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Opposition to Shorten on WR policy: 'Show us yours first'

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WFD: The Opposition has dismissed intensifying Federal Government calls for it to release its workplace relations policy. A spokesperson for WR shadow minister Senator Eric Abetz told Workforce Daily : "So they [the Govt] have released their policy have they? Oh, they haven't? Well, we're happy for them to release their policy and then we might hav...

ACTU demands family-friendly work right of appeal in Fair Work Act

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WFD: The Aust Council of Trade Unions has called on the Federal Government to change the Fair Work Act to allow workers to appeal family-friendly working arrangement request decisions. It has released a report claiming many workers were "struggling to cope with a lack of due process" when asking for employers for such arrangements. The summary repo...

Sackings may be necessary for 'reasonable redeployment'

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WFD: The Fair Work Commission has raised the possibility that employers may have to fire contract or casual workers to allow a retrenched employee to be "reasonably" redeployed. Commissioner John Lewin said he would not rule out such a possibility in cases where employers filled a vacant position with casual or contract workers, although he ultimat...

Diary

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Queensland IR Society Lunch: May 10, 12pm @ Pullman King George Square, Cnr Ann and Roma Sts in the CBD. Guest speaker FWC President Justice Iain Ross - ‘ Developments in Fair Work Australia - Future Directions'. 2013 Workforce Planning Conference: May 14-15, Park Hyatt, Melbourne. NSW IR Society Annual Conference: May 17-19, Sebel Harboursid...

Editorial team

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com. Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718635. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Employer slugged $35k, temporal proximity of adverse action fatal

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The Federal Magistrates Court has awarded a woman $20,000 compensation in an adverse action case where the “temporal proximity” between lodging a complaint for unpaid wages and being sacked proved decisive in determining the employer's real reason for dismissal. Employer Slondia Nominees Pty Ltd has been fined a further $15,000. FM Stua...

Pre-Barclay adverse action case fails evidence test

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The Federal Court has over-turned a $35,000 adverse action decision that found the “temporal proximity” between a worker's unpaid wages claim and her dismissal was enough to constitute a breach of general protections. Justice John Mansfield said Federal Magistrate Stuart Lindsay had failed to adequately consider the employer's evidence,...

Filing dismissal claim with FWO is excuse for lateness

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An applicant who filed her unfair dismissal claim late and with what she labelled the “Unfair Office” - the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) - has been granted an extension of time. Focus Press ex-employee Julie Abbott mistakenly faxed her claim to the FWO on December 17, 2012. It did not forward it to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) until Janu...

Editorial team

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com. Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

Melhem to exit Vic AWU to run for ALP, Ben Davis set for sec's job

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Australian Workers Union (AWU) Vic branch secretary Cesar Melhem is poised to leave the union to contest the vacant Victorian Parliament Upper House seat of Western Metro. Sources told Workforce Daily AWU Vic assistant secretary Ben Davis would assume the secretary's job. The Vic branch would not comment on the change. However, Workforce understand...

Employers amp up calls to junk 2 nd tranche Fair Work Act changes

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Employer groups reiterated their objections to the second tranche of Fair Work Act amendments at a Senate committee hearing in Melbourne today. In his opening statement to the Senate standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 , Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes W...

ASU & TWU split on Virgin ‘divide and rule' ground crew EA offer

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The Australian Services Union (ASU) claims Virgin Australia has pursued a “divide and rule” strategy in negotiations for a new ground crew enterprise agreement. The ASU has called on its members to vote down the company's “final” 12% over four years offer. Workforce Daily understands the Transport Workers Union (TWU) - which...

Unions call for local content to kick in on $250m projects

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Unions have called on the Federal Government to tweak its so-called $1bn jobs plan to require projects worth more than $250m to have a substantial local jobs requirement. The plan - announced by the govt in February ( WF18565 ) - flagged a legislative requirement of local jobs content for major projects over $500m. However, in a joint Australian Ma...

Editorial team

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Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR

‘Double dipping' by regular casuals against FW Act objectives: bench

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A Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled against common law approaches that allow regular and ongoing casual employees to claim the benefits of permanent employees by ruling that the broad modern award definition of casuals applied to the Fair Work Act. The decision clarifies issues surrounding the legislation's lack of definition of casuals, pa...

Casual employment did not rise in noughties: PC Report

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A Productivity Commission report has found that the proportion of casual workers in Australia has leveled out over the last decade, while the prevalence of permanent employees has increased slightly. The staff working paper - by Anthony Shomos, Erin Turner and Lou Will - is the first to look at changes in forms of work from 2001 to 2011 and possibl...

FW Act enterprise agreement-making debuts on Ramsay Street

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Neighbours producer Fremantle Media has agreed to negotiate with crew for the iconic production's first enterprise agreement after the film industry union sought a majority support determination (MSD) in the Fair Work Commission. Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) Victorian branch secretary Louise Connor said Fremantle Media agreed to bargain...

Company directors blame IR laws & red tape for impeding productivity

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Most company directors believe red tape is hurting business, with 42% rating industrial relations laws as the “top impediment to productivity growth”, a new survey has revealed. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) first-half 2013 director sentiment index surveyed 504 directors. More than 70% believed red tape has increa...

CFMEU poll claims Central Qld residents against 457 visa scheme

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The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) has released a research poll claiming “a clear majority” of central Queensland residents do not want 457 visa workers taking local jobs. The CFMEU-commissioned UMR Research poll of 600 local residents in the electorates of Capricornia and Flynn found90% of respondents did not believe...

No Workforce Daily on Anzac Day

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Workforce Daily will not publish tomorrow, Anzac Day. We will resume publication on Friday (April 26) with our main Workforce weekly edition.
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