Annual Wage Review 2014–15 [2015] FWCFB 3500 (2 June 2015) The Fair Work Commission has published its Decision, raising minimum award wages in all modern awards by 2.5%. This brings the Federal Minimum Wage for a full time adult employee to $656.90 per week or $17.29 per hour. These rates will come into effect from […]
The enterprise bargaining efforts of employers and employees have not delivered big gains recently according to the federal government department responsible for monitoring agreements. Each quarter, the Commonwealth Department of Employment publishes a survey called Trends in Enterprise Bargaining. Many employers find this a useful tool to get a good idea of what is happening […]
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Port Kembla Coal Terminal Limited [2015] FWC 2384 (8 April 2015) In yet another case involving a union complaining about drug test methods, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has sided with employers, preferring ‘lives over leisure’ in settling the case. The case involved an argument about a company’s […]
Applicant v Employer [2015] FWC 506 (16 February 2015) When an employee made a clumsy, groping pass at a bar attendant working in the hotel at which he was staying, little did he realise the long term consequences for his job. In a case demonstrating that behaviour in one’s own time is not immune from […]
Serco Sodexo Defence Services Pty Ltd (SSDS) [2015] FWC 641 (28 January 2015) When a company lost a contract to a competitor, it thought it could avoid redundancy payments for its employees who effectively transferred across to the new contractor. But the Fair Work Commission had other ideas, finding the company did not “obtain” the […]
Scott Challinger v JBS Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 7963 (15 December 2014) In many unfair dismissal cases, employers contend they have lost confidence and trust in the sacked employee as part of their case to prevent reinstatement. Recently, despite having hard evidence this argument had legs, an employee has been reinstated by the Fair […]
Mr Shannon Boal v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 9331 (22 December 2014) Mr Luke Faulkner v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 9330 (22 December 2014) The mightiest of Australian employers has been embarrassed by its failure to properly use its vast human resource and industrial relations expertise in disciplining two wayward truck […]
Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill 2014 Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech by Leader of the House Christopher Pyne, November 27, 2014 With the introduction into parliament this month of the Bargaining Processes Bill, the federal government will have four workplace relations bills either blocked, or under review by the Senate. This latest attempt to […]
Ross Clarke has more than a decade’s experience in the enterprise bargaining room.
The knowledge and skill he has acquired in this time has enabled him to develop a highly sophisticated planning and process model for successful enterprise bargaining. This proven methodology delivers results across all industries including distribution, hospitality, banking, retail, manufacturing, telecommunications and gaming.
“Ross’s knowledge of industrial relations and his ability to understand how and when to communicate internally with government; and with the media were instrumental in guiding the Association’s successful response to the campaign.”
Patrick Griffin OAM, Australian Hotels Association
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