A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has given New South Wales electricity distributor Essential Energy the green light to further trim its workforce and rebuffed union claims for a ban on forced redundancies. The bench found the unions - the Australian Services Union, the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plum...
FWC full bench paves way for Essential Energy outsourcing plans
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Parliamentary staff EA inches over the line
The United Services Union (USU) is considering challenging the result of last Friday's (November 25) parliamentary staff vote, which was 714 to 699 in favour of the Coalition's draft enterprise agreement (EA) on ( WF 25/11/2016 ). That the result was so close raised USU suspicions about whether all voters had been eligible staff members. USU organi...
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FWBC and CFMEU boss argue over ABCC ‘political theatre'
Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Queensland branch representatives face Federal Court action for disrupting work at a crane company that refused to sign a union enterprise agreement (EA), the Fair Work Building Commission (FWBC) has said. In return, the CFMEU accused the FWBC of “shamelessly” charging its officials duri...
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ABCC approval on a knife's edge
The restoration of the Australian Building and Constriction Commission (ABCC) hangs in the balance at press time as the Coalition still seeks support to get it voted up with only three sitting days left in 2016, with Parliament rising at COB Thursday. The Government won support fromLiberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm for the new legislation t...
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Baiada receives regulatory tick of approval
Baiada has substantially improved its workplace practices after the company agreed to take responsibility for its contractors' exploitative practices and donate $450,000 to various charities, an interim assessment of the chicken processing group released today has found. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) commended the company for making “signific...
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Workers fairly chosen, want to bargain: FWC
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) has secured a majority support determination (MSD) covering store workers at a Queensland warehouse, despite employer arguments the group was not fairly chosen. Fair Work Commissioner Paula Spencer granted the MSD for employees responsible for filling orders at Beaumont Tiles Warehouse in Rochedale, Queensland. S...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Bernadette McBride Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Metcher withdraws RoE application; Govt wants review to continue
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has cancelled today's hearing into embattled former union secretary Jim Metcher's fitness to hold a right-of-entry (RoE) permit after his legal team dropped his RoE permit application ( WF 25/11/2016 ). However, the Federal Government expected the cmn's own review to continue into how it found Metcher a fit and proper...
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Full Court dismisses employer challenge to precedent ruling
A Federal Full Court has dismissed a Catholic Education Office (CEO) challenge to a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench decision that found employers are not automatically required to sack teachers if they are charged with child-related offences. The Full Court - Justices Christopher Jessup, Richard Tracey and Michael Barker - also quashed a 2015...
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Centrelink & Medicare rolling stoppages start next week
Thousands of public servants at the Department of Human Services plan to walk off the job next week as the dispute over pay and conditions approaches the four-year mark. The rolling stoppages will start on Monday, December 5; Friday, December 9; Monday, December 12; and Friday, December 16. DHS staff voted down a proposed enterprise agreement (EA) ...
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Labor private member's bill targets 457 visa workers
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has introduced a private member's bill aimed at tightening controls on the 457 temporary work visa program to crack down on unscrupulous employers and labour hire firms. The bill includes a requirement employers applying to sponsor 457 visa-holders demonstrate their contribution to local employment. The Migration Amen...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411 Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC finds it can order compulsory voting of MSDs - AiG could appeal
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has decided it has the authority to order a compulsory attendance vote of employees for majority support determinations (MSD). The Australian Industry Group (AiG) has told Workforce Daily it may appeal the decision because it's “seriously concerned” it is “fundamentally inconsistent” with the F...
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TURC evidence can be used at unfair dismissal hearing
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed an ex-union organiser's bid to have his evidence to the Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) excluded from his unfair dismissal hearing. Deputy President Lyndall Dean dismissed a claim byNick Belan, brother of ex-National Union of Workers' NSW Branch (NUW) secretary Derrick, his TURC evidence could unfair...
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ABCC passes in the Senate - CFMEU vows to continue fight
Employer groups are championing the Coalition government's win following the Australian Building and Constriction Commission (ABCC) Bill's passage in the Senate today (November 30). The Senate passed the amendment bill 36-33after the Federal Government negotiated the final crossbench support it needed from the Xenophon Team. Senator Nick Xenophon w...
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Fed Full Court finds FWC full bench erred in approving ALDI EA
A Federal Full Court has quashed a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench ruling that upheld approval for an Aldi enterprise agreement (EA) that applied to prospective employees at a newly established regional operation in Adelaide. In a majority decision it found the FWC had been wrong to find the EA was genuinely agreed to or that a clause allowin...
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Full bench grants union appeal after missing email botches EA approval
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has granted United Voice (UV) and the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) permission to appeal a decision approving an enterprise agreement (EA) after a missing email denied the CPSU procedural fairness. The bench - FWC President Justice Iain Ross, Deputy President John Kovacic and Commissioner Tim Lee -...
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Editor: AnnieLawson(03) 9286 1411. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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MUA-CFMEU amalgamation no sure thing as it goes to members' vote
The amalgamation between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) looks like to depend on a members' vote taking place in the first three months of 2017. MUA assistant secretary Will Tracy told Workforce Daily that MUA annual general meetings are currently taking place around the country. So fa...
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Centrelink & Medicare rolling stoppages start next week
WFD: Thousands of public servants at the Department of Human Services plan to walk off the job next week as the dispute over pay and conditions approaches the four-year mark. The rolling stoppages will start on Monday, December 5; Friday, December 9; Monday, December 12; and Friday, December 16. DHS staff voted down a proposed enterprise agreement ...
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