The Australian Public Service Commission has issued a bargaining notice to kick-off negotiations for a new service-wide framework agreement, with the CPSU seeking 5% pay increases, an additional week of annual leave and strong AI protections.
Peabody says it has called off a lockout of workers at the United Wambo Washery but the MEU claims it is effectively continuing as the company has told members it cannot accept their work if they continue to ban certain tasks.
Employers in NSW must now implement a systematic process to identify psychosocial hazards, assess risks, implement controls and review their effectiveness, with laws taking effect that elevate the state's WHS codes of practice to legally enforceable minimum standards.
Just over half of BHP's Mining Area C and South Flank iron ore mineworkers have voted to accept the company's proposed unilateral deal, which it says is "industry-leading", while the unions have called it a bare-bones "baseline" agreement.
The FWC has ordered Amazon to reinstate a worker dismissed for inappropriate Slack messages, finding the company's "casual" approach to using the platform includes "frequent jokes, swearing and venting".
A judge has rejected a supervisor's claims that managers and colleagues subjected her to years of s-xual harassment and discrimination based on her race, s-x and multiple pregnancies, placing significant weight on her failure to raise complaints with HR.
Parliament has today passed with amendments the Albanese Government's legislation to create a pathway for employers to pay historical debts related to unpaid portable long service leave levies that responds to two Federal Court decisions.
The United Firefighters Union is denying that it engaged "removed" former head of the CFMEU construction and general division's Queensland branch, Michael Ravbar, as the FWC launches a probe into whether it did so in breach of the RO Act.
The just transition authority has applied to the FWC for a determination to support workers at the Yallourn power station, which is scheduled to close in mid-2028.
