Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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FWC junks Port Kembla Coal Terminal EA but delays last rites
In a novel take on the so-called ‘nuclear option', the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has terminated the Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) enterprise agreement (EA) but has delayed hitting the kill switch for 12 months to encourage parties to finally strike a deal after three years of fractious negotiations ( WF 23/02/18 , WF 16/02/18 ) . PKCT app...
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Automation happening ‘at different speeds' in Australia: report
Demand for IT and customer service roles will grow in Australia as automation drives “an increase in headcount over the next two years”, while office, manufacturing and production roles will decline, a survey of employers has found. The Robots Need Not Apply report , by workforce solutions company Manpower, has revealed automation is ...
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Tigerair pilots threaten stoppages as ‘frustrating' EA talks turn sour
After one year negotiating for a new enterprise agreement (EA) Tigerair pilots are planning work stoppages this weekend, causing “significant disruptions” to the budget airline. Pilots are preparing to take protected industrial action from 6am Friday, May 4 until midnight on Sunday, May 6. On press day (May 1) two unions representing Ti...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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Fed Ct stings fraudster $145k for using fake CV to apply for jobs
The Federal Court has slugged a Queensland man more than $145,000 for using bogus certificates and qualifications to apply for more than 50 jobs including as head of campus for Central Qld University. In a case brought by the Federal Government under penalty provisions of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (VET Act), ...
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Low wage growth ‘diminishes sense of shared prosperity': RBA's Lowe
Sluggish wage growth is putting household finances under the pump, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe told an RBA board dinner in Adelaide last night (May 1). “Perhaps more importantly, sustained low wages growth diminishes the sense of shared prosperity that we have in Australia,” Lowe said. “Increases in wages ...
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Report reveals 100,000 plus jobs gone in mining & manufacturing
The Federal Government has released its annual Australian Jobs Report revealing employment was up 403,300 over the year to January 2018. That 403,300 (3.3%) jobs increase is more than double the decade annual average of 1.6%. However, it also shows more than 150,000 jobs have been shed in mining, manufacturing and wholesale trade (see below) . The ...
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Vic PS wages bill to increase 11.2%, as AEU lands 23.7% TAFE pay hike
State unions have hailed the Victorian 2018-19 budget as a “massive win” for workers. Vic Treasurer Tim Pallas' budget revealed public sector wages will increase 11.2% by June 30 next year to more than $25.5bn. And TAFE teachers are the big winners courtesy of a new pay deal for an overall salary hike of 23.7% over four years. The enter...
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No adverse action: secretary sacked over threat to ‘sort out' bosses
A former legal secretary who threatened to send her husband to the firm to “sort out” the directors has lost an adverse action claim as the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) found she was dismissed for serious misconduct, not because she exercised a workplace right. The court considered, among other claims, whether an allegation one of the fa...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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In from the cold? Unions NSW executive to decide fate of NUW
Exclusive: After more than two years on the outer, the trouble-prone NSW branch of the National Union of Workers (NUW) could be returning to the union and Labor fold ( WF 29/03/18 ) . Unions NSW's executive will tomorrow (May 3) decide whether to lift its December 2015 suspension of the branch in the wake of fraud allegations against its former hea...
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AMWU Boeing bans unlawful as notice language not specific: FWC
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered workers to stop planned work bans at Boeing, as the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) was not specific enough about the type of machinery that would form part of the four-hour bans. The cmn found the industrial action was unlawful, and confirmed the approach taken by a Full Federal Court major...
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Aerocare EA passes first hurdle, but more to come
Aerocare workers have approved a new enterprise agreement (EA), with the company saying the deal received a “resounding yes vote” of 91%, despite a union campaign urging workers to vote no. However, the agreement will face its next hurdle as it goes before the Fair Work Commission (FWC), as the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) claimed the...
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Editorial Team
Editor : Rajiv Maharaj, rajiv.maharaj@tr.com . Contact: (02) 8587 7454. Chief Journalist: Emily Woods, emily.woods@tr.com . Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor : Peter Schwab. Twitter : @WorkforceTR
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Sacking not the result of exercising a workplace right to complain
A senior manager at online job service Freelancer has failed to show his sacking was the result of him exercising his workplace right to lodge a complaint. Matthew O'Kane's adverse action claim alleged Freelancer breached s340 of the Fair Work Act by dismissing him after he complained about the actions of his boss's former personal trainer, named M...
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ACTU demands greater access to immigrant workers
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for immigrating workers “to be put in contact with unions at the pre-departure and post-arrival points” upon entry into the country as part of a “fundamental review and reassessment” of the temporary work visa program. Australian Industry Group's (Ai Group) chief execu...
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Laundy and O'Connor coy on ALP call for ASIC to play union cop
WFD: The Australian Labor Party's draft national policy says the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC) should investigate and prosecute unions for law-breaking - notwithstanding serious questions being raised about the industry regulator at the banking Royal Commission (RC). ASIC senior executive Louise Macauley last week told the RC t...
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No adverse action: secretary sacked over threat to 'sort out' bosses
WFD: A former legal secretary who threatened to send her husband to the firm to "sort out" the directors has lost an adverse action claim as the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) found she was dismissed for serious misconduct, not because she exercised any workplace right. The court considered, among other claims, whether an allegation one of the family ...
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FWC bans industrial action at Hutchison's Port Botany op
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has issued interim orders prohibiting unprotected industrial action at Sydney International Container Terminals Pty Limited (SICTL) aka Hutchison Ports, binding all its employees and maritime union office holders. Late last Thursday (April 26), Deputy President Geoff Bull issued the orders against Construction Forestry...
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