McDonald's has failed to fend off a landmark supported bargaining authorisation compelling its SA franchisees to bargain with the SDA for a multi-deal on behalf of thousands of low-paid workers at across more than 50 restaurants.
A FWC full bench has made the first contested supported bargaining authorisation under Secure Jobs changes, roping in 10 disability support providers in Victoria to collectively negotiate a new agreement with their workforces.
CPSU Victoria has secured the first public sector multi-employer agreement under the Secure Jobs provisions, providing 3% annual increases over four years to 1800 workers in State arts and cultural institutions.
The FWC has thrown out an intractable bargaining declaration bid for deputies at a NSW coal mine, demonstrating a reluctance to intervene in bargaining involving high income workers where arbitration would fundamentally alter an otherwise stable employment relationship.
The FWC will arbitrate a dispute between a research institute and two former employees seeking redundancy payments, after they overcame an objection that only the NTEU is entitled to file the application following the expiry of their "maximum terms".
The ACTU has renewed its call to remove or curb employers' ability to lock out their workforces, after a multinational mining company extended to almost three weeks its freeze on mineworkers returning to the job at an Illawarra coal pit.
In a ruling on little-considered Secure Jobs Act amendments, a FWC full bench has today upheld a decision to allow the Grill'd Norwood deal to continue operating for a further 90 days, finding the agreement's "inferior" conditions "weighty", but the hiatus before termination within the Commission's discretion.
