Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC revokes union green light to bargain after ‘errors' in decision
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has revoked a majority support determination it issued on Monday that gave the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) a green light to bargain for a dedicated enterprise agreement (EA) for Coles Supermarkets' 1900-plus meatworkers. Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan revoked Monday's determination ...
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Hazelwood closure leaves 1,000 workers in limbo
Nearly 1,000 workers face an uncertain future after Hazelwood power station majority owner, Engie, revealed plans to shut down the Victorian plant next year in response to a difficult national energy market environment. It will close the Latrobe Valley plant in March 2017, but retain 230 workers on site over the following two years. The company ass...
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Rally deemed industrial, but not all attendees breached workplace laws
The Federal Court has found an unauthorised rally for construction workers the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) organised did have an “industrial character”. However, it dismissed the building watchdog's action against more than 30 workers out of the 101 identified after deciding they were not covered by one of the rele...
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Employee over first hurdle in multiple adverse action claim
An employee who claimed her employer restricted her duties and suspended her because she made workplace complaints and lodged a workers' compensation claim has got over the first hurdle in an adverse action case. Federal Circuit Court Judge Nicholas Manousaridis found Kelley Marree Chapman had reasonable prospects of succeeding in her claims under ...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Bernadette McBride Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Building code will compromise EA talks, safety & productivity
The Federal Government's proposed building code contained in its Bill before parliament aimed at toughening up the construction industry watchdog will undermine worker safety and productivity, a new report has warned. The McKell Institute report , Unfounded and Unfair: An analysis of the building and construction code, cautioned the code restricted...
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QC tells court CFMEU should not face criminal charges for IR matter
On press day the Magistrates' Court of Victoria has adjourned the blackmail hearing against Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic Branch secretary John Setka and assistant secretary Sean Reardon to look at whether it should strike out the charges and “particulars” laid against the pair ( WF 15/03/2016 ). Defence barriste...
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Hazelwood closure leaves 1,000 workers in limbo
Nearly 1,000 workers face an uncertain future after Hazelwood power station majority owner, Engie, revealed plans to shut down the Victorian plant next year in response to a difficult national energy market environment. It will close the Latrobe Valley plant in March 2017, but retain 230 workers on site over the following two years. The company ass...
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Ex-Vic police assoc boss Paul Mullett ordered to pay Nixon's costs
WFD: Former Police Association boss Paul Mullett has been ordered to pay costs after he lost a Victorian Supreme Court case against ex-Victoria Police chief commissioner Christine Nixon who he claimed subjected him to a malicious campaign to have him ousted ( WF 2/9/2016 ). Justice Terry Forrest said Mullett “should have known his case was we...
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First Australian workplace investigators association to launch
WFD: An association claiming to be the first representing workplace investigators in Australasia is to have Commissioner Nicholas Wilson speakingat its official launch on November 8. The Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators ( AAWI ) saysits mission is to promote quality impartial workplace investigations while providing support to it...
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Redundancies should be from ‘whole group': FWC full bench
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has quashed a ruling on the meaning of a redundancy provision in an enterprise agreement (EA), acknowledging its interpretation “may result in inconvenient outcomes” for the employer. Vice President Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Reg Hamilton and Commissioner Christopher Platt held a claus...
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Senators throw IR reforms in doubt
WFD: The Federal Government's industrial relations reform agenda has been dealt a blow after constitutional questions emerged about the election of former SA Family First senator Bob Day's and WA One Nation Senator Rod Culleton. Day resigned yesterday (November 1) after the govt queried his financial interests in the company that owns the building ...
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Staff reject CSIRO draft EA
Nearly three-quarters of voting staff at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have voted against a proposed enterprise agreement (EA) that the Commonwealth Public Sector Union (CPSU) claimed stripped legal protections and workplace rights. The union said 70% voted against the CSIRO Enterprise Agreement 2016-2020 ...
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FWC revokes union green light to bargain after ‘errors' in decision
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has revoked a majority support determination it issued on Monday (October 30) that gave the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) a green light to bargain for a dedicated enterprise agreement (EA) for Coles Supermarkets' 1900-plus meatworkers. Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan revoked Monda...
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FWC finds MUA misrepresented to members
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) to refrain from misrepresenting its bargaining position with workers. Commissioner Danny Cloghan said “MUA strayed from reality and gave a false impression to both its members and the media as to the status of the vessel operators' wage offer” during e...
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Sacked public servant loses Fed Full Court appeal
WFD: A Federal Full Court has dismissed a sacked public servant's bid to delay an appeal hearing following a lengthy legal attempt to progress his unfair dismissal claim. The Federal Full Court - Justices Geoffrey Flick, Jayne Jagot and Robert Bromwich - found former federal industry department worker Ross Kennedy's appeal against Justice Robert Bu...
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Worker unfairly fired for raising ombudsmen and safety concerns
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a cafe kitchen hand was unfairly dismissed because his employer fired him when he raised work health and safety (WHS) concerns about a long-term greasy floor and contacted the Fair Work Ombudsmen (FWO) about underpayment issues. Big Daddy Investments Pty Ltd claimed it dismissed kitchen hand Phillipe Sa...
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Hazelwood closure leaves 1,000 workers in limbo
WFD: Nearly 1,000 workers face an uncertain future after Hazelwood power station majority owner, Engie, revealed plans to shut down the Victorian plant next year in response to a difficult national energy market environment. It will close the Latrobe Valley plant in March 2017, but retain 230 workers on site over the following two years. The compan...
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QC tells court CFMEU should not face criminal charges for IR matter
WFD: On Thursday (November 2) the Magistrates' Court of Victoria has adjourned the blackmail hearing against Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic Branch secretary John Setka and assistant secretary Sean Reardon to look at whether it should strike out the charges and “particulars” laid against the pair ( WF 15/03/2016 )....
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