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NUW lodges $100m wage theft class action case

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WFD: A wage-theft class action lodged on Monday (June 4) could be the largest action of its type, the National Union of Workers (NUW) claims. The Federal Court action alleges thousands of door-to-door and charity salespeople were paid well below the $17 an hour minimum wage over an 18-month period, because they were wrongly classified as independen...

AWU raids hearing vacated as AFP reveals investigation end date

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WFD: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will conclude its investigation into media leaks about last year's raids on Australia Workers' Union (AWU) offices on August 1, the union says. The trial over the Registered Organisations Commission investigation into the AWU, and raids on its offices, was adjourned in March pending the end of the police inv...

Video game workers unite to create the industry's first union

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WFD: Ten years ago Australia's video game industry was on the brink of collapse, with up to 70% of game studios closing their doors. Hundreds of game developers were left without work and had nowhere to turn to. Union-busting interview catalyst for action “We watched helplessly as everything we spent years working on disappeared, without any ...

BOM stops live broadcasts, censors updates as EA dispute rages on

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WFD: The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has stopped live broadcasts in some areas and cracked down on social media posts in what the public sector union says is a “heavy-handed” attempt to gag a bona fide industrial action campaign. The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) told Workforce Daily BOM management took additional “quality ...

‘Change the rules' resonates with women: ACTU polling

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WFD: Union polling has revealed 67% of women have not had a pay rise in the last 12 months, compared to 61% of men. It also reveals 63% of women are against cuts to penalty rates, compared to 50% of men. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) polling indicated insecure work and stagnant wage growth was disproportionately impacting women. It ...

FWC bench paves way for Thiess controversial 3 worker EA approval

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In a major win for construction company Thiess Pty Ltd, a Fair Work Commission full bench has paved the way for the approval of the controversial Mt Pleasant mine enterprise agreement (EA) signed off on by just three workers. Commissioner Julius Roe had rejected the EA application ( WF 10/02/2017 ) in early 2017, only to see that overturned by a fu...

Video of toddler ‘manhandling' not enough to warrant dismissal

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A childcare worker sacked for allegedly “manhandling” toddlers shown in CCTV footage has won an unfair dismissal case because her employer failed to investigate the incidents, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found. Deputy President Val Gostencnik said the employer acted on the CCTV footage alone and “therefore drew unreasonable...

BOM to take 5% pay deal to direct ballot after CPSU rejects new offer

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The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has tabled a new 5% pay increase deal and will put it directly to its workforce after the public sector union rejected it out of hand. BOM confirmed to Workforce it released its new enterprise agreement (EA) offer overnight. It will put the deal directly to workers at a ballot starting June 22. BOM employees had prev...

NTEU can represent unidentified JCU employees in line for chop

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has rejected James Cook University's (JCU) argument the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has no standing to raise a dispute over uni plans to cut 32 jobs. JCU argued the union couldn't bring a Fair Work Act s739 dispute resolution case before the cmn because the NTEU had not, and could not have, been appointed...

No Workforce Daily on June 11

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Workforce Daily will not be published on the Queen's Birthday public holiday on Monday, June 11. Publication will resume on Tuesday, June 12.

Union fails to block urine testing at Arnott's sites

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United Voice (UV) has failed to stop urine testing of workers at Arnott's Biscuits sites. In an unsuccessful Fair Work Commission dispute application, UV argued saliva testing and not urine testing should be introduced at Arnott's Virginia, Qld plant as part of the company's new alcohol and drug policy (ADP). The union claimed the use of urine test...

Foodora case may have ‘flow on effect' for gig economy workers

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WFD: A decision by Australia's workplace regulator to pursue sham contracting legal action against Foodora may “set a very important precedent for workers in the gig economy”, employment lawyer Giri Sivaraman says. “It's a significant case, there's no doubt about it, because it confronts head on this massively growing space of pre...

Labor's promise to stop gig economy sham contracting

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WFD: Opposition employment and IR spokesperson Brendan O'Connor says Labor will “amend the law to prevent employers forcing their workers into sham contracting arrangements to avoid direct employment” if it wins the next federal poll. He said Labor was “concerned” the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) had to step in and launch legal...

FWO launches gig economy sham contracting test case v Foodora

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WFD: The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has confirmed it has launched legal proceedings against gig economy company Foodora Australia for alleged sham contracting resulting in the underpayment of workers. The legal action, filed in the Federal Court, relates to two bicycle delivery riders who delivered food and drinks to customers in Melbourne; and a de...

Sheldon sets sights on Senate

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WFD: Transport Workers' Union national secretary Tony Sheldon has confirmed his nomination for the NSW Labor Senate ticket at the next federal election, after months of media speculation. “I am honoured to have been nominated by the Centre Unity group within the NSW Labor Party to run for the Senate, following a vote Tuesday night (June 12),&...

FWC workplace determination gives Home Affairs workers 7% pay rise

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WFD: A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has awarded 13,500 Department of Home Affairs workers their first pay rise in five years. The full bench set out its intention for workers to receive a 7% pay rise over two years - 4% initially and then 3% after one year, in a statement issued on June 8. However, the determination does not provide backpa...

CFMMEU defector gets RoE permit, blames union ‘culture' for misdeeds

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission has issued construction union defector Paul Cradden with a right of entry (RoE) permit after he blamed the union's “culture” of law-breaking for his rap sheet. Those priors included a $30,000 Federal Court fine for an illegal blockade of a Grocon site in 2012 (the Hope Street project case). The blockade res...

Smart phone ubiquity not enough to displace EA pre-approval hard copy

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WFD: In a significant decision on employee access to relevant materials before voting on an enterprise agreement (EA), the Fair Work Commission says despite the ubiquity of smart phones and tech-savvy workforces it's not enough for employers to simply send out links to websites. For a start the workers would need to be able to download the document...

Positive jobs and wages outlook for public service, education

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WFD: Only the public service, health and education sectors are showing signs of wage growth plus strong hiring intentions, while over the next three months employers more broadly “continue to report positive hiring intentions” ahead of the new financial year, according to a survey of 1,500 Australian employers. The ManpowerGroup employm...

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July 17, 18: ACTU Congress will be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre. August 1-3: Three-day trial over the Registered Organisations Commission's investigation into the AWU, and raids on its offices . Federal Court, Melbourne. August 1: Australian Mines & Metals Association centenary celebration gala dinner - details here . November 9-10: M...
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