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 ...
MUA claims govt report does not acknowledge union productivity
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FWC advertises for general manager
WFD: 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 b...
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FWC orders urinating worker to be reinstated
WFD: 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,...
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Kitching defends record, praises Asmar, in first speech
WFD: 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 C...
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One million workers underemployed
WFD: 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...
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ABCC laws adjourned in Senate
WFD: Debate on theAustralian 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 for...
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Stop industrial action ordered against union over sacked worker
WFD: 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 servi...
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Senate examines gender segregation
WFD: 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 ...
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Federal public sector bargaining probe kicks off
The Federal Government's controversial Australian Public Sector (APS) bargaining policy will today come under scrutiny as the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and APS Commissioner John Lloyd appear at a senate inquiry in Canberra. CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood and president Alistair Waters along with the union's bargaining team panel...
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Unions and community groups to rally for domestic violence clause
Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) is hoping hundreds of supporters will congregate outside the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in Melbourne on Monday (November 14) for the opening of the hearing into domestic and family violence leave as part of the 4-yearly review of modern awards. VTHC lead women's organiser Lisa Heap told Workforce the rally was o...
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Entry without permit didn't breach laws: Federal Court
The Federal Court has found that a CFMEU official without a right of entry permit did not breach workplace laws when he entered a Victorian construction site at the invitation of the elected health and safety representative (HSR). Justice Mordy Bromberg rejected an application by Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) for penalties against the ...
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Union bargaining representation should be limited to members
Trade unions would be revitalised if legislated reform restricted enterprise bargaining negotiations to members and excluded non-members, a prominent IR academic has said. University of Sydney's Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum told the Australian Labour Law Association conference in Melbourne last Friday union “strength and vigour can be more...
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Workplace relations in PC's sights, again
The Productivity Commission (PC) has flagged including labour market efficiency as an overarching “theme” of its new five-yearly reviews of Australia's productivity performance. Treasurer Scott Morrison announced the series of reviews in September. The terms of reference he released allow the PC to identify priority reform areas across ...
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NSW teachers hope pay deal reachable without conflict
On November 7, the NSW Teachers Federation started negotiations to replace the school Salaries and Conditions Award (2014-2016) with a new award starting January 1, 2017. The federation said the education department's proposal was “consistent with the NSW Government's public sector wages policy and current education policies and strategies...
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Employers must be forced to provide suitable work, inquiry told
The NSW workers' compensation scheme “is broken; it has “lost the focus of returning injured workers to work” and “become an impediment” to it, Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey has told a Standing Committee on Law and Justice (SCLJ) hearing. A raft of union, employer and insurance bodies are presenting evidence, with SC...
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No scope for EA dispute over sacking of probationary firie: bench
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) member hearing a dispute settlement matter had erred in finding the Metropolitan Fire Brigades (MFB) breached policy in deciding to terminate a probationary employee because the commissioner had based his decision on matters the parties had not referred to the cmn, aFWC full bench has found. And the commissioner had bee...
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DHS staff reject third pay deal
Staff at the Department of Human Services (DHS) have for the third time in 14 months knocked back a proposed pay deal, denting the Federal Government's controversial public sector bargaining policy ( WF 12/2/2016 ) The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) said today 76.6% of the dept's 34,000 employees participated in the ballot and 74% voted a...
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Fundraising group fined $100k and director $24k for sham contracting
A Federal Circuit Court has fined a Sydney charity fundraising group who worked for Amnesty International and Wesley Mission $100,000 and its director $24,000 for sham contracting breaches after it underpaid a British backpacker nearly $8,000. Judge Robert Cameron found Australian Sales & Promotions (ASAP) Pty Ltd and director Paul Ainsworth br...
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AiG warns portable long service leave will cost jobs
The Australian Industry Group (AiG) has claimed the Victorian Government's plan to introduce portable long-service leave (LSL) for tens of thousands of security guards, social workers and contract cleaners would cost four times that of regular LSL. AiG Vic head Tim Piper described the move as a “retrograde step” and warned it would cost...
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