Aldi will be obliged to pay $26.3 million on top of $28.9 million it has already restored to 32,000 current and former workers it allegedly failed to pay for work before and after their shifts, under the proposed terms for settlement of a SDA class action, according to the union.
Hydrocarbons producer Inpex's workers have overwhelming voted to adopt the "benchmark" union deal that delivers 3.75% annual increases, substantial allowances and strong job security protections and which the Offshore Alliance will use as a model for bargaining for a new Shell Prelude agreement.
The Albanese Government has today revealed that it will introduce a new criminal offence for companies that fail to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains.
Google AI's unfounded suggestions that an unfair dismissal ruling set a "dangerous precedent" and established an "unsafe principle" highlight the technology's limitations, a FWC full bench has found today.
The CPSU is turning the spotlight onto the Albanese Government's public sector employment practices with a same-job, same-pay challenge to the ATO's call centre outsourcing model.
The FWC is seeking feedback on a provisional view that it should correct a "clearly nonsensical" proposition in the Hydrocarbons Award that overpayments can only be deducted from workers' wages if they are stood down due to a storm or cyclone.
Reserve Bank staff have narrowly voted down a unilateral offer after the FSU warned that a proposed 9.5% pay rise over three years would prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.
Tomorrow's eight-hour strike by BHP's WA port workers will go ahead, after the miner and unions yesterday failed to resolve their differences during a lengthy FWC-facilitated bargaining meeting.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a public sector worker who claimed without medical proof that his ADHD explained his constant failure to turn up to work or complete tasks.
