A company has failed to keep under wraps the names of its employees' bargaining representatives during negotiations for a non-union enterprise agreement (EA). The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has granted the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) access to the F16 and F17 forms Ron Southon Pty Ltd lodged in support of its EA's approval. Co...
FWC grants union access to non-union EA documents
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FWO welcomes Fed Govt intervention on cashback schemes
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has welcomed the Federal Government's pledge to strengthen laws banning cashback arrangements following a matter in which a cafe owner was fined more than $500,000 for exploiting overseas workers. FWO Natalie James expressed concern that unscrupulous operators such as former NSW café owner Fares Ghazale used cashback s...
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CFMEU lucky its banks don't behave the way it does: Court
The Federal Court has fined the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and two of its officials a total of $96,000 for staging an unlawful blockade of the $400m Port of Melbourne expansion project. In deciding penalty the court took aim at the union and its history. “The inference that the CFMEU will always prefer its own interests...
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Qantas can lawyer-up: FWC
Unions covering unlicensed aircraft maintenance workers at Qantas have lost their bid to prevent the airline lawyering-up in a battle over the scope of the parties' next enterprise agreement (EA). The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) want a singl...
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Vic Govt introduce IR public sector bill
The Victorian Government has today introduced an amendment it claims closes a legislative loophole and promotes greater fairness in the agreement bargaining process in the public sector. The Fair Work Bill (Commonwealth Powers) Amendment Bill 2016 corrects an anomaly created in a 2015 Federal Court ruling that allowed “some public sector empl...
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CFMEU lucky its banks don't behave the way it does: Court
The Federal Court has fined the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and two of its officials a total of $96,000 for staging an unlawful blockade of the $400m Port of Melbourne expansion project. In deciding penalty the court took aim at the union and its history. “The inference that the CFMEU will always prefer its own interests...
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FWC grants union access to non-union EA documents
A company has failed to keep under wraps the names of its employees' bargaining representatives during negotiations for a non-union enterprise agreement (EA). The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has granted the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) access to the F16 and F17 forms Ron Southon Pty Ltd lodged in support of its EA's approval. Co...
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FWO welcomes Fed Govt intervention on cashback schemes
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has welcomed the Federal Government's pledge to strengthen laws banning cashback arrangements following a matter in which a cafe owner was fined more than $500,000 for exploiting overseas workers. FWO Natalie James expressed concern that unscrupulous operators such as former NSW café owner Fares Ghazale used cashback s...
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Full bench ruling paves way for multi-million-dollars in back-pay
Employers have called on the Federal and Queensland governments to intervene after unions claimed a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench decision has entitled thousands of apprentices to millions of dollars in backpay. In a decision that has ramifications for businesses that employ about 4,200 apprentices across many sectors, the bench - Vice Pres...
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Hinch hits back at CFMEU claims of an ‘erratic' approach to ABCC laws
Independent Senator Derryn Hinch has fired back at Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) claims he is “erratic” for changing his mind and teaming up with the Federal Government to remove the grace period on Australian Building and Constriction Commission (ABCC) laws he previously demanded. To gain his support for the govt's ...
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AFL wants ‘best deal possible' for players, despite possible strike
The Australian Football League Players Association (AFLPA) is continuing negotiations with the AFL over a contract dispute about broadcast revenue share, and has not ruled out strike action. The AFLPA claimed players had previously accepted less pay because of a projected drop in game revenue, but earnings had eclipsed those forecasts. It reportedl...
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Intimidating union delegate bullied promoted co-worker for years
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected the unfair dismissal application of a rail worker found to have seriously bullied a co-worker who was promoted ahead of her, and who had stared at a passenger in an intimidating manner. Commissioner Peter Hampton rejected Samantha Rombola's claim she was unfairly dismissed despite her argument the evidenc...
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Fed Govt urged to beef up underpayment laws
A leading employment law academic has urged the Federal Government to fulfil its pre-election promise to make franchisors accountable for franchisee non-compliance by strengthening penalties for underpayment. RMIT Professor Anthony Forsyth's call comes after Domino's Pizza Enterprises welcomed a Fair Work Ombudsmen (FWO) audit of its franchise stor...
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Fed Court dismisses ex-ABS employee appeal
The Federal Court has rejected an ex- public servant's appeal in a long-running dispute that saw him fabricate a witness signature on a voluntary redundancy contract to secure a payout of nearly $30k. The dispute centres on a deed of agreement Anthony Nalbandian struck with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) after the government agency issue...
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Remorseful ex-union boss with past contravention wins new RoE
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has granted a right of entry (RoE) permit to an ex-union assistant secretary who had been found to have “seriously”disregarded “important industrial laws” and had not revealed past contraventions when gaining a previous RoE. Harkins had recent training and showed contrition Deputy President Val...
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Vic Police Assoc names new head
Police Association Victoria has announced Wayne Gatt to replace outgoing secretary Ron Iddles. Sergeant Gatt, 42, who joined the Vic police force in 1995 and became the union's stakeholder relations advisor in 2015, becomes the 19th secretary in the union's 100-year history, the association said. Gatt takes reins on Feb 24 The former homicide squad...
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CPSU to strike over robo-debt ‘crisis'
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has announced today (January 6) that Department of Human Services (DHS) workers will take industrial action over six days in response to the Federal Government's stalling tactics during enterprise agreement (EA) bargaining and the Centrelink robo-debt crisis. The CPSU plans to strike and take “othe...
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Redundancies hasty & tokenistic: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered a Sydney office supplies warehouse to reinstate four workers made redundant last year after finding the redundancy process was “unduly hasty” and “largely tokenistic”. Staples consultation ‘disengenuous' Commissioner Ian Cambridge found Staples Australia Pty Ltd, a business su...
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FWC to examine abandonment of employment clauses
Modern awards containing abandonment of employment clauses will go under the Fair Work Commission's spotlight, after a full bench last month found such a clause in the manufacturing award had no effect. Vice President Adam Hatcher, Deputy President Val Gostencnik and Commissioner Anna Lee Cribb in a January 13 decision held that clause 21 of the Ma...
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