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Public interest test could derail ‘super union' merger

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The Federal Government is poised to introduce a new public interest test for union mergers that could undermine the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union's (CFMEU) plan to join forces with two other unions ( WF 04/08/17 ). A spokesperson for employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash told Workforce the govt would honour an election commitment t...

CFMEU wins full bench BOOT EA appeal; matter remitted to cmr

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has quashed a decision that approved an enterprise agreement (EA) because it did not pass the better off overall test (BOOT). The bench - Vice President Peter Hatcher, Senior Deputy President Jonathan Hamberger and Commissioner Chris Simpson - found three “shortfalls” the Construction Forestry Min...

Wharfies and Qube EA dispute heats up after pay cut proposed

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Wharfies at the Port of Newcastle have gone on strike today (August 11) after stevedore Qube Ports Pty Ltd offered a 10.5% cut to their wages during the first year of a proposed four-year enterprise agreement (EA). Qube general manager David Wingate told workers the company could only retain and secure new work if wages are reduced. Maritime Union ...

SA Govt introduces labour hire reforms

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The South Australian Government has today introduced its promised labour-hire legislation aimed at protecting workers and “bona fide employers” from exploitation. The Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017will make it unlawful to operate a labour-hire firm without a licence or for employers to engage unlicensed providers ( WF 14/07/17 ) . The ...

Pizza franchisee underpays workers nearly $20k

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A New South Wales Pizza outlet underpaid 24 employees, including students from Pakistan and Kenya, nearly $20,000, a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) investigation has found. The Newcastle franchisee underpaid four workers $3,000, and short-changed one employee $4,791. The FWO found the outlet flouted record-keeping and pay slip obligations. Workers recei...

Catholic systemic teachers to strike

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Teachers at 500 Catholic systemic schools across NSW and the ACT have voted to strike in September 2017 in support of a right to arbitration ( WFNSW 28/07/17 ) . A ballot of the 18,000 teachers last week overwhelmingly supported action, in response to the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations' (CCER) alleged refusal to recognise their right ...

Pizza franchisee underpays workers nearly $20k

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A New South Wales Pizza outlet underpaid 24 employees, including students from Pakistan and Kenya, nearly $20,000, a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) investigation has found. The Newcastle franchisee underpaid four workers $3,000, and short-changed one employee $4,791. The FWO found the outlet flouted record-keeping and pay slip obligations. Workers recei...

Employer and chamber EA BOOT submission to cmr ‘not acceptable'

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has quashed a decision that approved an enterprise agreement (EA) because it did not pass the better off overall test (BOOT). The bench - Vice President Peter Hatcher, Senior DeputyPresident Jonathan Hamberger and Commissioner Chris Simpson - found the EA did not provide multiple non-monetary award benefits. ...

Test case to decide whether job interview statements breach law

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In a test case, a court will decide whether a salesperson's alleged misleading claims about his experience during a job interview process breached the federal Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA). Federal Circuit Court Judge Nick Nicholls has agreed to hear Empirical Works Pty Ltd's cross-claim in response to a general protections claim by the c...

Same day sufficient for workers to vote on whether to scrap EA: FWC

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The Fair Work Commission has found workers were given a “reasonable opportunity” to vote on whether to terminate an enterprise agreement (EA) on the same day their employer consulted them about it. Commissioner Jennifer Hunt terminated the Quick Core Consulting Pty Ltd & Cut Concrete Cutting Services EA. Cmr Hunt said she was inform...

Bringing forward pregnant worker's redundancy ‘adverse action': FCC

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BOC Ltd's decision to make a customer accounts manager redundant two days before she started maternity leave was adverse action, the Federal Circuit Court has found. The court heard the company had determined eight people - including then-pregnant Caroline Power - should be made redundant from November 12, 2015. Rather than have Power come back fro...

Dorevitch blue won't stop without a ‘sensible pay offer': union boss

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Dorevitch Pathology workers' week-long strike will end 6am tomorrow (August 15) but the Health Workers Union (HWU) has said it is committed to further protected action. HWU secretary Diana Asmar said about 600 of 1,000 Dorevitch staff were HWU members “and have been on strike since Aug 7”. Dorevitch employees started strike action early...

Editorial Team

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Managing Editor: Helen Jones, Chief Journalist: Gerard May, Journalist: Steve Andrew Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Farm produce workers fight for EA

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Farm produce workers at Perfection Fresh in SA are ramping up their campaign for a new enterprise agreement amid claims of unmet job promises. In latest developments, the Greens and the National Union of Workers (NUW) have joined forces to question the veracity of $3m dollars of SA Government grants awarded to the company (formerly trading as D'Vin...

Budget papers booted from workplace determination hearing

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A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has found the cmn was unable to accept budget papersas evidence for an upcoming Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) workplace determination arbitration. The bench found the documents were protected by parliamentary privilege. The FWC is making th...

Airtasker provides income protection for its workers

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In what it says is a world first, Airtasker has partnered with insurance provider Roobyx to launch an income-protection insurance product for workers in the sharing economy ( WF 5/5/2017 ). The policy comes on the back of union threats to launch a class action against Airtasker until it agreed to hold discussions about unlawful wage rates and condi...

Black economy inquiry must tackle employer wage theft: ACTU

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The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has told a Federal Government taskforce into the black economy it must “overhaul” Australia's industrial relations framework because it has contributed to gross inequality. ACTU said inequality has been driven by systemic wage theft and exploitation because “there is a perverse incenti...

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Chief Journalist: Gerard May Journalist: Steve Andrew Managing Editor: Peter Schwab, peter.schwab@tr.com and Ph (02) 8587 7681. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

HR 'didn't breach privacy laws' in releasing worker's home address

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Two senior HR officials did not breach privacy laws when they provided a worker's home address to a supervisor the worker claimed bullied her, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) has found. The University of NSW terminated the worker, identified as CTH, on work performance grounds before her six-month probationary period ended. CTH lod...

Govt bill makes it easier to put registered orgs into administration

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The Federal Government has today introduced amendments to the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act to make it easier for the Federal Court to cancel a union or employer body's registration - and get rid of officials who “repeatedly break the law”. Introducing the Ensuring Integrity Bill 2017, Leader of the House of Representatives C...
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