ACT Police have declined to lay charges against the former chief of staff to the police minister for allegedly providing “confidential information” to the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT secretary Dean Hall. In December, The Australian Financial Review reported that Hall had complained to then-ACT police minister J...
No charges over ACT Govt ‘leak' to CFMEU
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Cbus workers avoid jail for lying about CFMEU leak
Former Cbus super fund managers have escaped jail time after pleading guilty to giving false evidence to Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) over their leak of members' confidential contact information to NSW construction union leader Brian Parker. On Friday (March 18), Vic County Court Judge Elizabeth Gaynor sentenced ex-member coordinator Lisa Za...
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Fifth failed TURC prosecution
The Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) police taskforce has suffered its fifth failed prosecution after charges were dropped this morning against Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Qld organiser Justin Steele. Qld police assisting TURC charged Steele last year with assault of a female builder-developer when he allegedly struck her a...
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Three days strike action in Qld costs Lend Lease millions
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered about 1,400 construction workers on Lend Lease's $1.6bn Sunshine Coast University Hospital site to return to work after finding they had been taking unlawful industrial action since Friday (March 18). The strike marks the seventh incident relating to the project since 2014, with three of them resulting in ...
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FWC blocks axing of Clean Start EAs over employer's dodgy petition
A cleaning employer accused of underpayments has failed to have its Clean Start enterprise agreements (EAs) terminated after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found its employees who signed petitions in support of termination had little or no understanding of English and didn't know what they were signing. United Voice, which negotiated Clean Start EA...
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CPSU suspends airport strikes following terror attacks
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has suspended Border Force's planned 24-hour-strikes on the Thursday before Easter at Australia's eight international airports in response to security concerns over the terrorist bombings in Brussels. CPSU secretary Nadine Flood said this morning that “we're conscious of the understandable concern ...
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GG recalls Senate to vote on ABCC/Reg Orgs as DD threat looms
WFD: The Governor General (GG) has recalled the Senate to next month vote on legislation restoring the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and establishing a Registered Organisations Cmn, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull threatening a double dissolution (DD) election if the bills are not passed. Turnbull revealed at a press c...
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Lambie gives firm 'no' on ABCC Bill
WFD: Senator Jacqui Lambie has declared she will be voting 'no' to the Federal Government's Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) Bill, despite threats of a double dissolution election if it does not pass. Lambie's strong opposition suggests the Bill is facing defeat as only five other crossbench senators have suggested they may vo...
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New Bill to legislate workers' right to super choice
WFD: A superannuation amendment bill introduced into Federal Parliament will prevent Australian unions from restricting workers' choice of superannuation funds in enterprise agreements (EAs). The Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 would amend the Superannuation Guarantee Act 1992 allowing employees under new workplace determinations or ...
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Director fined 98k for not paying workers in ‘phoenix operation'
WFD: In a rare decision penalising phoenix activity, the sole director and secretary of a textile business has been ordered to pay $98k after not paying employees their wages and entitlements when she closed her business and starting up a phoenix company. Federal Circuit Court Judge Philip Burchardt urged courts to take a “severe view” ...
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FWC blocks axing of Clean Start EAs over employer's dodgy petition
WFD: A cleaning employer accused of underpayments has failed to have its Clean Start enterprise agreements (EAs) terminated after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found many employees who signed petitions in support of termination had little or no understanding of English and didn't know what they were signing. Deputy President John Kovacic dismissed...
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Landmark FWO win forces director to pay penalties from own account
WFD: For the first time the Fair Work Ombudsmen (FWO) has obtained an Attachment of Earnings Order ensuring penalties do not go unpaid, after the Federal Circuit Court ordered $500 a fortnight to be taken from a former restaurant director's earnings to pay off outstanding court-imposed penalties. Sona Peaks Pty Ltd and its then director and sole op...
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No such thing as a paid lunch for employment lawyers
The Federal Circuit Court has rejected paid lunch break and overtime claims against employment relations agency Employsure Pty Ltd by three of its former lawyers. Judge Tom Altobelli found the lawyers' interpretation of their employment contracts as providing for paid one-hour daily breaks was “unsustainable”, and that the extra two hou...
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CPSU suspends airport strikes following terror attacks
WFD: The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has suspended Border Force's planned 24-hour-strikes on the Thursday before Easter at Australia's eight international airports in response to security concerns over the terrorist bombings in Brussels. CPSU secretary Nadine Flood said on Wednesday (March 23) that “we're conscious of the underst...
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No charges over ACT Govt ‘leak' to CFMEU
WFD: ACT Police have declined to lay charges against the former chief of staff to the police minister for allegedly providing “confidential information” to the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) ACT secretary Dean Hall. In December, The Australian Financial Review reported that Hall had complained to then-ACT police minis...
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Cbus workers avoid jail for lying about CFMEU leak
WFD: Former Cbus super fund managers have escaped jail time after pleading guilty to giving false evidence to Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) over their leak of members' confidential contact information to NSW construction union leader Brian Parker. On Friday (March 18), Vic County Court Judge Elizabeth Gaynor sentenced ex-Cbus senior member co...
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Positive drug test valid reason for dismissal despite not at work
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has held a road construction company did not unfairly sack a depressed worker for serious misconduct when he tested positive for non-prescription drugs while not at work. Commissioner Nick Wilson held that Supersealing had a valid reason for dismissing crack sealer George Haslett because passing the drug test was...
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FWC shifting from ‘liberal' interpretation of agreements: DP
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has narrowed its approach to interpreting enterprise agreement (EA) clauses in recent years, according to a senior member of the cmn. In Thomson Reuters' latest Workplace Review journal, Deputy President Reg Hamilton argued that prior to 2014 FWC had adopted a broad approach to employers' EA obligations - focused on ac...
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Fifth failed TURC prosecution
WFD: The Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) police taskforce has suffered its fifth failed prosecution after charges were dropped on Wednesday (March 23) against Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Qld organiser Justin Steele. Qld police assisting TURC charged Steele last year with assault of a female builder-developer when he allege...
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