WFD: Downer workers in Newcastle and Wollongong went on strike on Monday (June 18) over pay demands. In a joint statement, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) confirmed the workers at Downer Group's engineering, construction and maintenance (ECM) division started a series of four-hour work stoppages ...
Downer workers to down tools over pay demands
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Personal income tax cut by $144bn as govt bill passes
WFD: 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 Thursday (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. Un...
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New Libs Senator says scrap unions tax-free status & unleash IR reform
WFD: 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 ...
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Diary
July 17, 18: ACTU Congress will be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre. September 3: Five-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 . August 18: Austr...
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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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James to depart as govt appoints new Fair Work Ombudsman
Bill Shorten-appointee Natalie James has failed to win a second term as Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) ( WF 12/07/13 ), with the Government announcing on press day it was replacing her with this year's Public Service Medal winner for “outstanding contribution to workplace relations”, Sandra Parker. Parker has served as Federal Department of ...
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New faces to head NTEU
Alison Barnes has been elected unopposed as National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) federal president. She will replace Jeannie Rea, who will step down in October 2018 after eight years and two consecutive terms as president, and is part of a leadership renewal at the union with long-time general secretary Graeme McCulloch retiring. Gooding vs Cau...
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Fed Ct says CFMMEU must pay top dollar fines for individual misdeeds
The construction union has copped a $142k fine on press day (June 22) with Federal Court Justice Mordy Bromberg saying the union's leadership cannot absolve itself of responsibility for individual officials' conduct when it comes to assessing penalties. However, conversely, Justice Bromberg rejected the Australian Building Construction Commission's...
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Employer action sees MUA dodge $4.1m fine; but FWO may appeal
The Maritime Union of Australia - now part of super union the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining Energy Union (CFMMEU) - has dodged a massive financial penalty after the Federal Court rejected Fair Work Ombudsman submissions to slug the union $4.1m for illegal industrial action in 2015. In December, the Federal Court found the union guilty of or...
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Full Court closes RoE loop-hole
A Full Federal Court has closed an alleged loophole in right of entry laws (RoE) by tossing out a lower court ruling that saw two Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) officials avoid breach notices because they had “not sought to exercise a right” under s500 of the Fair Work Act ( WF 21/07/17 ). Justice Mordy Bromberg had d...
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Left faction union bosses anoint Michelle O'Neil ACTU president
WFD: As tipped in Workforce Daily last month ( WF 25/5/18 ) , 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 publicly revealed as ACTU pres at the peak union body's tri...
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Raids trial delayed so AWU can access AFP confidential documents
WFD: 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 advis...
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‘World-first' workplace harassment inquiry launched in Australia
WFD: 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...
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Vic introduces labour hire laws
WFD: Victoria will introduce new labour hire licensing laws from next year after the state's legislative assembly passed the Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017 on Tuesday night (June 19). 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...
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NBN stops bargaining with issues undecided: CPSU
NBN Co is putting its proposed contact centre deal to workers for a vote on press day (June 25) after it “declared an end to bargaining” last week, the Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) says. The union said the proposed enterprise agreement (EA) failed to meet worker expectations, and NBN had revoked some undertakings, but the compan...
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Labor introduces ‘urgent' bill to protect penalty rates
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has introduced a bill to restore penalty rates, just days before thousands of workers are due have their Sunday penalty pay cut again. The Fair Work Amendment (Restoring penalty Rates) Bill 2018 will “ensure that modern awards cannot be varied to reduce the take-home pay of an employee”, Shorten told the H...
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Greens bill to increase min wage
On press day the Greens have introduced a bill to set the national minimum wage at 60% of the median full-time wage into the House of Representatives. The party's employment spokesperson Adam Bandt said the min wage would be “phased in” by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) after a period not longer than six years. “In a rich country ...
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FWC full bench tosses out ‘absurd' employer super union appeal
Employers say they are “considering their legal options” including possible High Court action, after a Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench dismissed their appeal against the super union merger. The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union amalgamated with the Maritime Union and Textile Clothing Footwear Union at the end of March, aft...
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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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FSU pres knocked off by challenger, Angrisano and Rees returned
Finance Sector Union (FSU) national secretary Julia Angrisano and deputy secretary (and ex-NSW Premier) Nathan Rees ( WF 12/05/17 ) have been returned in the union's election, but presidential incumbent Louise Arnfield has been kicked out of office by South Australian-based Johanna Tran. The FSU announced the new office holders on press day (June 2...
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