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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C'wealth's ‘largest industrial action in a generation' begins
Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) rolling strikes which began last week in NSW, WA, NT and Tasmania will tomorrow (June 23) reach Canberra. Last week CPSU members took half day strikes in four states or territories at Centrelink, Medicare and Customs offices, and the departments of defence, education, employment, environment, veterans' affai...
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Cmn erred in refusing compensation to unfairly sacked worker
A former IBM employee - who had pubic hair deliberately placed on her desk as part of what she claimed was a pattern of bullying and harassment - has been awarded $30k compensation by a Fair Work Commission full bench. The bench - Vice President Michael Lawler (in his first appeal ruling in 15 months), Senior Deputy President Anne Harrison and Comm...
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Editorial Team
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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High Court makes way for challenge to regulator settlement ruling
The High Court has granted special leave to the Commonwealth to appeal against a Full Federal Court ruling that effectively prevents workplace regulators from making settlements on penalties . Justice Susan Kiefel decided the application on the papers last week (June 18). As broken by Workforce earlier this month (WF 12/6/15) , Attorney-General Geo...
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CFMEU Vic says $3.55m Grocon settlement ‘won't send us bankrupt'
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic branch has insisted it is only covering legal costs in agreeing this week to pay Grocon $3.55m to settle its case against the union over the bitter 2012 Myer Emporium picket ( WF 4/04/14 ). CFMEU Vic secretary John Setka told 3AW in Melbourne “it is union members' money and it hurts to...
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Law firm to charge $22k to become ‘employee' for cmn-only work
The Australian Services Union (ASU) has written to SA law firm adlawgroup labelling its plan to charge law graduates $22k for a two-year work placement “highly exploitative” and warning it may make a complaint to regulators. The action comes as Adlawgroup told Workforce Daily it does not believe the minimum wage would apply to its emplo...
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George Alex distances himself from labour hire companies
Underworld figure George Alex has denied he was responsible for the labour hire company accused of making cash payments to the construction union, saying he just “threw it in there” when he signed off on an enterprise agreement (EA) as “director/manager”. Alex took the stand at the Trade Union Royal Commission for the first ...
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Wire tap ‘exonerates' union, TURC hears
Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) lawyers have argued an intercepted phone call between organiser Darren Greenfield and underworld figure George Alex has “exonerated” the union from claims it had received monies. Greenfield has been accused of receiving weekly $2,500 cash payments from Alex when he visited his Burwood ho...
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FWO 'no assistance' in 'aggressive, threatening' claim: court
The Federal Circuit Court has fined a childcare centre serving disadvantaged communities just $14k out of a maximum $280k for underpaying three workers and blasted the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) for its “unnecessarily aggressive” and “disproportionate” prosecution which would have bankrupted the employer. Judge Michael Lloyd-...
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Judge warns of deregistration after fining CFMEU Qld half a million
The Federal Court has slapped the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Qld branch and its officers with a $545k fine for unlawful coercion, and warned a union which persistently breaks the law “cannot expect to remain registered”. Justice John Logan blasted the union's unlawful picket of a Grocon site in Brisbane and single...
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Editorial Team
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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ABS ‘anonymity obsession' harmed workplace survey sample: academic
The 2014 Australian Workplace Relations Survey (AWRS) sample of enterprises was hampered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) “obsession with anonymity”, according to professor David Peetz. Peetz, Griffith University's employment relations professor, made the comments at the opening of the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) two-day A...
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Sea change for MUA with state branch election upsets
The Maritime Union of Australia has had two upset results in its state branch elections, with revolutionary socialist Bob Carnegie taking the Qld top spot and long-term incumbent Vic branch secretary Kevin Bracken being overthrown by a “ticket for change” group. Meanwhile, Will Tracey continues his inexorable climb through the Maritime ...
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Govt's draft building code puts EAs at risk
In a blow to the Federal Government's draft building code, a Fair Work Commission full bench has held enterprise agreements (EAs) that incorporate the unlegislated code along with any future amendments are too uncertain to be approved. Employers who wish to have contract work with the Govt have incorporated the code's provisions despite its failure...
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Editorial Team
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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Halving area of oversight was not a $243k redundancy: court
The SA Full Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a manager who claimed $243k in redundancy entitlements after he resigned because his company halved the area of operations under his control. The court found the employer may have repudiated its contract by ordering the employee to move to the new position or face termination but it was not a red...
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Employee share ownership changes to apply from next week
The Federal Government's bill introducing tax concessions for start-up companies' employee share schemes (ESS) has today passed the Senate without amendment. The Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (ESS) Bill applies to ESS interests on or after July 1, 2015 and was understood to have the support of Labor and The Greens. The Bill, which reverses ...
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Posties-sparkies transfer powers bite the dust in CWU plebiscite
Communications union members have delivered a resounding rebuke to proposed changes that would have given their state branch committees of management authority to transfer to the electrical or plumbing divisions within the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU). About two thirds (63%) of voting members from the postal and telecommunication...
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ABS ‘anonymity obsession' harmed workplace survey sample: academic
WFD: The 2014 Australian Workplace Relations Survey (AWRS) sample of enterprises was hampered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) “obsession with anonymity”, according to professor David Peetz. Peetz, Griffith University's employment relations professor, made the comments at the opening of the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) two-...
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