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Gold Coast employer fined $284k in ‘heinous' underpayments case

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The Federal Circuit Court has slugged a Surfers Paradise Japanese restaurant and its owner more than $284,000 - close to the maximum - in an underpayments case the judge described as “heinous”. In proceedings brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), Judge Salvatore Vasta found Samurais Paradise restaurant and its owner, Shigeo Ishiyama...

Qantas commissionaires reclassified under agreement

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Qantas's commissionaires - the airline workers responsible for assisting special needs passengers - have been reclassified at a higher level under their industrial agreement, after their union was successful in a dispute before the Fair Work Commission (FWC). The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) asked FWC to settle a dispute about whether commissiona...

Put local workers first: Unions' plea in visa review

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Australia needs a work visa system focused on permanent migration, which also protects local workers and the rights of temporary migrant workers, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) says. In a submission to the Federal Government's Visa Simplification Review, the ACTU made recommendations to overhaul Australia' visa system, emphasising th...

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Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Journalists: Rajiv Maharaj, Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681 and peter.schwab@tr.com . Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Dairy giant ordered to bargain with NUW despite Nov 30 site closure

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The Fair Work Commission has ordered dairy giant Murray Goulburn to commence bargaining with the National Union of Workers (NUW) for a new agreement in a situation where nearly all the workforce will be retrenched in six weeks. Murray Goulburn argued against the union's majority support determination (MSD) application, saying it was going to close ...

‘Ensuring Integrity' bill rejected by lower house cross bench

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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...

Immigration Dept pay case full bench arbitration hearings start

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WFD: At press time on Monday (October 16), 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 betwee...

CPSU ups ante on Centrelink call centre outsourcing to Serco

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WFD: The Community and Public Sector Union has secured more than 13,800 petition signatures as of today as it ups its protests against the Federal Government's decision to outsource Centrelink call centre jobs to multinational Serco. Federal human services minister Alan Tudge last week revealed Serco subsidiary Serco Citizen Services Pty Ltd would ...

Holden shuts up shop this week

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WFD: Car manufacturing will come to an end in Australia this Friday (October 20), as Holden's Adelaide assembly plant shuts its doors and leaves about 900 workers unemployed. In preparation for the plant's closure, on Sunday (Oct 15) the South Australian Government announced an additional $600,000 in support for displaced workers. Automotive transf...

Knott blasts 'social justice warriors'; bench overturns 'harsh' finding

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WFD: Weeks after a scathing Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) opinion piece was published, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has quashed a finding a ship captain's sacking for consuming nine full-strength beers before a shift was harsh ( WF 7/07/17 ). In an op-ed last month, AMMA chief executive Steve Knott blasted what he claimed was the...

Fortescue Metals Group 'premature' PIP sacking decision set for appeal

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WFD: 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...

Plumber sacked for allegedly working for rival 'unfairly dismissed'

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WFD: A roof plumber sacked for allegedly working for a competitor while on sick leave with a "stomach bug" was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found. Shane Di Gioacchino was sacked by Kmercial Contractors Pty Ltd after the office manager allegedly videoed him working on the roof of his former boss's house while on sick leave. Howev...

Truckies protest conditions outside Aldi supermarkets

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WFD: Aldi Australia and the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) are at loggerheads over the union's accusation that truck drivers are pressured by the company to break road rules to deliver its products to supermarkets. Hundreds of Aldi truck drivers and members of contracting companies protested about their conditions outside Aldi supermarkets in Sydne...

Woolies wins appeal against time extension for worker who resigned

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WFD: 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 des...

Vic Uni rejects NTEU claims officials are being targeted for redundancy

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WFD: Victoria University has rejected claims it has singled out National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) officials for redundancy. Last week, Workforce Daily revealed VU had moved to retrench three NTEU officials,including Victorian Division branch president Paul Adams ( WFD 12/10/17 ). "Assertions regarding targeting individuals are completely fal...

NSW and ACT Catholic systemic schools vote on strike action

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WFD: 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, Bathu...

FWC email outage leads to time extension

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WFD: 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 contravention of th...

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Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Journalists: Rajiv Maharaj, Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681 and peter.schwab@tr.com . Twitter: @WorkforceTR

120 prior sanctions: CFMEU most recidivist corporate offender ever

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The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a maximum available penalty of $306,000 on the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) for right of entry breaches committed by its former Queensland president Dave Hanna at a Fortitude Valley construction site. Labelling the CFMEU “the most recidivist corporate offender in Australian history...

‘End of an era' as last Australian cars roll off Holden line

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The last Australian made car rolls off the production line in Adelaide today (October 20), as Holden's Elizabeth manufacturing plant closes its doors. The Holden plant has manufactured cars for 69 years, with 175 cars produced in its final year. Friday signalled the last day of work for about 955 workers, four years after the company announced it w...
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