FWC president Adam Hatcher is seeking feedback on a proposed code of conduct for paid agents that will have the sting of barring transgressors or revoking their leave to appeal.
The Albanese Government has again kept its election promise to urge the FWC's Annual Wage Review bench to order real wage increases for award-reliant and minimum wage workers that keep pace with the cost of living.
The Albanese Government has this morning introduced legislation to enable the FWC to fast-track road transport contractual chain order applications to lift rates for truck drivers as the price of fuel skyrockets due to the Middle East war.
The prospect of the first lawful strikes in more than 25 years at BHP's Iron Ore mines has moved closer, after ETU members on a crucial Pilbara power network voted up a protected action ballot.
The FWC has queried a big employer's zero tolerance approach to positive drug tests, ordering the reinstatement of a long-serving supervisor sacked after sharing a joint on a Friday night before work on Monday.
The TWU has told a FWC-convened conference today that it hopes by Monday to reach a consent position on how best to calculate soaring fuel costs so as to provide a basis for regular updates to supply chain orders aimed at spreading the pain.
Unions and legal advocates are urging the Albanese Government to extend paid family and domestic violence leave to encompass s-xual and gender-based violence, boost its length, and enable more people to access it to support victim survivors.
Peak employer body ACCI will seek a 3.5% rise in the Annual Wage Review 2026 after chief executive Andrew McKellar described the ACTU's 5% claim as "self-defeating".
Ahead of legislation to fast track "emergency" FWC supply chain orders in response to surging fuel prices, the tribunal will this morning consider TWU and ARTIO suggestions for weekly reviews to propel supply‑chain cost recovery measures, but the MBA argues it should be left to governments.
The meat workers union has secured a same-job, same-pay order for on-hire chicken deboning workers at a poultry processing facility, but has failed to win a similar arrangement for outsourced cleaners at the same workplace.
