A tyre fitter has won an unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for “serious misconduct” by accidentally setting himself on fire at work. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) told the employer it showed “a manifest absence of control” for permitting the fire, labelling the worker and his boss “pyromaniacs”. Joshua S...
‘Heat of moment' dismissal after worker set himself on fire
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HWU sec Asmar cleared of masterminding official's sacking
Health Workers Union (HWU) secretary Dianne Asmar has been cleared of “directing” the sacking of a union official because he didn't back her husband, Australian Labor Party powerbroker David Asmar, at the 2017 ALP Victorian conference. Last December Fair Work Commission Deputy President Anne Gooley found HWU sec Asmar “directed...
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Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab, (02) 8587 7681. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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‘I'm a Streets worker, get me outta here!' FWC oks more redundancies
Unions claimed a boycott of Streets ice-cream last year led to a “win” for workers, but workers are now queuing up to leave its Minto, NSW factory with one claiming the bargaining process made them into “an emotional wreck”. After a round of 50 voluntary redundancies was over-subscribed, 15 overlooked workers applied to the ...
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CFMEU promises restraint as Rio says mining wages set to grow
Mining union boss Tony Maher says he agrees with his Rio Tinto counterpart wages at the miner will grow on the back of record profits announced yesterday. However, Maher says it will be an orderly process, “in line with the normal enterprise bargaining cycle”. The president of Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union's (CFMEU) mining d...
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Construction union guilty of coercion over ‘smash' threat
The construction union and its officials have been found guilty of coercion after telling a meeting of formwork subcontractors the union would pick one of them at random and “smash” them unless they all signed on to the union's national push for site allowances in enterprise agreements (EAs). The Australian Building and Construction Com...
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U-turn over firefighter EA
A special general meeting of Melbourne firefighters tomorrow is expected to reject a previously endorsed draft agreement, following alleged last-minute changes by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MBF) ( WF 31/10/16 ). The United Firefighters Union (UFU) claims the MBF and the Vic Government have misled firefighters over the agreement by giving too mu...
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Goldfields museum at centre of workplace harassment scandal
A popular Victorian tourist attraction has been rocked by allegations of sexual assault, bullying and fostering a “rotten” workplace culture. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), representing tourism workers, said it had represented “several members” who made sexual harassment and bullying allegations about Sov...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv Maharaj. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact (02) 8587 7681 or rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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U-turn over firefighter EA
WFD: A special general meeting of Melbourne firefighters on press day (February 9) is expected to reject a previously endorsed draft agreement, following alleged last-minute changes by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MBF) ( WF 31/10/16 ) . The United Firefighters Union (UFU) claims the MBF and the Vic Government have misled firefighters over the agr...
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Women's refuge rips off workers
A refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence has been caught underpaying 11 workers more than $50,000, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has revealed. Tennant Creek Women's Refuge, a not-for-profit refuge in the Northern Territory, was audited by FWO inspectors last year as part of a campaign in the region. Inspectors found the refuge was...
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Govt agencies drowning unions in red tape, workers vulnerable: ACTU
WFD: Restrictive laws, Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) and Fair Work Ombudsman investigations, and freeloading workers were working together to shatter the union movement, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus has said. "The new ROC is designed to suck up union organisations by drowning us in red tape," McManus...
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Cmn rejects union equal pay case
WFD: The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected a five-year union equal remuneration case for childcare workers, saying unions had placed "all their forensic eggs in one basket" by relying on a 13-year old ruling and failing to produce evidence. United Voice (UV) and the Australian Education Union (AEU) lodged an application for a wage increase fo...
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Living wage, right to strike: Q&A
WFD: Jobs, industrial action and wages were hotly debated in the first episode of ABC Q&A for 2018, as Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus joined a panel of economists and business representatives. Audience member Leigh Shears, a boilermaker from regional Australia, said through his working life he'd seen "secure j...
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Living wage $8bn nightmare for business, ACCI warns
WFD: The ACTU's 'living wage' proposal would cost business as much as $8 billion a year, the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) claims. Last week, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) national secretary Sally McManus told Workforce Daily the ACTU wants Australia's minimum wage to be closer to 60% of average wages as per an OE...
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Dastyari lands PR gig at Essential
WFD: Former Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, who resigned late last year, has been appointed associate director at communications and campaign firm Essential Media. The firm has union and Labor Party ties, and clients include the National Union of Workers and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association. Essential Media executive director Pete...
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Individual bargaining pushed for APS, 2% wage cap maintained
WFD: The Australian Public Service Commission has released its new public sector bargaining policy , which again caps wage increases at 2%. The policy encourages the use of individual agreements, a development which has infuriated the public sector union (see below) . The policy takes effect immediately, APS Commissioner John Lloyd said in a statem...
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ALP Pres wants union non-member 'free riders' to pay bargaining fee
WFD: Australian Labor Party president and Opposition frontbencher Mark Butler wants non-union workers to make 'bargaining fee' payments to unions for benefits derived from union-negotiated enterprise agreements. Butler made the call in a speech - The Future of Unions in Australia and the Implications for Labor - which has been published online . He...
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AiG slams bargaining fee proposal throwback to compulsory unionism
WFD: The Australian Industry Group (AiG) has slammed a proposal to force non-union workers to pay so-called bargaining fees for union-negotiated enterprise agreements. Australian Labor Party president and Opposition frontbencher Mark Butler made the call in a speech - The Future of Unions in Australia and the Implications for Labor - published onli...
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Hearings unveiled into future of work
WFD: A federal parliamentary inquiry investigating the future of work has announced public hearings in NSW and Queensland at the end of the month. Twenty-two submissions have been accepted so far, and the Select Committee on the Future of Work and Workers has extended the deadline for submissions to February 20. The Senate inquiry was formed at the...
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