The United Firefighters Union and the Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) have agreed to a range of allowances for firefighters in a bid to end the long-running and bitter dispute over the CFA's proposed enterprise agreement (EA). The UFU and CFA made submissions to agreed proposed amendments during the Fair Work Commission conciliation held las...
UFU and CFA reach consent over EA
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Diary
IRSV meet the commission 2017 : February 21, Level 7, Fair Work Commision, 11 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. More info here . NexGen 2017 : June 26-28, International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, More info here .
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FWC orders Australia Post to release secret Metcher report
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered the Australia Post Corporation to release a confidential investigation report into ex-union boss Jim Metcher before the FWC's upcoming hearing into how it granted him a right of entry (RoE) permit. Deputy President Jeff Lawrence ordered Australia Post to release the report and not to redact Metcher's or Au...
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IGA supermarket latest high profile business in the line of fire
A Melbourne IGA supermarket operator is facing the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) for allegedly underpaying employees and producing false records despite being warned in the past against such practices. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) alleged six employees at the two IGA supermarkets were underpaid a total of $11,373 between November 2013 and November 2...
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Worker not dismissed despite having to clear desk and return key
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has thrown out a worker's unfair dismissal application after finding he had not been sacked despite his employer blocking his company email access and instructing he return his office key and clear his desk. Commissioner Tony Saunders said, in an “unfortunate case”, a reasonable person would not conclude t...
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Employer got it wrong on inherent requirements - but worker still loses
The Federal Court has found an employer twice committed adverse action against a job applicant suffering from arthritis but still declined to make the orders he sought. This was in part because the final decision-maker based his decision on an assessment of the man's ability to perform the inherent requirements of the position - even though his ass...
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Worker not dismissed despite having to clear desk and return key
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has thrown out a worker's unfair dismissal application after finding he had not been sacked despite his employer blocking his company email access and instructing he return his office key and clear his desk. Commissioner Tony Saunders said, in an “unfortunate case”, a reasonable person would not conclude t...
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Griffin Coal in confidential briefing in ‘new approaches' with CFMEU
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Ltd are negotiating a new enterprise agreement (EA) under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) new approaches program. On February 6, FWC Deputy President Anna Booth said in an enterprise bargaining progress report that at the outset Griffin Coal chief financial o...
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Ex-wife of business owner who went missing liable for underpayment
The Federal Circuit Court has found the former wife and business partner of the director of a kitchen sales and manufacturing company was liable for nearly $20,000 in employee underpayments despite her estrangement from her husband who the NSW police listed as a missing person for nearly five months. Judge Tom Altobelli found Kim Withers was a part...
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Nurses to be reimbursed after training dispute: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered an aged care provider to repay nurses it is accused of standing down for failing to fulfil the necessary training requirements to administer medicine to patients. Dismissing AnglicareSA's submission the nurses should undergo training “in their own time and at their own cost”, Commissioner Chris...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Helen Jones Twitter:@WorkforceTR
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Vic Govt refines call centre code
The Victorian Government has unveiled a revised call centre code it says is designed to help govt-operated calls centres and govt-contracted private operators improve productivity and innovation. IR minister Natalie Hutchins urged call centre industry operators to adopt the code “designed to encourage best practice in call centre management a...
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No compensation for worker in alleged ‘criminal enterprise' stands
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has tossed out a worker's appeal against a decision that found his summary dismissal was unjust. But it did not award compensation after finding his alleged criminal enterprise against his employer was severe. On February 17, the bench - Vice President Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Anne Gooley and Commiss...
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Health and wellbeing days for Maurice Blackburn staff
Staff at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers will be entitled to three health and wellbeing days a year under a new enterprise agreement (EA) the Fair Work Commission (FWC) approved yesterday. Employees took protected industrial action last year after EA negotiations stalled, which the Australia Services Union (ASU) credited for helping secure a raft of favo...
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Worker unfairly dismissed for ‘horrific' Facebook post gets $2k
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has awarded a long-serving employee with no history of misconduct compensation of more than $2,000 despite finding his dismissal was harsh. Commissioner Michelle Bissett awarded former Bendigo Health Care Group employee Michael Renton just $2,014.89 for making little effort to find alternative employment since his dis...
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Incentive not covered by FW Act
A contractual issue in the workplace “does not itself” give the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) jurisdiction to entertain a claim under the Fair Work Act (FW Act), Judge Timothy Heffernan has reaffirmed. Ruling against hearing an application seeking $7,400 in payments allegedly owed to a worker under a sales incentive plan (SIP), Judge Heff...
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Real estate agency fined for underpaying sales agent
The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has fined a real estate agency $27k and its director $5,400 for underpaying a long-standing sales agent. In November 2016, the FCC ordered E J Love and Co to pay $73,920 in outstanding commission to Arthur Tjorpatzis, plus $6,437 in superannuation. The court heard the agency had employed Tjorpatzis for 23 years. At t...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter:@WorkforceTR
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Regional USG Boral site looks to strike to match city cousins' pay
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has lodged a protected action ballot order (PABO) for strike action at USG Boral Building Products Pty Ltd's after the company refused its wage claim. On February 20, CFMEU lodged a PABO at the Fair Work Commission (FWC) for 10 full-time workers at the USG Boral Hamilton, Victoria cornice plant ...
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