Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab, peter.schwab@tr.com and Ph (02) 8587 7681.
Editorial Team
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CFMEU public assembly within the meaning of Qld law: QSC
The Queensland Supreme Court has quashed a Magistrate Court's order that authorised the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) to conduct a public assembly at Oaky North mine. Justice David Jackson found that when Magistrate Jeffrey Clarke granted the order nothing was said that indicated the court had properly instructed itself. Nor was...
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‘Arrogant' union behaviour ‘beggars belief': judge
A union's “arrogant” behaviour in colluding with a contractor to stop a firm with a non-union enterprise agreement (EA) from working on a Queensland building site “beggars belief”, a Federal Circuit Court judge has said. Imposing fines at the top end, Judge Salvatore Vasta said there was “no place for such an attitude ...
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Laing O'Rourke hit with 12-month order over RoE breach
Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd's (LORAC's) delay in ensuring some managers in its Pacific Complete division complied with union right-of-entry (RoE) provisions warranted a 12-month dispute order being imposed, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) sought the 12-month ord...
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Professional footballers' union and league hail ‘landmark' female EA
W-League footballers will obtain a “significant pay increase and improved employment conditions” after a new enterprise agreement (EA) has been reached, Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the players' union have said in a joint statement. The new EA provides income protection, better minimum medical standards and key principles for...
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CFMEU hit with up to $2m in fines over Barangaroo action
The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) says its considering whether to appeal fines that could go as high as $2m issued against the union and its officers today (September 13) for unlawful conduct at the Barangaroo site in Sydney. The Federal Court today imposed maximum penalties on the CFMEU and penalised a number of senior official...
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Farstad obliged to explore alternatives to redundancy
Farstad Shipping [Indian Pacific] Pty Ltd was obliged to exhaust a range of alternatives to redundancy, including workers taking part-time, study or unpaid leave, before letting go 80 offshore oil and gas workers in Western Australia, a Fair Work Commission full bench has reaffirmed. However, the bench said its ruling was unlikely to put an “...
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Unreasonable rejection of leave justified worker's abandonment
An employer's delay in approving a duty manager's leave justified her alleged “abandonment” of employment, the Fair Work Commission has found. Ordering the sacked worker by paid $13,400 compensation in lieu of reinstatement, Commissioner Ian Cambridge found Horsley Park Supermarket Pty Ltd unreasonably delayed its refusal until two week...
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Editorial Team
Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab, peter.schwab@tr.com and Ph (02) 8587 7681. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Hadgkiss resigns after Fair Work Act RoE breach
Nigel Hadgkiss has resigned as commissioner of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) today (September 13) after he admitted yesterday at the Federal Court he breached s503 of the Fair Work Act for disseminating false right of entry (RoE) information to industry participants. A penalty hearing is scheduled for September 15, befo...
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Sudanese refugee's sacking was ‘harsh'
The Fair Work Commission has taken into account a former Sudanese refugee's personal and economic situation in finding that, even though the employer had a valid reason for dismissing him, its decision was “harsh”. Awarding him $6,855 compensation, Commissioner Sarah McKinnon found casual residential care worker Celestine Okiya's failur...
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Retrenched worker still able to have FWC hear job classification matter
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found it can arbitrate a worker's job classification matter under the company's enterprise agreement's [EA] dispute resolution process [DRP] even though his employment has ended. This was even despite the worker having made the first step in the DRP in 2013 and the last in 2016. Senior Deputy President Jonathan Ha...
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IR legislation flooding parliament
A raft of labour bills are making their way through federal parliament. On Monday (September 11), Nick Xenophon Team MP Rebekha Sharkie introduced into parliament a bill to align superannuation guarantee (SG) payments to the wage cycle, and abolish the monthly $450 threshold. It follows Industry Super analysis revealing an SG shortfall of $5.6 bill...
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ASU vows to take on Slater and Gordon to save jobs
The Australian Services Union (ASU) has said it will attempt to save as many jobs as possible after Slater and Gordon announced it was undergoing a round of redundancies and a restructure. The union said the law firm had consulted it about a “number of office closures, restructures, and redundancies” that meant “many valued collea...
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Editorial Team
Chief Journalist: Gerard May. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab, peter.schwab@tr.com and Ph (02) 8587 7681. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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CFMEU hit with up to $2m in fines over Barangaroo action
WFD: The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) says it's considering whether to appeal fines that could go as high as $2m issued against the union and its officers on Wednesday (September 13) for unlawful conduct at the Barangaroo site in Sydney. The Federal Court imposed maximum penalties on the CFMEU and penalised a number of senior o...
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Farstad obliged to explore alternatives to redundancy
WFD: Farstad Shipping [Indian Pacific] Pty Ltd was obliged to exhaust a range of alternatives to redundancy, including workers taking part-time, study or unpaid leave, before letting go 80 offshore oil and gas workers in Western Australia, a Fair Work Commission full bench has reaffirmed. However, the bench said its ruling was unlikely to put an ...
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Unreasonable rejection of leave justified worker's abandonment
WFD: An employer's delay in approving a duty manager's leave justified her alleged “abandonment” of employment, the Fair Work Commission has found. Ordering the sacked worker by paid $13,400 compensation in lieu of reinstatement, Commissioner Ian Cambridge found Horsley Park Supermarket Pty Ltd unreasonably delayed its refusal until two...
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CFMEU public assembly within the meaning of Qld law: QSC
WFD: The Queensland Supreme Court has quashed a Magistrate Court's order that authorised the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) to conduct a public assembly at Oaky North mine. Justice David Jackson found that when Magistrate Jeffrey Clarke granted the order nothing was said that indicated the court had properly instructed itself. No...
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'Arrogant' union behaviour 'beggars belief': judge
WFD: A union's "arrogant" behaviour in colluding with a contractor to stop a firm with a non-union enterprise agreement (EA) from working on a Queensland building site "beggars belief", a Federal Circuit Court judge has said. Imposing fines at the top end, Judge Salvatore Vasta said there was "no place for such an attitude in Australian society". H...
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