The Coalition's plan to curb right-of-entry (RoE) for union officials will not affect an Australian Workers Union/Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union pact to unionise Rio Tinto iron ore production workers, AWU national assistant secretary Scott McDine has told Workforce Daily . The pact will see the two unions pool its Pilbara-based organiser...
AWU/CFMEU Rio alliance ‘not scared' of Coalition RoE plans
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Unions to bat for 7% increase in WA state wage case hearing tomorrow
The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) will start hearing the 2013 state wage case tomorrow, with business leaders adamant there should be no increase. There are two minimum wage rates operating in WA, the national minimum wage and the state minimum wage depending on which system an employee is covered by. Although there is ...
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Data modelling firm fails to show sacked worker breached salary cap
The Fair Work Commission has tossed out an argument a sacked worker's private use of a work-provided mobile phone and laptop - and attendance at a conference - counted as salary for “threshold” purposes. Moultrie Group (MG), trading as Moultrie Database & Modelling, argued Simone Ball earned $123,349.53 in the 12 months before her d...
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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
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MEAA to reject News Ltd 2% offer as new super agreement looms
The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) resumed talks with News Limited today for a new enterprise agreement, with the union set to reject the company's 2% wage increase offer for a one-year rollover agreement. The MEAA's Louise O'Connor told Workforce Daily parties had agreed on a shorter deal while they thrash out a “super agreement...
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Reserve Bank's Corbett says FW Act needs ‘balance' correction
Reserve Bank board member Roger Corbett has joined the chorus of business leaders claiming the balance between labour and business has moved too far in favour of workers under the Fair Work Act and “needs to be corrected”. Speaking to reporters following a speech to a business group in Adelaide, Corbett stressed he was not advocating a ...
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General protection claims smash records
The surge in general protections claims to record highs at the start of 2013 indicates the provisions are still being tested in the courts, a leading workplace lawyer says. In the latest figures released in the Fair Work Commission quarterly report , general protections claims (including unlawful termination and adverse actions) increased from 687 ...
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CFMEU backs ant-visa campaign with billboards
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is ramping up its campaign against s457 visas, with a major billboard campaign planned in the lead up to the federal election. National assistant secretary Dave Noonan has called for a legislated right of appeal for workers if they miss out on jobs filled by foreign workers on s457 visas. Di...
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Judge finds leave entitlement less than rostered hours
The Federal Circuit Court has thrown out the Electrical Trade Union's (ETU) claim that the Fair Work Act entitles shift workers to five weeks of annual leave based on hours they would have worked rather than their “ordinary” hours. The ETU had alleged Melbourne airport maintenance provider, BCS Infrastructure, was applying its 2010 agre...
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MEAA to reject News Ltd 2% offer as new super agreement looms
The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) resumed talks with News Limited today for a new enterprise agreement, with the union set to reject the company's 2% wage increase offer for a one-year rollover agreement. The MEAA's Louise O'Connor told Workforce Daily parties had agreed on a shorter deal while they thrash out a “super agreement...
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EXCLUSIVE: NSW Govt proposing full review of IR Act
The NSW Government has flagged a full review of the Industrial Relations Act within the next year, to ensure the legislation is consistent with federal laws that apply to the private sector. Questions have been raised as to whether it will lead to a full referral of powers (below) . The Dept of Finance and Services would conduct the review of the I...
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ALAEA fears loss of power as Qantas engineers vote up EA
An overwhelming majority of Qantas aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) have voted up a landmark agreement that ushers in a new licence class, despite the protestations of the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) ( WF18465 ) . Some 85% of all AMEs voted up the four-year deal last week. The agreement covers 1,200 employees and...
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FWC thwarts AMWU ‘industry rule' bid to capture rental car detailers
The Fair Work Commission has thwarted an Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) attempt to extend its coverage to car cleaners and detailers in the rental car industry. The union sought a majority support determination for Avis rental car detailers/cleaners at Melbourne Airport. It relied on its eligibility Rule 1E, arguing some of the detai...
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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
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AMMA index predicts 100,000 workers on major projects in 2013
A new labour market index claims Australia's mining, energy and infrastructure projects will peak at nearly 100,000 workers in 2013. The Australian Mines & Metals Association's (AMMA) first biannual AMMA-Pit Crew Labour Market Index shows despite construction workforce numbers coming off a “massive peak” in 2012, the sector would st...
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Govt to tweak migration zone to extend IR laws to offshore workers
The Federal Government plans to extend the Fair Work Act's jurisdiction to offshore resource industry projects by changing the Migration Act to extend Australia's migration zone, immigration minister Brendan O'Connor revealed today. O'Connor said the proposed amendments - the Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Bill 2013 - would exten...
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FC Fed Ct rejects CFMEU 2008 ‘strike over docked wages' appeal
A Full Court of the Federal Court has upheld a finding the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) took unlawful industrial action under the Workplace Relations Act when it led workers off the job for one day at a Western Australia construction site in 2008. Late last year, Federal Magistrate Toni Lucev found the construction workers' 200...
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Retrenched Ford workers to receive additional payment
Retrenched Ford Australia workers will receive four weeks' severance pay per year of service capped at 90 weeks, with an additional uncapped one-week-per-year-of-service closure payment, the company confirmed to Workforce Daily this morning (May 30). Workers will also be paid four weeks' notice. A Ford spokesperson told WFD the redundancy packages ...
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Ford ‘should return taxpayer money'
Ford Australia should pay back the more than $1bn in taxpayer money given the company to keep it going in Australia, former Australian Workers Union Victoria boss Cesar Melhem has told the Victorian Parliament. In his inaugural (May 28) speech as the state parliament's newest legislative council member, Melhem said Ford “did not keep its prom...
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Ferguson's departure leaves big shoes to fill: Knott
The departure of Martin Ferguson from Federal Parliament will leave big shoes to fill, according to the Australian Mines & Metals Association (AMMA). AMMA chief executive Steve Knott said there were “few” on both sides of parliament with the understanding needed to get multi-billion dollar resources projects up and running. “M...
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