WFD: In a shock development, former Building Labor Federation (BLF) Qld secretary Dave Hanna has resigned from his senior leadership positions within the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). Hanna became CFMEU construction and general division national president after the militant BLF Qld officially merged with CFMEU Qld in 2013 - 27 ...
CFMEU president in shock departure
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ACCC pushes for phone-tapping powers against unions
WFD: Phone-tapping powers would help bust union-organised cartels arranged by word-of-mouth and kept quiet by threats against witnesses, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said. The ACCC made the comment in its submission on options for law reform to the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC), released on Monday (August 24)....
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FWC grants accident pay over employer objections
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) will introduce entitlements for up to a year's worth of accident pay into dozens of modern awards, despite objections from employers and governments that it would interfere with the incentive for injured workers to return to work. The Australian Council of Trade Unions and other unions sought the inclusion of cla...
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Employers join unions to criticise PPL Bill
WFD: The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has questioned whether the Federal Government's Bill aimed at stopping employees “double dipping” on paid parental leave (PPL) will deliver its targeted savings, while the Australian Industry Group says it does not support reducing or removing employees' entitlements under the ...
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Heydon to announce TURC disqualification ruling on Aug 28
WFD: In an August 26 statement, the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) said its chief Dyson Heydon will announce his decision on whether or not to disqualify himself at 10am on Friday (August 28). Last Friday (Aug 21) Heydon heard applications from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union and Australian Wor...
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Heydon delays call on bias disqualification
WFD: Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) chief Dyson Heydon has indefinitely delayed announcing his decision on whether or not he will disqualify himself due to the unions' applications he must do so because of perceived bias. On Friday (August 21) Heydon heard applications from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Construction Forestry M...
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ACT scaffolder wants to uses TURC evidence to tear up expired EA
WFD: An ACT scaffolding company is using evidence of alleged coercion revealed at the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) to appeal approval of a now-expired union enterprise agreement (EA). But the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has labelled the move a ploy to stymie prosecution for alleged breaches of the EA. MPR Scaffolding Pt...
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RSRT safe rates order puts supply chains on the hook for compliance
WFD: In a decision that could have significant impacts on supply chain compliance, the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal has released its first major ruling on minimum rates for long distance drivers and those involved in distribution for supermarket chains. The bench emphasised the payments order was a “draft” and it needed to further ...
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Worker sacked over fight was hit but no victim
An employee sacked for calling a colleague a “f--king dog” and fighting has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he was bullied and his dismissal was unfair. Commissioner Danny Cloghan said he was satisfied Downer EDI Engineering Power trades assistant Steven Gilbert used the term a “f--king dog” a number of time...
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CFMEU claims AFP raid a ‘political stunt'
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has claimed an Australian Federal Police (AFP) raid of its ACT branch was a “political stunt ... obviously under the direction” of the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC). According to ABC reports , the AFP raided the CFMEU ACT office on Wednesday (August 26) searching for evide...
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Diary
Productivity Commission workplace relations inquiry public hearings : Bendigo (September 4), Hobart (Sept 7), Melbourne (Sept 8), Canberra (Sept 11), Perth (Sept 14), Adelaide (Sept 15), Sydney (Sept 17), Ipswich (Sept 21). More info here .
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Govt plans to cut super penalties despite ‘endemic' arrears problem
The Federal Government is moving to reduce penalties for employers who fail to make superannuation payments and has asked Treasury and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to “explore options”, including an amnesty on super arrears, revealed exclusively by Workforce yesterday (August 27) ( WF 27/08/15 ). On Friday (Aug 21) small business min...
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FWO investigating warehouse, port workers over unlawful strikes
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has confirmed it is investigating Woolworths and Hutchison Ports employees in unrelated incidents for taking allegedly unprotected industrial action, continuing the FWO's crackdown on workers breaching s418 orders. On August 10 more than 200 employees at the Woolworths liquor distribution centre in Melbourne took snap ...
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Stoljar email revelation sparks further bias submissions
The Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) has revealed its counsel assisting raised concerns with Cmr Dyson Heydon about the Sir Garfield Barwick lecture minutes before the cmr withdrew and after being tipped off about its Liberal Party connections by a barrister and Party supporter. Cmr Heydon has now delayed his decision, that had been due today, o...
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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
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500 jobs go or BlueScope shuts: CEO
BlueScope Steel must either cut $200m in costs, including about 500 jobs, or "mothball" the steel mill, CEO Paul O'Malley said when announcing the company's financial year results this week. O'Malley said the first option was "game-changing cost reduction" and was his preferred option but required productivity improvements from employees. He said i...
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ACTU calls on Heydon to postpone ruling in face of email revelations
WFD: The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is seeking a deferral of Trade Union Royal Commission Dyson Heydon's disqualification decision following revelations the cmn's counsel assisting was tipped off about the Liberal Party connections to the Sir Garfield Barwick event the day before Heydon withdrew from it. The email revealed by The Aus...
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Love hurts: Full Court cuts payout over MUA closed shop
The Federal Full Court has slashed in half the more than $720k in compensation awarded to a couple who were denied crew jobs because they were not union members after the court considered the initial order did not sufficiently take into account the effect of spousal separation at sea. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) had appealed orders for it...
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Employer had free run to set home base: full court
In a decision that could save an employer up to $30k per worker per year in travel entitlements, the Federal Full Court has held ALS Industrial could declare its company base to be wherever it performed work, despite 15 years of counting its headquarters as its base. The case demonstrated the limits of past practice when an employer continues to as...
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FSU heralds abandonment of performance pay in Westpac deal
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) and Westpac have reached in-principle agreement on a new workplace deal that the union says “breaks the link” between performance targets and annual salaries. The three-year deal would grant pay increases of 3.5% in 2016 and 3.25% in 2017 and 2018 to bank staff earning up to $75k. Those paid between $75k a...
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