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CBA completes review, sued by FWO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... storm isn't over for the bank as it was the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) alleges CBA and CommSec contravened the Fair Work Act for failing to pay 7425 workers about $16.44 million in wages. In 2019, CBA flagged to the FWO and ASX that it was completing ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... accelerate existing digital transformation strategies. "There have been lots of layoffs -whether they abide by the Fair Work Act is the test and I would expect some focus on that, particularly where those workers may be rehired on different terms," Glover ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... attempt to scuttle a very good bill". "It would have been a legislative and regulatory quagmire. Furthermore, the Fair Work Act does not have 100% coverage of Australian employees, with state and local government employees not covered, along with some ...

Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... fines equal to 100% of the unpaid super. Labor pledges to change the National Employment Standards (NES) in the Fair Work Act, which give employees the power to recoup unpaid superannuation from employers and possibly take the matter to the Federal Court. ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... made. This move, however, will not remove super contributions from payslips, as this requirement is enshrined in the Fair Work Act 2009. All it means is employers will no longer need to specify the date they will actually make the payment. This means ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... appointment of himself to the panel was invalid, and that the panel is currently incorrectly constituted according to the Fair Work Act. Both the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) have claimed a victory in the Federal ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... appointment of himself to the panel was invalid, and that the panel is currently incorrectly constituted according to the Fair Work Act. The immediate consequences of these orders are now in the hands of Employment Minister Eric Abetz. In a statement ...

Federal Court hears FSC's complaints against FWC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... put forward three points challenging the current composition, which the FSC says does not conform to rules in the Fair Work Act. In particular, the counsel argued that FWC president Justice Iain Ross's appointment of himself as an expert on the panel ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... failure of other sectors to pick up the slack. She also put a case for blaming the worsening situation on Labor's Fair Work Act. "There's now a lot of uncertainty. You'd have to think that with state governments and the federal government now under a ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... opt-out "raises considerable risks to the integrity of the proposed default fund arrangements, the safety net and the Fair Work Act framework." In a release issued yesterday Shorten used returns as a basis for the argument, saying that default contributions ...