Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC advertises for general manager
The Fair Work Commission has advertised for a general manager with Bernadette O'Neill's five-year term ending early next year. The FWC GM role is to assist the president and manage the cmn's staff and budget, as well a range of functions under the Fair Work Act. But that doesn't complete the description of the role, and job applicants should be awa...
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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 to move Setka blackmail battle to the Supreme Court
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic Branch has said it is taking its fight against blackmail charges against secretary John Setka and assistant secretary Sean Reardon relating to Boral Concrete from the Vic Magistrates Court to the Supreme Court. The union said today (November 9) Magistrate Kay Robertson ruled she doesn't have...
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CASA to improve ‘dysfunctional' behaviour among safety inspectors
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a bullying claim among inspectors at Australia's flight safety watchdog, but has recommended the agency implement a program aimed at improving the “dysfunctional” culture after a flight operations inspector accused his supervisor and a colleague of bullying. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recommende...
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Anti-bullying ‘known unknowns' challenge FWC panel
The head of the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) anti-bullying panel invoked former United Stated defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld when exploring the jurisdiction's “known knowns” and “known unknowns”. Commissioner Peter Hampton told the Australian Labour Law Association conference one in Melbourne last week unknown was the ...
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Driving schools' ‘bogus' licences causing trucking havoc
Exploited migrant workers are creating “havoc” on roads because bogus driving schools hand them licences for heavy vehicles without providing proper training, the head of the transport union has said. Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon used his speech to the Freight Outlook Seminar at the Carlton Brewhouse in Melbou...
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ABCC legislation adjourned in the upper house
Debate on the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and Fair Work Registered Organisations (RO) bills has been adjourned after the Federal Government re-introduced them to the Senate on November 7. Doubt over whether the bills will get the necessary upper house support was confirmed after One Nation senator Rob Culleton and former ...
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MUA claims govt report does not acknowledge union productivity
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has said a newly released Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) report “neglects to mention the critical role trade unions play in productivity on the waterfront”. On November 4, the ACCC released its ‘Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2015-16' that found during the last ...
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Kitching defends record, praises Asmar, in first speech
Labor's new Victorian senator, Kimberley Kitching, has defended her record at the Health Services Union (HSU) and maintained the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC), which made adverse findings against her, lacked credibility, in her first speech to parliament. Kitching, who filled the casual vacancy left by former party heavy-weight Stephan Conroy...
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PABO study reveals strong compliance levels
Melbourne is the protected action ballot order (PABO) capital of Australia, responsible for almost twice as many applications as the runner-up, Sydney. More than 45% of PABO's were lodged in Melbourne, 23% in Sydney and just over 1% in Canberra, University of Sydney Associate Professor Shae McCrystal told delegates at the Australian Labour Law Asso...
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Stop industrial action ordered against union over sacked worker
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has issued a stop unprotected industrial action order against the National Union of Workers (NUW) for organising members to cease work in support of a fired colleague they had “significant and strongly held concerns for”. Commissioner Peter Hampton ordered the NUW to stop the action at logistics services p...
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One million workers underemployed
More than one million employees would prefer to work more hours, with women comprising nearly two-thirds of all underemployed workers, new data has revealed. The Australian Bureau of Statistics participation, job search and mobility survey found 945,400 employees worked part-time during February, 2016. Some 76,700 who normally worked full-time had ...
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Senate to examine gender segregation
The Senate has agreed to a Labor-initiatied inquiry into gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women's economic equality. The Finance and Public Administration Committee will conduct the inquiry, which will look at the nature and extent of industrial and occupational gender segregation in Australian workplaces, factors driving it, i...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Journalist: Bernadette McBride Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC orders urinating worker to be reinstated
The Fair Work Commission has found a worker caught urinating in a laneway on the job was unfairly dismissed. Commissioner Michelle Bissett found Melbourne Citywide Service Solutions' sacking of garbage truck driver Bonny Walia for urinating in a city laneway “was disproportionate to the gravity of the misconduct”. On June 12, 2016,Walia...
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PABO study reveals strong compliance levels
WFD: Melbourne is the protected action ballot order (PABO) capital of Australia, responsible for almost twice as many applications as the runner-up, Sydney. More than 45% of PABO's were lodged in Melbourne, 23% in Sydney and just over 1% in Canberra, University of Sydney Associate Professor Shae McCrystal told delegates at the Australian Labour Law...
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CASA to improve ‘dysfunctional' behaviour among safety inspectors
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has rejected a bullying claim among inspectors at Australia's flight safety watchdog, but has recommended the agency implement a program aimed at improving the “dysfunctional” culture after a flight operations inspector accused his supervisor and a colleague of bullying. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recom...
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Driving schools' ‘bogus' licences causing trucking havoc
WFD: Exploited migrant workers are creating “havoc” on roads because bogus driving schools hand them licences for heavy vehicles without providing proper training, the head of the transport union has said. Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon used his speech to the Freight Outlook Seminar at the Carlton Brewhouse in M...
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CFMEU to move Setka blackmail battle to the Supreme Court
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Vic Branch has said it is taking its fight against blackmail charges against secretary John Setka and assistant secretary Sean Reardon relating to Boral Concrete from the Vic Magistrates Court to the Supreme Court. The union said today (November 9) Magistrate Kay Robertson ruled she doesn't...
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