Federal Court Justice Dennis Cowdroy has ruled the Fair Work Act's s570 can apply to a breach of contract case if it is bundled together with another claim made under the FW Act. The decision has thrown up new discussion points on the hot trending subject of s570's status as a so-called IR costs shield in the wake of the Full Federal Court's CSBP d...
Bundled FW Act/non-statutory claims can enliven s570 costs shield
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Unions defy FWA with no show at Qld Children's Hospital project
Unions have continued to defy Fair Work Australia orders to return to work on Queensland's $1.4 billion Children's Hospital project, major contractor Abigroup confirmed to Workforce Daily at presstime. Senior Deputy President Peter Richards issued a s418 stop order last Wednesday (September 5) barring three unions from taking industrial action at t...
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Bowen Basin talks collapse
Six weeks of intense mediation have come to nought - with union delegates voting down BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) latest enterprise agreement offer to Bowen Basin miners ( WF18371 ) . The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) confirmed the collapse of the latest round of talks to Workforce Daily this morning (September ...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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New union boss calls for fresh look at car industry support
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's (AMWU) new vehicle division boss Dave Smith has called for a fresh look at government support for the car industry, saying Australian exports are being squeezed out of foreign markets while the door is left open for cheap imports. In a sweeping interview with Workforce Daily , Smith said state and federa...
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Unions defy FWA with no show at Qld Children's Hospital project
WFD: Unions have continued to defy Fair Work Australia orders to return to work on Queensland's $1.4 billion Children's Hospital project, major contractor Abigroup confirmed to Workforce Daily On September 13. Senior Deputy President Peter Richards issued a s418 stop order last Wednesday (September 5) barring three unions from taking industrial act...
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New union boss calls for fresh look at car industry support
WFD: The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's (AMWU) new vehicle division boss Dave Smith has called for a fresh look at government support for the car industry, saying Australian exports are being squeezed out of foreign markets while the door is left open for cheap imports. In a sweeping interview with Workforce Daily , Smith said state and f...
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Xstrata to cut 600 cut jobs
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) believes only about 30 frontline jobs will go from Xstrata's Ravensworth and Ulan mines, following the company's announcement this week of plans to cut 600 jobs across its NSW and Queensland operations. A CFMEU northern district branch spokesperson told Workforce Daily members had been info...
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New role for Cartledge
Former Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) SA assistant secretary Aaron Cartledge has been appointed secretary following the retirement of Martin O'Malley. O'Malley began his union career in 1986 as an organiser for the Builders Labourers Federation and was the first secretary of the amalgamated CFMEU SA in 1994.
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Vale Joe Owens
Construction workers are mourning the passing of former NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) secretary Joe Owens. Owens became an organiser with the NSW BLF in 1970. He played a lead role in the Green Ban campaign and went on to become branch secretary. Following Norm Gallagher's intervention in the NSW branch, Owen became a Federated Engine Dri...
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Employers attack Bandt Bill
Employers have attacked moves by the Greens to restrict the use of enterprise migration agreements, saying resource projects continue to struggle to meet skilled labour targets (WF18325) . Green MP Adam Bandt's Protecting Local Jobs (Regulating Enterprise Migration Agreements) Bill 2012 proposes a range of restrictions and regulations on the use of...
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11th annual Workforce Conference:
November 16, Melbourne. Confirmed speakers include WR minister Bill Shorten, FWA Vice President Graeme Watson, ACTU President Ged Kearney, and CFMEU (construction division) national secretary Dave Noonan. Early bird registration discount available here .
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Diary
HRIZON 14th World HR Congress: September 26-27, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Melbourne. Julian Small Foundation Annual Address: October 4, Law Society of NSW, 170 Phillip Street, Sydney. Address by Fair Work Act Review panel member Dr John Edwards. See here for details. Australian Mines and Minerals Association East Coast Conferenc...
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AMMA's Minna Knight and NRA's Gary Black appointed QIRC Cmrs
The Queensland Government has today announced three new appointments to the Qld Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC). Two new commissioners - Minna Knight and Gary Black - come from influential employer groups, the Australian Mines and Minerals Association (AMMA) and National Retailers Association (NRA) respectively. Barrister Daniel O'Connor, ch...
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Baird adds IR to portfolio
NSW Treasurer Mike Baird has taken on industrial relations from finance minister Greg Pearce, as the state government attempts to better sell its public service job cuts to the public - see WFNSW .
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FWA junks ‘un-fairly chosen' EA
A Fair Work Australia full bench has quashed Deputy President Brendan McCarthy's decision to approve an enterprise agreement (EA) for three John Holland employees in WA, saying the EA could have potentially wider application to workers who did not have the opportunity to bargain. The bench - Senior DP Justice Alan Boulton, DP Reg Hamilton, and Comm...
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FWBC gloves off vs CFMEU
Fair Work Building and Construction is taking the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union to task over what it says were illegal strikes and bans on five major Victorian projects last year. The agency confirmed it has launched Federal Court proceedings against the union and six officials after a wave of industrial unrest at St Hilliers Group site...
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FWA defers to FMC in dispute over Coles award
Fair Work Australia (FWA) has decided not to intervene in a dispute between the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) over award coverage affecting Coles Supermarket customer service agents (CSAs). The TWU claimed the transport award was the relevant modern award for an enterprise agreement, ...
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