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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Fed Govt appoints employer-friendly FWC members
The Federal Government has today revealed the appointment of three new Fair Work Commission (FWC) members who share strong employer-based backgrounds. Former Australian Council of Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Peter Anderson becomes a FWC Deputy President from April 18. Anderson operates industrial and business consultancy Pinpoint Enterpris...
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More security for teachers under new EA
Thousands of teachers and education support staff will be moved from contract to permanent roles and 3,000 new specialist learning roles will be created under a new four-year enterprise agreement (EA), the Victorian Government says. The govt said the Schools Enterprise Bargaining Agreement will ensure “better conditions for education support ...
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Witness deal undermined ABCC case
A deal with a former union official facing jail weakened the Australian Building and Construction Commission's (ABCC) case against the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), the Federal Court has found ( WF 22/3/2017 ). Seven ACTU CFMEU officials faced fines of more than $1m over allegations they breached industrial laws for blockading ...
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Stevedore who called waterfront boss a pig rightfully sacked
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has upheld the sacking of a veteran stevedore whose “less-than- respectful” behaviour to management included labelling former Patrick waterfront dispute boss and now Qube chairman Chris Corrigan a “pig” in a Facebook post. In a busy six months, the 30-year veteran Stephen Campbell received...
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Union refers competition watchdog to public sector commission
WFD: The Electrical Trades Unions (ETU) has accused the head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of breaching the public service code of conduct in the lead up to the Western Australian election campaign. ETU national secretary Allen Hicks wrote to Australian Public Sector (APS) Commissioner John Lloyd requesting the cmn in...
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NUW and AWU in ‘warfare' over membership
WFD: A major membership blue is brewing between the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and National Union of Workers' (NUW) that has hit the surface in Western Australia but has national implications, having already been discussed at the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) - but to no avail. AWU WA Branch made an extension application to the Fair...
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Industrial advocate ordered to pay $10k in Cash-Heerey matter
WFD: The Federal Court has ordered an industrial advocate pay $10,000 in security costs as part of her claim against employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash after she alleged a report into ex-Fair Work Commission (FWC) vice president Michael Lawler that referenced a complaint she lodged against him denied her procedural fairness ( WF 8/12/2016 )...
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More short-sighted job cuts to hit the ABS: CPSU
WFD: Up to 100 staff at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) face the chopping block after the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) revealed the agency was blaming budget cuts for the impending job losses. The latest round of ABS cuts follow last year's axing of 120 jobs in a bid to save costs. CPSU deputy secretary Melissa Donnelly said t...
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‘Big party' after Parmalat lockout ends
WFD: The 61 day lockout of Parmalat Dairy workers in Echuca, Victoria is over after the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) and the company struck an enterprise agreement (EA) today (March 20), the union says. AMWU Vic food & confectionery division assistant state secretary Tom Hale told Workforce Daily about 55 workers voted up the ...
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Greens, Labor & Lambie join forces on penalty rates
WFD: The Greens, Labor and Senator Jacqui Lambie have consolidated their push to overturn the Fair Work Commission's penalty rates decision, today unveiling plans to introduce a combined bill to Parliament in the next fortnight ( WF 20/3/2017 ). Greens IR spokesperson Adam Bandt said the combined bill would place pressure on other crossbenchers to ...
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Fed Govt cracks down on union-employer secret deals
WFD: Union officials and employers that secure secret payments with a “corrupting intent” will face up 10 years in prison, with up to a $900,000 fine for an individual and $4.5m for a company, under new legislation the Federal Government will introduce to Parliament this week. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull revealed today the payments ...
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Labor willing to reassess the BOOT
WFD: The Labor Party has conceded it would willingly review the better-off-overall (BOOT) test that ensures workers are not worse off under union and employer-negotiated wage deals in a bid to preserve employee wages ( WF 22/1/2016 ). Asked about the Daily Telegraph's story concerning union-negotiated wage deals with fast food giants such as McDona...
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Workers use gig economy to top up existing income: report
WFD: About a third of British workers that participated in the gig economy did so because they were unable to find regular employment, while a similar proportion were gig workers to supplement their income, new research shows. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ( CIPD ) survey of 5,019 adults in the United Kingdom between December...
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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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TWU claims win for owner drivers
WFD: The Transport Workers Union has described a New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission decision expanding coverage, rates and protections for owner drivers as a major win for owner-drivers. Changes under the General Carriers Contract Determination include expansion of the determination to include corridors from Sydney to Wollongong and Sy...
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No joy for CFMEU in belated attempt to intervene in Jellinbah agreement
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has quashed an 11th-hour attempt by the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) to intervene in an agreement covering road haulage crews at the Jellinbah and Yarrabee coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin. Opposing CFMEU intervention in the LCR Jellinbah/Yarrabee Haulage Projects Enterprise Agreement 2016, e...
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Ex-FWC VP Watson details how cmn's independence compromised
WFD: Abolishing the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, introducing legislation to overturn the penalty rates decision and ACTU secretary Sally McManus's view about breaking unjust laws are examples of “interference or undermining of the rule of law and the independence of courts and tribunals”, a former senior Fair Work Commission (FWC)...
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SDP Acton joins the FWC exodus
The former head of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), Senior Deputy President Jennifer Acton, is the latest member to have resigned from the Fair Work Commission (FWC). Her resignation follows the departure of other high profile FWC members, including Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan, who is due to leave on April 30, and Vice ...
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IR bills referred to Senate cttee
The Federal Government has referred three of its IR bills to a Senate committee despite the likely bipartisan support for two of them. The govt referred the Fair Work Amendment (Corrupting Benefits) Bill 2017, the Fair Work Amendment (Repeal of 4 Yearly Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2017 and the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers...
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