Dyson Heydon has declared he will stay on as commissioner of the Trade Union Royal Commission, defiantly rejecting unions' bid to disqualify himself on grounds of apprehended bias. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), with the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), had sought to have Heyd...
Heydon to stay, ‘no rationale' for bias claims
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Continuing fixed term contract before dismissal costs hospital $20k
The Fair Work Commission has ordered a hospital to pay $20k compensation to a doctor it sacked without proper notice and just two months after the expiry of his fixed-term contract. Commissioner Nick Wilson found the hospital had continued the doctor's employment after his fixed-term contract, which meant he was entitled to three months' notice und...
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Over half of Aussies expect to work out of hours: Randstad
Just over half of Australian workers say they are expected to work outside of office hours, with many also believing they need to answer emails and calls on holidays, a workplace survey has found. According to Randstand's workmonitor survey , 51% of Australians say their employers expect them to be available outside regular office hours, compared t...
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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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Labor will move to oust Heydon with Senate motion
Labor will proceed next week with a planned Senate motion asking the Governor General to remove Trade Union Royal Commission chief Dyson Heydon due to apprehended bias for agreeing to speak at a Liberal Party fundraiser. Shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus made the announcement as Dyson Heydon yesterday r ejectedthree union applications asking him...
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Migration Act loophole could see 7-Eleven get away with underpayment
A joint-Fairfax-Four Corners report has alleged 7-Eleven franchisees are engaged in systemic wage fraud of visa workers, but Workforce understands the migrant workers may have no legal recourse to claim their underpayments Last night's program revealed that a compliance review by 7-Eleven head office had found the vast majority of its 225 franchise...
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FWBC prosecutes Qld builder for coercing non-union contractor
Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) is prosecuting a Qld construction company and its senior managers for allegedly kicking a subcontractor off site because it did not have a union enterprise agreement (EA) and following pressure from the construction union. FWBC claimed Devine Constructions Pty Ltd engaged in discrimination, adverse action ...
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Labour costs up, productivity down
Labour costs have risen sharply off a low base while productivity continues to slow, the latest National Accounts data show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded real unit labour costs (non-farm) rising 0.6% in the June quarter on a trend basis and 1.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis. That followed negative growth in the March quarter and l...
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Vic landmark nurse-patient ratio legislation a world first
The Victorian Government has this week introduced a landmark Bill to legislate minimum nurse-to-patient ratios that has been described as the most comprehensive of its kind anywhere in the world. The Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Bill 2015 will cover certain wards in Vic public hospitals and residential aged car...
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Editorial Team
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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Ski instructors prepare for industrial action in industry first
Ski instructors in Victoria are for the first time threatening to take industrial action over frustration with the industry's insecure remuneration arrangements. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) yesterday approved a protected action ballot order (PABO) for the Mount Buller Ski and Snowboard School instructors after rejecting concerns their claims wer...
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Room for interpretation in bargaining notice: bench
A Fair Work Commissioner went too far by finding a notice of employee representational rights (NERR) failed the statutory test because it used the cmn's old name Fair Work Australia, a full bench has ruled. Commissioner Donna McKenna had rejected Serco Australia Pty Ltd's proposed enterprise agreement for immigration detention centre staff after ci...
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Editorial Team
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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Union loss in Aurizon appeal undermines EAs' integrity: RTBU
The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has decried its Federal Full Court appeal loss over the termination of Aurizon‘s 12 expired enterprise agreements (EAs) as a blow to the certainty and integrity of industrial instruments. This morning (September 3) the Full Court - Justices Christopher Jessup, Richard Tracey and John Reeves - unanimously dis...
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Workers set to strike at Gorgon gas project tomorrow
Gorgon gas unions were engaged in last minute negotiations with CB&I ahead of workers' 24-hour strike tomorrow followed by work stoppages over the next week. The construction workers at Chevron's $54bn LNG project gave notice of the protected action last Friday (August 28) following almost two years of failed negotiations. The approximately 1,5...
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DFAT, MBA to give evidence on China deal inquiry on Monday
As unions continue their campaign against the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) and the Federal Government pressures Labor leader Bill Shorten to support it, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has detailed what it maintains are the requirements attached to the deal's controversial labour agreements. In an information not...
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FWBC prosecutes Qld builder for coercing non-union contractor
WFD: Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) is prosecuting a Qld construction company and its senior managers for allegedly kicking a subcontractor off site because it did not have a union enterprise agreement (EA) and following pressure from the construction union. FWBC claimed Devine Constructions Pty Ltd engaged in discrimination, adverse ac...
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Vic landmark nurse-patient ratio legislation a world first
WFD: The Victorian Government has this week introduced a landmark Bill to legislate minimum nurse-to-patient ratios that has been described as the most comprehensive of its kind anywhere in the world. The Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Bill 2015 will cover certain wards in Vic public hospitals and residential age...
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Room for interpretation in bargaining notice: bench
WFD: A Fair Work Commissioner went too far by finding a notice of employee representational rights (NERR) failed the statutory test because it used the cmn's old name Fair Work Australia, a full bench has ruled. Commissioner Donna McKenna had rejected Serco Australia Pty Ltd's proposed enterprise agreement for immigration detention centre staff aft...
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Union loss in Aurizon appeal undermines EAs' integrity: RTBU
WFD: The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has decried its Federal Full Court appeal loss over the termination of Aurizon‘s 12 expired enterprise agreements (EAs) as a blow to the certainty and integrity of industrial instruments. On September 3 the Full Court - Justices Christopher Jessup, Richard Tracey and John Reeves - unanimously dismissed ...
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