Eight warehouse workers who Woolworths suspended last month over an incident with a safety vest will return to work on Monday (Dec 4), the National Union of Workers (NUW) says. Workforce Daily understands a manager had been unhappy about how one worker was wearing their safety vest ( WF 07/11/2017 ). Seven NUW members stuck up for their co-worker, ...
Workers return to work after ‘vest' suspension
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Copyright Agency taking NSW Govt to court over copyright dispute
A dispute between the Copyright Agency and the NSW Government over a fair rate of pay for using copyright material is heading to the courts. Speaking to Workforce on pressday (December 1), an agency spokesperson claimed the govt had only made a one-off payment of $1.5m to the agency in the past five years - well short of the estimated $7m owed. The...
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ACTU slams royal commission super probe as naked political stunt
The ACTU has slammed the Federal Government for including the superannuation industry - which includes union-dominated industry funds - in the banking royal commission's terms of reference. The Govt was candid with its intention to target industry super funds when it announced the banking royal commission on Thursday. Govt minister Peter Dutton tol...
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HuffPost staff ‘disappointed' by lack of consultation
The union representing Australian Huffington Post workers says staff were not consulted before the company announced it would cease its joint venture with Fairfax Media this week. HuffPost announced on Wednesday (Nov 29) it was ending its two-year joint venture with Fairfax, and redundancies would occur. "HuffPost will operate a standalone Australi...
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Penalty rate amendments pass Senate
On press day the Senate has passed a Government bill with Opposition amendments to reverse the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) cuts to penalty rates, with Labor, Greens and crossbench support. The amended bill will now go back to the House of Representatives (HoR), with Labor urging Nationals MP George Christensen to maintain his support for penalty r...
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Union launches website for hosp workers to ‘rate their bosses'
Hospitality workers are being encouraged to rate and review their employers on a new “TripAdvisor-style website” launched by United Voice (UV) on press day. However the body representing hospitality employers, Restaurant and Catering Australia (RCA), has slammed the website, saying it is a “trolling tool” for disgruntled for...
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NSW rail workers to vote on strikes
About 10,000 railway workers are voting on strike action after the Fair Work Commission approved NSW rail unions' application to vote on industrial action over "poor pay and conditions". Unions NSW assistant secretary Thomas Costa said the protected action ballot was an opportunity for Sydney Trains (ST) and NSW Trains (NSWT) workers to "send a str...
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HuffPost says staff consulted
Huffington Post Australia says the company consulted with staff “at the earliest opportunity”, when it announced an end to its joint venture with Fairfax Media last week. HuffPost announced on November 29 it was ending its two-year joint venture with Fairfax, and redundancies would occur. On Friday Workforce Daily reported HuffPost work...
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Threats referred to police as VICT Webb Dock illegal picket continues
Victoria International Container Terminals (VICT) says it is tallying up a damages bill to the tune of $100m plus as an alleged illegal picket at its Webb Dock container terminals continued at press time. The company confirmed the picket - allegedly masterminded by the Maritime Union of Australia with support from the Construction Forestry Mining E...
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HuffPost says staff consulted
Huffington Post Australia says the company consulted with staff “at the earliest opportunity”, when it announced an end to its joint venture with Fairfax Media last week. HuffPost announced on November 29 it was ending its two-year joint venture with Fairfax, and redundancies would occur. On Friday Workforce Daily reported HuffPost work...
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ALP power couple mastermind union official's sacking: FWC
The Fair Work Commission has made adverse findings against the Health Workers Union (HWU) in an intriguing case involving ALP power couple Dianne and David Asmar. The HWU is one of the scandal-plagued Health Services Union's Victorian branches. Deputy President Anne Gooley found HWU secretary Dianne Asmar “directed” the sacking of organ...
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Labor promises 10 days family violence leave
Labor says it will legislate 10 days of domestic and family violence leave, if it wins the next federal election. The White Ribbon Day announcement (December 5) doubled the five days that had been Labor's policy position last election. “We've listened to victims, frontline workers, business, and organisations that deal daily with domestic vio...
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Worker swaps jurisdictions but still loses general protections claim
A worker whose dismissal application had been labelled “doomed to fail” by Fair Work Commission (FWC) Deputy President Peter Sams in June has lost a fresh attempt to try her case before the Federal Circuit Court (FCC). Zeena Fadheel has been involved in “a number of claims” against her former employer, including an anti-bull...
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‘Thousands' of jobs created by Amazon arrival
Amazon says it will create “thousands of new jobs”, as the online retailer officially announced its Australian website had launched on press day (December 5). Amazon provides an online “marketplace” for small to large Australian retailers, selling products ranging from clothing, to electronics and home wares. The company say...
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NT jobs created by space station while Canberra stoppages continue
About 67 new jobs are promised for the Northern Territory when Australia's first commercial space centre is constructed in North East Arnhem Land. Rocket company Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) and the Gumatj traditional land owners have secured 275 hectares to establish the station on the Gove Peninsula, the NT Government has announced. Chief Mi...
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High Court approves Aldi EA coverage, but not BOOT issue
The High Court has ruled the Federal Full Court erred in overturning a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench decision about an Aldi enterprise agreement (EA), saying the agreement did cover the relevant employees. The court also found the full bench erred in reviewing evidence about the EA passing the better off overall test (BOOT), and this has be...
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John Setka trolls VICT on Twitter as Cash wades into Webb Dock fracas
Victoria International Container Terminals (VICT) employees have been allowed to cross the alleged union-organised illegal picket line at Webb Dock. The company told Workforce Daily its workers had been “allowed through” since Tuesday (December 5) - but about 1,000 containers of goods worth tens of millions were still sat at the dock, w...
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Employee compensation up as economy grows 0.6% in Sept Qtr
Compensation of employees (COE) has increased nation-wide by 3% since the September quarter 2016, the latest national account figures reveal. The Australian Bureau of Statistics national accounts report said the economy grew 0.6% in the Sept quarter, and 2.8% for the year. COE went up 1.2% in the Sept quarter and 3% overall in the last year. Howeve...
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FWC can help close pay gap
Australia's award wage system is partly to blame for the gender pay gap as it “systemically” puts women who rely on the minimum wage at a disadvantage, a Melbourne Institute study has revealed. The study found there is a “wage penalty” for working in jobs commonly held by women, and the Fair Work Commission (FWC) could do mo...
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CFMEU set to cop big fine for barring workers with dues arrears
The construction union is set to be slapped with more hefty fines after the Federal Court found the union and one of its shop stewards unlawfully told workers they had to pay their membership arrears before they could work. In proceedings brought by the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), Justice Richard Tracey found the Constru...
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