WFD: 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-mont...
Laing O'Rourke hit with 12-month order over RoE breach
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Professional footballers' union and league hail 'landmark' female EA
WFD: 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 FFA's ...
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Employers rush to obtain building code sign off, with 67% compliant
WFD: Seven in 10 registered construction industry enterprise agreements (EAs) assessed to date by the Federal Government regulator meet the govt's new building code, exclusive latest figures obtained by Workforce Daily suggest. In a statement to WF Daily on Friday (September 8), the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) confirmed i...
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Vic Govt to 'ensure consistency' of labour hire laws with Qld and SA
WFD: The Victorian Government announced yesterday (September 10) it would introduce legislation into parliament for a universal labour-hire licensing scheme to crack down "on the abuse and exploitation of Victorian workers". The Vic Govt's proposed blanket coverage goes further than what an independent labour hire and insecure work final inquiry ch...
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Dorevitch strikes ended because their impacts may 'threaten' life
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has revealed it terminated union industrial action on September 4 at Dorevitch Pathology because of the "severity" of its "implications". The severity threatened to endanger life, personal safety or welfare of "part of the population" through the "limitation on the availability of pathology services", FWC said. C...
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FWC dismisses mushroom grower's bullying complaints
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has largely dismissed a second round of 'stop bullying' complaints by a mushroom grower who alleged he was unfairly targeted over his job performance. Urging the parties in the latest matter to "come together" for the good of the working relationship, Deputy President Peter Anderson found only one of the six complaints...
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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
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APS bargaining round nearly concluded as next about to start
Workers at Human Services (DHS) have voted up the department's latest offer (below) , meaning federal public sector bargaining has just about completed - in time for the next round to kick-off. Australian Public Service Commissioner (APSC) John Lloyd has announced “as at 14 September 2017, in this bargaining round 123 new EAs have been made i...
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High Ct reserves decision on union ability to represent non members
The High Court has reserved its decision on whether unions are able to represent non- members who haven't requested union help - but are covered by the union's eligibility rules. Airline operator Regional Express Holdings Limited (Rex) is seeking to overturn a ruling by a Federal Full Court (FCAFC) upholding a Federal Circuit Court (FCC) decision a...
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DHS staff end three year EA dispute - but ‘anger' remains
Department of Human Services (DHS) employees have ended a three year enterprise agreement (EA) dead lock with 71% of those that participated having voted up the Government's latest proposal. Workers have accepted the govt's pay increase of 6% over three years under its controversial bargaining policy ( WF 11/11/2016 ). But they have won family frie...
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CFMEU and members hit with $145k in fines for Ichthys project blue
The Federal Court has penalised 61 Laing O'Rourke Construction Australia Pty Ltd (LOR) workers, the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), and one of its delegates and a former organiser $145,950 in total after workers refused to work at the Ichthys project in the NT. The court hit the 61 workers $91,500 all up for carrying out unlawful...
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Head offices to be ‘culpable' under Vulnerable Workers Bill soon
Vulnerable Workers Bill provisions that apply to “culpable head offices” will commence October 27, the Federal Government has said today (September 15). It has called on employers to visit the Fair Work Ombudsmen website to ensure they are prepared for the new laws. The laws will make franchisors and ‘holding companies' which have...
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Costs order slashed to $507
A Fair Work Commission full bench has slashed a costs order against an unsuccessful unfair dismissal appellant to 15% of the $3,384 the employer sought (ie $507), “given the deliberate choice” of NSW Trains to unnecessarily incur costs. Sacked rail worker Mohammed Ayub had sought permission to appeal an earlier FWC finding rejecting his...
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Cmn greenlights Catholic strikes
Strike action at Catholic systemic schools looks set to begin in coming weeks after the Fair Work Commission rejected the employer's argument its teachers were barred from taking action as it had offered them a multi-enterprise agreement (MEA) for schools across all its Dioceses ( WFNSW 11/08/17 ) . The Catholic Commission for Employment Relations ...
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Hadgkiss resigns after Fair Work Act RoE breach
WFD: Nigel Hadgkiss has resigned as commissioner of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) on Wednesday (September 13) after he admitted at the Federal Court on Sept 12 he breached s503 of the Fair Work Act for disseminating false right of entry (RoE) information to industry participants. A penalty hearing was scheduled for Sept...
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Airline workers demand higher pay due to ‘shock' super report
Aviation workers are holding protests at airports around the country today (September 18) over alleged low wages and conditions, which they claim threaten safety and security. The protests come as a Transport Workers' Union (TWU) commissioned report claims Australian workers will lose $100 billion in retirement savings over the next 27 years due to...
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FWC rejects union fears over transferring employees
Some 395 workers transferring toNokia Solutions and Networks Australiawillnot be covered by their former employer's enterprise agreement (EA) despite the Fair Work Commission (FWC) finding the work to be performed was “substantially the same”. Despite Professionals Australia (formerly APESMA) presenting a petition signed by 96 of the 39...
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Homelessness no reason for a late unfair dismissal application
An ex-Moonee Valley Racing Club worker charged by police because he had threatened to kill co-workers has lost his bid to win an extension of time to file an unfair dismissal application. New Fair Work Commission (FWC) Deputy President Ian Masson ( WF 14/07/2017 ) found Manoj Ellikuttige's circumstances were not so “out of the ordinary”...
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Move Victorian grand final ‘footy Friday' to Monday: AiG
The Australian Industry Group (AiG) has called on the Victorian Government to move the State's pre-grand final “footy Friday” public holiday (September 28) to the Monday after the big event. AiG Vic head Tim Piper said the holiday should be moved to bring it into line with state holidays in NSW, Qld, ACT and SA. He said considerable cos...
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