Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) workers have appealed to a Federal Government MP to halt the Government's proposed sale of ASIC's corporate database. The employees wrote to National Party MP Darren Chester, whose electorate houses the ASIC registry headquarters, urging him to stop the sell off and preserve jobs. The govt open...
Hundreds of job losses over ASIC registry sale: CPSU
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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CFMEU and Lambie call for the release of ‘buried' Hadgkiss report
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has joined Jacquie Lambie in calling for the release of a “buried” 2013 report authored by Fair Work Building and Construction Commission (FWBC) director Nigel Hadgkiss into the Victorian building and construction Industry. In 2012 the Victorian Government made Hadgkiss head of an in...
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Workers face uncertainty after Ford finally closes curtains
About 600 workers at Ford's assembly factories in Victoria face an uncertain future after the car-maker officially shuts down local manufacturing operations at its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants tomorrow (October 7). Ford flagged the move three years earlier, blaming the closures on a “highly fragmented and competitive market”, and ass...
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‘Chronic' mental health problems no reason for late unfair app: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to grant an extension of time to file an unfair dismissal application after a worker was nine days late due to her “chronic” mental health issues, which were supported by a doctor's report. Deputy President Richard Clancy also rejected Bunnings Group Limited employee Rita Collins' claim her uni...
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Administrative delay & bankruptcy fail to derail Epic dismissal matter
A Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has allowed a former employment consultant to proceed with his adverse action matter despite his employer insisting he lacked an “arguable claim”. A delay launching civil proceedings against employer Qld Epic Employment Service Inc (trading as Epic Assist) and that Seamus Patrick Kearney was bankrupt and re...
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Union boss and public sector head differ on arbitration precedent
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has welcomed the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) order terminating protected industrial action at the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) - and order for compulsory arbitration - as a “win”. CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood claimed arbitration may have “implications&...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 92861411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Coalition launches migrant workers taskforce
WFD: The Federal Government has today ticked of its pre-election promise to establish a migrant workers taskforce aimed to combating wage fraud and overseas worker exploitation Revealing details of the long-awaited taskforce, employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash announced Professor Alan Fels will chair the joint-agency group and Dr David Cous...
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NSW IRC dismisses NatRoads bid to exempt members from min rates
WFD: The NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) has dismissed an application to exempt members of a road freight group from minimum pay rates and conditions established 30 years ago for owner drivers in NSW. Commissioner John Murphy found NatRoads lacked standing under the NSW IR Act to apply to the cmn under section 311. The decision means NatR...
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Hundreds of job losses over ASIC registry sale: CPSU
WFD: Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) workers have appealed to a Federal Government MP to halt the Government's proposed sale of ASIC's corporate database. The employees wrote to National Party MP Darren Chester, whose electorate houses the ASIC registry headquarters, urging him to stop the sell off and preserve jobs. The govt...
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Dismissal claim ok as first contract was as casual not contractor
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected an employer's claim a worker had been an independent contractor for the period before taking up a permanent role, dismissing the jurisdictional objection to the worker's unfair dismissal claim. The cmn heard there were three distinct periods during the time Christopher Cole performed work for small b...
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Mining company proposed cuts to ‘intimidate' strikers: CFMEU
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Qld district has claimed Anglo American Coal's proposal to make 90 German Creek Mine workers redundant is an attempt to “intimidate” employees taking protected industrial action and could be adverse action. The CFMEU and Anglo have been bargaining since the last enterprise agree...
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Hospital pay deadlock triggers strike
WFD: Health workers at a private sector Victorian hospital took strike action today after negotiations over a new pay deal stalled, the Health Workers Unions (HWU) has said. HWU secretary Diana Asmar said in a statement protected industrial action began at 11.30am in response to a pay dispute with Lyndoch Hospital in Warrnambool. The union pushed f...
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CFMEU and Lambie call for the release of ‘buried' Hadgkiss report
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has joined Jacquie Lambie in calling for the release of a “buried” 2013 report authored by Fair Work Building and Construction Commission (FWBC) director Nigel Hadgkiss into the Victorian building and construction Industry. In 2012 the Victorian Government made Hadgkiss head of ...
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Medical centre ordered to pay more than $74k over ‘appalling' treatment
WFD: A Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has fined a medical centre and its directors more than $51,000 and ordered them to pay almost $25k compensation after they subjected an Indian doctor to “appalling” treatment and withheld his pay after he complained to regulatory authorities FCC Judge Michael Jarrett fined Windaroo Medical Surgery Pty ...
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Workers face uncertainty after Ford finally closes curtains
WFD: About 600 workers at Ford's assembly factories in Victoria face an uncertain future after the car-maker officially shuts down local manufacturing operations at its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants tomorrow (October 7). Ford flagged the move three years earlier, blaming the closures on a “highly fragmented and competitive market”, an...
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Union boss and public sector head differ on arbitration precedent
WFD: TheCommunity and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has welcomed the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) order terminating protected industrial action at the Departmentof Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) - and order for compulsory arbitration - as a “win”. CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood claimed arbitration may have “implicatio...
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‘Chronic' mental health problems no reason for late unfair app: FWC
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to grant an extension of time to file an unfair dismissal application after a worker was nine days late due to her “chronic” mental health issues, which were supported by a doctor's report. Deputy President Richard Clancy also rejected Bunnings Group Limited employee Rita Collins' claim he...
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Administrative delay & bankruptcy fail to derail Epic dismissal matter
WFD : A Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has allowed a former employment consultant to proceed with his adverse action matter despite his employer insisting he lacked an “arguable claim”. A delay launching civil proceedings against employer Qld Epic Employment Service Inc (trading as Epic Assist) and that Seamus Patrick Kearney was bankrupt ...
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