A worker who smashed a glass over her colleague's head has failed to win extra time to challenge her sacking, after she blamed the 16-day delay on her "deep involvement" in associated criminal proceedings.
Agreements in the private sector are delivering pay rises below 4% as early signs emerge of waning bargaining activity in the sector, according to DEWR data released today.
Earnings are not rising fast enough to keep up with housing and other cost of living expenses, according to a co-author of the latest HILDA report, which says many workers are also feeling overskilled and overeducated for their jobs.
DEWR expects the seven hot-desks it will provide for every 10 non-SES employees at its new Canberra HQ will prove sufficient given that only four out of 10 attend at the moment on average.
The UK's Burnham Government will introduce a requirement for employers to meet with workers who make flexible working requests, with the goal of reaching an agreement, as part of a process they must follow before rebuffing them.
Victoria's Kourakis royal commission into the construction sector has appointed an acting assistant commissioner and already held closed hearings in order to gather confidential information, it revealed at its first official hearing today.
The TWU has pledged to fight FedEx like it did Qantas, after filing a Federal Court adverse action case accusing the logistics giant of cancelling the overtime of workers who took protected action and withdrawing approval to attend a delegates' conference.
Interested parties have a month to critique the Albanese Government's draft Secure Jobs framework and related changes to the code of conduct for prospective Commonwealth contractors, after their release today.
The FWC has ordered compensation for a daycare educator sacked after a child "sneakily" escaped into an outdoor play area and went unsupervised for 10 minutes.
