The Federal Government should consider moving public sector offices away from major cities and into regional parts of Australia to encourage more investment in rural areas, a Select Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation report reveals. “It is the committee's view that public sector jobs should be more widely distributed throu...
More public service jobs for rural areas: bipartisan report
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Min wage up 3.5%, pen rates down in July 1 changes this weekend
The minimum wage will increase by 3.5% on Sunday (July 1), and penalty rates will decrease in some sectors. Workforce associate publication Practical Law Employment has outlined the changes to take effect in the new financial year below. Minimum wage rates: A 3.5% increase to the national minimum wage and rates of pay in modern awards will take eff...
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A financial storm's a-comin - ABCC unleashes next personal cost orders
WFD: The Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC) has declared open season on law-breaking union officials, confirming to Workforce Daily it will seek personal payment orders against construction union Tasmanian branch organisers Richard Hassett and Kevin Harkins. The building watchdog's move comes hot on the heels of Monday's landmark Fu...
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Rockpool owners slam ‘spurious, inaccurate' worker wage theft claims
Celebrity chef Neil Perry and Rockpool Dining Group (RDG) chief executive Thomas Pash have “strenuously” refuted allegations about worker underpayment and exploitation within the Rockpool restaurant empire. It comes as the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) confirmed it “will conduct inquiries” into the claims against RDG. “It ...
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Employer threatens to kill workers' families, in ‘shocking' exploitation
Seven workers at a Canberra Thai massage parlour were underpaid more than $900k and told their employer would “arrange to kill their families in the Philippines” if they complained about pay and conditions, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) alleges. FW Ombudsman Natalie James said the allegations were “some of the most shocking”...
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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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FWC refers HR manager and ASU to police for bogus EA without ballot
The Fair Work Commission will refer the Australian Services Union (ASU) and an HR manager to Federal Police for providing false declarations which saw an enterprise agreement (EA) approved when no ballot had taken place. ASU Western Australia branch secretary Wayne Wood witnessed the signing of the union's F18 declaration for the Derbarl Yerrigan H...
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WA backs down on Landgate sale
The Western Australian Government has decided not to sell-off land title service Landgate, in the face of a union campaign against privatisation. Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) WA secretary Toni Walkington said she met with Premier Mark McGowan, and “the most important outcome is that Landgate continues to function as public asset for t...
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Butt out! UFU boss Marshall slams Laundy ‘interference' in MFB EA
Outspoken Victorian firies union boss Peter Marshall has slammed Workplace Minister Craig Laundy's attempts to thwart the approval of a controversial Metropolitan Fire Board (MFB) enterprise agreement (EA). Speaking to Workforce Daily on press day, Marshall said Laundy's “interference” was “unprecedented” given all parties h...
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Vic gig economy workers secure more rights under Act reforms
Victoria's IR minister Natalie Hutchins has today (July 3) announced gig economy companies like Uber, Deliveroo and Foodora will face penalties if they sack drivers/couriers without notice, or fail to provide contracts or pay invoices within 30 days. On the same day, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) is hearing a test case involving a worker sacked by...
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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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Tassie teachers aim to breach govt's 2% wage increase cap
Tasmanian teachers - the lowest paid teachers in Australia - are asking for a 3% pay rise to reach a “nationally competitive salary” so as to attract, retain and recognise educators, the Australian Education Union (AEU) says. And if their claims are rejected, the workers may take industrial action. The State Government's 2% wages policy...
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AMMA calls for FWC fresh faces, and keeping older ones until 70
The Australian Mines & Metals Association (AMMA) is lobbying Workplace Minister Craig Laundy to cap Fair Work Commission (FWC) appointments at 10 years. And it wants the Coalition government to make a slew of appointments to even out numbers against previous Labor govt appointments. Shadow workplace minister Brendan O'Conner labelled AMMA's cal...
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Bread workers strike over crumby wage rise, outsourcing threats
Helga's, Wonder White and Coles bread manufacturers have started a 48-hour strike after their employer told them a 3% wage increase would force the company to outsource jobs, the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) says. For 12 months, the Victorian branches of the AMWU and Electrical Trades Union (ETU) have been negotiating a new enterp...
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Qld woman high rise developer stung $110k for RoE snub
The Federal Circuit Court (FCC) has slugged well-known Queensland builder Susan Menso more than $110,000 for refusing right of entry to two construction union officials at a South Brisbane building site in 2015. Judge Salvatore Vasta fined Menso's company Z Group Pty Ltd (she is its sole director) more than $110k in total for six contraventions, co...
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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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‘Tired of the battle': BOM workers narrowly vote in EA
Exclusive: Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) workers have rejected union advice and accepted a new direct offer pay deal. Following one year of industrial action and five in all without a wage rise, BOM workers will soon receive a pay boost after they voted up the latest enterprise agreement (EA) by the narrowest of margins. Out of 86% of the workforce t...
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FWO targets sham contracting of young labourers in Perth
A Perth construction labour hire company is facing legal action for allegedly misclassifying its labourers as independent contractors, and underpaying workers aged as young as 16, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) claims. The FWO said its investigation began after a fatal workplace accident at an East Perth site in 2016. The agency is pursing Personnel...
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Coal train disruptions loom as Aurizon workers strike over EA
Central Queensland coal trains could “grind to a halt” as 60 control room workers strike for 24-hours against freight rail operator Aurizon's workplace deal, the Rail Tram Bus Union (RTBU) says. The union told Workforce Daily workers were refusing to sign up to an “inferior” enterprise agreement (EA) that was “similar ...
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Man's crude Instagram message sent from pub ends in fair sacking
In a decision touching on out-of-hours conduct and social media use, the Fair Work Commission has upheld the sacking of a 47-year-old man downing beers at the pub who sent a sexually crude Instagram message to a young female co-worker. Prince of Wales Private Hospital sacked Oliver Bridgwater for sending “a highly offensive and unwelcome mess...
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