Coles has told the Fair Work Commission it will not make the changes required for its 2014-17 supermarkets enterprise agreement to pass the better off overall test.
The AiG is challenging the FWC's rejection of an enterprise agreement because it didn't comply with strict 14-day bargaining notice requirements, arguing that the ruling imposes unworkable and costly restrictions.
An FWC full bench has confirmed that the Rail Tram and Bus Union is not entitled to represent the industrial interests of members covered by a new agreement for the maintenance contractor serving Fortescue Metals Group's rail operations in the Pilbara.
Fast food giant McDonald's is standing by its agreement that trades off lower penalty rates for an over-award hourly rate, despite the FWC rejecting a similar deal for Coles Supermarkets.
Unions will push for a legislated "no reduction principle" for penalty rates, in contrast to the Labor policy stance of having them decided by the Fair Work Commission.
A mass meeting of Victorian CFMEU members in Melbourne has today unanimously endorsed a new three-year pattern agreement that provides annual pay rises of 5% over three years.
The FWC has refused to approve an enterprise agreement because the employer failed to comply with the mandatory step of providing a bargaining notice to employees within 14 days.
The Turnbull Government granted FWBC director Nigel Hadgkiss new powers soon before calling the federal election, in a bid to stop builders and contractors agreeing to "union-friendly" clauses in enterprise agreements.
