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Ex-NUW NSW boss took $25k from union safe without telling anyone

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WFD: Former National Union of Workers (NUW) NSW secretary Derrick Belan unilaterally transferred $25k in cash from a union slush fund to his home in the months before his resignation and has not returned the money, the Trade Union Royal Commission has heard. Last Friday, then-NUW NSW assistant secretary, now secretary, Wayne Meaney told the cmn tha...

Court orders $128k backpay for journo

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WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has ordered $128k in backpay and interest for a journalist who was underpaid on the clerk award for about eight years and then dismissed when he refused to withdraw his claim. Nikola Jovic worked for FL Press from July 2003 to January 2011 as a journalist, including taking photos at Serbian community events, writing a...

Diary

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CEDA annual dinner address 'Australia's economic reform challenge' : November 17, 6.00pm to 9.00pm. Sofitel Hotel, Sydney. Speaker is the Hon. John Howard. More info here. Third Biennial Labour Law Conference of the NZ Labour Law Society : November 27. Victoria University, Wellington. Keynote speakers include Dr Virginia Mantouvalou on 'Human Right...

Soccer collective agreement ends unprecedented award push

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WFD: Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) have struck a new collective agreement granting pay rises to national women's team the Matildas and giving A-League players a 30% profit share of additional broadcast deal funds. But the agreement has ended the PFA's push for professional soccer players to be cove...

Editorial Team

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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product Code : 314021719875. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Unions must rebuild machine, repair image in face of ‘disruption'

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Unions must appeal to a new generation of worker by offering membership as a way to fulfil personal aspirations rather than a way to act in solidarity with those of the same class, an Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) conference has heard. The ACTU's two-day ‘Australia Disrupted' symposium concluded yesterday (November 12), with posit...

PC pitches app & inquiry to prevent ‘widespread' work visa exploitation

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The Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended creating a smartphone app to address the apparently widespread exploitation of temporary migrant workers, arguing the problem is one of “information asymmetry”. The PC's draft report on Australia's migrant intake released today cited survey data and ABC Four Corners and Fairfax investigat...

External investigation flawed over ‘malicious' breast grope complaint

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A hospital security supervisor sacked after alleging a colleague inappropriately touched a psychiatric patient has won his job back, with the Fair Work Commission (FWC) rejecting an external investigation's finding that he knew his complaint was false. Deputy President Geoff Bull said nothing caused him to doubt that Brendan Osmond, with another St...

Landmark domestic violence ruling ‘specific to case': bench

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has upheld a landmark unfair dismissal decision that found a domestic violence victim was unfairly dismissed because the employer said it could not protect her from her partner who worked in the same office. However, the bench - Vice President Graham Watson, Deputy President Reg Hamilton and Commissioner Leig...

Vic Police prepare to strike

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Thousands of Vic cops are this month voting on novel industrial action options including warning drivers of speed cameras by flashing their lights, surrendering to costs claims in court and even refusing to adhere to grooming standards. On October 22, a Vic Police Association (VPA) meeting of about 3,000 members voted unanimously to seek a protecte...

FWO takes media company to court over unpaid internship

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The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is taking a media company to court for allegedly underpaying two workers more than $18k, including by hiring an international student on an unlawful four-month unpaid internship. The case could become the first contested court ruling on unpaid internships after the FWO's Croc Media case resulted in the employer admitti...

FWC keeps penis pic investigation under wraps

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to order a tug and barge operator to produce an external investigation report into penis-shaped graffiti at its site, finding it was not relevant to a worker's unfair dismissal case despite his being sacked for drawing another penis. Palesetina Masoe was the crane driver at MMA Vessel Operations Pty Ltd on...

TURC clears Setka after accepting witness credibility shaky

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The Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) has stepped back from submissions of improper conduct by Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic secretary John Setka after the credibility of its principle witness collapsed. Last year, senior counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar had submitted TURC should find subcontractor Andrew Zaf's evidence ...

Editorial Team

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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

Bullying laws apply to ‘not for profit' community organisation

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held a community organisation that provided services to former prisoners and their families is a trading corporation covered by the Fair Work Act's anti-bullying laws. WA's Outcare helps offenders reintegrate into the community once they are released from prison and is dependent on funding by state and federal gov...

Govt moves to cut super arrears penalties

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The Federal Government has introduced legislation to reduce penalties for employers who fail to make superannuation payments on time, despite evidence workers lose about $2.6bn a year from the problem. The Treasury Legislation Amendment (Repeal Day 2015) Bill 2015 , tabled in the House of Representatives last Thursday (November 12), contains provis...

Bench quashes enterprise award after ruling EA void affects viability

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has terminated a 70-year old enterprise award despite support from both employees and the employer and accepting estimations it would lead to compliance costs approaching $1m. Rejectingbuilding materials manufacturer CSR's bid to modernise its enterprise award, thebench - Senior Deputy President Jennifer Acto...

FWC orders DP World to do more to fight bullying code of silence

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In its most extensive bullying order to date, the Fair Work Commission has found that three stevedores face an ongoing risk of bullying after victimisation by maritime union members at DP World and has ordered the stevedoring company to further tighten security and policies to help them return to work. Deputy President Val Gostencnik accepted DP Wo...

Hutchison workers accept increased casualisation to save jobs

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Hutchison Port wharfies will be offered “extremely handsome” payouts as part of a deal ensuring only voluntary redundancies just three months after the stevedore company sought to forcibly retrench almost 100 workers via midnight texts ( WF 28/08/15 ) . Workers in Sydney and Brisbane yesterday (November 16) voted up the new enterprise a...

Job snob ex-CEO loses $335k for failure to lower his sights

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A former chief executive has had a $335k payout for repudiation of contract torn up by the Full SA Supreme Court because the court held he acted unreasonably by refusing an almost identical managerial position when his development board amalgamated with its neighbour. Although termination of a fixed term contract three years early still constituted...
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