The Fair Work Commission has stung a sacked HR manager with a rare indemnity costs order for pursuing a “doomed to fail” unfair dismissal case with an “ulterior motive”. Earlier this year, Commissioner Chris Platt found Charles Parletta Real Estate (CPRE) had valid reason for sacking office manager Maria D'Ortenzio who scutt...
Indemnity costs slapped on vengeful LJ Hooker HR manager
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AWU greenfields EA for $2bn Syd project doubles hourly award rate
The Fair Work Commission has approved an Australian Workers' Union (AWU) greenfields deal with a John Holland-led consortium for the $2bn Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project despite a demarcation stoush with the construction union. The AWU said the four-year greenfields enterprise agreement (EA) “offers superior wages and conditions tha...
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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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Vic introduces labour hire laws
Victoria will introduce new labour hire licensing laws from next year after the state's legislative assembly passed the Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017 last night. The Labor Government's legislation is in response to the Victorian Inquiry into the Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work, which revealed widespread exploitation of workers ( WF 11/09/1...
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Judge Vasta rubs Brissy massage shop up wrong way with $120k fine
The Federal Circuit Court has slugged the former operators and manager of two Brisbane massage parlours more than $120,000 for underpaying two working visa Japanese massage therapists. The employees were paid on a per-massage basis, but had been entitled to the minimum hourly rates and entitlements under the Hair and Beauty Industry Award. One work...
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‘World-first' workplace harassment inquiry launched in Australia
Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins has announced a national inquiry into sexual harassment in workplaces. The inquiry will involve “an in-depth examination of sexual harassments in the workplace”, consultation and research, Jenkins said. “Importantly, the inquiry will provide employees, employers and all memb...
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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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Telstra axes 8,000 jobs, to cut labour costs by 30%
Unions are calling it “one of the largest job cuts in Australian corporate history”. Telstra announced on press day (June 20) 8,000 jobs will be slashed over the next three years - one quarter of its Australian workforce. The telco said the cuts were part of a new “Telstra2022” strategy to simplify operations, and reduce lab...
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No mention of job cuts during Telstra EA negotiations
CPSU deputy national president Rupert Evans said the scale of job cuts were “unprecedented” and Telstra's decision will “reverberate through the entire Australian economy”. He said today's announcement was made without any union consultation, in the middle of negotiations over the telco's next enterprise agreement (EA). R...
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Personal income tax cut by $144bn as govt bill passes
Workers who earn less than $125,333 a year will receive tax rebates of up to $530 next year, after the Federal Government's income tax plan passed in parliament on press day (July 21). The package means that by 2025 those earning $200,000 a year will receive a tax cut of $7,225 per year, while someone earning $30,000 will get a $200 tax cut. Unions...
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Raids trial delayed so AWU can access AFP confidential documents
The Federal Court trial over raids on Australian Workers' Union (AWU) offices has been postponed by one month, to allow the union time to access confidential documents held by the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The delay means subpoenas issued to Senator Michaelia Cash, her former advisor David De Garis and ex-Fair Work Ombudsman media advisor Ma...
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New Libs Senator says scrap unions tax-free status & unleash IR reform
New Coalition senator Amanda Stoker has used her maiden speech to call for industrial relations reform, including watering down unfair dismissal laws and stripping unions of their tax-free status. Stoker, 35, a lawyer and former associate for High Court Justice Ian Callinan, said IR reform was “something our nation desperately needs and which...
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Left faction union bosses anoint Michelle O'Neil ACTU president
As tipped in Workforce Daily last month ( WF 25/05/18 ) , textiles union boss Michele O'Neil has been formally endorsed to become Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) president. O'Neil, the long-serving national secretary of the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union (TCFU), will be formally unveiled as president at the peak union body's trienni...
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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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Industry analysis tell different story about ‘rising' job insecurity
WFD: New Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) research aims to “debunk the persistent myth” that job insecurity is increasing, revealing the “proportion” of casual work is the same now as 20 years ago. Casual work % same as 1998 “As a proportion of the workforce, casual work has fluctuated between 19% and 21% of the to...
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FWC upholds sacking of serial sexter who preyed on young women
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has upheld the sacking of a 45-year-old council worker who sexted younger female colleagues, including sending pictures of himself lying in bed in just his underwear. Colin Reguero-Puente, who had worked for the City of Rockingham for 30 years, argued his advances were “welcomed and reciprocated” by the wom...
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Union boss leads call for industry-wide bargaining in IR system reboot
WFD: United Voice (UV) head Jo Schofield says Australia's workplace laws need to be re-written to create an industry-based collective bargaining system, and has called for support from both sides of politics as “our current broken system has both Labor and Liberal fingerprints on it”. Schofield said for the 120,000 workers UV represente...
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Roster change stand-off threatens to scupper casino deal
WFD: For six weeks Tasmanian casino workers have been picketing outside luxury Wrest Point Casino as tensions continue to boil over their next enterprise agreement (EA). After two years' negotiating, workers on May 10 voted for protected industrial action and have taken weekly, rolling four-hour strikes to protest the offer of a 1.8%-a-year for thr...
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Indemnity costs slapped on vengeful LJ Hooker HR manager
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has stung a sacked HR manager with a rare indemnity costs order for pursuing a “doomed to fail” unfair dismissal case with an “ulterior motive”. Earlier this year, Commissioner Chris Platt found Charles Parletta Real Estate (CPRE) had valid reason for sacking office manager Maria D'Ortenzio who ...
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Judge Vasta rubs Brissy massage shop up wrong way with $120k fine
WFD: The Federal Circuit Court has slugged the former operators and manager of two Brisbane massage parlours more than $120,000 for underpaying two working visa Japanese massage therapists. The employees were paid on a per-massage basis, but had been entitled to the minimum hourly rates and entitlements under the Hair and Beauty Industry Award. One...
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