Fair Work Australia Vice President Graeme Watson says the recent "publicity" about a controversial speech he gave to the NSW IR Society on May 19 ( WF18225 ) has put the focus back on productivity-related reforms. VP Watson made the comments at the Fair Work Summit conference in Sydney on Monday (May 28) - ironically, at about the same time FWA Pre...
VP Watson drops offending bits in rebooted productivity speech
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No more ABCC: new, ‘Fair', construction body starts this week
Legislation abolishing the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) and setting up a new construction industry inspectorate will come into effect this Friday (June 1, 2012). Workplace Relations minister Bill Shorten said current ABCC head Leigh Johns will head up the new “independent” inspectorate for the first 12 months. R...
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab.
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Abetz draws fire as 'smoking gun' fails to discharge
Opposition IR spokesperson Senator Eric Abetz is taking flak after recalling FWA managers to a Senate estimates hearing last night to confront them with an email he claimed was a 'smoking gun'. He had a 2009 email from Doug Williams - the then Industrial Registrar and CEO of the Industrial Relations Commission - to FWA investigator Terry Nassios ou...
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Minimum wage decision on Friday
Fair Work Australia will hand down its minimum wage decision at 10 am this Friday (June 1), the tribunal confirmed at press time. The minimum wage panel's 2012 decision will be simultaneously released in all state and territory FWA offices and will be available at www.fwa.gov.au .
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Rinehart EMA = 1800 full-time Aussie jobs: Ferguson
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has defended the Federal Government's controversial decision to approve an Enterprise Migration Agreement (EMA) for mining magnate Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore project. In the keynote address at the Minerals Week conference in Canberra earlier today, Ferguson said the Roy Hill EMA was an essential pre-conditi...
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AMMA members to boycott Govt's resource sector jobs board?
The Federal Government's concession to unions to set up a jobs notice board for the resources sector would add another layer of red tape for employers, Australian Mines and Metals Association chief executive Steve Knott says. The govt promised a jobs notice board - which it would monitor - to gauge vacancy levels before approving Enterprise Migrati...
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FW Act Review delayed
WFD: 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 spoke...
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Tiger charges cabin crew job seekers $20 to attend interview
WFD: Tiger Airways has been charging aspiring flight attendants and cabin crew a $20 "administration fee" to attend interviews. Cabin crew union the Flight Attendants Association of Australia (FAAA) has described the practice as "almost immoral". Tiger's recruitment department invited more than 100 job applicants by email to attend a "candidate ass...
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Fairfax journalists return to work
Fairfax journalists in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong returned to work earlier today after taking unprotected industrial action for 36 hours over company plans to shift editorial jobs to New Zealand. More than 50 full-time jobs could go, with the Media Entertainment Arts Alliance fearing forced redundancies could come into play if few ...
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Abetz draws fire as 'smoking gun' fails to discharge
WFD: Opposition IR spokesperson Senator Eric Abetz took flak this week after recalling FWA managers to a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday night to confront them with an email he claimed was a 'smoking gun'. He had a 2009 email from Doug Williams - the then Industrial Registrar and CEO of the Industrial Relations Commission - to FWA investigator ...
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Justice Ross admits FWA's reputation has been damaged
WFD: In a statement to the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations senate estimates committee on Monday (May 28), 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 wa...
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FWO Wilson worried about impact of job cuts on service delivery
WFD: 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 allocation slashed by $6.8m - from $132.7m in 2011-12 to $125.9m for 2012-13 ( WF18205...
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DP Sams says opt-out clauses contradict FW Act
WFD: 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 ...
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Vic teachers to strike
Victorian school teachers and principals will go on strike for 24 hours next Thursday (June 7) after the state government refused to up its 2.5% pay offer to the 10% sought by the Australian Education Union (AEU). AEU Vic branch sec Mary Bluett said 96% of teachers voted up the industrial action and more than 20,000 teachers would take part. "We do...
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718235.
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No more ABCC: new, 'Fair', construction body starts this week
WFD: Legislation abolishing the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) and setting up a new construction industry inspectorate came into effect today (June 1, 2012). Workplace Relations minister Bill Shorten said current ABCC head Leigh Johns will head up the new "independent" inspectorate for the first 12 months. "Mr Johns' appointment...
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ETU takes Hastie administrator to FWA
WFD: 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. On Monday (May 28), PPB Advisory took control of 33 of Hastie's mechanical, electrical and plumbing...
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VP Watson drops offending bits in rebooted productivity speech
WFD: Fair Work Australia Vice President Graeme Watson says the recent "publicity" about a controversial speech he gave to the NSW IR Society on May 19 ( WF18225 ) has put the focus back on productivity-related reforms. VP Watson made the comments at the Fair Work Summit conference in Sydney on Monday (May 28) - ironically, at about the same time FW...
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FWA rejects CFMEU PABO request after union broadly amends claims
WFD: 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 mu...
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