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Full bench raises bar on secret ballot applications

In a decision that effectively raises the threshold for securing protected ballot orders, a full bench of Fair Work Australia has today found that the MUA had taken only "preparatory" steps in its negotiations with offshore oil and gas logistics company Total Marine Service - which were not enough to show it had genuinely tried to reach an agreement.

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