Unions NSW has seized on Friday's (September 14) decision by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission to deliver police pay rises above the state government's 2.5% cap to call for full restoration of the cmn's powers. In a ‘work-value' ruling, Vice Presidents Justice Michael Walton and Justice Conrad Staff and Commissioner Inaam Tabbaa approve...
Unions call for restoration of independent umpire
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MUA maintains injunction threat over Port Botany automation
An injunction to prevent Patrick progressing plans to automate its Port Botany cargo terminal “remains an option”, MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin has told Workforce Daily ( WF18385 ). Speaking after Friday's (September 14) Federal Court directions hearing on the matter, Crumlin said the application for relief against Patrick's att...
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Federal Court grants additional time for HSU East carve up
The Federal Court has granted administrator Michael Moore additional time to distribute the assets and liabilities of the Health Services Union East Branch to the NSW union and the demerged branches. In a ruling on Friday (September 14), Justice Geoffrey Flick extended the distribution deadline to October 31, 2012. Justice Flick also extended the p...
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Abetz fails to obtain FWA's Craig Thomson documents
Federal Opposition workplace relations spokesperson Senator Eric Abetz has attacked the Federal Government's failure to release seven volumes of documentation relating to Fair Work Australia's investigation into suspended Labor MP and former Health Services Union official Craig Thomson ( WF18355 ). The Coalition sought the release of the papers on ...
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Federal Court orders flour mill to pay ‘standby' money to sparkies
The Federal Court has ordered Manildra Flour Mills to pay four maintenance electricians more than a decade's worth of “standby” money, rejecting argument it was not a condition of their contract. The National Union of Workers claimed the electricians were not paid standby money between 2000 and 2012, in breach of cl25.3 of the Milling I...
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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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Employers seek to limit public holiday penalty rates to 11 a year
Employers have dismissed union calls for higher penalty rates and days off when public holidays fall on a non-work day. In a submission to Fair Work Australia's Modern Award Review 2012 (Public Holidays) lodged last night (September 17), the Australian Industry Group (AiG) said the Australian Council of Trade Union's claims would be “very cos...
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Sacked council worker fails to show union erred by settling claim
A former Darwin Council worker terminated from her job as a horticulturist after she was diagnosed with epilepsy has failed to show her union “exceeded its authority” in negotiating a settlement of her unfair dismissal claim. Appearing before a Fair Work Australia full bench, Bridget Curtis sought a reopening of her claim. Curtis allege...
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CCCU to investigate ‘thuggery' in Vic building industry
The Victorian Government has authorised its new building industry watchdog to investigate claims of thuggery and intimidation in the state's building industry, with a particular focus on the recent Grocon blockades ( WF18365 ) . It tasked the Construction Code Compliance Unit (CCCU) with making an interim report on October 15 looking at breaches of...
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Lift workers to vote on protected action
Fair Work Australia has approved a protected action ballot of workers covered by the Schindler Lifts Australia Pty Ltd (ACT Branch) Certified Agreement 2009 - 2011. The Communications Electrical Electronic Energy, Information, Postal Plumbing and Allied Services Union (CEPU) for the workers said the union held 10 meetings with the employer on a pro...
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Hunt Energy fails to halve redundancy payment
Fair Work Australia has tossed out an application by Hunt Energy and Mineral Company (HEMC) Australia seeking to halve a worker's redundancy payment, finding it had “assisted but not obtained” alternative employment for the worker. HEMC argued Ian Thomas's redundancy pay should be reduced by 50% (three weeks pay) because the company had...
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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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Batt confirms nomination for CPSU national role to fight states' job cuts
Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Victorian branch secretary Karen Batt has confirmed her nomination for federal secretary of the union's State Public Services Federation (SPSF) national office division. The SPSF part of the CPSU mainly represents state government workers. Batt told Workforce Daily a number of other states - WA, South Austra...
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Employers must check passports & birth certificates under new laws
Employers have slammed proposed federal laws imposing “arduous” compliance obligations and hefty fines targeting those who employ illegal workers. In the second reading of the Federal Government's Migration Amendment (Reform of Employer Sanctions) Bill 2012 , immigration minister Chris Bowen said criminal sanctions introduced in 2007 ha...
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Vic strike over TAFE cuts
Australian Education Union (AEU) and National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members will take unprotected industrial action tomorrow with a 24-hour strike protesting against Victorian Government TAFE funding cuts. AEU state secretary Mary Bluett said 2,000 teachers would be “sacked” because of the govt's decision to slash $300m in TAF...
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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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Sympathy - but no extra pay - for workaholic ranger
A Victorian local government council was not obliged to compensate a ranger whose “sense of duty” saw him take on onerous responsibilities without approval, Fair Work Australia has ruled. The tribunal heard Hindmarsh Council employee Mr Egan worked as a ranger in a large, but sparsely populated, country area of Victoria. Egan was both t...
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FWA reinstates sacked storeman
Fair Work Australia has ordered Coles to reinstate a veteran storeman sacked for failing to respond to its demand he undertake a return-to-work medical examination. The tribunal heard Darren Chetcuti was placed on “suitable” (alternative) workplace duties after a battery exploded on his forklift in March, 2011 damaging his hearing. Five...
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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Westacott calls for ministerial staff to be slashed, public sector job cuts
Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott has called on the Federal Government to shrink the public sector to “forestall the need for tough corrections like we're seeing in Queensland”. Speaking at the Institute of Public Administration's International Congress in Melbourne shortly before presstime, Westacott said...
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