An Australian Public Service (APS) review has recommended removing limits on temporary contracts, widening the scope for termination and restricting the right to appeal promotion decisions to ensure a “smaller, more agile government” that employs on need, not performance. The report by ex-Qantas group manager Sandra McPhee, titled Unloc...
APS review calls for changes to termination, temporary contracts
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Judge sends 7-Eleven a message with $200k fine for underpayments
In the first ruling since the 7-Eleven underpayment scandal broke last year, the Federal Circuit Court has fined a Sydney 7-Eleven franchisee and its sole director more than $200k for underpaying two migrant workers. Judge Justin Smith determined the fines at 75% of the maximum after finding the Blacktown store's $49k in underpayments over a two ye...
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APS review calls for changes to termination, temporary contracts
An Australian Public Service (APS) review has recommended removing limits on temporary contracts, widening the scope for termination and restricting the right to appeal promotion decisions to ensure a “smaller, more agile government” that employs on need, not performance. The report by ex-Qantas group manager Sandra McPhee, titled Unloc...
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Full bench holds ‘spiked' Qantas pilot responsible for his intoxication
A Fair Work Commission full bench has refused the appeal of an intoxicated Qantas pilot who was found to be fairly fired after he sexually harassed a colleague during a stopover in Chile and tested positive for cannabis. The bench - Deputy President Reg Hamilton, DP Jeff Lawrence and Commissioner Tony Saunders - found Cmr Ian Cambridge's limited di...
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‘Scab' insult grounds for dismissal
The Fair Work Commission has held that an employee calling a non-striking worker a “f**king scab” is a valid reason for dismissal but has held the dismissal was ultimately harsh due to past good service and inconsistent treatment. The cmn heard Allwater JV plumber Michael Treen had left a message on the mobile phone of an employee who h...
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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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Full Court finds FWBC ‘misdirected' judge; throws out $275k in fines
A Federal Full Court has “dismissed in their entirety” the Fair Work Building and Construction Commission's (FWBC) right-of-entry (RoE) allegations against the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). The judges found the building watchdog had “misdirected” the primary judge and that RoE laws did not cover the ...
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Budget ushers in more public sector cuts
The Federal Government will continue to tighten public sector staffing levels as it seeks to extract $1.9bn in savings and commits to maintain govt size at or below 2006-07 levels. Last night's 2016-17 budget revealed the govt would phase down its “efficiency dividend” - funding reductions for agencies - but only after first maintaining...
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Journalists investigated by FWO
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has confirmed it is investigating Fairfax journalists over taking unlawful strike action in March in response to job cuts. Sources said FWO had today requested a list of email addresses, names and staff phone numbers from Fairfax and issued a notice to produce on the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA). A FW...
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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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Canberra extends portable leave coverage
Aged care and waste management workers in the ACT are now entitled to portable long service leave (LSL) after the territory's parliament yesterday backed legislation extending the scheme. The Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Amendment Bill 2016 will mean that from July 1 about 5,900 more Canberrans can accrue LSL across their jobs and take it ...
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IR expert says give new ‘internship' pathway a go - but with safeguards
University of Adelaide professor of law Andrew Stewart has told Workforce Daily that without proper safeguards the Federal Government's new paid internship program for unemployed could be used to replace existing casuals in workplaces. Yesterday (May 3) Treasurer Scott Morrison announced the $752m youth jobs PaTH program as part of the 2016-17 budg...
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FAAA international and domestic leadership ousted
Thechallenger for the Flight Attendants Association of Australia (FAAA) international division has claimed victory while national division election have produced a “significant” leadership change, knocking over the incumbent and Transport Workers' Union (TWU)-backed Jo-Ann Davidson for national secretary. The ballot closed on Monday (Ma...
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Karen Batt challenged for CPSU leadership for first time in 20 years
Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) Vic employee and former Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) divisional secretary Jim Reid is challenging long-term incumbent Karen Batt for the position of CPSU Vic branch secretary in the union's upcoming election - the first challenge to Batt's leadership since 1996. The Australian Electoral Commiss...
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Cash puts DoE in charge of safeguarding interns
Federal employment minister Michaelia Cash has named safeguards for the government's new jobs PaTH internship program in response to claims it could be open to employers exploiting young job seekers and displacing existing employees. On May 3 the govt announced the PaTH program as part of the 2016-17 Budget. It said it would require job seekers und...
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Where an incorrect web address can undo an agreement
The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) has thwarted a bus driver enterprise agreement (EA) voted up by a narrow margin because the employer's notice of employee representational rights (NERR) referred to an incorrect website. Fair Work Commission Deputy President Geoff Bull said the error - referring to FWC's site www.fwc.gov.au rather than the Fair Wo...
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No right to be heard when not bargaining representative: FWC
A Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled the CFMEU has no right to be heard on applications to approve enterprise agreements (EA) covering its members when the members have appointed other bargaining representatives, despite the new deals replacing union EAs. Vice President Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Peter Sams and Commissioner Tony Saund...
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Coalition MPs urge govt to set up labour hire licensing regime
A Coalition majority parliamentary committee has backed the establishment of a licensing scheme for labour hire contractors after finding they are “harmful” to seasonal workers and the horticulture industry. The surprise recommendations tabled today as part of a joint standing committee inquiry into the seasonal worker program come desp...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Bernadette McBride. Managing Editor: Helen Jones. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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TURC counsel now head of prosecutions
The Federal Government has appointed former Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) senior counsel Sarah McNaughton as the new Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The five-year appointment comes after the govt extended the Trade Union Police Taskforce until the end of 2016 and while several prosecutions of union officials are before the...
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