates - $273 per month compared to $2,915. ...

Full bench considers right to appeal

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A Fair Work Australia full bench has determined parties can appeal arbitration decisions under the Fair Work Act, unless an agreement says otherwise. The ruling, involving ACI Operation Pty Ltd's (t/a O-I Melbourne) appeal of an arbitration decision by Commissioner John Ryan, is understood to be the first time the full bench has considered the R...

FWO Wilson worried about impact of job cuts on service delivery

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Fair Work Ombudsman Nick Wilson has told a Senate estimates hearing he is worried about the impact job cuts will have on the agency's service delivery capacity. As reported in Workforce Daily last month, the FWO took a massive hit in the 2012 budget with its budget slashed by $6.8m - from $132.7m in 2011-12 to $125.9m for 2012-13 ( WF18205 ) . The ...

FW Act Review delayed

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The review into the Fair Work Act is likely to be handed to the government next week after the review panel requested an extension of its May 31 deadline. A spokesperson for Workplace Relations minister Bill Shorten told Workforce Daily the minister had granted a two-week extension to the panel following a request last week. However, the spokespers...

FWA rejects CFMEU PABO request after union broadly amends claims

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In the latest in an extraordinary series of decisions considering good faith bargaining, Fair Work Australia Senior Deputy President Peter Richards has for the fifth time in a row knocked back a protected action ballot order application from the militant Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union ( WF18215 , WF18182 , WF18165 ) . Despite multipl...
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