The Queensland Parliament has this week passed far-reaching financial and political disclosure requirements for registered organisations (WF18655 ) , including additional obligations that only apply to unions. Further changes to the Industrial Relations (Transparency and Accountability) Amendment Act 2013 require unions to make public cab charge vo...
Qld passes reg org laws, as unions prepare constitutional challenge
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Govt dumps RoE lunchroom pass, adds FWC gen protections powers
WFD: On Wednesday (June 5), the Federal Government dumped right of entry (RoE) changes in the Fair Work Act Amendment Bill , and introduced provisions allowing the Fair Work Commission to arbitrate general protection claims. It would also be able to advise parties of the merits of such claims - in effect a potential brake mechanism on so-called 'go...
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Govt moves on 457 market-testing
The Federal Government this week introduced an amendment Bill to change the Migration Act 1958 which, if passed, will require employers to prove they had advertised jobs locally before hiring foreign workers on 457 visas.
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Cmr rejects Hull-Moody , rules paid annual leave a ‘composite' term
In a significant cashing out of annual leave decision, a Fair Work Commission single member has taken the Federal Court's Jeld-Wen single judge decision ( WF 18095 ) as precedent over the cmn's full bench 2011 ruling in Hull-Moody ( WF 18025 ) . Commissioner Anna Cribb opted for Justice Peter Gray's decision when determining an enterprise agreement...
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FWC limits powers over adverse action claims
In a significant decision looking at the limits of the Fair Work Commission's powers for general protections claims, Deputy President Peter Sams has ruled the cmn cannot determine workplace rights as a threshold question and that applicants are not required to name such rights when applying for s368 conferences. DP Sams' decision comes days after C...
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WA boost state min wage to address record income inequality
The WA Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) has increased the state minimum wage by $18.20 a week after the cmn noted the state had the highest income inequality in the country. The flat-dollar increase, which also applies to all state award rates, is higher than the Fair Work Commission's recent national wage increase of 2.6% or $15.80 a week. ...
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Target cuts 260 jobs in Victoria
The Australian Services Union (ASU) has called for greater state government regional jobs support in the wake of Target retrenching 216 workers at its HQ in Geelong earlier today, with a further 40 plus jobs to go in Melbourne. ASU Victorian branch secretary Ingrid Stitt was at Target Geelong shortly before presstime meeting affected employees. She...
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FWC calls time on ‘unsafe' mobile phone use while driving bus
The Fair Work Commission has cracked down on mobile phone use as a workplace health hazard, rejecting a bus driver's reinstatement bid after he was sacked for receiving and making several calls while driving a busload of passengers in 2012. In a ruling highlighting mobile phone use as a serious safety breach, Deputy President Anna Booth found Janus...
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US IR firm raids Freehills, Ashurst, ABL for Oz launch
US-based law firm Seyfarth Shaw - with a reputation for ‘union avoidance' - has announced plans to launch a specialist workplace relations practice in Australia. But its official start date could be delayed as its high-profile recruitments seek to exit their current contracts. Seyfarth will operate from Melbourne and Sydney and has recruited ...
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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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Vic prison nurses set for industrial action
Nurses will start protected industrial action at Victorian prisons next Tuesday (June 18) to support enterprise agreement (EA) bargaining demands for better pay and conditions. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) confirmed the protected action today, saying the nurses were frustrated after 18 months of EA negotiations with Vic prisons operator ...
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Procedural flaws overlooked in sacking of HR manager
The Fair Work Commission has found an HR manager's instructions to a colleague not to provide information to board members amounted to serious misconduct warranting summary dismissal. Deputy President Val Gostencnik excused the employer's procedural deficiencies in the dismissal due to the HR manager's position and familiarity with the company's po...
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FWC rules public holiday exception to 21-day lodgement rule
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that if an unfair dismissal application's final date for lodgement falls on a public holiday, it can be lodged the next day. Senior Deputy President Peter Richards made the ruling in a case where Ronald Hemi lodged his application on April 2, 2013, one day past the 21-day lodgement rule. April 1, 2013 had been a p...
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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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Part-time work continues climb as full-timers drop: ABS
Unemployment rate fell to 5.5% last month, following an increase in part-time employment. However, the latest job indicators suggest total employment growth could drop below long-term rates by the end of the year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data released today showed unemployment fell from a revised 5.6% in April to 5.5% in Ma...
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Shorten v Abetz reveal policy details
Workplace relations minister Bill Shorten has said the Federal Government's workplace bullying laws, if passed in the Senate, will also apply to union officials. He made the commitment shortly before presstime during a debate in Melbourne with opposition IR spokesperson Eric Abetz. To a question from moderator ABC journalist Chris Uhlmann on why th...
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FWC orders Swinburne to pay costs for aborted attempt at non-union EA
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Swinburne University to pay $33,655 in legal costs to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) for an aborted attempt to introduce a non-union agreement at one of its colleges. The EA did not proceed to hearing stage. However, Deputy President Greg Smith ordered the uni to pay $33,655 in costs in an order ha...
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Qld union sets up $7.5m shell company for political campaigning
The Queensland public sector union, Together, has set up a company to circumvent the State Government's new restrictions on political campaigning. The IR (Transparency and Accountability) Amendment Act 2013 , passed last week, requires unions to ballot their members to approve political expenditure of $10,000 or greater (WF18705) . But before the l...
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Vic prison nurses set for industrial action
WFD: Nurses will start protected industrial action at Victorian prisons next Tuesday (June 18) to support enterprise bargaining demands for better pay and conditions. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) confirmed the protected action on June 13, saying the nurses were frustrated after 18 months of enterprise agreement negotiations with Vic pris...
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