WFD: A rail union has condemned Aurizon's plan to remove 360 operational jobs across Queensland and make a portion of them labour hire as “un-Australian”. In a June 1 statement, Aurizon announced the closure of its century-old Rockhampton railway workshops by late 2018, with a loss of 181 jobs. Other jobs will go at Stuart, Mackay, Bluf...
Aurizon job cuts ‘un-Australian'
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Unemployment lowest in four years
WFD: Full-time employment has surged as the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in four years, new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows. The seasonally adjusted figures for May 2017 revealed the number of full-time positions grew 52,100 as the number of part-time jobs fell 10,100. Unemployment fell 0.2% to 5.7% and the number of ...
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Telstra axes 1700 jobs: CPSU
WFD: Telstra has today told the Community and Public SectorUnion (CPSU) it will cut 1,700 jobs across all its divisions, while creating 300 new ones. CPSU deputy secretary Melissa Donnelly said: “This wholesale slashing of Australian jobs is another body blow to Telstra, and comes on top of the thousands of positions that have already been ax...
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Bus company fails to have driver strike suspended
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed a bus company's bid to suspend Transport Workers Union (TWU) protected industrial action because the public interest test is not triggered by something that is merely causing inconvenience. Transit Australia Pty argued the industrial action should have been suspended for 30 days because if 57 driver...
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New restaurant owner fined $500 for wage misdeeds of former owner
WFD : The Federal Circuit Court has fined a new owner of a restaurant $500 for wage underpayments by the restaurant's former owner. Hari Pal told the court he was unaware of the underpayments when he bought the Konna Indian Cuisine, later renamed Punjabi Tandoori Corner, in Richmond, Victoria in mid- 2015. However, Judge Norah Harnett found liabili...
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ACCI secures seats at international table
WFD: The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has secured two international positions with labour organisations that the International Labour Conference in Geneva has formalised. ACCI CEO James Pearson was appointed to the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) management board. Meanwhile, ACCI workplace relations policy direct...
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WA workers receive weekly increase of $16
WFD: Low paid workers in Western Australia will receive a $16 increase to the state's weekly minimum wage in an Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) ruling handed down today. From July 1, the minimum wage will rise from $692.90 per week to $708.90 per week, 1% lower than the 3.3% rise in the federal minimum wage due to take effect from July 1 ( ...
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Govt reluctant to embrace sham contracting recommendations
WFD: Uniform statutory definitions for employee and contractor to tackle sham contracting would not necessarily clear up ambiguity or “suit all circumstances”, the Federal Government has warned in its response to a parliamentary report . The govt was responding to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employme...
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kikki.K wins right to scrap labour hire arrangement
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has given stationary retailer kikki.K the green light to directly employ 360 workers who are currently engaged on a labour hire agreement. The FWC granted kikki.K's application to terminate an agreement with labour hire group Employment Innovations and directly hire the workers under the kikki.K Enterprise Agreem...
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Bench orders Coles to produce information why EA passed BOOT
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has said “it is reasonably arguable” that Coles ought to have known its 2014 enterprise agreement (EA) could not pass the better off overall test (BOOT) when it applied for it to be approved. On June 9, the bench - Vice President Adam Hatcher, Deputy President Peter Sams and Commissioner Paul...
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Labour share of GDP falls to 68-year low
WFD: A decline in collective bargaining and the absence of strong minimum wage increases have undermined workers' share of total gross domestic product (GDP) in Australia, which has slumped to its lowest level in the history of official statistics, new research has revealed ( WF 9/6/17 ). The Centre for Future Work (CFW) at the Australia Institute ...
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Bluescope matter undermines collaborative union relations
WFD: A jurisdictional dispute over whether the Fair Work Commission (FWC) could review a workplace change at Bluescope Steel's Port Kembla Steelworks operations did “nothing to engender the necessary trust and goodwill” for the more consultative and collaborative relationship it claimed to be seeking with unions ( WF 24/2/17 ). Commissi...
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CFMEU applies to lure Carter Holt back to bargaining table
WFD: Carter Holt Harvey workers have voted down the company's latest enterprise agreement (EA) offer, the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has said. CFMEU district assistant secretary Andrew Vendramini told Workforce Daily 97 workers voted against the offer and 87 voted in favour. The union has applied to the Fair Work Commission t...
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MBA warns employers face steep fines over building code rally
Master Builders Australia (MBA) Victoria has warned its members they may face fines of up to $180,000 for paying workers who attend without employer consent an upcoming rally against the Federal Government's new building code. MBA Vic encouraged members to keep records of employeeswho were absent during the June 20 rally to avoid exorbitant fines. ...
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Senate inquiry to examine wage deals
The Senate is next week expected to establish an inquiry spearheaded by SA Senator Nick Xenophon to examine enterprise agreements (EA) that pay workers below industry award rates. A Federal Government insider has confirmed the govt will support Xenophon's revised motion for the Education and Employment References Committee to investigate claims sub...
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ACTU urges govt to support Arrium deal to preserve jobs
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called on the Federal Government to support a takeover deal to revive steelmaker Arrium's fortunes and preserve local jobs after a Korean consortium emerged as a preferred bidder. Administrator KordaMentha Restructuring last night named the favoured consortium, headed by private equity firm Newlake ...
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Vic political staffers' EA claims are outside IR policy: govt dept
The Victorian Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) has claimed union and independent bargaining representatives (IBR) have yet to accept the state government's offer to increase electorate officer numbers during enterprise agreement (EA) discussions. It said the the Vic Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) EA claims exceeded the state gov...
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Juice dispute to be reheard
A Fair Work Commission full bench has ordered a dispute matter be reheard, after finding errors in a decision upholding juice producer Berri's failure to pay a laundry allowance. Deputy President Jeff Lawrence earlier ruled Berri had “bought off' the allowance in 1999 as part of a wages package, and it was not raised in bargaining for the 201...
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Belan fraud charges up for mention
Fraud charges against former National Union of Workers NSW boss Derrick Belan are up for mention in Parramatta Local Court on July 7. A justice department spokesperson confirmed the date to Workforce associate news service Workforce NSW this morning. The July 7 hearing will see Belan listed for mention on 63 charges of “dishonestly obtaining ...
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