The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has encouraged other government agencies to embrace the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's (PMC) bargaining approach after staff voted to accept two new enterprise agreements (EAs). Nearly all of the 84% of ATO workers who voted supported the EA (83%). The...
CPSU urges other agencies to follow ATO and PMC lead
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Job vacancies climb
New figures show total job vacancies in May rose 1.7% in May 2017 to 189,200 from February 2017. New Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed private sector job vacancies were at 170,500, up 1.5% in May compared to February. The trend estimates showed public sector job vacancies increased 3.2% to 18,700 over the same period. Overall vacancies ...
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NT worker fairly dismissed for smuggling slabs of beer
The Fair Work Commission has found a civil and mechanical general manager was fairly dismissed from a Northern Territory Aboriginal corporation for smuggling illegal quantities of alcohol into an area that had alcohol restrictions. Commissioner Nick Wilson found that Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation validly sacked Mark Kelly for carrying 143 cans o...
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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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FWC tosses out claim Boral left AMWU out in the cold
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed a claim Boral Cement Limited excluded the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) from discussions it held with another union about a new employee classification scheme. Commissioner Donna McKenna said the dispute concerned Boral's proposed new structure that included a new, non-trades produc...
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Sunshine Coast's climate not so exceptional as to bar garbo strike
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dismissed a Sunshine Coast garbage collection company's bid to block strike action, or at least to extend the time before workers can take it, as even if worst comes to worst it still had time to contract out the services. Commissioner Ian Cambridge dismissed Remondis Australia Pty Ltd argument that FWC shoul...
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FWO confirms ‘live investigation' into Uber
WFD: The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has confirmed it has commenced an investigation into Uber to determine whether the ride-sharing company is “compliant with Commonwealth workplace laws” in its engagement with drivers. A FWO spokesperson told Workforce Daily it would not “be appropriate for us to comment any further” given i...
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Master Builders director claims she was sacked over CFMEU differences
WFD: Master Builders Queensland's construction policy director has claimed in a LinkedIn post yesterday the employer group had fired her for refusing to engage in pattern bargaining with the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). Corlia Roos claimed she was sacked after 18 months in the role for raising concerns the Construction Income ...
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Labor pledges to reverse penalty rate cuts
WFD: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has vowed to reverse the Sunday penalty rate cuts in the retail, fast food, hospitality and pharmacy sectors should the Labor Party win the next federal election ( WF 24/7/17 ). With the penalty rates due to be cut in just three days time (Saturday, July 1), he gave a “solemn pledge” to restore them d...
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No comp, despite unfair dismissal
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has declined to reinstate or compensate a school principal who was unfairly dismissed, despite claims she would struggle to find suitable alternative employment in regional Victoria. Commissioner Nick Wilson found valid reasons for Bronwen Martin's dismissal - but “serious deficiencies” in the process. Empl...
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Vic Govt intervenes in Carter Holt dispute
WFD: The Victorian Government has moved to end a standoff between Carter Holt Harvey Wood Products and its workers who it has locked out of the Myrtleford plywood mill ( WF 28/06/17 ). IR minister Natalie Hutchins said in a statement the govt had lodged a Fair Work Commission (FWC) application under s423 of the Fair Work Act to suspend the lockout....
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Aerocare to give unions documents before FWC will consider deal
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has held off its approval of the Aerocare collective agreement until the company provides documents confirming it meets the better-off-overall test (BOOT). The Australian Services Union (ASU) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) argued the agreement failed the BOOT when compared to the Airline Operations - Ground Staf...
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FWO investigating ‘sham-contracting' at Uber: RSDU
WFD: The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has launched an investigation into wage fraud and driver misclassification at Uber, according to the drivers' representative body RideShare Drivers United (RSDU). RSDU said it met FWO earlier this month and argued there was a “sharp contrast” between Uber drivers' working conditions and what the Fair W...
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Unionists must embrace being ‘the great disruptors': McManus
WFD: Forget about the power of technological disruption, trade union organisers have been “the great disruptors” for more than 70 years, according to Sally McManus launching the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) NexGen Conference on press day. In a fired-up speech to 1,000 unionists, ACTU secretary McManus said: “The trade...
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Worker loses claim after employer refuses leave to care for grandchild
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has tossed out a worker's application for relief under the Insurance Australia Group's (IAG) enterprise agreement (EA) after finding none of her dispute allegations including bullying fell within its jurisdiction. Customer service officer Denice Tarasenko claimed IAG breached the agreement by refusing her leave t...
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‘Bitterly disappointed' pizza driver fails to win company prize at FWC
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said it would be “bizarre and entirely inappropriate” to award a workplace competition first prize to an employee who came second. Deputy President Peter Sams dismissed “bitterly disappointed” Lynette Hart's claim she be awarded the $15,000 Dominos Pizza Enterprises Ltd's 2016 delivery...
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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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NSW IRC rejects privatisation protections clauses
WFD: The NSW Industrial Relations Commission (NSWIRC) has rejected a bid by unions to provide better protections for public sector workers whose jobs are privatised. State branches of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, the Seamen's Union and the Electrical Trades Union applied to the NSWIRC to include a job transfer payment, a five-year employment guara...
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Mixed messages on impact of tomorrow's penalty rate cuts
United Voice (UV) has urged businesses to maintain current weekend penalty rates as Australian Industry Group (AiG) insists workers will be better off tomorrow when the cuts take effect ( WF 24/02/17 ). UV claimed businesses faced a “choice to support their staff and commit to not cutting weekend rates”. UV national secretary Jo-anne Sc...
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Fed Court finds CFMEU not liable in right-of-entry matter
The Federal Court has found the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) was not vicariously liable for right-of-entry (RoE) breaches by one its officers at a Western Australian building site in 2015. Justice Antony Siopsis dismissed the Australian Building and Construction Commission's (ABCC) claim the CFMEU breached s500 of the Fair Work...
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