WFD: The Federal Court has set aside subpoenas requesting Senator Michaelia Cash and three others "give evidence and produce documents" for the trial between the Australian Workers' Union and Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) until a federal police investigation is over. The union had subpoenaed Cash, her former staffer David De Garis, ex-F...
Michaelia Cash subpoena set aside
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AWU raids trial postponed as AFP evidence 'might assist' union case
WFD: The trial over a Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) investigation into the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and raids on its offices has been adjourned for up to four months, pending the end of a police investigation. AWU branch offices in Melbourne and Sydney were raided by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in October last year, in sea...
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Industry slams 'landmark' union speech as 'tired, disconnected'
WFD: The Australian Industry Group (AiG) has labelled a National Press Club speech by union movement leader Sally McManus as like "reheating an old dinner that no one wanted in the first place". McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary, spoke on Wednesday (March 21) about the need for "fair pay and secure work", including new wo...
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FWC significant stop bullying decision against Ramsay Health
WFD: In a damning indictment of an employer's failure to deal appropriately with bullying claims, the Fair Work Commission has issued stop bullying orders against Australia's largest private health care operator Ramsay Health. Commissioner Bruce Williams issued the Fair Work Act s789FC orders - one of the rare cases where the cmn has done so - in a...
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Griffin Coal workers drop 20% to move off award, back on to EA
WFD: 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 ...
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FWC upholds Qantas bag man sacking for locker room blue
WFD: 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 Gigney had a clean e...
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'Egregious' restaurant owner slapped with $226k penalty
WFD: 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 Gurprit S...
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Kearney wins Batman, ACTU on look out for new president
WFD: 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 ...
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Visa pilot to attract global talent to Australia
WFD: 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 $180,000. The govt said ...
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Fed Court rules super must be paid to fund, not directly to ex-worker
WFD: 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...
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Old Greens gender pay secrecy bill gets second life in Senate
WFD: A Greens bill seeking to make it easier for workers to discuss their wages has been debated in parliament for the first time in three years, despite being rejected by a 2016 Senate inquiry. The Fair Work Amendment (Gender Pay Gap) Bill was introduced by former Greens Senator Larissa Waters in 2015, and referred to a Senate inquiry the followin...
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NSWIRC to relocate to Parramatta as PSA fails last-ditch stay
WFD: 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 (P...
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Rob Lucas new SA IR minister
WFD: Liberals South Australian MLC Rob Lucas has been sworn in as the state's new IR minister. Lucas, 64, will hold the IR portfolio in addition to the treasurer's job, as well as having responsibility for the public sector. Lucas, first elected to the SA Legislative Council in 1982, is the only member of newly-elected Premier Steven Marshall's cab...
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Stewart's Guide to Employment Law
University of Adelaide workplace law expert Professor Andrew Stewart and regular Workforce commentator has released the latest edition (6th) of Stewart's Guide to Employment Law . The new edition explains the various amendments made to the Fair Work Act under the Turnbull government in relation to enterprise bargaining, industrial action and the en...
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Diary
May 1: Australian Industry Group seminar Employment Law for HR Professionals - details here . April 13: Young Workers Centre Conference 2018, 9.30am-3.30pm, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federal (Vic Branch), 535 Elizabeth St Melbourne - details here . May 14: Ex-union boss Kathy Jackson's next directions hearing . May 22: Australian Industry Gr...
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Editorial Team
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Wine country workers underpaid
Half of 70 businesses audited in one of Australia's most popular wine regions are not complying with workplace laws, a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) report has found. The FWO recovered more than $11,000 in unpaid wages for 12 workers in South Australia's Barossa Valley, during a recent audit. FWO inspectors visited towns including Nuriootpa, Williamsto...
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Historic ‘super union' to begin without bill's interference
Employers say "time is running out" for the Federal Government's Ensuring Integrity bill, on the eve of the super union's official amalgamation date. Tomorrow (March 27) the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining, Energy Union (CFMMEU) officially becomes a registered organisation. The govt appears to have failed in gaining Senate crossbench suppo...
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FWC bench 4-yearly review increases real estate award rates
A four-yearly review of modern awards has increased the minimum rates under the Real Estate Industry Award 2010, after finding the existing rates “undervalued” workers. A Fair Work Commission full bench -Vice President Adam Hatcher, Deputy President Ingrid Asbury and Commissioner David Gregory -ordered the changes be implemented by Apri...
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Workers resort to online fundraising as Doughnut Time collapses
Victoria's Young Workers Centre (YWC) has turned to online fundraising for former Doughnut Time employees as many were migrants or on working visas and did not qualify for a scheme to provide lost wages to workers, when an employer enters bankruptcy or liquidation. YWC coordinator Keelia Fitzpatrick said it was supporting five backpackers who are o...
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