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 Mackellar 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.
In the wake of a burgeoning workload that is partially the result of generative AI-aided applications, FWC president Adam Hatcher has this afternoon released draft guidelines to help users understand their obligations when using the technology.
The Business Council is urging the Albanese Government to repeal part of its intractable bargaining determination framework, while warning of same-job, same-pay orders that risk "overcompensating" labour hire workers and imposing additional obligations where they are already receiving host rates, in its submission to the Closing Loopholes review.
The ACTU is seeking a 5% rise in award rates and the federal minimum wage to keep pace with cost-of-living pressures "that have gotten a lot tougher" with the fuel price rises from the Middle East war and interest rate hikes.
Bargained private sector annual pay rises eased in the December quarter to the lowest level in seven quarters, but nevertheless kept pace with inflation, according to new DEWR data.
A judge has refused to slap confidentiality orders on a former assistant police commissioner's adverse action case that threatens to drag other officers into claims about their selection for senior roles.
