The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has accused the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) of resurrecting a WorkChoices agenda after it proposed reforms that would “drive down wages and make it easier for big corporations to casualise the workforce”. Under MCA's industrial relations plan, employers could reintroduce individual c...
ACTU slams proposed IR reforms for undercutting job security & pay
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Woolworths advocates for BOOT reform
Woolworths has cautioned a lack of clarity and inconsistency about how the better off overall test (BOOT) was applied to enterprise agreements (EA) had undermined bargaining incentives. The retailer also warned the BOOT posed a “significant risk” to the economy, and needed reforming to “restore a workable approach”. In its s...
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Evidence of business transfer short for worker to claim unfair dismissal
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to extend the time a worker can make an unfair dismissal application after she applied two days late and was not employed long enough. Former Ingenia Communities Pty Ltd caravan park employee Leanne Cooperargued she had worked 13 months before she was fired so had served longer than the six months required...
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O'Connor takes leave to care for wife
Shadow employment minister Brendan O'Connor today flagged his absence at the August parliamentary sittings to care for his wife Jodi Dack as she “fights to restore her health”. O'Connor said Dack was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, which returned in 2014. “The illness returned in 2014 and Jodi has fought fiercely in the inte...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, 0422 567 004, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Managing Editor: Helen Jones Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Evidence of business transfer short for worker to claim unfair dismissal
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to extend the time a worker can make an unfair dismissal application after she applied two days late and was not employed long enough. Former Ingenia Communities Pty Ltd caravan park employee Leanne Cooperargued she had worked 13 months before she was fired so had served longer than the six months required...
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FWC finds company thwarted union talks with workers during breaks
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd prevented the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) from holding discussions with workers during breaks on multiple occasions. However, Commissioner Tony Saunders said he would publish a further decision on what, “if any”, orders he w...
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TWU secures new Toll deal
WFD: The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) has welcomed a new deal that would see Toll workers secure superannuation & pay increases and greater job security protections. The TWU said the in-principle agreement with the transport group followed months of negotiations and workplace consultations ( WF 28/07/17 ) . EA features super and wages increas...
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Termination of employees for social media misuse would be rare: APSC
WFD: The Community & Public Sector Union (CPSU) claims the Australian Public Sector Commission's (APSC) new social media policy puts workers in “hot water” and encourages public servants to be a “cheer squad” for the Federal Government. APS Commissioner John Lloyd released the policy on August 7. He said it “clarif...
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ACTU slams proposed IR reforms for undercutting job security & pay
WFD: The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has accused the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) of resurrecting a WorkChoices agenda after it proposed reforms that would “drive down wages and make it easier for big corporations to casualise the workforce”. Under MCA's industrial relations plan, employers could reintroduce individ...
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Woolworths advocates for BOOT reform
WFD: Woolworths has cautioned a lack of clarity and inconsistency about how the better off overall test (BOOT) was applied to enterprise agreements (EA) had undermined bargaining incentives. The retailer also warned the BOOT posed a “significant risk” to the economy, and needed reforming to “restore a workable approach”. In ...
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Evidence of business transfer short for worker to claim unfair dismissal
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has refused to extend the time a worker can make an unfair dismissal application after she applied two days late and was not employed long enough. Former Ingenia Communities Pty Ltd caravan park employee Leanne Cooperargued she had worked 13 months before she was fired so had served longer than the six months req...
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O'Connor takes leave to care for wife
WFD: Shadow employment minister Brendan O'Connor has flagged his absence at the August parliamentary sittings to care for his wife Jodi Dack as she “fights to restore her health”. O'Connor said Dack was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, which returned in 2014. “The illness returned in 2014 and Jodi has fought fiercely in the i...
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Fed Court tosses out alleged ‘bullying' dentist's dismissal claim
WFD: The Federal Court has dismissed a dentist's claim his employer engaged in adverse action after it terminated his employment for his “aggressive and domineering” tone towards staff and redirecting mail away from work. Justice Michael Lee found Railway & Transport Health Fund Ltd (RTHF) had the right to dismiss Dr Arnaldo James A...
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Objects of Fair Work Act not considered in protection Bill: ARA
WFD: The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has warned if the Fair Work Amendment (Pay Protection) Bill 2017 is implemented it will accelerate the decline in enterprise agreement (EA) bargaining, harm retail employers and require changes to the Fair Work Act's objects. ARA made the statement in its submission to the Senate Education and Employm...
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Journalists allegedly underpaid more than $300k
WFD: An online news company in regional Queensland is facing the Federal Circuit Court for allegedly underpaying 23 young journalists more than $300,000, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has said. The regulator took legal action against Touchpoint Media Pty Ltd and company director Laurence Bernard Ward after inspectors found the company had underpaid...
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Min wage boost lifts aggregate wage growth: RBA
WFD: Wages are languishing at their lowest share of total income in 50 years as growth in average earnings slumped to its lowest level since the early 1990s, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cautioned. In a monetary policy statement released last week (August 4), RBA expected employment growth to pick up in the second half of 2017 and produce a ...
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Editorial Team
Editor: Annie Lawson (03) 8684 2127, 0422 567 004, annie.lawson@tr.com Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Helen Jones Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Diary
Company Law's Role in Labour Law's Problems : Aug 22, University of Melbourne. More info here Foenander lecture 2017: Migrant workers, gig workers and the role of competition law in labour markets, August 28,Copeland Theatre, Melbourne. More info here International Mining and Resources Conference, October 31- November 2, Melbourne Convention & ...
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Slater and Gordon names new employment practice line-up
WFD: Slater and Gordon has revealed a raft of new appointments to its employment law practice following the departure of several senior lawyers. The firm named Phil Pasfield, who has been with Slater and Gordon since 2001, as the national industrial practice group leader. Electrical Trades Union Victoria lawyer Geoff Borenstein will lead the firm's...
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