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Bench orders delegates' term to reflect award term

A FWC full bench has chosen to include in an intractable bargaining workplace determination a delegates' rights provision that closely reflects the model award term, rather than the more extensive clause sought by the TWU.

$15 million fine for deliberately fleecing migrant workers

The Federal Court has imposed a record penalty on a sushi restaurant chain to "disabuse" employers of the notion that penalties for underpayments are "an acceptable cost of doing business" and recommended that the Fair Work Ombudsman refer its chief executive's potential flouting of tax and migration laws to the ATO, Department of Home Affairs and ASIC.

Judge stands aside in CFMEU administration case

FWC general manager Murray Furlong's bid to install an administrator in CFMEU construction division branches has hit a minor speed hump at its first court outing, with the presiding judge standing aside because he prosecuted officeholders when he acted as a barrister for the ABCC and its predecessors.

FWC makes recommendation after Woolies' backpay delays

After Woolworths again delayed backpaying short-changed distribution centre workers, the FWC has recommended the supermarket giant "do all that is necessary to ensure" it pays affected SDA members at the Brisbane distribution centre, by the end of this month.

NSW seeking to put State-registered CFMEU branch into administration

The Minns Government in NSW is moving this week to put an administrator into the CFMEU construction and general division's State-registered branch for up to five years.

Cooperate or we'll legislate: Watt to CFMEU

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has this afternoon called on the CFMEU's "rogue" construction division to cooperate with FWC general manager Murray Furlong's Federal Court bid to put four of its branches into administration, while making it clear that he will intervene to support the application and reiterating that he will legislate for the same result if the union resists.

600 retrenched Rex workers facing long wait for entitlements

Rex airlines group's administrators have retrenched almost 600 employees, making them priority creditors, but if they end up relying on the FEG scheme, they're in for a long wait.

RtD term lacks "practical detail": ACTU

The ACTU is recommending the FWC include more "practical detail" in its draft "right to disconnect" award term, to "spell out" what the Commission will consider when it determines whether or not a refusal is unreasonable and is also proposing a review in 12 months.

Four CFMEU branches under silk's control, two more possible

FWC GM Murray Furlong has applied to the Federal Court today to have four CFMEU construction and general division branches put into administration, while he has left the door open for two more to go the same way.

Proposed RtD term needs clarification: Expert

The proposed "right to disconnect" modern award clause is "mostly suitable", but should clarify that the entitlement is a "workplace right" within the meaning of the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions and specify the dispute resolution procedure to follow, an employment and contract law academic says.

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