Australia's workplace watchdog has said it “welcomes the steps” MAdE Establishment has taken to rectify underpayments to its staff following an “administrative bungle” that left workers $2.6m out of pocket. The company that celebrity chef George Calombaris founded incorrectly paid more than one third of his staff members fro...
Regulator welcomes Calombaris company move to repay workers
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NSW Govt appoints first chief commissioner
The NSW Government has revealed today senior counsel Peter Kite has been appointed as the state's first chief commissioner of the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). A spokesperson for NSW IR minister Dominic Perrottet confirmed Kite's new role to Workforce Daily . His appointment was part of an overhaul that saw the Industrial Court abolished l...
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Cash expects construction code compliance after employer ban
Hutchinson Builders says it is in “two minds” about whether to appeal against federal employment minister Senator MichaeliaCash's decision to ban the firm from Commonwealth-funded work for three months. Cash imposed the ban for alleged failure to comply with Building Code 2013 (BC13). She told Workforce Daily “the Australian Gover...
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, 0422 567 004, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Helen Jones Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, 0422 567 004, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Helen Jones Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC rejects push to bring Qantas workers under one agreement
Three “alliance unions” have failed in a bid to bring more than 800 Qantas line and heavy maintenance workers under one enterprise agreement (EA). Appearing before the Fair Work Commission's Deputy President Peter Sams, the unions - the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), Aust Workers' Union (AWU), and the Communications, El...
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Police officers' oath no payment guarantee: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has knocked back a claim by Victorian counter terrorism police officers to be paid while they waited for a bus home after they worked at the 2014 G20 leaders' summit in Brisbane. Commissioner Michelle Bissett dismissed the Police Federation of Australia Vic police branch's (PFAV) claim the officers should be paid beca...
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Emirates subsidiary EA hearing delayed
The Fair Work Commission has pushed back a hearing into an enterprise agreement (EA) proposed by an Emirates Group subsidiary that two unions oppose ( WF 04/04/17 ) . Deputy President Anne Gooley delayed the hearing originally scheduled for tomorrow (April 6) until May 15 during a mention hearing today. Parties involved in the EA matter are the Tra...
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McCormick workers prepare for another round of rolling stoppages
McCormick Foods Australia workers are preparing for another round of work stoppages after negotiations over a new wages deal remained deadlocked ( WF 31/03/17 ) . National Union of Workers (NUW) members will hold rolling four-hour strike action at the company's Clayton South and Moorabbin Airport facilities from 12pm tomorrow (April 6). The union c...
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Organiser denied RoE after repeated unprotected industrial action
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) official was not a fit and proper person to hold a right-of-entry (RoE) permit. That was because he had been involved in unprotected industrial action three months after being fined for a previous contravention. Senior Deputy President (SDP) Jonathan Hamber...
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Emirates subsidiary EA hearing delayed
The Fair Work Commission has pushed back a hearing into an enterprise agreement (EA) proposed by an Emirates Group subsidiary that two unions oppose ( WF 04/04/17 ) . Deputy President Anne Gooley delayed the hearing originally scheduled for tomorrow (April 6) until May 15 during a mention hearing today. Parties involved in the EA matter are the Tra...
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CFMEU-MUA merger imminent: union
The ballot for amalgamation between the powerful Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is imminent - unless stopped by the Federal Government's proposed public interest test or Fair Work Commission (FWC). New union rules will soon be completed then submitted to FWC for approval, MUA deputy national ...
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FWC prods Fed Govt for more information on penalty rates
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has questioned whether the Federal Government planned to amend laws to enable the cmn to make take-home pay orders aimed at reducing penalty rate cuts' impact on employee wages. The bench - President Justice Ian Ross, Vice President Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Ingrid Asbury, Commissioner Peter Hampton a...
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Union seeks talks with Fairfax as staff cuts loom
Uncertainty surrounds the scale of job cuts at Fairfax after the media company announced plans to shave $30m from its editorial budget aimed at cauterising the bleeding in its business. Fairfax Media's managing director of Australian Metro Publishing, Chris Janz, said in a statement “including non-staff costs, the proposal is expected to deli...
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Cmn overturns sacking of rigger for after-hours argument with partner
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Bechtel Construction (Australia) Pty Ltd to reinstate a LNG project rigger sacked from his $236k-a-year job after he argued with his partner and damaged a chalet shower during a weekend away. Jake Clarkin and his partner - both employed on the Wheatstone LNG project in WA - were off-duty in the nearby small town...
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Police association discloses ‘turning point' in numbers campaign
The Police Association of Victoria (TPAV) has revealed its campaign strategy to win the states “largest-ever single boost” in officer numbers. In December 2016, the Victorian Labor government announced it would increase police by 2,729 over four years. TPAV has said it ran a “sustained and high-profile” three-year public cam...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, 0422 567 004, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Helen Jones. Twitter:@WorkforceTR
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FWC prods Fed Govt for more information on penalty rates
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has questioned whether the Federal Government planned to amend laws to enable the cmn to make take-home pay orders aimed at reducing penalty rate cuts' impact on employee wages. The bench - President Justice Ian Ross, Vice President Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Ingrid Asbury, Commissioner Peter Hampton a...
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New CFMEU exec officer granted RoE without bending to FWC rule
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found its regulatory compliance branch (RCB) director's new “general rule” that right-of-entry (RoE) applicants undertake training within three months from application should not be applied rigidly. Senior Deputy President (SDP) Jonathan Hamberger decided new Construction Forestry Mining Energy Un...
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Police officers' oath no payment guarantee: FWC
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has knocked back a claim by Victorian counter terrorism police officers to be paid while they waited for a bus home after they worked at the 2014 G20 leaders' summit in Brisbane. Commissioner Michelle Bissett dismissed the Police Federation of Australia Vic police branch's (PFAV) claim the officers should be paid...
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