WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has hit back at the arrest of ACT organiser John Lomax, claiming the charge of blackmail for an industrial matter amounts to “criminalising the work of unions”. On Friday (July 24) Lomax was arrested and charged with blackmail shortly before he was due to give evidence. The ACT ...
Lomax blackmail arrest criminalising union's work: CFMEU
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CFMEU member arrested for alleged TURC perjury
WFD: An unfinancial member of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT has been arrested on a perjury charge after he denied to the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) that he had passed on a union organiser's demand for payment to his employer. Class 1 Form Pty Ltd employee Tuungafasi Manase is the first witness to be arrested for...
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Savvy adverse action litigant's ‘unawareness' damaged case
WFD: A Federal Court has held an adverse action applicant's credibility was damaged when he made “implausible” claims that he was unaware how general protections worked when he made a complaint to his employer because he had used the provisions just 12 months earlier against a previous employer. Justice Richard White wholly rejected rec...
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FWC backs CFMEU Qld over organiser sacking
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has upheld the Qld construction union's sacking of an organiser who failed to attend worksites and was accused of “bludging on the union”. Deputy President Peter Sams rejected ex- Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union Qld organiser Ben Loakes' explanations as “implausible” and “spin...
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Vic Govt creates bargaining unit for public sector agreements
WFD: The Vic Labor government has created a new body to oversee public sector bargaining in the same week the United Firefighters Union (UFU) became the first Vic union to get a protected action ballot order (PABO) since the election of the Andrews govt. IR minister Natalie Hutchins said the unit would “provide assistance in bargaining negoti...
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‘Radical' super laws allow removal of union, employer directors: ISA
WFD: Industry Super Australia (ISA) has hit back at government plans to mandate one-third of super boards be made up of independent directors, arguing the plan constitutes an “unworkable” ‘one-size fits-all' model which will harm successful industry funds. ISA made the claim in a submission on the govt's draft legislation released...
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Child protection law cruels accused paedophile's unfair dismissal case
WFD: A Fair Work Commission full bench has held that a Catholic school teacher facing child sex charges can't claim for unfair dismissal because a NSW child protection law makes it unlawful for a school to employ him. That was because sacking the then-suspended teacher to comply with the NSW Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012meant th...
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FIFO work should be last resort: ALP
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) national conference has resolved to limit fly-in fly-out (FIFO) work arrangements to “genuinely remote and temporary” projects and require companies to show it is “essential” for the undertaking. In a resolution passed on Sunday (July 26) the conference resolved to work with state and local g...
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Diary
Australian Mines and Metals Association : August 6-7, at Pan Pacific, Perth. Speakers include Stuart Wood QC, Kate Carnell and Senator Zhenya Wang. More info here .
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‘Unprecedented' blackmail charge relates to site rates claim
ACT Police's criminal blackmail charge against Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT organiser John Lomax relates to a site rates clause, casting doubt on whether Lomax made an “unwarranted demand” by insisting a subcontractor sign a union enterprise agreement (EA) with the minimum rates. Lomax's charge sheet seen by Wor...
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Academic calls for more regulator action over adviser liability
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) needs to take more legal action against advisers over underpayments or sham contracting to establish authorative court rulings that would be a more effective deterrent, a company and insolvency law specialist has urged. In an advanced copy of her Melbourne University Law Review paper, Associate Professor Helen Anderson...
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Govt serves fine dining a discount on 457 visa workers
The Federal Government has agreed to a labour agreement that would provide fine dining restaurants streamlined access to skilled work visas for cooks, chefs and waiters. The workers could be hired for wages 10% less than the temporary skilled migration income threshold - or $48,510. The Restaurant & Catering Association (R&CA) said the deal...
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CFMEU Qld's paid union stoppages clause an ‘industrial weapon': MBA
The Master Builders Association (MBA) Qld has warned building employers a proposed union enterprise agreement (EA) clause that allows for two hours paid time off for “union activities” has been used as an “industrial weapon”. It says it is “impossible to predict” how unions might use the clause. The employer grou...
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Vic sets up LSL portability inquiry
The Vic Government has set up a parliamentary inquiry into portable long service leave (LSL) for workers who move between jobs in the same or similar industries. TheEconomic, Education, Jobs & Skills Committee has called for submissions to its inquiry by next week (August 7). The terms of reference include examining which sectors could benefit ...
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Hutchison ‘union-busting' worst since Waterfront dispute: MUA
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has accused Hutchison Ports Australia (HPA) of initiating a plan codenamed ‘Phoenix Rising' that will trigger redundancies of union delegates and activists before the organisation is reborn with a more automated workforce. The union has described it as the worst “union-busting” since the 1998 ...
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HSU officials can't keep RoE permits pending appeal: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to issue a stay order to allow two Health Services Union (HSU) Vic No 1 branch officials to keep their right of entry (RoE) permits, despite finding their appeal against their revocation stands a reasonable chance of success. On June 26, FWC Vice President Graeme Watson ordered revocation of HSU Vic No 1 s...
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ANZ announces $500 a year boost to women's super
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has welcomed ANZ's decision to top up female employees' superannuation by $500 but signalled it will continue to press bargaining claims to raise base pay at the bank. On Wednesday (July 29) ANZ announced a number of measures to address the fact Australian women retire with about half the super balances of men due to ...
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FWC to consider leave with pay as bullying remedy in DP World case
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) will consider issuing orders that DP World re-credit bullying victims their spent leave and grant them further leave with pay in response to workers' stop bullying applications against DP World and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). FWC heard today (August 3) thatstevedores Sharon Bowker, Annette Coombe and Stephe...
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Teys gutted by ‘broken' IR system after court ends EA dispute
Teys has launched an attack on the IR system and called for “major reform” after the Full Federal Court rejected the latest in 18-months of legal challenges over the quashing of its Beenleigh enterprise agreement. On Friday (July 31) the Full Court rejected the meat company's arguments for judicial review as a “chimera”, say...
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