Griffin Coal production workers have voted down an enterprise agreement (EA) that had been negotiated under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) new approaches program, Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union has said. CFMEU Western Australian district secretary Gary Wood told Workforce Daily about two thirds of workers who participated voted the EA ...
Griffin Coal workers reject FWC new approaches EA
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New commissioner clarifies small business code summary dismissal
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a catering assistant has been fairly dismissed after a fly and larvae was found in a meal she served to a child. Newly appointed FWC Deputy President Alan Colman found small business Australian Catering Solutions Hearty Health had a valid reason for sacking Li Li Chen because her conduct was a serious breach...
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Sensei fairly dismissed after assault on grasshopper
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a store person was fairly dismissed after he assaulted a colleague whom he had taught martial arts. The martial artist's training, and the “wisdom of his age”, meant he “ought to have been able to exercise restraint,” Deputy President Melanie Binet said. DP Binet foundsupplier of auto...
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Clubs Australia silent on award merger amid Fed Court action
Clubs Australia (Industrial) (CAI) has remained tightlipped on whether it will lodge an application to merge the clubs and hospitality award in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) before tomorrow's deadline. A United Voice (UV) spokesperson told Workforce Daily CAI had “formally indicated to the FWC that it intends to merge the Clubs Award with th...
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FCC judge refers jurisdictional dispute to Fed Court
The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has referred to the Federal Court a dispute over whether it had the jurisdiction to issue a constitutional writ quashing a Fair Work Commission's (FWC) decision to approve an enterprise agreement (EA). The employer argued the FWC did so without the necessary pre-approval checks. Judge Warwick Neville held s15 of the ...
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Bench tosses out appeal by intelligence worker against sacking
A government intelligence worker sacked in 2016 after failing to meet the requirements of a performance improvement process (PIP) was not unfairly dismissed, a Fair Work Commission full bench has reaffirmed. Refusing permission to appeal, the full bench - President Justice Iain Ross, Deputy President Alan Colman and Commissioner Tanya Circovic - fo...
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Sensei fairly dismissed after assault on grasshopper
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found a store person was fairly dismissed after he assaulted a colleague whom he had taught martial arts. The martial artist's training, and the “wisdom of his age”, meant he “ought to have been able to exercise restraint,” Deputy President Melanie Binet said. DP Binet foundsupplier of auto...
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Worker wins right to appeal decision that upheld sacking for taking stock
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has granted a worker the right to appeal a decision that found he was fairly dismissed for taking company stock despite being given authority to do so by his supervisor. On June 6, Deputy President Reg Hamilton found North West Supermarkets Pty Ltd had a valid reason to fire employee Robert Johnson becau...
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Griffin Coal workers reject FWC new approaches EA
WFD: Griffin Coal production workers have voted down an enterprise agreement (EA) that had been negotiated under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) new approaches program, Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union has said. CFMEU Western Australian district secretary Gary Wood told Workforce Daily about two thirds of workers who participated voted th...
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Technology, globalisation twin threats to wages growth
WFD: Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has cautioned the perception of greater competition of globalisation and technological advancements continued to undermine wages growth ( WF23/6/17 ). Speaking on Wednesday (July 26) at an Anika Foundation event, Lowe attributed the sluggish income growth on spare capacity in the labour market, ...
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ACTU compiling list of laws earmarked for change: McManus
WFD: Australian Council of Trades Union (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus has revealed the peak body is compiling a list of workplace laws that it believes should be changed. She told Workforce Daily the ACTU will give the Australian Labor Party a copy of the finalised list before the next federal election. McManus said one law that needed changing wa...
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ETU to unleash ‘new weapon' in campaign against Crown
WFD: Unionists have rallied at Melbourne's Crown Casino today (July 25) after it told 16 gaming technicians they were out of a job, the Electrical Trade Union (ETU) has said. ETU secretary Troy Gray said a month ago Crown informed the technicians their jobs would be contracted to Amtek Corporation on August 1. They were told they could not reapply ...
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Tim Ayres wins pre-selection to replace Doug Cameron
WFD: Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) NSW secretaryTim Ayres has won a pre-selection battle within Labor's left faction to replace Doug Cameron in the Senate. Workforce Daily contacted Cameron's office to seek confirmation he will remain in the upper house until the 2019 election, but he did respond before press time. On Saturday (Jul...
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Fed Court sets aside $800k costs against FWO
WFD: The Federal Court has set aside a $800,000 costs order against the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) overturning a Federal Circuit Court (FCC) decision that found the regulator's failure to contact the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) contributed to unreasonable legal costs two company directors incurred ( WF 22/8/14 ) . However, Justice Geoffrey Flic...
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Secondary jobs, labour costs surge
WFD: Filled job numbers have grown nearly 7% from 12.4 million to 13.2 million in the six years to June 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed. The ABS's Australian Labour Account showed a 6.8% increase in the number of employed people from 11.7 million to 12.5 million over the same period. A 9.2% surge in secondary jobs to 64...
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Employee set upon by colleague in violent brawl fairly dismissed
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found an employee at a marine and engineering service provider who wrestled and pinned a colleague to the ground during a violent confrontation was fairly dismissed despite security footage showing he did not instigate the incident. Response ‘wholly disproportionate' Senior Deputy President Jonathon Ham...
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Scabby the Rat may be replaced by flotilla of ‘slave boats'
WFD: A protesting flotilla may head down Melbourne's Yarra River to the Esso Exxon-Mobil HQ after the Federal Court ordered giant inflatable Scabby the Rat be deflated and removed from Longford gas plant's union protest site. On Friday (July 21), Justice Bernard Murphy made an interim order for Australian Workers' Union (AWU), Australian Manufactur...
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FWC president seeks guidance on domestic violence leave
WFD: Fair Work Commission President Justice Iain Ross has asked for guidance about the issues submissions should examine when they respond to the full bench's preliminary view that unpaid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave be included in awards. In a statement, Justice Ross said there was general agreement with the “proposition that it ...
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7-Eleven franchise operator found an accessory to worker exploitation
WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has found a director of two companies operating 7-Eleven outlets in Brisbane was accessorially liable for underpaying 21 workers more than $30,000, rejecting his claim he was unaware of award rates. Judge Michael Jarrett found 7-Eleven franchise store owner Jason Yuan was “knowingly concerned” in worker un...
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