WFD: The annual wage review panel has urged the Federal Government and employer groups to respond to unions' calls for separate hearings into a medium-term target for the minimum wage and has flagged UK reports into the issue. Last month, United Voice (UV) proposed the Fair Work Commission set a five-year target for the minimum wage to improve rela...
Min wage panel highlights medium-term targets
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Brands beware: FWO going after accessories in almost all cases
WFD: The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has lambasted major brands' failure to engage with it over contractor or franchisee underpayments, warning them it is now pursuing "accessories” other than the employers in more than 90% of its cases. Speaking at an Australian Industry Group conference on Monday (May 2), FWO Natalie James singled out 7-Eleve...
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Journalists investigated by FWO
WFD: 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 on Wednesday (May 3) issued notices to produce on Fairfax for a list of email addresses, names and staff phone numbers and issued a notice to produce on the Media Entertai...
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Canberra extends portable leave coverage
WFD: Aged care and waste management workers in the ACT are now entitled to portable long service leave (LSL) after the territory's parliament on Tuesday (May 3) 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 job...
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Full bench holds ‘spiked' Qantas pilot responsible for his intoxication
WFD: 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 limit...
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Is it time Australian unions smarten up with apps?
WFD: Australian trade unions are slowly waking up to the use of smartphone applications but time may be running out as non-union identities may take the place of providing workers industrial information through apps. While many unions have apps for discount services, the Vic branches of the Aust Nurse and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and Electrical ...
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Where an incorrect web address can undo an agreement
WFD: 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 Fa...
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APS review calls for changes to termination, temporary contracts
WFD: 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 ...
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Full Court finds FWBC ‘misdirected' judge; throws out $275k in fines
WFD: 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...
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‘Scab' insult grounds for dismissal
WFD: 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 ...
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No right to be heard when not bargaining representative: FWC
WFD: A Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has no right to be heard on applications to approve enterprise agreements (EAs) covering its members when the members have appointed other bargaining representatives, despite the new deals replacing union EAs. FWC Vice President Joe Catanzariti, D...
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Diary
FWC Workplace Relations Lecture: ‘The Fair Work Commission & the Anti-Bullying Jurisdiction'. Speaker is Commissioner Peter Hampton. Panel includes Associate Professor Anna Chapman, Maurice Blackburn employment head Josh Bornstein and Ashurst partner Steven Amendola. May 16, 5:30-7pm, Melbourne Law School. More info here . Australian Labo...
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7-Eleven stores warned over ‘significant' issues with EA
In efforts funded by head office, 7-Eleven franchisees are seeking to have rates that may leave workers worse off than the award enshrined in an enterprise agreement (EA) but are facing obstacles in the Fair Work Commission. About 23 7-Eleven franchisees covering 225 workers across NSW, Qld and Vic had sought to get an EA enshrined that paid a flat...
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Heated argument grounds for small biz summary dismissal: FWC
An employer that summarily dismissed a painter for getting into a heated argument with a co-worker acted consistently with the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled. M&P Painting Contractors Pty Ltd employee Carl Seffelaar said in September 2014 he got into an argument with junior employee Andrew “Po...
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ANMF Vic wins pay parity with NSW with no ‘significant' industrial action
WFD: In a “historic” development, Australian Nurses and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Vic branch members have voted in principle to accept the state government's wage increase offers over seven years under two consecutive agreements. The agreement was reached without conducting “significant” industrial action for the first tim...
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Cash clarifies conditions for employer access to interns
Federal employment minister Michaelia Cash has clarified her position on employers having to have a “real vacancy” to host job seekers on the government's new proposed PaTH internship program, saying business must instead demonstrate a “real prospect” for future employment. After yesterday (May 5) saying in a radio interview...
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New cmr improves FWC gender balance
Federal employment minister Michaelia Cash yesterday announced workplace relations (WR) lawyer Lyndall Dean had been appointed to the Fair Work Commission (FWC), in the fourth female cmn appointment this year. Cash said Dean was highly regarded as a WR lawyer and brought “high-level analytical, negotiation and conflict resolution skills to th...
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Senate committee flags it will investigate RSRT abolition
A Senate inquiry into road safety has called the abolition of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal “disturbing”, with the committee declaring it will have a “profound and adverse impact on safety in the heavy vehicle industry”. Meanwhile, the parliamentary joint committee on human rights, chaired by Liberal MP Philip Ruddoc...
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Budget ushers in more public sector cuts
WFD: 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 2.5% i...
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