Employer groups have united to condemn changes to the Fair Work Act, with the Federal Government poised to introduce a second tranche of amendments into Parliament tomorrow. The groups - the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australian Industry Group (AiG), Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA), and the Business Council o...
Employers unite in call to non-Govt MPs to vote no on FW Act changes
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Worker not forced to quit after boss called police over death threats
A qualified psychologist working in admin has lost her unfair dismissal claim in which it was revealed she called for the execution of her managers and alleged she was under surveillance by NATO. Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney Co-op Ltd (AMSWS) worker Christine Hanna claimed she was forced to resign on July 26, 2012 because she feared sh...
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Correction
Yesterday's Workforce story ‘ Bench says FWC lacks jurisdiction for hybrid national employer' incorrectly stated a full bench had quashed a decision by Senior Deputy President Ian Watson. The decision at first instance was delivered by SDP Les Kaufman.
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Vic premier backs down on teacher performance pay sticking point
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has withdrawn state govt demands that paying public school teachers based on performance be part of the new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). The surprise move has signalled a thawing in relations with the Australian Education Union (AEU). The parties have been at loggerheads since December 2010 over a new EBA ...
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SDA and employers go to war over ‘adult' age
Retailers say they will strongly oppose any moves by the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) to bring the ‘adult' pay age down to 18. In a submission to be filed with the Fair Work Commission's modern award review panel today (March 21), the SDA will demand the “adult” age in s18 of the Retail Award 2010 be c...
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112% jump in FIFO workers in Pilbara and Bowen Basin
The resources industry has rejected claims fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers are ruining country life, pointing to new figures suggesting they make up just 2.1% of the Australian workforce. Independent MP Tony Windsor last month likened fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) work to “cancer” when releasing an 18-month parliamentary committee report into F...
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FW Act change bill no.2 minus Cochlear clause & greenfields GFB
The Federal Government has introduced its second tranche of Fair Work Act amendments in Parliament, paving the way for increased right-of-entry (ROE) for union officials, family-friendly working arrangements, mandatory roster change consultation, and workplace bullying protections. The FW Act Amendment Bill 2013 also makes penalty rates a modern aw...
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Firing over sex tape of boss clashes with small business code
The Fair Work Commission has strongly urged parties to settle an unfair dismissal claim involving a sales executive fired because she allegedly told her boss' partner she had been sleeping with him and sent her a video of the activity. Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan found Asia Pacific Cleaning Services Pty Ltd t/a Blue Hygiene's summar...
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Govt moves to make public service dobbing a FW Act 'workplace right'
The Federal Govt has moved to extend the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions to whistleblowers in the Federal public service. The Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013 , tabled in Parliament by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, provides that public servants who make “public interest disclosures or proposed disclosures” would be p...
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Tribunal sets salaries for new VPs
The Fair Work Commission's two new vice president positions will be each paid a total remuneration package of more than half a million dollars, the Remuneration Tribunal has determined. According to the tribunal's March 11 determination, the VPs will receive a base salary of $367,500 and a total package of $525,000. The determination states if the ...
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FW Act change bill no.2 minus Cochlear clause & greenfields GFB
WFD: The Federal Government has introduced its second tranche of Fair Work Act amendments in Parliament, paving the way for increased right-of-entry (ROE) for union officials, family-friendly working arrangements, mandatory roster change consultation, and workplace bullying protections. The FW Act Amendment Bill 2013 also makes penalty rates a mode...
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Employers unite in call to non-Govt MPs to vote no on FW Act changes
WFD: Employer groups have united to condemn changes to the Fair Work Act, with the Federal Government poised to introduce a second tranche of amendments into Parliament. The groups - the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australian Industry Group (AiG), Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA), and the Business Council of Au...
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FWC full bench maintains penalty rates, but open to annualised salary
WFD: A Fair Work Commission full bench transitional review of penalty rates in modern awards has rejected employer calls to reduce rates in the retail, fast food, hospitality and hair & beauty industries. However, the bench left the door open for employers to consider incorporating penalty rates into annualised salaries. The bench - President J...
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Bench says FWC lacks jurisdiction for hybrid national employer
WFD: A Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled that a hybrid national employer created by multiple state and territory laws is not a national employer under the Fair Work Act. The bench last week quashed a decision by Senior Deputy President Les Kaufman that the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) was a national employer bec...
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ICAC targets Maitland, clears CFMEU
WFD: Former union heavyweight and one of the original architects of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union, John Maitland, has been accused of using a proposed training mine as a "cover story" to snare the coal exploration license that made him a multi-millionaire. On Monday (March 18), the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC...
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Agreement cannot be made with future 'associated' employers
WFD: The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) template agreement that would apply to an employer's future associated entities, finding it failed the "fairly chosen" test. Senior Deputy President Peter Richards said the Queensland branch's template clause covering all the "related and associated enti...
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FM rules out adverse action, slams Austin Health for shabby treatment
WFD: The Federal Magistrates Court has cleared Austin Health of taking adverse action against a long-serving employee, finding its decision to retrench the worker was to free up money for another hire and not because of complaints she made about pay and classification. However, Federal Magistrate Phillip Burchardt slammed Austin's treatment of mail...
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SDA and employers go to war over 'adult' age
Retailers say they will strongly oppose any moves by the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) to bring the 'adult' pay-rate age down to 18. In a submission filed with the Fair Work Commission's modern award review panel yesterday (March 21), the SDA demanded the "adult" age in s18 of the Retail Award 2010 be changed from 21 to ...
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