WFD: Within hours of being sworn in as Workplace Relations minister late on Wednesday (December 14), Bill Shorten played peacemaker in the POAGS waterfront dispute (See below, New WR minister facing tough first day in office with POAGS strike) with locked-out wharfies returning to work yesterday (Dec 15). The company confirmed to Workforce Daily it...
All in a day's work: Shorten sworn in, brokers POAGS-MUA truce
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New WR minister facing tough first day in office with POAGS strike
WFD: Bill Shorten was under the spotlight from the first hour on the job with a Qantas-style lockout of wharfies on the western and eastern seaboards threatening to snowball into a major IR war. Bulk & General stevedoring company POAGS on Tuesday (December 13) locked out more than 300 wharfies at Fremantle and Bunbury ports in Western Australia...
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Signing off ….
Today's edition is the final Workforce for 2011. The Workforce team wishes you, your colleagues and families a safe and happy festive season. We next publish on January 20, 2012 with Workforce Daily returning on Jan 23.
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Govt amends regs to allow union official rep in FMC small claims
WFD: The Federal Government has amended the Fair Work Regulations to allow a union official to represent a party in small claims proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court. The amendment is the result of the Corcoran & Ors v Bansley decision in June where Federal Magistrate Toni Lucev denied a United Voice official the right to appear for 25 ...
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FWA faces a conundrum on how to measure needs of low paid
A Fair Work Australia report on measuring the needs of the low paid to assist the Minimum Wage Panel has found there is no single way to determine them. A number of employer, union and welfare groups contributed to the report, which was requested by the Panel in the 2010/11 Annual Wage Review. Senior Deputy President Ian Watson said consultations w...
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Six-month wait for Qantas pilots
WFD: The Australian International Pilots Association (AIPA) has no qualms about waiting until June before Fair Work Australia begins arbitrating its dispute with Qantas. "We don't have a problem being last cab off the rank," an AIPA spokesperson told Workforce following FWA's notification of the hearing dates. The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engin...
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FW Act is not to blame for 'sluggish' productivity: ACTU report
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has released its first Economic Report , which will be released on a quarterly basis from now on. The eight-page report has a feature on productivity and attempts to dispel claims the Fair Work Act has caused "sluggish" productivity growth.
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 9208 4559, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Kate Corbett. Journalists: Steven Andrew, David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 31402178045.
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EA tensions ease over XXXX beer 'no dickheads' bonus scheme
A Christmas shortage of one of Australia's most popular beers is looking unlikely, with XXXX management and United Voice reaching a deal. There had been fears Castlemaine Perkins brewery workers in Brisbane would strike over the holiday period due to concerns over the company's pay offer. Workers have been bargaining for a new enterprise agreement ...
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Four-year pilot AWA dispute resolved with $100k penalty
WFD: A commercial aviation business has been fined $96,030 for underpaying 33 pilots a total of $123,423 following a dispute over Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs). The Federal Magistrates Court found National Jet Systems Pty Ltd (NJS) had breached a clause in each of the 33 pilots' AWAs, resulting in underpayments over a 16-month period from ...
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Votes Flood in for CPSU nat sec
Nadine Flood says she is "delighted" to have been re-elected as national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU). A CPSU spokesperson said Flood had received 81.5% of the vote, the highest ever in the union's elections. "It's a credit to our entire leadership team who have worked so hard to deliver for our members in a tough envir...
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FWA says it can do no more in CPSU-Vic Govt talks
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and Victorian Government are set to go toe-to-toe after Fair Work Australia ruled it could not progress deadlocked conciliation talks any further. Yesterday - December 15, the same day the Vic Govt announced it would slash the public service by 3,600 voluntary redundancies - Commissioner Greg Smith pulle...
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Vale Mark Ryan, the 'heart and soul' of the journalists' union
WFD: Assistant federal secretary of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) Mark Ryan has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. Ryan was pivotal in shaping the wages and working conditions for journalists and entertainment workers over the past 25 years. "Mark was in many ways the heart and soul of the journalists' union," Alli...
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Former union leaders Shorten and Combet winners in Cabinet reshuffle
WFD: Bill Shorten has been elevated to Cabinet as the new federal employment and workplace relations minister in a reshuffle on Monday (December 12). Shorten, 44, is a former Australian Workers Union (AWU) general secretary and ALP Victorian state secretary. He began his union career in 1994 as a trainee organiser under the ACTU 's Organising Works...
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A long and difficult road for the makers of ear implants
WFD: The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is seeking bargaining orders from Fair Work Australia to help resolve a four-year dispute with ear implant manufacturer Cochlear. The Cochlear enterprise agreement was due to expire in mid-2007 but is still in place as negotiations to replace it have reached a standstill. The AMWU claims the co...
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2:1 FWA full bench green light for Newlands Coal 'opt out' clause
WFD: A Fair Work Australia full bench majority decision has left the door open for contentious 'opt out' clauses in enterprise agreements. The majority- Senior Deputy President Jonathan Hamberger and Deputy President Brendan McCarthy - held Newlands Coal could still be allowed to register an enterprise agreement even though it allowed employees to ...
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FWA inquiry into HSU delayed until after New Year
WFD: Fair Work Australia's investigation into the financial reporting by the Health Services Union (HSU) national office has reached an "advanced stage" but will not be completed by the end of the year, acting general manager Bernadette O'Neill has confirmed. The tribunal is investigating alleged irregularities of the HSU accounts during Labor MP C...
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Ged Kearney refused entry to Fiji
WFD: ACTU president Ged Kearney was refused entry into Fiji this week (December 14), with the Fiji Government claiming a five-member delegation she was leading to inspect workplace rights was "biased and had already made its judgment" about the country. The delegation led by Kearney and New Zealand Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly was ...
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Back - 'but only just': CFMEU C& G div WA rejoins the ALP
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union construction and general division Western Australia branch secretary Kevin Reynolds says he is confident the branch will retain its voting rights at state conference, despite a "hiccup" that saw it readmitted to the ALP on Monday (December 12) with no delegate rights. The ALP has referred the matter to ...
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Diary
Federal Parliament: Both Houses resume sitting on February 7, 2012. See Parliament website . Federal Govt inquiry into fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers : Public hearings: February 21-24, 2012 - Queensland; March 2012 - Darwin, Broome, Karratha and Port Hedland; May 15-16 - Perth and Kalgoorlie; April - Narrabri; May 25 - Sydney; June - Melbourne and ...
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