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Editor: AnnieLawson (03) 9286 1411. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Bullying claim fizzes out if firm delists contractor: FWC

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The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an application for anti-bullying orders, in a decision that demonstrates another limit of the jurisdiction's reach. Vice President Graeme Watson dismissed Sami Yatmaz's application for orders against BSA Limited when he did not submit supporting material and neither side attended jurisdictional hearings. Howev...

Full Court rejects challenge to sacking after domestic violence

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In an important decision on domestic violence and employment, a Federal Court full court has rejected a company's attempt to overturn a finding that it unfairly dismissed an employee because it could not protect her from her partner, who worked at the same firm. Justices Tony North, Anna Katzmann and Mordy Bromberg found no error in Fair Work Commi...

Kathy Jackson faces 70 criminal charges

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Former Health Services Union (HSU) national secretary Kathy Jackson faces possible imprisonment after Victorian police charged her with criminal offences over alleged misuse of $900,000 of union funds. Taskforce Heracles detectives yesterday (August 31) charged Jackson with 70 counts of theft and deception related offences linked to $900k it allege...

SDA defends itself against penalty rate trade-off claims

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The Shop Distributive Allied Employees Union (SDA) has defended itself against fresh claims that workers are worse off under its enterprise agreements (EAs) in the retail and fast food industries. A Fairfax story alleges a majority of Woolworths, KFC and Hungry Jack deals fail the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT). It follows the recent Fair Work Comm...

Insecure work on the rise: ACTU

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The number of casual workers has surged in recent years, fuelled by younger workers and retail, care and food sector employees, new figures show. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) cited Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data that showed casual worker and contractor numbers have risen by 110,000 and 51,300 respectively since August 2...

Editorial Team

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Editor: AnnieLawson (03) 9286 1411. Journalist: Bernadette McBride. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

CFMEU not encouraging Loy Yang members to take 20% pay increase

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The long running AGL LoyYang power station enterprise agreement (EA) dispute may be coming to an end as a Fair Work Commission (FWC) enterprise agreement (EA) recommendation that includes a 20% pay increase is put to a workers' vote on September 15. AGL is encouraging its workers to vote the deal up and will end its bid to terminate the old EA sche...

‘Scabby the rat' off to ‘wave good bye' to CUB contractor

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WFD: The Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) picketers are today taking “Scabby the Rat” to the offices of the contractor who replaced them to “wave goodbye” after it announced yesterday (August 29) they have terminated their contract and will leave CUB. Programmed said in a release to the ASX that the “key driver”...

Unions' history of animosity sees FWC grant EA scope separation

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has granted the Australian Workers Union (AWU) a scope order request for three enterprise agreements (EA) instead of a single one on a site with a “long history” of “animosity” between it and the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). Commissioner Susan Booth said this was an &...

No evidence of Rio Tinto remorse or insight into its wrong doing: Judge

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WFD: Federal Court Justice John Reeves has slammed Rio Tinto mine Hail Creek Coal Pty Ltd (HCC) and its mine manager and ordered it to pay $50k in penalties after it stood down an injured worker shortly after he was awarded a $630k damages claim in the District Court (DC). Need to reflect general and specific deterrence Justice Reeves noted Hail Cr...

Govt introduces IR bills as Hanson heads to talk to CFA volunteers

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WFD: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has on Wednesday (August 31) introduced the Fair Work Amendment (Respect for Emergency Services Volunteers) Bill 2016 ( CFA ), the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 ( ABCC ), and the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 ( RO ) during parliaments first sitti...

UP to review franchisee pay arrangements

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WFD: United Petroleum (UP) has agreed to meet with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) to discuss ways to ensure workers at its franchisee petrol stations are paid properly, the FWO reports. Random FWO audits of 11 UP petrol stations found six were breaching workplace laws, including underpaying staff by thousands of dollars. In two cases, the underpaid ...

Seven months' unpaid ‘home leave' not termination

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WFD: Being marched out of the work premises, told to go home on leave and then suspended without pay is not necessarily a “termination” of employment, the Vic Supreme Court has found. In the case of a former accountant ordered out of an office in April 2013, termination only occurred seven months later when the worker formally accepted ...

CFMEU not encouraging Loy Yang members to take 20% pay increase

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WFD : The long running AGL Loy Yangpower station enterprise agreement (EA) dispute may be coming to an end as a Fair Work Commission (FWC) enterprise agreement (EA) recommendation that includes a 20% pay increase is put to a workers' vote on September 15. AGL is encouraging its workers to vote the deal up and will end its bid to terminate the old E...

Full Court rejects challenge to sacking after domestic violence

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WFD: In an important decision on domestic violence and employment, a Federal Court full court has rejected a company's attempt to overturn a finding that it unfairly dismissed an employee because it could not protect her from her partner, who worked at the same firm. Justices Tony North, Anna Katzmann and Mordy Bromberg found no error in Fair Work ...

Bullying claim fizzes out if contractor delisted: FWC

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an application for anti-bullying orders, in a decision that demonstrates another limit of the jurisdiction's reach. Vice President Graeme Watson dismissed Sami Yatmaz's application for orders against BSA Limited when he did not submit supporting material and neither side attended jurisdictional hearings. ...

Insecure work on the rise: ACTU

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WFD: The number of casual workers has surged in recent years, fuelled by younger workers and retail, care and food sector employees, new figures show. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) cited Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data that showed casual worker and contractor numbers have risen by 110,000 and 51,300 respectively since Aug...

Kathy Jackson faces 70 criminal charges

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WFD: Former Health Services Union (HSU) national secretary Kathy Jackson faces possible imprisonment after Victorian police charged her with criminal offences over alleged misuse of $900,000 of union funds. Taskforce Heracles detectives Wednesday (August 31) charged Jackson with 70 counts of theft and deception related offences linked to $900k it a...

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