A Full Court of the Federal Court has dismissed a union's appeal of a Fair Work Australia full bench majority decision that found an employer could “reasonably request” the union to hold discussions with members in a room next to the HR manager's office ( WF17795 ) . The Full Court - Justices Chris Jessup, Richard Tracey and Geoffrey Fl...
Full Court rejects union ‘right of entry' appeal as costs loom
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Bench oks CJ Manfield EA despite employer blunder
An employer cannot get out of an enterprise agreement made under the Fair Work Act on the common law ground of unilateral mistake, a Fair Work Australia full bench has decided. In the latest - and possibly final - instalment of the contentious CJ Manfield (CJM) case, the bench said the statutory tests for approval are clear and mandatory. The case ...
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Jackson slams Shorten as warlord and Dracula-like figure
Speaking at the HR Nicholls Society conference dinner in Melbourne last night, Health Services Union (HSU) national secretary Kathy Jackson's called workplace relations minister Bill Shorten a “factional warlord”. She said putting Shorten - a former union official - in charge of the nation's IR agenda is akin to letting Dracula run a bl...
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HSU officials suspended as Moore appointed interim administrator
Retired Federal Court judge Michael Moore has immediately suspended Health Services Union East officers after taking up his new position as interim administrator of the national and state branches from midday yesterday. Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Flick appointed Moore on Friday (June 8) under the draft scheme proposed by HSU acting national pre...
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ALAEA objects to Qantas demark role
A Fair Work Australia full bench is next month set to determine a Qantas demarcation dispute over who can represent those holding the new engineering licence category. However, Qantas' intervention as a party to the dispute before the tribunal could be a fresh obstacle. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) has told Workfor...
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Petition enough for majority support
Fair Work Australia has accepted an employee petition as sufficient proof for a majority support determination (MSD) rather than wait for an employer-supported secret ballot conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). In its MSD application, the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union said a petition by 47 out of 54 production and eng...
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Job cuts confirmed in NSW budget
Unions have attacked job cuts in the NSW Budget, saying the loss of 10,000 public servant jobs will hurt service delivery. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird on Tuesday (June 12) confirmed a reduction in labour cost growth of 1.2%, equivalent to cutting 10,000 jobs from the public service. Savings could come from involuntary redundancies, or curbing overtime...
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Guard's use of four-letter word ‘not sackable offence': FWA
Fair Work Australia has reinstated a Linfox Armaguard security guard who used a four- letter word during a meeting with his supervisor and then stormed out, knocking down a roster board in the process. Linfox told FWA its workplace policies specified swearing in the workplace was not tolerated. However, Commissioner Helen Cargill found the evidence...
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Ford workers guaranteed 60% of pay during forced shutdown
Ford workers will receive at least 60% of their pay under a week-long shutdown of the company's Geelong and Broadmeadows production line next month (July). The downtime follows an oversupply of parts brought on by falling sales, Ford said Ford this week said it remained committed to honouring its deal with state and federal governments to keep asse...
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Non-attendance subject to costs
Fair Work Australia has found it can award costs under the Fair Work Act if one party acts vexatiously towards the other during proceedings, and that included by not attending. Commissioner John Lewin made the observation before dismissing Jeff Dickason's costs application against Endeavour Industries Pty Ltd and its appointed receiver Taylor Woodi...
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Top Chinese official wary of investing here due to IR laws: ACCI
One of China's most senior bureaucrats says investing in Australian manufacturing is not an attractive proposition because of the country's “labour cost structure” and restrictions against employers taking action against underperforming workers. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) chief executive Peter Anderson made the s...
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MEAA to fight 90-day deadline in Fairfax jobs cull
The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) won't accept Fairfax plans to shed hundreds of staff within 90 days, MEAA Vic branch secretary Louise Connor told Workforce Daily as journalists in Sydney and Melbourne met at press time to digest the biggest jobs cull in the history of Australian newspapers. Connor said Fairfax had provided “no cl...
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Abetz calls for go slow as RO Bill fast-tracked through Parliament
The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2012 - which seeks to impose tough governance measures on unions in the wake of the HSU scandal - has been referred to a committee inquiry with a less than one-week turnaround for reporting back. The government has given the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Comm...
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Shorten Dracula one week, Fred Flintstone the next: AMMA CEO
Australian Mines and Metals Association chief executive Steve Knott has fired a testy broadside at Bill Shorten after the workplace relations minister described employer group-demanded changes to the Fair Work Act as “prehistoric” and “arcane”. Speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia's ‘state of...
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ETU Vic gains control of CEPU after blocking rule change
In what critics are calling a power grab by controversial union leader Dean Mighell, the Victorian Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has this week blocked an attempt by the national executive to restore national voting rights to the NSW ETU. The move has left the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) in a state of flux as its biggest branch, ...
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Breakthrough in Curragh dispute
Curragh mine workers are expected to vote up a new enterprise agreement (EA) containing a 17.5% pay increase over three years and a $9,000 sign-on bonus, in a week-long ballot starting Monday. The breakthrough in the 10-month dispute saw a lifting of strike action due to start on June 18 ( WF18255 ) . Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (...
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