A Fair Work Commission email outage at its Darwin office has led to a Northern Territory woman being granted an extension of time for a dismissal claim due to “exceptional circumstances”. On August 12, 2017 Karen Riley lodged an application alleging her employment was terminated by Outside School Care NT (OSCNT) in July, in contraventio...
FWC email outage leads to time extension
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Woolies wins appeal against time extension for worker who resigned
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has quashed an unfair dismissal extension of time decision against Woolworths in a case involving a mentally unwell worker whose own union advised her it was in her best interests to resign. In his decision in August, Commissioner Nick Wilson accepted Yu Duo (Lynda) Lin's unfair dismissal application despite ...
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NSW and ACT Catholic systemic schools vote on strike action
Protected action ballots in support of strike action over enterprise agreement demands are under way at 500 Catholic systemic schools in NSW and ACT, with returns to close on Friday October 20 ( WF 29/09/17 ). The ballot covers the diocese of Wollongong, Wagga Wagga, Broken Bay, Sydney, Maitland-Newcastle, Lismore, Canberra and Goulburn, Bathurst, ...
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Immigration Dept pay case full bench arbitration hearings start
At press time today, Federal Government lawyers had made opening arguments in the long-awaited Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench arbitration hearings to settle a pay deal between the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and its 13,500 employees. The bench will attempt to resolve a four-year dispute between DIBP and the Communi...
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Fortescue Metals Group ‘premature' PIP sacking decision set for appeal
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision supporting Fortescue Metals Group's (FMG) sacking of an inventory controller one week into a performance improvement plan (PIP) is set for appeal. A FWC full bench - President Justice Iain Ross, Deputy President Alan Colman, and Cmr Tanya Cirkovic - found Deputy President Melanie Binet's decision in May of this...
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Toll EA confers right to convert from casual to ‘like for like' jobs: Fed Ct
In a significant decision on the rights of casual workers to convert to permanent jobs, the Federal Court has found Toll Transport's enterprise agreement (EA) confers the right for conversion to permanent jobs on a “like for like basis”. Justice Geoffrey Flick fined Toll $42,000 for a failure to fulfil that EA obligation, and has asked ...
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Leaked CFA report reveals culture of sex harassment, bullying
Victoria'sCountry Fire Authority (CFA) has appointed a “chief officer for inclusion and fairness” after a leaked report revealed a culture of sexual harassment and bullying within the organisation. The Interim Report on Gender Diversity and Inclusion, based on confidential survey responses from 550 CFA staff, was leaked to Fairfax Media...
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‘Ensuring Integrity' bill rejected by lower house cross bench
The Federal Government's ‘Ensuring Integrity' bill passed the House of Representatives on Monday. However, while the Govt had the numbers significantly crossbench members joined with the Australian Labour Party (ALP) to vote against it. On August 16 the Federal Government introduced the Ensuring Integrity Bill 2017 to amend the Fair Work (Reg...
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QIRC grants blue-collar injunction; Brisbane Council vote on hold
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission has stopped Brisbane City Council (BCC) from putting to a vote an enterprise agreement proposing a 2.5%-a-year pay increase to all workers. Representatives of blue-collar workers the Electrical Trades Union, Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union and Australian Manufacturers Workers Union sought the...
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Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Journalists: Steve Andrew, Rajiv Maharaj. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681 and peter.schwab@tr.com . Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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NTEU ups ante on James Cook Uni to make improved EA offer ASAP
Stop work industrial action was taking place at press time at James Cook University (JCU) campuses in Townsville and Cairns as the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) ups the ante in its 17-month pay deal dispute with management. JCU took a 6.6%-over-five-years non-union offer directly to the workforce last month, and it was rejected by 58% of...
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Labor to crack down on sham contracts, dodgy agreements
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) will bring in new laws to stop employers from terminating agreements as a bargaining strategy, and will amend legislation to prevent businesses from putting workers on “sham” contracts, if it is elected. Shadow Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Brendan O'Connor introduced a suite of workforce p...
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Worker unfairly dismissed while suffering food poisoning
A NSW window installer who did not show up to work after contracting food poisoning and then abandoned his work vehicle after being sacked, has been awarded compensation from his employer after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found he was unfairly dismissed. Deputy President Anna Booth found the employer, a small business, did not comply with the Fa...
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High Ct says workplace protest laws offend free political communication
A 6-1 majority of the full High Court has today ruled certain sections of Tasmania's Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act offended the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution and has declared them invalid. The legislation, passed in 2014, bans protestors from “preventing, hindering or obstructing” at places...
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FWC stops industrial action by CEPU Collins submarine workers
The Fair Work Commission has issued stop protected action orders against the Communications Electrical Plumbers Union (CEPU), bringing to a halt rolling stoppages at the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) shipbuilding yards in Adelaide. CEPU members staged 14 stop work meetings over the weekend, which ASC said seriously compromised its contract...
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Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Journalist: Rajiv Maharaj. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681 and peter.schwab@tr.com . Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Penalty increase for record-keeping breach
Maximum penalties for employers who fail to meet their record-keeping obligations have doubled. The Fair Work Ombudsman is offering a new training course to help small businesses avoid big fines for breaching record-keeping laws. The course features practical examples, interactive activities and tips to help businesses understand what records they ...
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Federal court staff to walk out in historic strike
Tomorrow federal court workers will embark on their first ever strike (Friday, October 20), walking off their jobs at lunch-time, as their union's dispute with the Federal Government over pay and conditions escalates. Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members working in Federal, Family, and Federal Circuit courts and the National Native Titl...
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Govt introduces bill to regulate union use of worker benefit funds
The Federal Government has today introduced the Fair Work Laws Amendment (Proper Use of Worker Benefits) Bill to Parliament. If passed it will crack down on unions' ability to pay worker entitlements, including redundancy pay and income protection, into union-controlled accounts. Employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash first announced the legisl...
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Aerocare appeals against EA knock back
An aviation company, whose 2017 enterprise agreement (EA) the Fair Work Commission (FWC) rejected earlier this year due to a lack of a regular work roster and problems with split shifts, is back before the cmn today (October 19) appealing that decision. In August, Commissioner Nick Wilson labelled Aerocare's EA “arbitrary and discriminatory...
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