The Victorian Government has announced it will establish a labour hire licensing scheme to stop the “widespread exploitation of Victorian workers” uncovered in an independent report that it released today (October 26). As Workforce Daily flagged yesterday, the Victorian inquiry into Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work chaired by RMIT...
Vic Govt to regulate labour hire industry to stop worker exploitation
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FWBC bullying declines
WFD: Fair Work Building Construction (FWBC) has reduced the incidents of staff witnessing or being subjected to bullying and harassment from 23% of staff in 2012-13 to 12% in 2013-14 and 9% in 2015-16. This was well below the Australian Public Service (APS) average of 16%. “The agency provides appropriate training and guidance to ensure we do...
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NUW strike over 15% wage cut - Caltex says pay unsustainable
WFD: The National Union of Workers (NUW) says 50 of its members have started indefinite strike action at the only lubricant manufacturing plant in Australia after their employer attempted to cut wages by 15%. The union says its members who work at Caltex's lubricant and motor oils manufacturing plant in Brisbane outer suburb Lytton, Qld, have been ...
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CFA EA goes to ‘milestone' vote while volunteers plan FWC action
WFD: The VolunteerFire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) has dropped its Victorian Supreme Court action against the Country Fire Authority (CFA) today allowing the enterprise agreement (EA) to go to employee vote. Outside the court on Tuesday (October 25), CFA chief executive Francis Diver said Justice Michael McDonald lifted the June 10 EA vote injunction,...
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Medium-term wage target inflexible, inconsistent and impractical: Govt
WFD: United Voice's (UV) proposal for a medium-term wage target for the national minimum wage (NMW) was inconsistent with the annual review process, would fail to curb uncertainty and be inflexible in responding to economic swings, the Federal Government has argued. The Govt's October 10 response to the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review 201...
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Scrap annualised salary clauses: ASU
WFD: The Australian Services Union (ASU) has applied to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) for safeguards to be included in three awards to replace annualised salary clauses it claims disadvantage many office workers as employers could impose work arrangements on them. The ASU accused employer groups of lobbying for an expansion of annualised salary cl...
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Swearing worker fairly dismissed despite workplace full of ‘F' bombs
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a worker was validly summarily dismissed for swearing at a colleague - despite the “f-word” being tolerated in the workplace - and he hadn't been warned his employment was at risk. Commissioner John Ryan dismissed Masterglass & Aluminium Pty Ltd sales/estimator Michael Guenther's unfair ...
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‘Persecuted' worker who intimidated witness ordered to pay legal costs
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered a nurse - who believed her employer was trying to ruin her life - to pay legal costs following her unsuccessful unfair dismissal claim after she intimidated a witness. Commissioner Chris Plattordered Robin Hansen to pay Calvary Health Care Adelaide Limited costs because of her repeated breaching of an...
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Union industrial representation extends to non-members: Fed Court
WFD: A Full Federal Court has found a pilot union could lawfully represent non-members in a decision that tested the scope of a union's industrial coverage and whether its representational reach extended to non-members who were eligible for membership. The Full Court - Justices Tony North, Christopher Jessup and Richard White - set aside an appeal ...
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Employer groups urge Fed Govt to widen IR reform
WFD: Employer groups have urged the Federal Government to broaden its industrial relations reform agenda to include changes to bargaining and enterprise agreement approval processes and an overhaul of the Fair Work Commission (FWC). The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) unveiled a detailed catalogue of proposed IR changes and called fo...
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Vic Govt to regulate labour hire industry to stop worker exploitation
WFD: The Victorian Government has announced it will establish a labour hire licensing scheme to stop the “widespread exploitation of Victorian workers” uncovered in an independent report that it released on Thursday (October 27). As Workforce Daily flagged Oct 26, the Vic inquiryinto Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work chaired byRMIT...
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Texts saying workers had to join union cost small contractor $20,000
WFD: Texts advising workers that they had to have a union ticket before they could start work on two Victorian construction sites have cost a small painting and decorating company and its director a total of $20,000. Justice Richard Tracey accepted penalties jointly put to the court by Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) and Arteam Pty Ltd a...
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Caltex worker strike action intensifies over proposed pay cut
WFD: Workers at Australia's only lubricant plant have vowed to continue strike action in response to a company proposal to slash their wages by 15% a year, as the National Union of Workers (NUW) encouraged a general boycott of Caltex products ( WF 4/10/2016 ). An NUW spokesperson told Workforce Daily the protected action started on Monday (October ...
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Vulnerable worker taskforce sets priorities
WFD: The Migrant Workers' Taskforce the Coalition Government established earlier this month has agreed on its priorities at its inaugural meeting today, according to employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash. The Minister said the taskforce's focus would be better communication with visa holders; stronger enforcement; preventing and redressing exp...
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ETU-CUB negotiations break down at Fair Work Commission
The Electrical Trades Union (ETU) Victorian branch say negotiations with new Carlton and United Brewery owner AB InBev over the 55 workers who lost their jobs have broken down at the Fair Work Commission (FWC). ETU secretary Troy Gray told Workforce the FWC fall out between the parties occurred yesterday (October 28) when AB InBev said it had no wo...
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Don't become liable for clients' ‘sins', FWO warns lawyers
In a blunt warning to lawyers, Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James has said her agency was still exploring the boundaries of accessorial liability and “I'm fairly sure none of you wants to set the precedent of being the first ever lawyer found to be an accessory to a breach of workplace laws”. On press day, James told the Law Society of V...
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ABC snubs govt bargaining policy to secure enterprise agreement
The Australian Public Service (APS) Commission has rebuked the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for breaching the Federal Government's workplace bargaining policy and warned its defiance would not create a precedent for other federal public sector agencies. APS Commissioner John Lloyd lashed the ABC for claiming it was not beholden to the ...
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FWBC says unions targeted contractor over subbies' EA
The Fair Work Building Commission (FWBC) has said Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and Electrical Trades Union (ETU) representatives are facing Federal Court action for targeting a major contractor with “disruption and delay”. The FWBC claims six of construction contractor Watpac's Queensland projects were shut down for...
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FWC orders employer to produce confidential bullying report
Two workers seeking ‘stop bullying' orders have won a Fair Work Commission (FWC) order for their employer to produce a confidential internal report on their bullying claims because “the interests of justice weigh in favour of the disclosure”. Commissioner Chris Simpson ordered Jayex Healthcare Limited to produce its internal bully...
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