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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

Qld Parlt passes safeguards for building subcontractors

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WFD: The Queensland Parliament has passed legislation to improve security of payment to subcontractors in the construction industry. The Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Bill 2017 followed a Senate report that revealed some licensees in the industry were delaying or not making payments to subbies. The Bill amends the Qld Building an...

ABCC busts legal budget but lands hefty financial blows on CFMEU

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The Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) says a legal budget blow-out of $3.6m is due to the agency's increased workload chasing law-breaking unions - mainly the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). The construction industry watchdog, which was re-established by the Coalition government last December, posted an operating...

Judge says FWO should give better advice to accused sham contractors

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The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) should tell employers accused of sham contracting of the option to ask the courts to first examine the true nature of the employment relationship, Federal Circuit Court (FCC) Judge Grant Riethmuller has said. In a sham contracting case involving a Melbourne bike courier underpaid almost $7,500 over 10 months, Judge Rie...

ACTU calls for new ‘living' wage to address cost of living crisis

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The minimum wage needs be raised to the level of a “living” wage, Australian Council of Trade Union (ACT) secretary Sally McManus has told last night's (November 2) union gathering to mark the 110th anniversary of the Harvester Decision. Releasing a new ACTU report Living up to the Promise of Harvester: Time for a Living Wage , McManus ...

Senior associate ‘zebra' unfairly sacked by law firm ‘lion'

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A law firm whose chief executive officer warned staff they would become “the zebra devoured by the lion” if they didn't meet expectations has been ordered to pay $15,068 for an unfair dismissal. Criticising the actions of Go To Court Lawyers CEO James Stevens as “knee jerk”, Commissioner Jennifer Hunt found his concerns abou...

Landslide vote for TAC deal

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Nearly all (98%) of Transport Accident Commission (TAC) workers voted up a new enterprise agreement (EA), with improved personal leave and 3.25% annual salary increases over the next four years. Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Victorian secretary Karen Batt said the EA was achieved through “constructive negotiations” with TAC m...

WA employers penalised after ripping off workers

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Two former cafe owners have been ordered to pay more than $170,000 of unpaid wages and penalties after being caught underpaying eight employees at two WA eateries. Fair Work inspectors investigated after employees contacted the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) for help. The FWO brought legal action against Gelorup, WA, couple Mark and Gemma Gumley - who o...

1 in 5 to get chop at NAB

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The National Australia Bank (NAB) says it hopes to meet many of its targeted 6,000 job losses at the bank over the next three years through voluntary redundancies. In a statement yesterday (November 2), chief executive officer Andrew Thorburn confirmed 6,000 traditional frontline jobs will go as part of a continuing shift by banks to automated digi...

NRL and players' union announce pay deal for rugby league

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The rugby league players union has ended its 16-month standoff with the National Rugby League (NRL) over a proposed new pay deal, with an agreement announced this morning (November 3) ( WF 25/08/2017 ). At a joint press conference, NRL boss Todd Greenberg and Rugby League Players' Association (RLPA) chief executive Ian Prendergast confirmed they ha...

Government responds to aged care taskforce criticisms

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The Federal Government says aged care workers and their unions were excluded from a new expert taskforce, as membership including them “would result in a large unwieldy group”. Aged care minister Ken Wyatt announced the taskforce on Wednesday (Nov 1), and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation slammed the lack of worker represe...

Port strikes cause shipping ‘mayhem'

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Sydney port workers will strike for 24-hours from Wednesday stopping pilots accessing ships arriving and departing, as tensions escalate with the port authority over job security guarantees. International shipping company DP World Australia is calling for both parties to come up with a solution to end the dispute as it's now impacting the pre-Chris...

Coalmine not a convent: FWC reinstates swearing CFMEU official

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The Fair Work Commission has ordered Illawarra Coal to reinstate a Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) lodge official it sacked for a foul-mouth tirade against colleagues, noting the worker was dealing with a mental health issue and a coalmine was “not a convent”. In a decision examining bad language in the workplace, Comm...

Sole employee backpaid $18k

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A Hobart restaurant has been caught paying its only employee just $10.36 an hour. The backpacker worked as the restaurant's manager, chef, waiter and bookkeeper. He opened and closed the restaurant, cooked the meals, served customers and even managed the business's accounts. He worked 10-hour days, seven days a week with 10-minute breaks during shi...

FWC talks continue for AMWU and Griffin Coal in wake of CFMEU deal

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The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has confirmed it is continuing talks with Griffin Coal in the Fair Work Commission this week. The long-running Griffin Coal mine dispute took a step to resolution when the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) last week struck a deal for a new enterprise agreement (EA), which will see wo...

Amendola joins K&L Gates

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High profile industrial relations lawyer Steven Amendola has left Ashurst to join K&L Gates LLP. Amendola's 35 years of experience includes acting for the federal government and private sector clients, having been involved in the national waterfront dispute and representing James Hird during the Essendon Football Club supplements scandal. ̶...

Editorial Team

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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

Vickers settles without costs, quits FWC bid to terminate Coles 2011 EA

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Coles worker Penny Vickers has reached a confidential settlement with the company and has withdrawn her Fair Work Commission application to terminate the Coles 2011 enterprise agreement (EA) over claims it failed the better-off-overall-test (BOOT). Vickers advised the Fair Work Commission (FWC) she wanted to discontinue the case on Monday (November...

FWC rejects host's evidence so finds labour hire sacking was unfair

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A labour hire contractor has lost its bid to force an employee to pay security for its legal costs, going on to lose the casual worker's unfair dismissal claim and being ordered to pay her $8,597.31 compensation. The case examines the relationship between a labour hire firm supplying employees and the host organisation. It looks at what happens whe...

AMWU-supported worker loses Gorgon Project adverse action case

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The Federal Circuit Court has tossed out an adverse action claim brought by a vertigo-impaired sheetmetal worker who claimed he was retrenched for speaking out against racism. D'Arcy Hull, supported by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), brought proceedings against Gorgon LNG Project contractor Hertel Modern Pty Ltd. Hull had signed ...
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