WFD: 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...
BoM agreement receives chilly response
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Working group to tighten subcontractor protections
WFD: 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 Austral...
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FWC extends Loy Yang negotiations
WFD: 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...
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Labour hire growing in mining with non CFMEU EAs: union
WFD: 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 we...
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Uber price increase a ‘slap in the face' for drivers
WFD: 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 U...
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Nationals MP moves to block penalty rate cuts
WFD: Nationals MP George Christensen has defied the Coalition Government and 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 wor...
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Sacked worker claims ‘Jesus love' in short supply at Salvation Army
WFD: 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 manage...
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Workers at Holden supplier to be paid extra for working notice
WFD: 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...
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ExxonMobil Australia chairman named AMMA president
WFD: 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 ...
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CFMEU's Maitland sentenced to 6 years
Former NSW Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union mining secretary John Maitland has been sentenced to six years in jail and former NSW minister Ian Macdonald 10, over corruption charges. The NSW Supreme Court found Macdonald guilty of criminal misconduct today (June 2) after he awarded a coal exploration licence to Doyles Creek Mining, a co...
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Union condemns Belan associate
The National Union of Workers (NUW) NSW has condemned the actions of an IT CEO who was sentenced to nine months' jail for conspiring to defraud the union of more than $220,000. NUW NSW secretary Martin Cartwright told Workforce CMS IT Angelo Millena's “deplorable actions ... come at the cost of union members”. Millena pleaded guilty to ...
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Policy gave green light to sack retail worker permitted to take stock
Despite a retail worker's claim his supervisor had authorised him to take company stock without paying for it the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found his dismissal for theft was not harsh, unfair or unreasonable. Deal ‘may not' have been fully authorised Deputy President Reg Hamilton said he had “considerable sympathy” for North ...
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Qantas cabin crew vote up first EA bargained by new union leadership
Every Qantas long-haul international cabin crew full timer who wants to work part-time will be able to after workers yesterday (June 1) voted up a new enterprise agreement (EA). Flight Attendants Association of Australia (FAAA) international division secretary Terri O'Toole told Workforce it was the first EA the union's new leadership had bargained...
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Full Court upholds ABCC appeal
A Federal Full Court has upheld an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) appeal against a finding a former Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) official did not breach right-of-entry (RoE) laws despite the absence of a permit. The Full Court - Chief Justice James Allsop and Justices Richard White and David O'Callaghan ...
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Bench reshuffle to tackle ex-VP Watson's unresolved matters
Fair Work Commission President Justice Iain Ross plans to reconstitute the full benches vacated by ex vice president Graeme Watson in the wake of his sudden departure in February. Justice Ross said in a statement that submissions on the issue agreed he had the power to reconstitute the full benches in the 10 outstanding matters. “I am satisfi...
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Bench finds limits to FWC powers
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has upheld a coal miner's appeal against a ruling that the cmn could arbitrate a dispute without consent from the parties involved. In a matter examining the FWC's dispute resolution powers, the bench - Vice President Joseph Catanzariti, Deputy President Richard Clancy and Commissioner Leigh Johns - quashed C...
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Rejecting significant salary cuts is no basis for redundancy: FWC
Four emergency services officers have won the right to have their unfair dismissal applications heard after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) rejected their employer's claim their jobs were redundant after they refused to accept an offer of less pay for the same work. Deputy President Geoff Bull said: “A job is redundant when the functions, duti...
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Proposed laws to shine a light on slavery in supply chains
Federal Labor has today unveiled a proposal for new laws to curb modern slavery by requiring large businesses to report on slavery in their supply chains. Announcing the proposal for a Modern Slavery Act, Opposition leader Bill Shorten and Shadow justice minister Clare O'Neil said in a joint statement an estimated 45.8 million people were held in s...
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Lack of instrument to deal with suspension without pay 'troubling'
The NSW Industrial Relations Commission has described its inability to intervene in a decision to suspend a senior correctional officer without pay as "troubling", given it earlier recommended he be paid. Dismissing a NSW Public Service Association claim on behalf of a 'Mr Reynolds' for want of jurisdiction, Commissioner Peter Newall said the lack ...
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