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TWU to tell FWC drivers required to falsify records

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The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) has said truck drivers were before the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on press day (March 6) revealing how employers pay them little or nothing to make deliveries and force them to falsify diaries so they can drive for longer. The union said as part of its application to the FWC transport awards review, drivers will d...

Union warns of impending ABC cuts

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The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) has foreshadowed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will tomorrow announce up to 500 job losses. The CPSU said in a statement today that “well-placed sources” had warned of impending job losses as the beginning of another round of redundancies. The union claimed this will cause “...

Evening penalty rate cuts imminent

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) should delay its planned cuts to evening penalty rates to give fast food workers a chance to negotiate better wage rates or find alternative employment, unions have argued. The Shop Distributive and Employees Alliance (SDA) argued against the FWC's proposal to reduce the span of hours in which a 10% loading applied in...

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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Unions, not UGL, ‘truncated' consultation process: FWC

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed union allegations a Victorian refinery contractor failed to adequately consult them over planned job cuts, finding the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) “truncated” the consultation process. Deputy President Anne Gooley dismissed the unions...

CFMEU, UV and TWU taking to the streets

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The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) will hold a national day of action on Thursday (March 9) against the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) while United Voice (UV) said early child educators will carry out the biggest walk-off in history tomorrow (March 8). UV said one thousand educators will mark International...

ABC restructure claims 200 jobs

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has today confirmed it will axe 200 jobs in a bid to remove duplication, “over-management” and red tape as it streamlines its news, radio, television and digital arms ( WF 6/3/2017 ). Managing director Michelle Guthrie told staff the national broadcaster's television reach had declined as di...

Full bench upholds MSD appeal

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has revoked a majority support determination (MSD) awarded to the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) after finding an energy company's gas operators were not operationally or geographically distinct form other work groups. The bench - Deputy Presidents Ingrid Asbury and Lyndall Dean and Commissioner Chris Sander...

FWC finds employer actions speak louder than words in dismissal case

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found in a “very troubling and distressing case” a family-owned child care centre's actions rather than its words brought its former worker's employment to an end. Deputy President Peter Sams said problems arose after Buzzbee Long Day Care Centre owner's son Jehad Kassem and his wife and colleague Cath...

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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, annie.lawson@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Metcher retires ahead of entry permit matter

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Jim Metcher has announced his retirement after a Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union-commissioned investigation into his conduct found he had a duty to disclose a 2009 domestic violence legal proceeding when applying for right-of-entry (RoE) permits in 2009 and 2010. CEPU today revealed Metcher had retired as secretary of the NSW Postal &...

Master builders selects first female boss in its history

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The Masters Builders Australia (MBA) has today appointed its first female chief executive in its 127 year history. The MBA announced on International Women's Day its general manager and former Brewers Association of Australia and New Zealand (BAANZ) chief exec Denita Wawn will lead it from March 20. National MBA president Dan Perkins said Wawn had ...

Parmalat strikers take Fair Work Act grievance to Senate enquiry

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The striking Parmalat Dairy processing plant workers in Echuca, Victoria are taking their dispute to the Corporate Avoidance of the Fair Work Act Senate inquiry. Parmalat locked out more than 60 workers on January 18 in response to their commencing industrial action while bargaining for a new enterprise agreement (EA) ( WF 27/1/2017 ). Prior to the...

Law firm injuncts former partners from poaching clients and workers

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Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Australia has successfully sought interlocutory injunctive relief restraining eight former partners from poaching its clients and workers. NSW Supreme Court Justice Robert McDougall found there was a “legitimate interest” in enforcing clauses 13.3 to 13.6 of the HSF partnership agreement, which imposed a si...

Penalty rates cut a sign of equal pay law's failing: work/family academics

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The Fair Work Commission penalty rates cut has targeted the wages of the female-dominated retail and hospitality sectors, showing two more gender pay equity failings of the industrial relations framework, a roundtable of 35 academics with expertise in work, care and family policy has said. In its submission to the federal gender segregation in the ...

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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Penalty rates spark inquiries

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The Fair Work Commission's decision to cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates continues to ruffle feathers, with rallies held across the country while Australia's small business peak body called for a Senate inquiry and the Victorian Government established a parliamentary committee to examine their impact on workers. COSBOA pushes for Senate i...

ABCC warns MUA members joining rallies may be industrial action

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The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has written to the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and other industry participants ahead of today's (March 9) national union rallies to warn that workers must receive employer agreement to attend. The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) organised the rallies to fight the rei...

Male casual workers earn 10% less than permanent employees: study

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Men who have predominantly worked in casual jobs earn about 10% less than male workers with a history of permanent employment, a new wages study has found. In a paper published in the journal Human Relations , Professor Mark Wooden and Dr Irma Mooi-Reci from the University of Melbourne found the wage differential declined over time as “employ...

DHS workers set to strike as FWC talks fail

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The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) has said today that workers will take strike action at the Department of Human Services (DHS) after enterprise agreement (EA) talks between the parties failed at the Fair Work Commission (FWC). Rolling strikes will begin March 17, CPSU said. CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood said DHS wanted to strip away ...
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