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BoM agreement receives chilly response

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Workers at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) have for the second time rejected the agency's proposed enterprise agreement (EA) that would slash frontline staff numbers. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) said 818 out of 1,399 staff who participated in the ballot voted down the EA. The pay offer was for a 6% pay increase, comprising a 3% inc...

Working group to tighten subcontractor protections

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A new working group aimed at boosting compliance with security of payment laws is expected to strengthen protections for building and construction subcontractors, employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash has said. Employment department group manager Steve Kibble will chair the Security of Payments Working Group, established under the Australian B...

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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, 0422 567 004, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Peter Schwab Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Cricket Australia rejects offer of mediation to resolve pay impasse

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WFD: Negotiations over a new pay deal between Cricket Australia (CA) and players have stalled, with CA yesterday (May 17) rejecting a call for mediation. CA proposed a new pay model for Australia's local and international players (male and female), which players rejected. The model excludes a key condition in the current agreement in which players ...

Cricket and NRL pay deals long way off - Aussie Rules ready to sign

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Pay talks in two of Australia's three biggest sporting codes - cricket and rugby league - have stalled amidst bitter recriminations, with governing bodies rejecting player calls for a bigger share of revenue. Aussie rules is looking more positive, with a deal likely “within weeks”, its spokesperson said. The Rugby League Players Associa...

Abetz asks FWC President if colleague should stand aside

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Liberal Senator and ex-WR minister Eric Abetz has asked Fair Work Commission (FWC) President Justice Iain Ross whether he should stop allocating bullying matters to Deputy President Nicole Wells given a claim she had bullied a former union colleague. At Senates Estimates yesterday (May 30), Abetz said Communication Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) ...

Oz Post blamed for late lodgement of unfair dismissal claim

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A sacked Coles Express customer team member has been allowed to lodge her unfair dismissal application a day late, because Australia Post had failed to deliver it in time. Eureka Operation Pty Ltd, trading as Coles Express, at Brandon Park in Victoria sacked Rachna Garg on January 24, 2017. Garg told the Fair Work Commission that Australia Post did...

CFMEU fined $86k for attempts to force Qld workers to join the union

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The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has been fined $86,000 after two workers were turned away from a Brisbane construction site for refusing to join a union. The Federal Circuit Court found CFMEU told the workers they could not work on a Kelvin Grove apartment project in January 2016 unless they paid fees to the union. The Austral...

Hadgkiss seeks safety regulator collaboration for BC16 compliance

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The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has contacted state, territory and the Commonwealth workplace safety regulators so as to create an information sharing network to help it sanction contractors that contravene Building Code 2016 (BC16). ABCC Commissioner Nigel Hadgkiss told Senate Estimates yesterday (May 30) BC16 requires s...

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Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 9286 1411. Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Judicial review into Lawler report will not go ahead

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A controversial report about ex-Fair Work Commission (FWC) Vice President Michael Lawler for Senator Michaelia Cash was protected by s16(2) of the Parliamentary Privileges (PP) Act, the Federal Full Court has found. Upholding the primary decision the Full Court -Justices John Dowsett, Anthony Besanko and Alan Robertson - rejected industrial advocat...

Construction industry leader of industrial dispute pack

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The construction industry continues to experience the most days lost to industrial ructions, despite an overall decline in dispute numbers and lost working days, new data shows. The number of industrial disputes fell to 32 in the March quarter from 48 in the December 2016 quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed. The number of em...

Employee sacked from abortion clinic harsh & unjust

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An abortion clinic unfairly sacked a manager and a receptionist accused of bullying colleagues and falsifying timesheets with the Fair Work Commission finding “significant” procedural flaws in the employer's investigation. Commissioner Paula Spencer found Salisbury Day Surgery, owned and operated by Dr Donald Whittaker, failed to give p...

FWC corrects 10-year overtime anomaly at Jetstar Services

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A 10-year anomaly that has seen Jetstar Services employees accrue overtime on days they were on leave has been corrected by the Fair Work Commission. The “incorrect and inconsistent” application of clause 17 of the Jetstar Services Agreement 2016 saw leave included in the overtime calculationPeter Sams said . Jetstar sought to correct t...

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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

Full Federal Ct agrees controversial Lawler report protected

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A controversial report about ex-Fair Work Commission (FWC) Vice President Michael Lawler for Senator Michaelia Cash was protected by s16(2) of the Parliamentary Privileges (PP) Act, the Federal Full Court has found. Upholding the primary decision the Full Court -Justices John Dowsett, Anthony Besanko and Alan Robertson - rejected industrial advocat...

Oz Post blamed for late lodgement of unfair dismissal claim

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WFD: A sacked Coles Express customer team member has been allowed to lodge her unfair dismissal application a day late, because Australia Post had failed to deliver it in time. Eureka Operation Pty Ltd, trading as Coles Express, at Brandon Park in Victoria sacked Rachna Garg on January 24, 2017. Garg told the Fair Work Commission that Australia Pos...

TWU claims Qantas restructure aimed at undercutting workers

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WFD: 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...

FWC maintains an RoE ‘person of interest register'

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WFD: 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 on Tuesday (May 30), FWC primary delegate for RoE matters Murray Furlong said the cmn referred appli...

FWC new approaches helps end five year EA negotiations on wharf

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WFD: 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 ...
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