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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Coates claims ‘captive' to union insurance deal
Coates Hire Ltd has alleged the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has effectively “trapped” it into a contract with an income-protection insurance company that is half owned by the union, according to a Fair Work Commission decision. Lodging a dispute application with the cmn, Coates claimed insurance provider U-Cover has re...
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CFMEU hit with s570 costs bill for chasing ‘unfathomable' extra claim
The Federal Court has slugged the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) with a s570 costs bill for how it pursued an adverse action case against Rio Tinto subsidiary Bengalla Mining Pty Ltd. Last month, Justice Anna Katzmann dismissed the union's claim that a warning letter issued to one of its officials for attending a union management...
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Metcher faces scrutiny over board fees
The Fair Work Commission general manager is conducting an inquiry into the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU -communications division) NSW secretary Jim Metcher over allegations of pocketing board fees in breach of union rules. The inquiry is understood to be part of a broader look at the comms division, including allegations against n...
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Melhem to exit Vic AWU to run for ALP, Ben Davis set for sec's job
WFD: 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 under...
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Unions call for local content to kick in on $250m projects
WFD: 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 Australi...
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‘Double dipping' by regular casuals against FW Act objectives: bench
WFD: 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 casual...
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Casual employment did not rise in noughties: PC Report
WFD: 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 po...
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Pre-Barclay adverse action case fails evidence test
WFD: 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, assess...
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Company directors blame IR laws & red tape for impeding productivity
WFD: 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 i...
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CFMEU poll claims Central Qld residents against 457 visa scheme
WFD: The 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 found 90% of respondents did not believe they were “racist” for op...
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Employers amp up calls to junk 2nd tranche Fair Work Act changes
WFD: Employer groups reiterated their objections to the second tranche of Fair Work Act amendments at a Senate committee hearing in Melbourne on Monday (April 22). 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 chi...
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FW Act enterprise agreement-making debuts on Ramsay Street
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...
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ASU & TWU split on Virgin 'divide and rule' ground crew EA offer
WFD: 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 represents Virgin'...
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Sham contractor slammed - hit with nearly $170k in penalties
Multiple breaches of employment legislation constituting sham contracting and underpayment of entitlements has seen the operators of a northern NSW retailer hit with nearly $170,000 in penalties and fines. EA Fuller & Sons Pty Ltd, operators of a fruit and vegetable store in Bellingen,has been fined $139,040 and company director and part-owner ...
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Diary
NSW IR Society Annual Conference: May 17-19, Sebel Harbourside, Kiama, NSW. Speakers include WR minister Bill Shorten, Senator Eric Abetz, Ged Kearney, Professor Ron McCallum, and FWC President Justice Iain Ross. Details here . Workplace Research Centre ‘Advocacy in the IR Tribunals': May 22-24, Fair Work Commission, Terrace Tower, 80 William...
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Editorial team
Editor: Rajiv Maharaj, (03) 8684 2139, rajiv.maharaj@thomsonreuters.com. Chief Journalist: David Marin-Guzman. Journalist: Jane Dillon. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Product code: 314021718645. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Fed Court gives go ahead to FWC Thomson case
Accused former Health Services Union (HSU) secretary Craig Thomson will be forced to defend part of the Fair Work allegations against him at the same time as he faces separate criminal proceedings. In its precedent ruling last week, the Federal Court stayed those parts of the Fair Work general manager's case that overlap with the criminal case, suc...
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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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FWC revokes CFMEU official's ROE permit for anti-American racist rant
The Fair Work Commission has banned construction union official Brad Upton from the Wheatstone LNG project until January 2014 for an expletive-laden, “racially oriented” attack on a US citizen working for US multinational Bechtel. Deputy President Brendan McCarthy said Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) Western Australia ...
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