Fair Work Australia's prosecution of the Health Services Union (HSU) national office and former secretary Craig Thomson is not expected to be filed until July but the legal minefield that is building up around the case could create an insurmountable obstacle. A spokesperson for FWA told Workforce the case was taking a “little while to put tog...
FWA faces legal minefield in case against Thomson
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IR reform impact ‘swamped' by main growth drivers: report
IR reform should not be an Australian economic priority as there is little evidence it had a large impact on economic growth, a report published today by the Grattan Institute has argued. The ‘Game Changers' report into Australia's economic priorities noted while many saw IR policy as a means to boost economic growth, many commentators had an...
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Jackson's 'scandalous' allegations rock HSU hearing
WFD: The first full hearing into the proposed administration of the dysfunctional Health Services Union edged into its own dysfunction on Tuesday morning (June 5) as the court adjourned following widespread objections to HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson's hundred-page long affidavit that featured "scandalous" allegations, including against Jack...
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Monash staff left exposed as no academic descriptors in EA
WFD: A Fair Work Australia decision upholding management's right to manage has reinforced the need for academic descriptors in education sector enterprise agreements. Deputy President Gregory Smith made that clear when ruling in favour of Monash University subsidiary Monash College Pty Ltd (Monash) in its dispute with the National Tertiary Educatio...
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25 public service agreements 'in doubt' under new IR laws: QCU
WFD: Unions says 25 Queensland public service agreements to be negotiated in the next 12 months face an uncertain fate under state IR legislation passed in the Qldueensland Parliament on Wednesday (June 6). The Industrial Relations (Fair Work Harmonisation) and Other Legislation Bill 2012 , introduced by the Campbell Newman government last month, g...
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Unemployment at 5.1%, job participation hits record high: ABS
WFD : Australia's unemployment rate crept up by 0.2% to 5.1% but workforce participation increased by 0.3%, the latest ABS labour force figures reveal. The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 38,900 to a record-high 11,537,900 in May. The increase in employment was driven by increased full-time employment, up 46,100 people to 8,...
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AWU blue over Olympic Dam deal
At press time, Fair Work Australia was poised to approve a new four-year agreement for workers at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam uranium mine project. If approved, the agreement will set a precedent for big resource sector employers transitioning from non-union collective agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) to Fair Work Act agreements...
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Workforce Daily back on June 12
Workforce Daily will not be published on Monday, June 11 - Queen's Birthday public holiday. We will be back on Tuesday, June 12.
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Lawler objects to defamatory allegations in HSU hearing
WFD: Fair Work Australia Vice President Michael Lawler intervened into the HSU administration proceedings on Wednesday (June 6) to object to "highly defamatory" allegations concerning him in affidavits. While not a party to proceedings, eminent QC David Rofe on behalf of Lawler, rose in the second day of hearings indicating any cross examination of...
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NSW must come clean on administrator: Court
WFD: Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Flick on Tuesday (June 5) ordered counsel for NSW Minister for Finance and Services Greg Pearce to say by Wednesday morning (June 6) if the minister still intended to use his powers under the state Act to appoint an interim administrator from Monday (June 11). Justice Flick indicated that he would likely deliver ...
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Diary
Fair Work Review: Report was due to be provided to the Federal Govt on May 31, but it is likely to be handed next week after the review panel requested an extension. See DEEWR website . NSW Workers Compensation Scheme Committee report : To be tabled in NSW Parliament, June 13. Federal Govt inquiry into fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers: Public hearing...
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OK for employer to have union meet workers next to HR's office: Full Ct
At press time, a Full Court of the Federal Court had dismissed a union's appeal of a Fair Work Australia full bench majority decision that found an employer could “reasonably request” the union hold discussions with members in a room next to the HR manager's office ( WF17795 ) . The Full Court - Justices Chris Jessup, Richard Tracey and...
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Bowen Basin talks resume
WFD: Bowen Basin miners have resumed talks with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), after voting down an employer-offered enterprise agreement ( WF18223 ) . Unions led by the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union met with the company on Monday and Tuesday (June 4 and 5), with further talks scheduled for June 15, 20 and 22. A BMA spokesp...
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Shorten inner sanctum rages over claim FW review advice ignored
WFD: Workforce Daily understands those in Workplace Relations minister Bill Shorten's inner sanctum are privately seething over a press release issued by Opposition counterpart Senator Eric Abetz on Tuesday (June 5) accusing the minister of "doctoring" the terms of the Fair Work Act review. Abetz suggested Shorten had left out department advice to ...
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Shorten meets ex-Hastie Group workers as 1400 jobs saved
WFD: More than 1400 out of 1600 workers left out of work by the Hastie Group's collapse have new jobs, the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) revealed at a mass meeting of workers in Melbourne yesterday (June 7). The jobs were spared following the sale of two Hastie Group businesses to an undisclosed private company on Tuesday, CEPU Vi...
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Productivity trends up but ABS notes GDP per hour not definitive
WFD: Private sector productivity grew 1.2% in the March quarter, the latest ABS national accounts data reveal. The figures show private sector productivity - measured as gross value added per hour worked - increased 3.9% in the 12 months to March 2012. And economic growth surged a staggering 4.3% for the same period.
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TWU can represent airport security, if proves has majority support: FWA
WFD: In a decision likely to exacerbate demarcation tensions between the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and United Voice, Fair Work Australia has ruled the TWU can represent security guards at Adelaide Airport. United Voice, the union traditionally associated with the security industry, objected to a TWU majority support determination application fo...
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ACTU slams muzzling of Fiji issue
WFD: ACTU president Ged Kearney has slammed the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) for pulling an examination of abuse of labour rights in Fiji off the agenda at the International Labour Organisation's annual conference in Geneva this week. The ILO conference was to have heard of abuses in Fiji and 24 other countries, with Fijian union l...
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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: 314021718245
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FWA removes industrial action ban as miners move to strike
Fair Work Australia has removed an agreement clause barring workers from taking industrial action on the grounds it was ambiguous whether it had effect during negotiations for a replacement deal and prevented the exercising of a “fundamental” workplace right. Commissioner Paula Spencer's decision handed down on Friday (June 8) and obtai...
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