WFD: NSW has privatised $53bn in public services and assets since 2011 when the Coalition came to government, according to research by the NSW Parliamentary Library. The figures show the govt has privatised $53bn in public services and assets, from the Ports of Botany and Newcastle ( WF 17/04/2014 ) to the 'poles and wires' ( WF 2/04/2015 ) and las...
NSW Coalition has privatised $53bn of state assets
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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: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Stop bullying complaint progresses
The Fair Work Commission will investigate a workplace ‘stop bullying' complaint, despite the employer's claim it was vexatious and tied to disciplinary matters. The complaint by an unnamed EK against VH and VD alleged psychological injuries as a result of multiple bullying encounters over three years. EK claimed the response by employer UC to...
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Court fines former Qld CFMEU boss
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has notched up another victory against the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) after the Federal Circuit Court fined former Queensland CFMEU president David Hanna for right-of-entry (RoE) breaches. Judge Salvatore Vasta yesterday (May 25) ordered Hanna to pay $10,200 for his c...
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FWC full bench green lights CSRP agreement with undertakings
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has approved a mining enterprise agreement (EA) after CSRP revised a raft of undertakings to assuage concerns its public holiday provisions were unlawful. The bench - Vice President Adam Hatcher, Deputy President Val Gostencnik and Commissioner Michelle Bissett - last month upheld a Construction Forestry Mini...
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FWC upholds sacking of manager who falsified medical certificate
A Monash University events officer sacked for providing a falsified medical certificate in support of an application for sick leave has failed in an unfair dismissal claim. Tossing out the claim, Fair Work Commissioner Anna Cribb said Halina Bluzer was unable to provide a “cogent and consistent explanation” for anomalies in the certific...
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Security workers win ‘no worse off' clause
The Victorian Government has moved to stamp out worker exploitation in the security industry with a new measure that guarantees staff the same pay and conditions should their service provider change hands. Finance minister Robin Scott yesterday (May 25) announced the new “no less favourable” provision will be included in the govt's Secu...
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Worker sacked for backstabbing awarded $6k
An engine reconditioner sacked via text after he allegedly “backstabbed” his boss by talking to his ex-wife has been awarded $6,368 for unfair dismissal. Appearing before Fair Work Commissioner Chris Simpson, Carl Zielke argued his employer failed to give him a valid reason for dismissal, denied him procedural fairness and provided no o...
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‘Seven years' work not enough to meet employment minimum
A casual teacher has failed to meet the minimum employment period required for lodging an unfair dismissal claim despite working off and on for the same university for seven years. Swinburne University of Technology argued Joseph Calleri's casual engagements prior to 2016 were “occasional, irregular, short and related to a different type of w...
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Nationals MP moves to block penalty rate cuts
Nationals MP George Christensen has defied the Coalition Government and today unveiled a move to amend Labor's bill to preserve penalty rates that are due to be slashed from July 1. Christensen said on his Facebook page he wanted “to ensure that not only are workers protected from the recent decision of Fair Work (Commission) but also that wo...
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Uber price increase a ‘slap in the face' for drivers
An increase in minimum fares and a new booking fee for Uber customers were a “miniscule step in the right direction”, a rides share driver representative group has said. Uber will boost minimum fares from $6 to $6.95 and introduce a 55 cent booking fee for all trips to cover Uber's operational costs from June 9. RideShare Drivers United...
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FWC extends Loy Yang negotiations
Conciliation between AGL Energy and unions has been extended to resolve some outstanding issues after the energy giant earlier this month threatened to shut down Victoria's biggest power station Loy Yang and lock out its workers in response to proposed work stoppages ( WF 4/5/17 ). The Fair Work Commission extended the negotiation period for a furt...
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Labour hire growing in mining with non CFMEU EAs: union
New research reveals a large majority of enterprise agreement (EA) approval applications from labour hire companies that the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has objected to have covered only a few employees, the union says. CFMEU national mining industrial officer Andrew Thomas told Workforce Daily that mining corporations were us...
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Sacked worker claims ‘Jesus love' in short supply at Salvation Army
A catering centre assistant who the Salvation Army sacked for bullying and intimidating his supervisor and other staff members has attacked his employer for failing to show Christian values or the “love of Jesus”. Mauricio Nakasone, who worked at a Salvation Army conference and recreation centre in Collaroy, NSW, told senior managers th...
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Workers at Holden supplier to be paid extra for working notice
As the countdown to Holden closing its doors enters the final five months, workers at one of its suppliers whose jobs will also go have heard they will receive an additional redundancy payment for working their notice period, following a Fair Work Commission ruling. John Illingworth -one of 117 Futuris workers whose jobs will be redundant when key ...
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ExxonMobil Australia chairman named AMMA president
ExxonMobil Australia chairman Richard Owen has been appointed president of the Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) board. AMMA said Owen had more than 30 years of experience in the hydrocarbons sector across engineering, operational and management roles. He held senior executive positions for ExxonMobil in the United States, Europe and A...
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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: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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FWC maintains an RoE ‘person of interest register'
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has told Senate Estimates it proactively monitors potential right of entry (RoE) applicants for matters such as whether they have a criminal history on a “persons of interests register”. At the hearing today (May 30), FWC primary delegate for RoE matters Murray Furlong said the cmn referred applications wh...
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TWU claims Qantas restructure aimed at undercutting workers
Qantas has been forced to defend its workplace practices before the Fair Work Commission (FWC) today after the airline was accused of downgrading its catering supervisor roles so that staff performed the same duties on lower pay. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) argued the demotion shaved several hundred dollars from employees' weekly pay. It clai...
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FWC new approaches helps end five year EA negotiations on wharf
The long and “acrimonious” Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and MMA Offshore Vessel Operations (MMA) negotiations are over, with the industrial tribunal revealing it approved their enterprise agreement (EA) on May 26. Fair Work Commission (FWC) Deputy President Melanie Binet said the cmn facilitated bargaining between the MUA and MMA u...
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