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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FWC rules 5 pages of undertakings renders EA void
In a significant decision on how many undertakings are too many for an enterprise agreement (EA) to be approved, a five-member Fair Work Commission full bench has junked an EA that included five pages of undertakings. The bench - Vice Presidents Adam Hatcher and Joe Catanzariti, Deputy President Val Gostencnik, and Commissioners Tim Lee and Katrina...
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Govt moves to quell dissent over IR changes to its procurement policy
The Queensland Government says it will clarify a change to its procurement policy requiring companies bidding for major public works to demonstrate “best-practice industrial relations (IR)”, following employer criticisms. In a statement yesterday (July 4), Queensland Major Contractors Association chief executive Jon Davies accused the g...
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FWC refers HR manager and ASU to police for bogus EA without ballot
WFD : 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 Yerr...
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Vic gig economy workers secure more rights under Act reforms
WFD : Victoria's IR minister Natalie Hutchins this week (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) heard a test case involving a worker sacked b...
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Qld woman high rise developer stung $110k for RoE snub
WFD : 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 $111k in total for six contraventio...
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Employer threatens to kill workers' families, in ‘shocking' exploitation
WFD: 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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WA backs down on Landgate sale
WFD : 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...
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FWC rejects ‘mood change' claim in RBA money printers' pay stoush
WFD : The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s money printing facility industrial stoush has taken a new twist with the Fair Work Commission extending the industrial action period by 30 days, despite employer claims workers had lost the appetite for strikes resulting in docked pay packets. NPA claims workforce ‘mood change', loss of appetite for...
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Tassie teachers aim to breach govt's 2% wage increase cap
WFD : 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 ...
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Bread workers strike over crumby wage rise, outsourcing threats
WFD : Helga's, Wonder White and Coles bread manufacturers went on a 48-hour strike this week 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...
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Rockpool owners slam ‘spurious, inaccurate' worker wage theft claims
WFD: 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. ̶...
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FWO warns employers to check pay rates factor in min wage increase
WFD : The Fair Work Ombudsman and Fair Work Commission have released new online tools and fact sheets to ensure employers pay correct wages following the 3.5% minimum wage increase on Sunday (July 1). The cmn's fact sheets - which are intended as “examples only” - explain in plain language how the min wage increase will apply to workers...
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Man's crude Instagram message sent from pub ends in fair sacking
WFD: 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 who while downing beers at the pub 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 unw...
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Diary
July 17, 18: ACTU Congress will be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre. August 1: Australian Mines & Metals Association centenary celebration gala dinner - details here . August 18: Australian Workers' Union Victorian branch annual ball. Venue TBC. September 3: Five-day trial over the Registered Organisations Commission's investigation into ...
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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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Qantas rollout of ‘spying' roster app hits privacy snag with engineers
A Qantas roll-out of a controversial GPS-enabled rostering app has hit a snag with the maintenance engineers' union telling members to bin company-supplied iPads unless the software's employee-tracking “spying features” are disabled. Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers' Association (ALAEA) federal secretary Steve Purvinas told Workfo...
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MUA threatens to unleash chaos at Chinese-owned Port of Darwin
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is taking on Chinese billionaire Ye Cheng, threatening to unleash “chaos” on his Port of Darwin operations unless workers get a 3% a year wage increase. The MUA - now the maritime division of the Construction Forestry Maritime Mining Energy Union - has slammed Cheng-owned Port of Darwin leasee Landb...
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OECD: collective bargaining can boost flatlining wage growth
Collective bargaining could be a panacea for stagnant wages in the world's wealthiest countries where pay increases remain flat despite economic growth and falling unemployment, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said in its latest economic outlook. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said the OECD's fin...
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Calls for Qld govt to intervene in Aurizon rail worker dispute
Queensland's opposition leader says Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to step in and help resolve Aurizon workers' “militant industrial action” to prevent economic harm to the state. “The RTBU [Rail Tram Bus Union] shouldn't be holding Qld's royalties hostage,” state Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington said on p...
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