Qantas' longest serving sales agent sacked for discounting air tickets for friends has failed in an unfair dismissal claim that argued it was “common practice” in the industry and the airline had failed to monitor compliance. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) held employers should not be criticised for expecting their workers to act honest...
Qantas sacking ‘Lady Bountiful' for ticket discounting not unfair
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‘Magic mirrors' can't hide ‘elephant in the room' in small biz sacking
The Fair Work Commission has blasted a small business owner who sacked an employee stakeholder because she objected to his parents being taken on as contractors, saying the owner operated “in a room lined with magic mirrors” that reflected his own image. Tossing out accountancy firm Lloyd & Co's jurisdictional argument to Kirsten Su...
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CFMEU organiser arrested after claims $100k bribes were ‘gifts'
A former Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT lead organiser has been arrested after giving evidence in the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) admitting he received $100k from two builders which he said were “gifts” that did not relate to his union office. Secret phone taps at TURC today also revealed the ex-CFMEU orga...
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Aurizon on track after maintenance EA voted up
WFD: A significant majority of Aurizon's construction and maintenance staff have approved a new enterprise agreement (EA) granting 4% pay rises each year for three years in return for forfeiting ‘legacy' conditions like a ‘no forced redundancy' clause. The maintenance EA means the train crews' deal is the last of the three Aurizon agree...
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Coles cracks down on supply chain with ‘confidential' Baiada audit
WFD: Coles has commissioned a national audit of all Baiada work premises in response to revelations the poultry producer's contracted labour hire companies were engaged in widespread migrant worker exploitation. Coles IR and policy managers Vicki Bon and Andrea Currie told the Senate's temporary work visa inquiry on July 14 PricewaterhouseCoopers w...
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Revolucion is over: Coco Cubano to pay $36k over ‘disgraceful' sacking
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has blasted a Coco Cubano franchisee's summary termination of a site manager as a “disgrace” after the owner sacked the woman by calling her “a bitch” and forcing her to take off her work shirt. Senior Deputy President Lea Drake slammed franchisee owner Jon Reid for his “shoot from the hip...
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Posters not enough to block interim orders over EA ‘misrepresentation'
WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has issued interim orders restricting declaration of results of a Carlton United Breweries (CUB) enterprise agreement ballot after claims a manager misled workers about of the nature of the agreement. Justice Mordy Bromberg said the Abbottsford brewery's efforts to dispel misapprehension was not enough to prevent the ...
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KFC working with FWO on Baiada supply chain response
WFD: Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is set to meet with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) in response to its investigation revealing exploitation of migrant workers by labour hire firms engaged at factories owned by poultry supplier Baiada. A spokesperson for the fast food franchise told Workforce Daily it had responded to a FWO letter in relation to the...
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FWBC accuses major contractor of discrimination over non-union EA
WFD: Fair Work Building and Construction FWBC) has launched legal action against ADCO Constructions, alleging it refused towork with a crane company because it had not signed a “bona fide” enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) and after advising it to sign one with the union. FWBC alleges that ADCO breached unlawful discrimination provi...
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Casual's loss of shifts not adverse action by dismissal: court
WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has rejected the adverse action claim of a casual receptionist who stopped getting shifts six days after she indicated she would make an underpayment inquiry to the regulator, with the court accepting her employer's evidence the changes were due to a downturn in work. Judge Robert Cameron found the receptionist's clai...
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TURC probes ACT concrete pattern agreements
WFD: All commercial concreters in Canberra came together in late 2013 to agree on identical rates for concreting work and above-award entitlements such as redundancy contributions, according to one employer witness before the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC). Multi Crete Australia Pty Ltd director Clive Arona told the cmn on July 16 that the Con...
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CFMEU official takes away $20k from Maccas runs
WFD: A former Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT lead organiser who collected up to $190k in alleged bribes from Canberra building companies insisted he be paid in cash, including at two meetings at McDonalds when he pocketed $20k in cheques, the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) has heard. On July 13, TURC heard formwork emplo...
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Union EA a form of ‘protection': head contractor
WFD: A head contractor has admitted in the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) to preferring subcontractors with union enterprise agreements (EAs) because they offered a form of “protection” from union disruption. On Monday (July13) Class 1 Form Pty Ltd director Elias Taleb gave a statement that Denham Constructions project manager Rodn...
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CFMEU boycotts TURC ACT ‘ambush'
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has blasted the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) for setting an “unreasonable” timetable and refused to appear for what it labels an “ambush” with hearings on “unknown case studies”. The CFMEU's solicitor Phillip Pasfield of Slater & Gordon wrote t...
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Employers paid CFMEU organiser $175k in bribes, TURC hears
WFD: A former Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT branch lead organiser took payments totalling $175k from employers and asked one of them not to disclose the amounts of payments to the union, the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) has heard. On July 17, in the first day of three weeks' hearings into the CFMEU ACT, TURC counsel a...
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Coles forced to up pay of casuals & juniors despite union deal
WFD: Coles Supermarkets has agreed to lift the casual loading and junior rates in its enterprise agreement (EA) negotiated with the Shop Distributive Allied Employees Union (SDA) after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) told the supermarket giant changes were needed for it to pass the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT). Coles will also have to top up the p...
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Cmr relied too much on GST to decide on indie contractor: bench
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has quashed a decision that found a safety consultant was an independent contractor not an employee, after criticising the cmn member for “overly relying” on the worker's manner of remuneration. The bench - Vice President Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Val Gostencnik and Commissioner Micha...
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