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WA minimum wage rises less than national safety net

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The WA Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) has lifted its minimum wage by 2.1%, $2 a week less than the national 2.5% increase which was replicated in SA. On July 2, the WA IRC ordered a $14-a-week increase to $679.90 a week, or 2.1%. The 2.1% increase is less than the state's increase last year of 3.09% ( WF 13/06/14 ) and the Fair Work Commissi...

Mylan $216k in red despite $300k settlement from HSU NSW

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The Health Services Union NSW (HSU) has paid $300k to settle a cross-claim for unpaid entitlements by its former deputy secretary Peter Mylan in a move it says will save it almost $500k in superannuation payments. But Mylan is still down $216,400 despite the settlement, because he has incurred $400k in costs and received just $183,600 from the HSU ...

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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

Judge rejects indefinite bar on protected action after order breach

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The Federal Court has rejected broad arguments to restrict the right to strike by finding parties are not prevented from taking protected action as a result of breaching bargaining orders if the orders are “spent” at the time the action is proposed. Justice Michael Barker held the Maritime Union of Australia's (MUA) late lodgement of ma...

Personal payment orders flagged before court fines CFMEU Irwin pretender

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The Federal Court has flagged it will consider whether it can make orders to ensure union officials found to have breached industrial laws personally pay any penalties, rather than their union. Justice Geoffrey Flick raised the issue after ruling two Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Qld organisers breached right-of-entry requiremen...

Confidentiality in MUA bullying case does not back ‘culture of silence'

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The Fair Work Commission has ordered that employee information provided to DP World Melbourne's workplace investigations be kept confidential in anti-bullying proceedings. Deputy President Val Gostencnik rejected argument that such orders would encourage the workplace's “culture of silence”. He agreed to make the order after considering...

Caltex crew refuses to sail due to 'premature' sacking

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The crew of the Alexander Spirit oil tanker has refused to sail from Tasmania to Singapore after Caltex told them the journey would be their last and refused to guarantee the ship would return with the Australian crew. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) last week accused Caltex of making the 36 workers redundant to take on “cheap foreign s...

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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

‘2500 to Darren' text sticks out amid CFMEU denials of kickbacks

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It's the text message that can't be fully explained. In its hearings from June 19 to 30 into the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) NSW, the Trade Union Royal Commission laid out a series of text messages intercepted from the phone of underworld figure George Alex. The messages indicated cash was instructed to be left in a toilet are...

‘2500 to Darren' text sticks out amid CFMEU denials of kickbacks

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It's the text message that can't be fully explained. In its hearings from June 19 to 30 into the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) NSW, the Trade Union Royal Commission laid out a series of text messages intercepted from the phone of underworld figure George Alex. The messages indicated cash was instructed to be left in a toilet are...

Jackson broke law on donations to other unions' elections: HSU

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The Health Services Union (HSU) is pushing for a broad interpretation of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) (RO) Act in its $2.5m case against former national secretary Kathy Jackson, arguing the law bans use of union funds not only in the union's own elections but in other unions' as well. The HSU's counsel Mark Irving made the submission on...

Casuals may not be eligible for unfair dismissal: VP Hatcher

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All casual employees may be barred from making unfair dismissal claims if a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench does not revisit an authority about the application of unfair dismissal provisions to certain fixed term employment contracts, Vice President Adam Hatcher has warned. VP Hatcher said the obstacle to casuals applying for unfair dismissal...

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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

Redundancy despair does not justify Alexander Spirit strike: FWC

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) to cease industrial action on the Alexander Spirit oil tanker, holding psychological impacts of redundancy do not justify strike action for health and safety concerns. However, at press time the MUA announced it would appeal the decision. On Friday (July 3) Caltex told...

Employer donated $40k to Shorten 2007 campaign while negotiating EA

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Opposition leader and former Australian Workers Union secretary Bill Shorten failed to declare a $40k donation to his 2007 federal election campaign in the form of wages for his campaign director. The wages were paid by an employer who was renegotiating an enterprise agreement with the AWU that year. Responding to evidence revealed in the Trade Uni...

Bar Association steps in to back FWC over Lawler

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The Bar Association defended the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) failure to discipline Vice President Michael Lawler over his role in helping partner Kathy Jackson during his extended sick leave. Lawler is under attack from sections of the media for assisting Jackson, the ex Health Services Union national secretary facing a $2.5m claim from her former...

O'Connor blasts ‘prejudicial' Royal Cmn intervention by Cmr Heydon

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Shadow employment minister Brendan O'Connor has blasted Commissioner Dyson Heydon for “prejudicial” comments that opposition leader Bill Shorten's unresponsive answers may harm his credibility in the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC). This morning (July 9), Cmr Heydon warned Shorten “a lot of [his] answers [were] non-responsive&...

No conflict of interest in ‘secret' side deals, Shorten tells TURC

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Opposition leader Bill Shorten has denied there were major conflicts of interest in the Australian Workers Union (AWU) Vic branch receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in training for delegates as part of side deals with employers while negotiating enterprise agreements. In his second day before the Trade Union Royal Commission, Shorten batted...

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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Stephanie D'Souza. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Labor slams Public Service Cmn on better deal than other depts

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Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) staff have approved an enterprise agreement (EA) that Labor has criticised for offering pay increases “three times” the size of those offered to other public servants “with no loss of entitlements or conditions”. On Monday (July 6) employment minister and minister assisting the PM ...
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