Rolling stoppages are expected to hit air and sea ports from Monday week (September 26), as the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) ramps up its industrial campaign in support of a new enterprise agreement for immigration border force workers. Announcing an extended week-long campaign on Wednesday (Sept 14), CPSU national secretary Nadine Floo...
Air and sea ports to be hit by rolling stoppages
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Industrial action 'a flop', says APSC
WFD: Announcement of a ramped-up CPSU industrial campaign for border force workers comes just a day after the release of a provocative Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) statement labelling public service-wide action over public service pay a "flop". The statement follows the CPSU's call for a day of Commonwealth public sector industrial a...
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CFA Bill 'constitutionally' precarious: submission
WFD: The Federal Government's controversial draft Bill aimed at shielding Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA) and other volunteer firefighters from union interference could face a constitutional roadblock, a workplace relations expert has cautioned in a submission to a Senate inquiry. University of Adelaide Professor Andrew Stewart reiterated h...
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EA rounds: ETU ticks 4% contract push, bank workers vote up new EA
WFD: The Electrical Trades Union Victoria (ETU) says 3,000 members have endorsed a base-level enterprise agreement (EA) covering 10,000 electrical trade workers that it will take to 600 employers. On September 7, ETU secretary Troy Gray sought ETU members' endorsement at Melbourne Convention Centre for several recommended enterprise agreement (EA) ...
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AiG to pursue greater contractor penalties, as boycott fines to rise
WFD: The Federal Government has followed through on its commitment to increase maximum secondary boycott penalties to $10 million or higher but has not touched union restrictions on employers' use of contractors, in its draft legislative response to the Harper review of competition law. The govt's Exposure Draft - Competition and Consumer Amendment...
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Federal Full Court quashes FWC full bench EA ruling
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench failed to consider a United Voice claim a security services agreement fell short of the better off overall test (BOOT) and properly formalise its decision, a Federal Full Court has found. United Voice appealed FWC Commissioner David Gregory's ruling and a subsequent full bench decision that approved MSS ...
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Order of ‘arrogant' tribunal caused stress and hardship: Report
WFD: A report on the now abolished Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal's (RSRT) minimum rates order of December 2015 makes some controversial findings and recommendations, including that it led to the suicide of some owner drivers and that tribunals are not the vehicles for developing industry-wide regulation that “intervenes in market forces...
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Part-time jobs on rise, full-time falls
WFD: While seasonally adjusted unemployment has remained steady on trend terms at 5.7%, the latest ABS data shows underemployment and underutilisation is increasing on both trend and seasonally adjusted terms. The underemployment rate increased by 0.3pts to 8.7% on seasonally adjusted terms for the quarter and by 0.1pts to 8.6% on trends terms, acc...
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Workers not scared by threat to terminate EA: CFMEU
WFD: AGL Loy Yang has threatened itspower station workers that if they don't vote up the Fair Work Commission (FWC) recommended enterprise agreement (EA) it would have “no choice” but to continue to pursue its bid to have it terminated. However, Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union Vic district secretary Geoff Dyke told Workforce D...
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Redundancy issue still behind Adelaide Metro worker EA split
WFD: The split in the workers negotiating with Adelaide Metro for a new enterprise agreement (EA) shows no signs of healing, after the two groups held opposing mass meetings yesterday (September 14) ( WF 9/9/2016 ). The meeting of the Rail Tram and Bus Union SA/NT branch (RTBU) group “resolved” to oppose the SA government's proposal to ...
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Union did mislead members - but employers playing same game: FWC
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has dismissed the National Tertiary Education Industry Union WA branch (NTEU) appeal against a decision that found, in part, it misled members. On June 6, Commissioner Bruce Williams had dismissed a bid by Curtin, Murdoch and Edith Cowan universities for good faith bargaining orders that NTEU delete an e...
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Allan Fels in talks with Govt about new FWO migrant taskforce role
Professor Allan Fels has held preliminary discussions with the Federal Government about his role with a newly established migrant workers taskforce within the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) to tackle overseas worker exploitation. The Turnbull government announced during the election campaign Fels would provide “oversight and advice” to the F...
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Don't block legal representation too quickly, HR often not experts: FWC
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) senior deputy president has tackled the issue of when to allow an unrepresented litigant legal representation, citing a full bench's finding that a high level of “legal and/or workplace relations expertise” was often required to acquit oneself before a tribunal. Complexity and efficiency may support legal re...
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AWU ‘historic' merger for membership growth
The NSW Australian Workers' Union (AWU) hopes to boost “critical” membership growth as it consolidates three of its branches into a “historic” and “powerful new force”. The AWU national executive voted in support of the merger between the Port Kembla, South Coast and Southern Highlands branch, the Newcastle, Cent...
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Lack of HR didn't excuse unfair ‘ambush' dismissal: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has determined a business of just 41 people should pay almost $27k in compensation to an employee it unfairly dismissed because his termination was “devoid of any fairness”. Commissioner Tony Saunders said even though the company did not have dedicated human resources management specialists or experience i...
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Full bench reduces redundancy payout despite late job
A Fair Work Commission full bench has reduced two employees' redundancy payouts by two-thirds, after the Federal Court ruled their employer's last-minute offer of alternative employment did not exclude it from being “acceptable”. The matter has a long history, with Australian Commercial Catering Pty Ltd (ACC) in August 2013 notifying Ma...
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AMMA unveils new workplace relations director
The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) has named Amanda Mansini as its workplace relations director. Mansini previously worked for the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (now Fair Work Commission) and law firms Freehills and McCullough Robertson. She joined AMMA in 2012 and has held various management roles in workplace relation...
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Employers demand ABCC return
Employers have seized on figures from a right- wing think tank as further evidence of a need for the return of construction industry watchdog the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). The Menzies Research Centre's (MRC) Constructing a Better Future report claims removal of the cmn has led to a 34% blow out in days lost to industri...
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Kathy Jackson has passport confiscated ahead of ‘theft' hearing
In a packed Melbourne Magistrate Court today (September 19) former Health Services Union (HSU) national secretary Kathy Jackson was placed on bail and ordered to surrender her passport as her defence team prepared to defend her against 70 counts of theft and deception amounting to some $900k from her time as union boss. On August 31,Taskforce Herac...
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