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ABS data proves ABCC is necessary: MBA

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed there were 11,200 more workers involved in industrial action in the December 2016 quarter than in the September quarter and 2,300 more working days lost. However, the ABS said there were 45 fewer disputes in the December quarter than in September. The ABS found the construction industry account...

Subpoenaed FWC documents able to be used in Supreme Court case

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has allowed financial records it subpoenaed for an unfair dismissal matter to be used against a worker in a Supreme Court embezzlement case. Documents produced under subpoena in one court normally cannot be used in another court. However, citing “special circumstances”, Deputy President Richard Clancy orde...

Union status quo email not industrial action: FWC

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed Victoria University's claim that a National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) email was industrial action. Commissioner Michelle Bissett found the union email encouraged its members to carry out status quo work while the parties' enterprise agreement (EA) dispute resolution provision applied. In J...

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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

Subpoenaed FWC documents able to be used in Supreme Court case

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has allowed financial records it subpoenaed for an unfair dismissal matter to be used against a worker in a Supreme Court embezzlement case. Documents produced under subpoena in one court normally cannot be used in another court. However, citing “special circumstances”, Deputy President Richard Clancy orde...

Parmalat strikers take Fair Work Act grievance to Senate enquiry

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WFD: 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 t...

Union status quo email not industrial action: FWC

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed Victoria University's claim that a National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) email was industrial action. Commissioner Michelle Bissett found the union email encouraged its members to carry out status quo work while the parties' enterprise agreement (EA) dispute resolution provision applied....

Law firm injuncts former partners from poaching clients and workers

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WFD: 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...

Master builders selects first female boss in its history

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WFD: 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...

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

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WFD: 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 u...

CFMEU, UV and TWU taking to the streets

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WFD: 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 Internat...

ABC restructure claims 200 jobs

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WFD: 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 ...

Full bench upholds MSD appeal

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WFD: 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 from other work groups. The bench - Deputy Presidents Ingrid Asbury and Lyndall Dean and Commissioner Chris S...

Evening penalty rate cuts imminent

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WFD: 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 appli...

FWC finds employer actions speak louder than words in dismissal case

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WFD: 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...

Sunday and holiday pay ‘still respectable': ACCI

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WFD: The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has today released “indicative figures” it claims show employees will continue to receive “decent” pay rates despite the penalty rate cuts. ACCI calculateda 21-year-old casual shop assistant in the retail sector working on a Sunday would earn more than $270 a day an...

Bullying, unfair dismissal and general protections ease: FWC

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WFD: The number of workplace bullying, general protection and unfair dismissal applications have all declined in the 2016-17 second quarter, the latest Fair Work Commission (FWC) data shows. The 2016-17 second quarter saw 912 general protections applications lodged under s365 of the Fair Work Act, of which 811 were finalised. This compared to 957 a...

Union warns of impending ABC cuts

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WFD: The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) has foreshadowed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will on March 9 announce up to 500 job losses. The CPSU said in a statement on Tuesday (March 7) that “well-placed sources” had warned of impending job losses as the beginning of another round of redundancies. The union claimed t...

TWU to tell FWC drivers required to falsify records

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WFD: 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 w...

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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
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