Construction activity has slumped to its lowest level since September 2011, the latest Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index has revealed. The index fell 2.2 points to 32.6 in July (readings below 50 indicate contraction). It was the 26th straight month for the sector to be in the red. The index re...
Construction activity continues downward spiral
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR .
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CBA withdraws from pay talks, union fears sign of things to come
The Finance Sector Union is predicting banks will take a “meaner and leaner” approach in upcoming enterprise bargaining rounds this year, following the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's unilateral withdrawal from interim pay talks yesterday. The FSU and CBA had been negotiating a rollover agreement covering about 38,000 employees for the...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR .
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Qantas wins big in FWA workplace determination re TWU
In a comprehensive win for Qantas, Fair Work Australia has rejected union demands for 5%-a-year wage increases, site rates, job security and contracting out clauses in a workplace determination handed down shortly before presstime. Instead, a FWA full bench - Vice President Graeme Watson, Senior Deputy President Anne Harrison and Commissioner Greg ...
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Productivity part of FWBC's ‘new agenda'
The Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) head has outlined its new agenda will include taking a more active role in dispute resolution and improving productivity. FWBC chief executive Leigh Johns pushed for greater employee participation in the workplace but stopped short of advocating works councils, saying that “probably went a step t...
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Lend Lease agrees to site rates
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is claiming a major victory after it reached an in-principle national agreement with Lend Lease that includes a site rates clause for labour hire employees and restores project allowances. The construction giant reached agreement with the CFMEU on Monday (August 6) following eight days of in...
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CBA withdraws from pay talks, union fears sign of things to come
WFD: The Finance Sector Union is predicting banks will take a "meaner and leaner" approach in upcoming enterprise bargaining rounds this year, following the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's unilateral withdrawal from interim pay talks on Tuesday (August 7). The FSU and CBA had been negotiating a rollover agreement covering about 38,000 employees fo...
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Productivity part of FWBC's 'new agenda'
WFD: The Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) head has said its new agenda will include taking a more active role in dispute resolution and improving productivity. FWBC chief executive Leigh Johns pushed for greater employee participation in the workplace but stopped short of advocating works councils, saying that "probably went a step too fa...
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FWA finds Cochlear breached GFB in surface bargaining case
WFD: In a much anticipated decision on surface bargaining, Fair Work Australia has found biotech company Cochlear was not bargaining in good faith when it delayed its response to a union proposal by more than six months and refused the union access to its lunchroom. Commissioner Helen Cargill granted three of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Un...
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Coalition considers unfair dismissal reforms
WFD: The Coalition is considering opening up the unfair dismissals jurisdiction to costs orders to deter "frivolous" applications. Opposition spokesperson for industrial relations Senator Eric Abetz confirmed to Workforce Daily he was considering proposals requiring Fair Work Australia to make determinations "on the papers" for unfair dismissal mat...
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FWO snares global pest control giant for $350k underpayment
WFD: The Fair Work Ombudsman has found pest control giant Rentokill, with 70,000 employees worldwide, underpaid almost 400 Australian workers more than $350,000. Acting on a single March 2010 complaint from a service technician in Adelaide, the FWO discovered Rentokill Initial Pty Ltd-owned Pink Hygiene Solutions underpaid workers in South Australi...
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Lend Lease agrees to site rates
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is claiming a major victory after it reached an in-principle national agreement with Lend Lease that includes a site rates clause for labour hire employees and restores project allowances. The construction giant reached agreement with the CFMEU on Monday (August 6) following eight days ...
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FWA risks being sued on super
WFD: Fair Work Australia could be exposed to litigation if it selects default super funds for awards as proposed by the Productivity Commission (PC), the Law Council of Australia has warned. Speaking at public hearings last week, the council cast doubt over the PC's draft recommendations to set up an FWA or independent expert panel to approve a def...
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Qantas wins big in FWA workplace determination re TWU
WFD: In a comprehensive win for Qantas, Fair Work Australia has rejected union demands for 5%-a-year wage increases, site rates, job security and contracting out clauses in the tribunal's first workplace determination handed down on Wednesday (August 8). Instead, a FWA full bench - Vice President Graeme Watson, Senior Deputy President Anne Harrison...
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Joyce reveals Qantas transformation will cost 2,800 jobs
WFD: Hot on the heels of Wednesday's comprehensive Fair Work Australia victory against the Transport Workers Union (see Qantas wins big in FWA workplace determination re TWU, above) , Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has revealed the airline's 'transformation' would cost 2,800 jobs - more than 10% of its workforce. It's the first time Qantas has put a head co...
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Qantas ruling reveals true employer attitude to permitted matters: Stewart
University of Adelaide IR expert Professor Andrew Stewart says Fair Work Australia's workplace determination in the Qantas/Transport Workers Union dispute has shed light on the true motivation of employer calls to have job security clauses kept off the bargaining table as non-permitted matters. Stewart, who advised the Federal Government on the dra...
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FWA clarifies ‘lower' burden of proof for small business dismissals
Fair Work Australia has applied a recent unfair dismissal precedent to find a small business must fulfil the standard of proof required in general dismissal cases when it comes to carrying out a reasonable investigation into a matter. Citing the Pinawin v Domingo full bench decision (WF18143) , Commissioner Alastair Macdonald emphasised FWA must de...
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Fed Court considers costs against employee with fake first aid cert
WFD: Federal Court Justice Dennis Cowdroy has invited submissions on costs after finding against a manager who claimed he had been dismissed for raising a complaint about building works at his employer's premises. The employer had discovered post-dismissal that the manager did not have a first aid certificate as he had claimed and, therefore, shoul...
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Ai Group opposes greenfields arbitration in FW review response
WFD: The Fair Work Act Review "recommendations fall short of what is required to address the key problems in the Act," the Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox has said on release of the group's response to the review's 53 recommendations. The employer group will oppose recommendations giving conciliation or arbitration powers to ...
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