WFD: A worker who argued her solicitor did not have her approval to sign off on a settlement agreement with her employer has lost her bid to appeal the case after a FWC full bench found no evidence of appellable error. Tammy Gill argued Commissioner Jennifer Hunt had been wrong to accept the evidence of her solicitor, Hall Payne Lawyer senior assoc...
Worker loses claim her solicitor erred in settlement deal
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FWC seeks comment on family and domestic leave clause
WFD: The Fair Work Commission full bench has released for comment a background paper on a family and domestic violence (FDV) leave clause and family friendly work arrangements, as part of its four-yearly review of modern awards. In July this year, Deputy President Anne Gooley and Commissioner Paul Spencer expressed a preliminary view all employees ...
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New Whyalla Steelworks' owner to invest $1billion
WFD: The future is now “much brighter” for Whyalla Steelworks' employees and surrounding community after administrator KordaMentha handed the running of it over to Liberty House, the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) has said. In July, the Federal Government and Opposition welcomed the sale of steel group Arrium to British ...
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Bench error ‘not evidence of bias'
WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has rejected a trucking company's assertions it was “biased” and should step down from hearing a matter, after it wrongly refused the company permission to appeal. Overturning its earlier “oversight”, the bench said it would now hear the appeal matter to its finality. The cmn hear...
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Few getting pay rises + Hadgkiss = Cash should resign: Unions
WFD: Unions have joined Labor in ramping up pressure on employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash following the Hadgkiss debacle ( WF 19/9/17 ) , pointing to new figures showing record low wage growth during the minister's term. A new poll by Essential Research reveals 52% of workers have not had a pay rise in the past year. ACTU president Ged Kea...
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New Coles' EA cuts ‘many conditions': RAFFWU
WFD: The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) has thrown a grenade at rival the Shop Distributive Allied Employees Union (SDA) claiming the proposed Coles' enterprise agreement (EA) that it bargained for and has endorsed has cut “many conditions”. RAFFWU said even those Coles workers who would now earn more than the award - inclu...
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Wearing campaign badges not ‘industrial' action
WFD: The Fair Work Commission full bench has struck out four of 10 union-proposed protected action ballot actions by workers at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council (MPSC), after finding they were not “industrial” action - disagreeing with a six-year old full bench precedent also involving the council. As part of an enterprise bargaining ...
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Health Ministry arbitrary: IRC
WFD: Non-clinical health professionals working with jailed prisoners should be paid the same special allowances as their nursing colleagues, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) has found. Commissioner John Murphy found the NSW Ministry for Health (MFH) had acted arbitrarily and without “rational consideration” when it ruled on...
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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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ALP targets Cash over Hadgkiss appointment
WFD: Shadow workplace relations minister Brendan O'Connor has revealed Labor has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for an independent inquiry into Nigel Hadgkiss's appointment to head up the building industry watchdog, given Minister Michaelia Cash revealed she had known about his breach of the law for approximately 12 months. Hadg...
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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 14/07/17 ) found Manoj Ellikuttige's circumstances were not so “out of the ordinary” t...
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FWC rejects union fears over transferring employees
Some 395 workers transferring to Nokia Solutions and Networks Australia will not 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...
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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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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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Ausgrid's appointment of Aurizon negotiator is ‘provocative': unions
Combined unions negotiating the latest Ausgrid enterprise agreement (EA) say the energy provider is being “deliberately provocative” by appointing a bargaining head known for reducing worker conditions. The move follows the unions' on-going argument with Ausgrid to have unlimited forced redundancies removed from the EA ( WF 1/09/17 ) . ...
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ANZ Bank staff vote up EA ahead of restructure
ANZ Bank workers have voted up an interim 12-month enterprise agreement (EA) paying 3%, ahead of a restructure of the bank that could see job losses. The bank is splitting its operations into 150 teams in an attempt to be more flexible in response to its technology rivals. Management arrangements will change, with other parts of the bank including ...
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Delegate fails to overturn sacking over inflammatory email
A long-time union delegate at an oil refinery has failed to have the Fair Work Commission (FWC) overturn his sacking for sending an inflammatory email to workers. The email criticised unnamed workers for helping the company with its proposed de-manning by undertaking advanced fire training. Knocking back Andrew Pearse's application, a FWC full benc...
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ANMF's Ellis is new Tas IC DP
Tasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein has announced that the State Government has appointed nurses' union head Neroli Ellis as Tas Industrial Commission Deputy President and Cmr. Gutwein said Ellis was an experienced industrial relations practitioner having served as Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation state secretary for the past 15 years. Bef...
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FWC hosts dispute resolution conf
The Fair Work Commission is hosting an ‘International perspectives on dispute resolution conference' with presentations and discussions with Australian and international dispute resolution, workplace relations, and user design leaders and experts. It will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. For more information go to the FWC'...
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