The ETU, AMWU and AWU will apply to the FWC for an intractable bargaining declaration for BHP's Pilbara iron ore export port operations this week, seeking to resolve a stalemate after 12 months of what they say have been fruitless negotiations.
Early educators guaranteed 15% pay rise; "De-escalation" training for parliamentarians; Loxton, Stam appointed to SAET; and Technology and productivity inquiry.
A FWC full bench has rebuffed an employer's challenge to a same-job, same-pay ruling, in its first full bench consideration of the interaction between SJSP legislation and transfer of business provisions.
The FWC has ordered compensation for an unfairly sacked WesTrac specialist who altered a leave claim to secure payment for public holidays during the Stokes family-controlled company's end-of-year shutdown period.
A full Federal Court has found Metro Trains Melbourne discharged its reverse onus in an adverse action case despite its failure to call a workplace relations head and practising lawyer it approached for "IR advice" in the lead-up to a senior manager's sacking.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a porter after an alleged workplace s-xual assault, despite slamming "unreliable and inconsistent" evidence from its HR manager.
An unregistered Sydney Airport union has failed to win a protected action ballot order after making a "confusing" attempt to completely redraft its application through amendments, while the TWU has secured one during bargaining for the same deal.
Underpayments spike as FWO calls for end to "adversarialism"; FWC launches sexual harassment tool; Reinstatement for "phat arse" worker; SCHADS pay rises deferred; and ANMF wins scope orders for aged care nurses.
The FWC has rejected a teacher's argument that he is entitled to paid parental leave beyond paid partner leave on the basis that his wife "granted" him parental responsibility when she returned to work.
