The Australian Services Union (ASU) has filed a dispute resolution application with the Fair Work Commission to force ASX-listed national law firm Slater & Gordon (S&G) to reveal the number of job losses expected due to a restructure. The union fears as many as 200 jobs could go in the wake of last week's ASX announcement by the company it ...
Union asks FWC to force Slater & Gordon to reveal job losses
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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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High Court decision ‘isolates' union officials to pay fines or face prison
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has unanimously found the Fair Work Act allows courts to order union officials to pay their own fines, and not have them paid by unions who view penalties as the cost of doing business. The decision means unions such as the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) can no longer foot the bill for law-bre...
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Days of paying officials' fines as ‘cost of business' over: ABCC
First-week-on-the-job Australian Building Construction Commissioner Stephen McBurney said today's High Court decision ( above ) was “important” in confirming personal payment orders can be made and enforced against an individual. “Penalties cannot simply be treated as a cost of doing business," McBurney said. “Such orders ar...
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Bonuses and perks are replacing pay rises in Australia, RBA says
Wage growth in Australia will pick up “only gradually” as businesses are opting for “creative” incentives, rather than pay rises, to attract and retain workers, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief economist Luci Ellis says . Ellis' assessment was delivered at an Australian Business Economists meeting in Sydney on Tuesday (...
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Woolworths cleaners suffer ‘serious exploitation' at hands of contractors
Cleaners at Woolworths' Tasmanian supermarkets are being paid as little as $7 an hour, an inquiry by the workplace inspector has found. A three-year inquiry into cleaning contractors by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has revealed 90% of the state's 31 Woolworths stores are not complying with workplace laws. “Our inquiry found deficiencies in W...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv Maharaj. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact (02) 8587 7681 or rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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Court finds foreign consulates are not private sector employers
A “chauffeur-cum-messenger” for the Indian consulate in Sydney has failed to establish he is covered by the Clerks Private Sector Award, as the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) found foreign consulates are not private sector employers. Hitender Kumar took his unpaid wages case to the FCC as the Consulate General of India owed him thousands o...
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Aerocare split shifts hearing is ‘abuse of process': unions
Unions are seeking interlocutory relief for the Federal Court to either dismiss or permanently stay Aerocare's proceedings, as hundreds of airport workers prepare to strikes ahead of tomorrow's (February 16) hearing. The Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union (ASU) and Transport Workers' Union (TWU) will argue it would be...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Emily Woods. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681.
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Female workers at historic high as unemployment rate down to 5.5%
Australia's female labour force participation rate reached an historic high of 60.5%in January 2018, and overall employment increased by 16,000 jobs although most were part-time. The unemployment rate decreased 0.1 pts to 5.5%. However, the new Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures released today revealed a decrease in full-time jobs...
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CFMEU hit with record $1m fine for secondary boycott breach
In a major ruling, the Federal Court has ordered the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) pay a record $1 million in penalties for secondary boycotts against building supplier Boral in 2014 ( WF 24/11/2017 ) . On February 12, the court declared that the CFMEU contravened the secondary boycott provisions under s 45D(1) of the Competitio...
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Out-of-hours Facebook sacking sticks despite alleged MUA cover-up
WFD: In a significant decision on out-of-hours conduct, the Fair Work Commission has upheld the sacking of a wharfie who sent a porn video to Facebook friends via its Messenger app after having had a few too many beers at the pub. However, 19 out of 20 of those Facebook friends were work colleagues, some of whom - including female co-workers -took ...
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Woolworths cleaners suffer 'serious exploitation' at hands of contractors
WFD: Cleaners at Woolworths' Tasmanian supermarkets are being paid as little as $7 an hour, an inquiry by the workplace inspector has found. A three-year inquiry into cleaning contractors by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has revealed 90% of the state's 31 Woolworths stores are not complying with workplace laws. "Our inquiry found deficiencies in Wo...
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CFMEU 'inappropriate conduct' ruling junked, no joy for Hadgkiss
WFD: A Full Court of the Federal Court has set aside a finding that Victorian construction union official Alex Tadic did not behave in an 'inappropriate manner' towards a health & safety official at the Castlemaine Police Station site in 2014. The decision means the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) could be slugged with another...
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Port Kembla Coal Terminal seeks to terminate agreement
WFD: Trouble is escalating at the Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) in NSW, with the company seeking to terminate its enterprise agreement (EA) in a Fair Work Commission (FWC) hearing set to get underway on February 22. It follows an unprecedented four-day lockout of workers in January - a move the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) c...
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ASU and Virgin strike 7.5% pay deal, retain part-time overtime
WFD: The Australian Services Union (ASU) has struck a deal with Virgin Australia giving workers a 7.5% pay increase over three years. The first pay increase of 2.25% will be backdated to last July, followed by 2.5% in July this year, and 2.75% in 2019. Crucially, the union said, it talked down Virgin threats to cut penalty rates, reduce overtime fo...
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No discrimination in dismissal but worker due 15 years' annual leave
WFD: A long-term employee on an Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA) has lost his claim he was sacked for a discriminatory reason or due to adverse action because of a hand injury and resultant workers' compensation payments. However the Federal Circuit Court found, despite the worker never taking annual leave over 15 years and probably believing h...
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Union asks FWC to force Slater & Gordon to reveal job losses
WFD: The Australian Services Union (ASU) has filed a dispute resolution application with the Fair Work Commission to force ASX-listed national law firm Slater & Gordon (S&G) to reveal the number of job losses expected due to a restructure. The union fears as many as 200 jobs could go in the wake of last week's ASX announcement by the compan...
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Bringing in consultants 'a new low' for weather bureau: union
WFD: Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) management is refusing union conciliation, instead opting to bring in external consultants to ask workers why they rejected the latest workplace deal. In December BOM workers rejected a third proposed enterprise agreement (EA), with 59% voting no. Following the vote, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) wrot...
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