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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 7454. Twitter : @WorkforceTR

Employer turns tables on sexual assault accuser in a/action case

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In a curious and potentially precedent-setting role reversal, a woman has lost her adverse action case after the employer turned the tables on her and summarily sacked her for waging a “crusade” against a co-worker she claimed had sexually assaulted her at a work Christmas party. Federal Circuit Court Judge Grant Reithmuller tossed out ...

Cash and former staffers subpoenaed for AWU raids trial

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Federal jobs minister Senator Michaelia Cash may have to appear before the Federal Court for cross-examination over the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) office raids last year. AWU Victorian branch secretary Ben Davis told Workforce Cash, her former staffer David De Garis, and ex-Fair Work Ombudsman media advisor Mark Lee have been subpoenaed as wit...

AiG spearheads hair & beauty employers bid for pen rate cut

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Hair and beauty industry employers have asked the Fair Work Commission to cut penalty rates the same way it did for the fast food, hospitality, retail and pharmacy sectors last year ( WF 11/10/17 ). In that decision , the Cmn cut penalty rates for workers under hospitality and fast-food awards from 175% to 170%, with two more phased-in cuts over th...

Doyle's conduct could constitute sexual harassment under EO Act

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The investigation into sexual misconduct complaints against former City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has made four adverse findings “relating to conduct that is inconsistent with the values of the organisation” following complaints by then-councillor Tessa Sullivan and councillor Cathy Oke. On Tuesday, March 13, CEO Ben Rimmer p...

FWO reveals widespread workplace law-breaking in Western Sydney

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A Fair Work Ombudsman compliance audit in Western Sydney has revealed a staggering 64% of businesses were breaking workplace laws. The FWO released on press day the results of its proactive education and compliance campaign in Western Sydney, covering suburbs including Cabramatta, Guildford, Mt Druitt, Fairfield and Merrylands. Almost two-thirds (6...

Days lost to industrial disputes increased 20% in 2017

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The number of days lost to industrial disputes jumped almost 20% in 2017, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released this week reveal. The figures showed 148,400 working days had been lost for the year ending December 2017 -19% more than the previous year (124,500). The ABS said there were 67 disputes in the Dec quarter 2017, 10 more th...

Labor foreshadows FWC arbitration power for Glencore-style lockouts

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WFD: Labor shadow IR minister Brendan O'Connor has foreshadowed more incisive arbitration powers for the Fair Work Commission to intervene and end long-running disputes like Glencore's 220-day-plus lockout at its North Oaky coal mine. "I think that's a problem - lockouts that go for that long; and it's disproportionate- there's a strike for a week ...

Bakers Delight to cough up dough in rare FW costs orders

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WFD: In a rare award of costs to intervenors in a pay dispute, the Federal Circuit Court has ordered a Bakers Delight franchisee to pay the legal fees of two 18-year-old workers who successfully took it to court over its failure to pay award rates. Ava Handsley and co-worker Savarna Nock have spent 18 months in legal action against Bakers Delight f...

Gold Coast Council workers strike over strike ban

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WFD: Gold Coast Council workers were attending a mass rally on Thursday (March 15) to protest removal of their right to strike during the Commonwealth Games. The rally followed a Queensland Industrial Relations Commission ruling on Monday (March 12) banning industrial action between March 19 and April 27 on "essential services" grounds. Council wor...

Academic freedom doesn't include slamming top brass in group email

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WFD: Academic freedom does not include 'broadcasting' claims of bullying and harassment to all and sundry on campus, the Queensland Supreme Court has held. ‘Moral responsibility' to raise issues The Court refused to award supposed breach of contract damages to a Qld University of Technology (QUT) lecturer sacked after repeatedly ignoring warn...

Court hears Belan fraud charges

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WFD: Fraud charges against former National Union of Workers NSW secretary Derrick Belan were heard at Parramatta's Local Court on March 15. Belan has pleaded not guilty to 62 charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception in his time as state secretary. On Monday (March 12), ABC News reported prosecution charges Belan racked up $440,000 in p...

‘Egregious' restaurant owner slapped with $226k penalty

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The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has penalised a restaurant owner more than $226,000 for their “sheer belligerence” in refusing to take responsibility for underpaying a former cook. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) pursued Siner Enterprises Pty Ltd and its co-director Simon Mackenzie for a list of contraventions, including failure to pay Gu...

NSWIRC to relocate to Parramatta as PSA fails last-ditch stay

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A last-ditch effort by unions to stop the NSW Government signing a lease on a proposed new Parramatta home for the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (NSWIRC) has failed, with the 10 staff and five judiciary members to move to their new home in late November. The cmn will be relocated to Smith St, Parramatta. The Public Service Association (PSA) t...

Fed Court rules super must be paid to fund, not directly to ex-worker

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The Federal Court has tossed out part of a wages underpayment penalties decision that had awarded more than $150,000 including superannuation directly to an ex-employee. Justice Mordy Bromberg agreed with the employer that unpaid superannuation had to be paid directly to a complying fund as per Superannuation Guarantee laws. Helicopter charter comp...

Visa pilot to attract global talent to Australia

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The Federal Government has announced a new visa scheme to “attract highly skilled global talent” to Australia. The “global talent scheme” visa will be piloted for 12 months from July 1 this year. It allows established businesses with an annual turnover of more than $4m to sponsor workers for positions earning more than $180,...

Kearney wins Batman, ACTU on look out for new president

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Former Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney has won the Batman by-election, over Greens candidate Alex Bhathal. Kearney's departure to the Australian Labor Party has left the ACTU without a president until its July triennial congress in Brisbane. An ACTU spokesperson told Workforce Daily there was no plan to install an in...

MUA calls snap strike at Webb Dock as Qube moves to terminate EA

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A stoush has broken out at Webb Dock with Qube Ports confirming to Workforce Daily it has applied to terminate its enterprise agreement (EA) with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA). If the Fair Work Commission okays the application, it will be the first waterfront deal to be junked. The company initiated the EA termination late last week, which ...

FWC upholds Qantas bag man sacking for locker room blue

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The Fair Work Commission has upheld the sacking of a Qantas baggage handler for roughing up a colleague - throwing him “like a bag of potatoes” - and making racially-charged taunts, including that it was “un-Australian not to take sick days”. Commissioner Michelle Bissett noted Darwin International Airport bag man Benjamin G...

Griffin Coal workers drop 20% to move off award, back on to EA

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The war is over at the scene of one of the first employer-driven enterprise agreement (EA) terminations, after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) approved a new four-year deal for Griffin Coal maintenance workers. The deal, supported by the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), was voted up by 26 of 32 workers who voted out of the total maint...
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