An Air New Zealand (AirNZ) senior executive says a big reason it has successfully bargained over 45 agreements in the past 3 years without union industrial action is because it showed unions its finances. Phil Doak, AirNZ's People, Employment Relations & Engagement GM said relationships with unions changed for the better, in-part, because it no...
Engaging with unions better when you open up the books: AirNZ
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Full bench hands concrete workers penalty rates win
A Fair Work Commission full bench has agreed with the Australian Workers Union (AWU) there's “no logical reason” why non-continuous shift workers under the Concrete Product Award 2010 shouldn't receive penalty rates for working Sundays and public holidays. In what came down to a debate about wording, the bench - Vice President Adam Hatc...
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Jetstar ground staff knock back pay freeze
Jetstar baggage handlers have resoundingly rejected an 18-month pay freeze despite the airline's proposed sweeteners of a 5% sign-on bonus and three annual increases of 3%. Only a third of the staff that took part in the ballot backed Jetstar's proposed enterprise agreement on Friday (February 19) in the face of a concerted ‘no' campaign by t...
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‘Control' of workers must be seen in context of ‘modern business': judge
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected that a business's close control over a contractor's performance of work indicated it was an employment relationship, suggesting that “control” issues take on a new light in the context of modern supply chain and compliance responsibilities. Judge Grant Riethmuller rejected two print material distri...
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CFMEU pursues FWBC as union leadership targeted
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has hit back against the Fair Work Building and Construction Commission's (FWBC) pursuit of its national and NSW leadership for alleged unlawful industrial conduct by complaining to the Commonwealth ombudsman about the industry watchdog's conduct. FWBC alleged on Sunday (February 21) that CFMEU ...
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Employer justified in warning worker for Mad Max-style pursuit
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held an employer was right to give a first and final warning to a road traffic worker who engaged in a high speed pursuit of a citizen who was “off her head” and had almost run him over during a road resurfacing. David Burke, represented by Australian Workers Union, took his employer road traffic servi...
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Qube fails to gets industrial action orders over ‘blue flu' claims
Qube Ports Pty Ltd (Qube) has failed in a bid to stop alleged unprotected industrial action after a third of its Port of Darwin workforce called in sickfollowing an announcement of job cuts. A Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) spokesperson told Workforce Daily that yesterday Fair Work Commission Deputy PresidentAnnaBooth found Qube's claim MUA memb...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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New locations for existing enterprises not greenfields: bench
In a case that allows existing enterprises to avoid greenfield requirements for new locations, a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has held Aldi Foods acted validly when it negotiated a broad enterprise agreement (EA) for new stores under construction with a few employees from existing stores. The bench - Vice President Graeme Watson, Deputy Pr...
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FWBC takes 52 construction workers to court
The building watchdog has taken court action against 52 construction workers alleging they took unlawful industrial action in a dispute over the sacking of a union health and safety representative. The Fair Work Building and Construction Commission's notices of prosecution were served to the CBI Constructor workers over the weekend following a 12-m...
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Safety outweighs procedural flaws in drug test dismissal
A derrickhand drilling for oil who tested positive for multiple drugs but later that day tested negative was not unfairly dismissed after the Fair Work Commission ruled the second test was unreliable due to evidence suggesting it had been diluted. Commissioner Chris Platt also held that Ensign International Energy Services Australia's safety obliga...
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2015 ends with just 2% wage growth
Private sector wage growth continues to plumb new depths, recording a record low of 2% over the last year. The ABS' Wage Price Index released today showed that all-sector wage growth on a trend basis rose by 2.2% over 2015 and just 0.5% in the December 2015 quarter. That was down from the 2.3% annual and 0.6% quarterly trend increases recorded in t...
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Court rebuffs FWO bid for restraining order against employer
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has hit a setback in its bid for injunctions restraining bad employers from breaching workplace laws, with a Federal Circuit Court (FCC) refusing to issue one after finding the FWO lacked the authority to do it. The FWO first started making claims for the orders under s 545 in 2015 in a bid to strengthen enforcement ag...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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UFU chief blasted for stepping on CPSU Vic toes
The call by the head of the Vic United Firefighters Union (UFU) for an investigation into the conduct of Department of Environment Land, Water, and Planning (DELWP) employees in the devastating Wye River Christmas Day bushfire has sparked an angry response from the Community Public Sector Union (CPSU). The bust-up between two unions looking after f...
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Casual swearer not fired - even after zero work for weeks: FWC
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a casual employee's unfair dismissal claim because it found he wasn't dismissed, even though he failed to get shifts for three weeks after swearing at his supervisor and evidence suggested the employer had given instructions not to offer him any until further notice. Deputy President Anne Gooley found Andrew Ki...
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Mere climate scepticism not enough to show political opinion: judge
A sacked climate sceptic has failed in his claim that Macquarie University took adverse action against him because of his political opinion, with the Federal Circuit Court saying more needs to be established than mere differences in scientific views to claim an opinion is “political”. Judge Rolf Driver instead held the university fired ...
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Labor exploitation Bill to be introduced in March
Labor will next month introduce legislation to establish jail time and $1m penalties for serious underpayments and sham contracting, as well as boost the powers of the Fair Work Ombudsman. Opposition workplace relations spokesperson Brendan O'Connor said Labor would today give notice of a private members bill to be introduced in the Senate on March...
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Loss of huge Holden redundancy payout does not lead to harshness
Holden's sacking of a 28-year veteran for workers' compensation fraud just two years from his being eligible for a $180k redundancy payout was not harsh due to the profound loss of trust caused by his actions, the Fair Work Commission has held. Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan came to the conclusion after considering Holden's concern tha...
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