The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is poised to hand down the findings of its long-running inquiry into wages and conditions for 417 working holiday visa-holders. The national inquiry was first launched in August 2014 to examine visa-holder exploitation and examine ways to promote better compliance among migrant worker employers. The agency released fig...
Working holiday visa-holder report imminent
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Govt productivity push ignores ABS data: unions
Unions have accused the Turnbull government of ignoring Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data in a push to make “productivity” the prerequisite for wages growth in the Productivity Commission's review of productivity performance. Announcing Friday (September 16) the terms of reference for the first of what will be five-yearly revie...
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FWC upholds sacking of HR manager who refused to return file
A human resource (HR) manager sacked for taking her personal HR file home with her and refusing to return it was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found. Inessa Barkhazen told the commission she took the file as “protection”, following her suspension over a dispute with another employee. However, Commissioner Ian Camb...
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No second chance for coal dozer operator who fell asleep on job
A coal dozer operator on a final warning sacked for sleeping on the job and not reporting an oil leak was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found. Matthew Parish was sacked by Mt Arthur Coal Mine after taking a 60 rather than a 30-minute break, not informing his supervisor when the grader he was operating started leaking oil and ...
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CFMEU's past doesn't require its officials to pass higher RoE test
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has quashed a decision the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU)'s past contraventions meant its officials had to pass a “higher bar than normal” to pass the fit and proper person test to hold a Right of Entry (RoE) permit. The CFMEU appealed a May 31, 2016, Vice President Graeme Watso...
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New powers would be ‘responsibly' wielded: FWO
Australia's workplace watchdog has reassured the business community it would wield any new regulatory powers with “restraint and measure”. However, Fair Work Ombudsman chief counsel Janine Webster says it has had to increase its focus on accessorial liability and ways to capture a broader range of people where organisations attempt to &...
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Unions NSW threatens Airtasker with legal action
Unions NSW has threatened to launch a class action against job-posting website Airtasker unless it agrees to hold discussions about work being performed below the minimum wage. The state's peak union council accused the company of “flagrantly” ignoring the minimum wage and other “core labour standards by encouraging workers to com...
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‘No more chances' for worker who cried wolf
A worker whose repeated threat to resign was finally accepted was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. If the worker hadn't resigned, his poor behaviour and inappropriate conduct would have justified dismissal, Deputy President Peter Sams found. Peter Blythe claimed David Hartree Design Associates (DHDA) “targeted”...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Domestic violence leave not for safety net awards: Employer group
The Australian Industry Group (AiG) say the Australian Council of Trade Unions' (ACTU) claim for all 122 awards to include 10 days per year for paid domestic violence leave - including casuals - “undermines” the “positive steps” being taken by business. But the ACTU has hit back, saying “we should not discriminate agai...
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Claim v counter-claim as ETU alleges CUB ‘provoking' picket altercations
Tensions appear to be rising on the Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) picket line with claim and counter-claim of altercations, provocations, and pushing and shoving. The Electrical Trade Union Victoria (ETU) has hit back at allegations an organiser “pushed to the ground” a CUB maintenance manager last week and another had pushed a hum...
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FWC to consider medium-term targets ahead of annual wage case
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has agreed to a United Voice (UV) request for an additional date to provide feedback on its proposed medium-targets for the national minimum wage (NMW), and released background papers ahead of a preliminary hearing on October 24. President Justice Iain Ross said the papers cover material relating to medium-term target...
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Sacked worker granted ‘rare' appeal despite his case being a mess
The Federal Court has granted a deckhand sacked after returning a positive drug result extra time to clarify his unfair dismissal appeal - or face a costs order. Urging self-represented Michael Sullivan to “get a lawyer”, Justice Neil McKerracher said his application was a mess. It lacked detail on who employed Sullivan and what employm...
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Cash says Lawler's Federal Court action against her ‘misconceived'
Ex-Fair Work Commission (FWC) vice president Michael Lawler haslaunched Federal Court action against employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash. Lawler has applied for a judicial review with a hearing set down for September 28, 2016 before Justice Geoffrey Flick for case management. A spokesperson for Cash said “Lawler's application is miscon...
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Airport strikes extended
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has today (September 21) announced it will extend by one week planned international airport strikes in a bid to step up pressure on the Federal Government to resolve its protracted bargaining dispute. Last week, the union revealed Department of Immigration and Border Protection staff at international air...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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AGL seeks to terminate Loy Yang EA while CFMEU seeks PABO
AGL LoyYang has said it will seek to terminate its enterprise agreement (EA) for its power station workers and move them onto the modern award after almost 70% of workers voted down its latest offer. But the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has hit back after a full bench win cleared the way for the union to apply for a protected a...
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Non-routine jobs increasingly valuable: RBA
Employees with skills that technology can't easily replicate, such as social intelligence, creativity and complex manual dexterity, will be in increasing demand, while a diversified workforce will help employers adapt to change, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). In a speech to a CEDA skills and education conference in Brisbane yeste...
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