The Rail Tram Bus Union (RTBU) says a $1,500 bonus Victorian regional rail operator V/Line offered train workers to agree to a variation of their enterprise agreement was a “bribe to convince them to vote away their hard won conditions”. The union said it was a “disgrace” that V/Line could make such an offer. In a significan...
Union slams ‘bribe' for rail workers to approve EA changes
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Metro reneges on proposal to cut Melbourne control room jobs
Melbourne rail provider Metro Trains has back-flipped on plans to close a number of control rooms, which had threatened the jobs of about 30 station officers. Rail Tram Bus Union(RTBU) Vic organiser Joe Maisano said Metro proposed to remove control desks in the Clifton Hill group of stations, which would have seen the loss of “in-depth knowle...
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AFP questioned about ‘raids' at Senate estimates
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says an operation to seize documents from Australian Workers Union (AWU) offices last year was not a raid, but “a knocking on the door of a business premises”. AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin fronted a Senate Estimates hearing on Tuesday , and was grilled about the “raids” in October 2017 (...
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FWC rejects unions bid to create new public holiday award payment
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected union calls to change public holiday clauses in modern awards, a decision which has saved employers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The claims included paying workers up to double time and a half for working on December 25, and on any substituted Christmas Day public holiday where December 25 fall...
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Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Emily Woods emily.woods@tr.com . Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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Mine workers firmly reject CFMEU-developed pay system
In an overwhelming two-to-one vote, workers at Centennial Coal's Mandalong Mine have firmly rejected a hybrid pay system developed by one of their own unions. The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU)-developed pay system was due to be incorporated in the latest enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) at the mine sited in Newcastle coalfi...
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SA Labor promises portable LSL for cleaners & community workers
A re-elected South Australian Labor government would introduce a portable long service leave (LSL) scheme for the community, disability and contract cleaning sectors, Premier Jay Weatherill said on press day (March 5). Private sector portable LSL allows workers to move between employers in the same industry while continuing to accrue LSL. In the SA...
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Former Spotless firm workers in Qld ruled entitled to redundancy pay
The Federal Court will order a Spotless Group subsidiary to fork out redundancy pay for 21 former workers, in a landmark ruling that rejected the employer's argument it was exempt under the Fair Work (FW) Act. In 2014 Spotless subsidiary Berkeley Challenge Pty Ltd terminated the workers without paying their entitlements. It did so after Spotless Gr...
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Three quarters of 25 Caltex service stations breaking workplace laws
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) says 76% of 25 service stations investigated in the Caltex network are not complying with workplace regulations. And many Caltex franchise operators do not understand their requirements under the law, according to the FWO. A “compliance activity report”, compiled after the FWO began investigating Caltex in ...
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Metro reneges on proposal to cut Melbourne control room jobs
Melbourne rail provider Metro Trains has back-flipped on plans to close a number of control rooms, which had threatened the jobs of about 30 station officers. Rail Tram Bus Union(RTBU) Vic organiser Joe Maisano said Metro proposed to remove control desks in the Clifton Hill group of stations, which would have seen the loss of “in-depth knowle...
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Super union merger could face more employer challenges
Employer groups are “carefully” considering their next legal options, after the Fair Work Commission gave a green light to the super union amalgamation (see above ). "It is simply too early to say what our future actions will be,” Master Builders Australia (MBA) chief executive Denita Wawn told Workforce Daily. “We will care...
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FWC approves ‘super union' merger
A new union of 140,000 members will come into effect on March 27, after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) agreed three unions can amalgamate into the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU). The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Textile and Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia will now be deregistered and memberships tr...
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FWC upholds ‘right to silence' due to Visy Fed Ct stoush with AMWU
A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld a decision staying an unfair dismissal case brought by two Visy Board workers who argued they could incriminate themselves because of civil penalty proceedings afoot in the Federal Court. Last December, Commissioner Michelle Bissett set aside directions in unfair dismissal claims by Visy Board employees ...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Chief Journalist: Emily Woods emily.woods@tr.com . Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Contact: (02) 8587 7681. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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QIRC rules ‘negotiating parties' set in stone in Bris council EA brawl
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) has put the brakes on a new enterprise agreement (EA) for Brisbane City Council (BCC), ruling all unions involved in bargaining had to support the proposed EA put up for vote. The decision follows a protracted bargaining brawl between unions, with so-called minor unions - the Electrical Trades U...
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Brisbane mayor sidesteps QIRC decision with non-ballot pay hike
In a totally unexpected response to the QIRC decision (above) , Brisbane City Council (BCC) Mayor Graham Quirk has gone ahead and introduced a 2.5% non-ballot pay increase for council workers, backdated to October 8, 2017. BCC workers will get a further 2.5% this year, and again next year - in effect, a three-year gain equal to what they would have...
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Employer loses jurisdictional objection to EA termination
A former employee will have her application to terminate an enterprise agreement (EA) heard despite no longer being covered by the expired industrial deal. Footlong Subs Employment Services Pty Ltd lost its jurisdictional objection to Simone Lennox's termination application in the Fair Work Commission this week. Lennox applied to the cmn on Decembe...
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Women worry about work-life balance, not automation: first study
Young women feel “disrespected” by their senior colleagues because of their gender, with 10% saying they've experienced sexual harassment in their workplace, according to the first Australian study about the future of work for women. Two-thirds of women said they were not worried about “robots coming for their jobs” in the f...
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FWC upholds sacking for refusal to give covert recordings to employer
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the sacking of an operations manager who secretly recorded his managers in a bid to prove his bullying claim but then refused to hand the audio file to his employer. In a decision canvassing the legality and appropriateness of covert workplace recordings and whether they are reason enough for dismissal, Commissio...
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FWO rumbles 7-Eleven store's alleged biometric scanner rort
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has started legal action against aformer 7-Eleven store franchisee for allegedly cheating a biometric scanner system that the franchise group introduced to stop widespread wages theft. The FWO alleges Xia Jing Qi Pty Ltd, which operated a 7-Eleven store in Melbourne's CBD until March 2017, and the store'sformer manager...
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