WFD: A Vic physical education (PE) teacher sacked for physically and mentally abusing students has lost his unfair dismissal claim. St Thomas Aquinas College sacked Warren James in 2016, after eight years with the school. The Fair Work Commission heard James was given a first and final warning in 2012 after he lifted a student, who had been fightin...
No second chance for sacked PE teacher
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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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Fed Govt accused of failing to cauterise car industry bleeding
The Federal Government has been accused of underfunding a key scheme aimed at revitalising worker skills and supply chain companies following the Ford assembly plant closures in Victoria and Holden job losses in South Australia. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has warned of a “tsunami” of job losses amounting to 200,000 by the end of ...
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FWC penalty rates report tracks the collapse of full-time work
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) report has found male employment and average monthly hours by full- and part-time workers have all dropped significantly since the 1990s. The FWC Workplace and Economic Research Section developed the ‘Changing Work Patterns' report to assist parties submitting to the penalty rates case. It found full-time employme...
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Ex-labour hire workers now with CUB gain ‘scab' abuse protection
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has extended protection under its interim stop bullying order requiring unions and their members to stop abusing labour hire workers at Carlton United Breweries (CUB) to brewery employees themselves. Deputy President Val Gostencnik said the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU...
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Oz unions protest at South Korean consulate over ‘violent attacks'
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says 10 trade unions protested outside the South Korean consulate in Sydney today over its government's “violent attacks” and repressive laws against workers, including jailing union leaders. On July 4, 2016 Amnesty International (AI) said the Central District Court in Seoul convicted and sentenced the ...
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The Australia Institute launches new 'active research' body
Last night, figures from across the union movement, academia and other organisations gathered at Sydney's Trades Hall for the official launch of the The Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work. Speakers welcomed the centre as a body to generate “active research” on modern workplaces. Its role will be to “conduct and publish p...
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Safety reps can choose union backed training
In a win for unions, SafeWork NSW has upheld the right of health and safety representatives to choose an Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) run training provider over those from a pre-approved panel. SafeWork NSW ordered Sydney Trains to facilitate HSR training by Health and Occupational Safety Training Australia (HOSTA) for four workers bef...
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Ex-senior official loses unfair dismissal decision from prison
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found an ex-Victorian Multicultural Affairs Commissioner who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 months jail for sexual penetration of a 13-year-old boy was not unfairly dismissed from his private sector job. Vice President Adam Hatcher found Bluestar Global Logistics's dismissal of national sales and marketing...
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CFA Bill constitutional challenge could cost taxpayers millions
The Federal Government's controversial Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) legislation aimed at protecting volunteer firefighters from union interference has received the green light in the Senate despite some senators questioning its constitutional status. The Fair Work Act Amendment ‘Respect for Emergency Services Volunteers' Bill 2016 p...
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Company to pay pilot $150k for award breaches
A helicopter company director who claimed he would have to shut down his business if he paid award rates has been ordered to pay an ex-employee more than $150,000, with civil penalties yet to be decided. A Federal Circuit Court (FCC) ordered Choppair Helicopters Pty Ltd and director Michael Van der Zypp to compensate Emma Bobridge $153,825.36 for u...
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FWBC claims CFMEU making ‘credit checks' on workers
The Fair Work Building Commission (FWBC) has today taken the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) to the Federal Circuit Court claiming one of its officers did not allow a worker on a Brisbane construction site because he did not pass a “credit check”. In January 2016, the FWBC said CFMEU official Daniel Barker asked a work...
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ACTU calls for ‘Australian Act' to stop industry ‘kill off'
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for Australian political parties to support a ‘Buy Australian Act' so government projects and services use locally manufactured goods to stop an industry “kill off”. The union peak body said the proposal would generate jobs, boost the economy, and ensure governments use safe...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Employee unfairly dismissed despite Facebook incident
A mining maintenance fitter who responded to a Facebook post that ridiculed a supervisor who wore a cap with an “exceptionally large” peak was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found. However, Clint Remmert's response to a derogatory Facebook picture aimed at the relief maintenance supervisor deserved “significant d...
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FWC clarifies jail term disqualified union election nominee
A recent incident in which union officials including a branch secretary endorsed an election candidate who was released from jail earlier this year prompted the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to issue a reminder about eligibility under registered organisation (RO) laws. FWC regulatory and compliance director and delegate Chris Enright issued a statemen...
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Govt bullied workers over strikes that cost more than $2m: Union
The Australian Services Union Vic Tas branch (ASU) is seeking legal advice over claims parking officers (POs) have been “bullied”, “intimidated” and “threatened” by City of Melbourne senior management after grand final weekend protected strike action. However, that is not stopping the council from putting its pro...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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CFA and volunteer dispute moves to mediation - possibly the FWC
Following the passing of the Fair Work Act volunteers amending legislation in the federal Senate last night, Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) and Country Fire Authority (CFA) agreed in the Victorian Supreme Court today (October 11) to move their dispute to mediation. However, Justice Michael McDonald told the parties the November 2, 2016 Sup...
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FWO to test case ‘piece rates' in Federal Court after $650k breach
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is taking “unprecedented legal action” after finding hundreds of workers on a Queensland mushroom farm were allegedly underpaid almost $650k. The FWO alleged it provided labour hire company HRS Country Pty Ltd's owner operator Tao Hu and Marlan Mushrooms Qld Pty Ltd owner Troy Marlan advice about minimum en...
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