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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Border Force to strike at airports over Easter
Federal public servants are set to strike at airports and other agencies unless the Prime Minister agrees to discussions about “fixing” the Government's bargaining policy. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) is gearing up theirmembers for 24 hour strikes on March 21 at Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support, Aust Tax Office, the B...
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Worker sacked on probation can still claim unfair dismissal
The Fair Work Commission has allowed a franchisee worker to claim unfair dismissal despite being sacked while under probation, because her employer did not explicitly state her previous service with a franchisee would not be recognised. Deputy President Anne Gooley dismissed Shaver Shop Pty Ltd's argument that Holly Gregory wasn't eligible for unfa...
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Broker set to pick up $500k despite ‘flagrant breach' of contract
The NSW Supreme Court has allowed a senior broker who walked away from his contract to start working at a competitor two years prior to the contract's expiry, despite his “flagrant conduct”. Justice James Stevenson held a nine month restraint order was enough to provide BGC a reasonable opportunity to preserve its client connections and...
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Vice President Lawler quits
Michael Lawler has resigned from his position as vice president of the Fair Work Commission. Employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash confirmed in the Senate that Lawler had today tendered his resignation to Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and that it commenced “with immediate effect”. Cash had given Lawler until Friday (March 4) to r...
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Airline deal that saved jobs now source of dispute
A “leave burn” arrangement that saved the jobs of 55 Qantas licensed aircraft engineers and was a key plank of the airline's 2014 enterprise agreement (EA) with the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) is now a source of conflict. ALAEA federal secretary Steve Purvinas told Workforce Daily the union was planning to...
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Female war hero sacked after ‘challenging' male co-workers: FWC
The Fair Work Commission has found a decorated war veteran and the first female Black Hawk pilot was unfairly dismissed from her private sector job with the cmn forming “a strong impression” her gender was a “significant factor” in her boss looking for “dirt” on her - while male colleagues resented being challeng...
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Editorial Team
Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Bernadette McBride. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWBC case against Hanna could open door for criminal charges
Ex-Builders Labourer Federation (BLF) Qld secretary Dave Hanna is facing fines over allegations he sought a secret side deal to end an industrial dispute, in a prosecution that could also give rise to criminal charges against the disgraced union leader. The Fair Work Building and Construction Commission (FWBC) last week filed adverse action claims ...
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GFB does not apply to EA voting conduct: full bench
WFD: Good faith bargaining (GFB) requirements do not directly apply to the timing and conduct of a vote for an enterprise agreement (EA) unless there is a “tangible” connection to the bargaining process, a Fair Work Commission full bench has held. The bench made the ruling in rejecting the Transport Workers Union's (TWU) GFB claim again...
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Small biz excused over dismissal flaws due to fear of confrontation
WFD: A small business acted validly when it summarily sacked a mechanic for pouring water into a customer's fuel tank without talking to the worker about the allegation and paying him two weeks pay in lieu because it did not wish to have a confrontation with him. AJ & T Pulbrook Pty Ltd t/a Brook Motors manager Warren Pulbrook fired Steven Guth...
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Worker sacked on probation can still claim unfair dismissal
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has allowed a franchisee worker to claim unfair dismissal despite being sacked while under probation, because her employer did not explicitly state her previous service with a franchisee would not be recognised. Deputy President Anne Gooley dismissed Shaver Shop Pty Ltd's argument that Holly Gregory wasn't eligible for...
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Freedoms report refrains from IR change; FWBC powers in spotlight
WFD: Workplace relations laws have escaped specific referral for “encroachment of traditional rights and freedoms” in the final report of the Australian Law Reform Commission's freedoms review ( WF 06/08/16 , WF 24/07/15 ). However, the building industry watchdog's compulsory interview powers may come under scrutiny as part of the repor...
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PM's staff reject 'best deal possible'
WFD: The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has become the latest federal agency to vote down a government enterprise agreement (EA) offer. Last week, of the 74% of PM&C workers who took part in the ballot, 68% voted no. This is the second time PM&C has rejected a govt offer in five months and follows the Community and Publ...
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MUA and CFMEU vote to begin merger talks
WFD: The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) national conference delegates on February 29 passed a motion to authorise formal merger negotiations with the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). The full proposal will be put to a membership ballot in 2016 or 2017 as the union has specified it will be up to the entire membership to decide w...
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CFMEU merger needed for campaigning, organising: MUA
WFD: In a speech to the Maritime Union of Australia's (MUA) quadrennial national conference, MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin has said the union needed to join forces with the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) to be a well-resourced movement for better pay and conditions for blue-collar workers. Crumlin said the trade union move...
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Efficiency trumps FWC default on no-representation
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has upheld a decision allowing a security company legal representation because the self-represented applicant was "highly articulate" and "understood the issues". The bench - Vice President Graeme Watson, Senior Deputy President Lea Drake, and Commissioner Leigh Johns - found no appealable error in Commi...
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Ditch state-based unions, focus on national: Combet
WFD: Former Aust Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Greg Combet has urged the union movement to get rid of state-based union structures and build nationally-focused organisations if it is to be in a position to respond to the dramatic changes that are affecting the economy. Combet also called on unions to address digital technologies and the ...
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Brothel owner involved in underpayments, adverse action
WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has found the owner of a Melbourne brothel and nephew of deceased drug lord Bob Trimbole was involved in underpayments and adverse action against a receptionist because she wouldn't sign an employment contract to be a casual. ‘Inconceivable' new manager wouldn't have spoken to owner Judge Grant Riethmuller (abov...
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Ban union rights to non-member information: AMMA
WFD: The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) is calling on the Federal Government to change the Fair Work Act's "absurd" right of entry laws so as to ban union access to non-member documents and make it an offence to seek them. In a release this week AMMA claimed the privacy of Australia's 11m employees was under threat following a recen...
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