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NSW sets sights on axing the Industrial Court

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The NSW Government is seeking stakeholder feedback on its long-flagged plan to integrate the NSW Industrial and Supreme Courts. Ahead of introducing a Bill, the Government is circulating draft legislation and a briefing paper , which puts a series of questions to stakeholders on the move. The questions cover referral pathways between the state Indu...

Steelworks administrators keep second vote option live

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The administrators at Arrium's troubled Whyalla steelworks say they are not looking to renegotiate any terms of an in-principle enterprise agreement (EA) that would have cut pay by 10% then frozen it for two years, despite workers voting it down ( WF 05/08/16 ). Steelworkers and mineworkers voted separately on the in-principle offer, with ‘ye...

CPSU denies claim moves to oust cmr are due to its ‘long memory'

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The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Victorian branch has rejected Vic Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) David Watts' claim that it was trying to orchestrate him out of his job. It said his assertion “indicates” he has “a complete misunderstanding” of the union's role. In an unusual step, last Frida...

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Editor: Annie Lawson. Journalists: Bernadette McBride , Steve Andrew. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Adelaide rail workers cease industrial action

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The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) South Australian (SA) branch has said that its Adelaide Metro members held a mass meeting today during a four strike at which they agreed not strike tomorrow because they were happy with the SA Government negotiation concessions. The union told Workforce Daily its members agreed not to strike because the Govt agre...

'Managerial' nature of work a factor in refusing unfair dismissal

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission has found the "managerial" nature of an employee's work a factor in refusing him unfair dismissal protection. Andrew Forkes sought relief against Amristar Solutions Pty Ltd after he was terminated in 2016. The cmn heard Forkes was employed exclusively in the UK working on software development during his three years wit...

Ford supplier hit with protected action ballot

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WFD: Two months out from Ford's closure, vehicle industry unions are struggling to make headway in enterprise bargaining with the company's downstream suppliers. In the latest developments, workers covered by the National Union of Workers (NUW) are set to join Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) colleagues in a protected action ballot at ...

'Tens of thousands' of public servants to strike over anniversary

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WFD: "Tens of thousands" of Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members will strike on September 9 for 24 hours to mark that its bargaining dispute with the Federal Government has reached 1,000 days. The CPSU says members from agencies including Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support, the Australian Tax Office, Department of Defence, Agriculture ...

Drug tester who drove away from her own drug test wins almost $30k

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has awarded a worker who did Corrections Victoria pre-employment drug tests almost $30k after finding her employer unfairly fired her after she drove away when the company tried to drug test her. Commissioner Michelle Bissett held Specialist Diagnostic Services Pty Ltd t/as Dorevitch Pathology unfairly sacked col...

$3,900 comp for sacked 77-year-old school bus driver

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WFD: A 77-year-old school bus driver sacked for alleged misidentification of a disruptive passenger was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found. Ordering $3,900 compensation in lieu of reinstatement, Senior Deputy President Peter Richards said dismissal was unwarranted for what was a minor incident. The cmn heard Knight Bus Services ...

30,000 council workers free to negotiate new pay terms

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WFD: Thirty thousand Queensland council workers will be free to negotiate new pay deals from next month, with the expected release of a new modern award. The August 31 deadline for the release of the Qld Local Government Industry Award - which amalgamates 18 separate awards and affects 77 councils - was in doubt due to a last-minute challenge by th...

FWC delays DP World push for wharfies to do mooring work

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WFD: The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has won a temporary Fair Work Commission (FWC) order prohibiting DP World Australia in Melbourne from requiring wharfies to dolinesman mooring work until its next September 26 FWC hearing. The MUA says if DP World succeeds in getting wharfies to do the work it would destroy "scores" of jobs for linesmen wo...

Adelaide rail workers cease industrial action

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WFD: The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) South Australian (SA) branch has said that its Adelaide Metro members held a mass meeting on Thursday (August 25) during a four strike at which they agreed not strike the next day because they were happy with the SA Government negotiation concessions. The union told Workforce Daily its members agreed not to s...

CPSU denies claim moves to oust cmr are due to its 'long memory'

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WFD: The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Victorian branch has rejected Vic Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) David Watts' claim that it was trying to orchestrate him out of his job. It said his assertion "indicates" he has "a complete misunderstanding" of the union's role. In an unusual step, last Friday (August 19) Watts...

NSW sets sights on axing the Industrial Court

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WFD: The NSW Government is seeking stakeholder feedback on its long-flagged plan to integrate the NSW Industrial and Supreme Courts. Ahead of introducing a Bill, the Government is circulating draft legislation and a briefing paper , which puts a series of questions to stakeholders on the move. The questions cover referral pathways between the state...

Steelworks administrators keep second vote option live

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WFD: The administrators at Arrium's troubled Whyalla steelworks say they are not looking to renegotiate any terms of an in-principle enterprise agreement (EA) that would have cut pay by 10% then frozen it for two years, despite workers voting it down ( WF 05/08/16 ). Steelworkers and mineworkers voted separately on the in-principle offer, with 'yes...

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Australian Labour Law Association National Conference: Nov 4-5, St Kilda, Melbourne. More info here .

Editorial Team

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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411. Journalists: Bernadette McBride,Steve Andrew. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Forget combat, ‘collaboration' the new way forward: FWC

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Australia's national industrial relations tribunal is urging employers and unions to put aside combative dispute resolution approaches in favour of its new “interest-based” model. Launched as a pilot 18 months ago and now in national rollout, the model being driven by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) aims to replace the traditional advers...

No wriggle room on notice period, says FWC in split ruling

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench majority has upheld a finding that an employer's failure to properly notify employees of their representational rights during bargaining derailed the approval of its enterprise agreement (EA). Vice President Graeme Watson issued a strongly worded dissenting decision, saying the case “cries out for a com...
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