In a significant judgment on what constitutes "automation", the Federal Court has ruled that stevedore DP World is not required to consult extensively over plans to have drivers control quayside cranes remotely, because it does not represent "a significant change to the mode of operation" under the terms of its agreement.
The FSU says it is embedding "trailblazing" AI clauses in agreements, as the FWC approves an Aware Super deal promising only a human will make key employment-related decisions, and another industry fund is seeking a variation that spells out its consultation obligations ahead of adopting the technology.
Qantas breached the job security clause in its licensed engineers agreement when it unilaterally removed aircraft towing duties comprising at least 25% of their current workload, the FWC has found.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to reduce the FWC's workload and introduce procurement arrangements enabling the Albanese Government to prefer suppliers with enterprise agreements, while the Greens have backed a motion to give the Senate just an hour to debate it before a final vote on Monday.
A FWC full bench has taken the extraordinary step of quashing a five-year-old decision that left thousands of BP employees uncovered by an enterprise agreement while the company remained unaware it had been terminated.
The FWC has urged the operator of Melbourne's rail network to review its approach to s-xual harassment claims after a "troubling" finding that representatives from its HR department could not pinpoint who had carriage of a complaint and struggled to identify relevant policies and procedures.
Speakers at an IR conference have emphasised the importance of early, transparent consultations when introducing automation and AI-related change, but a lawyer says locking into a formal process too soon is risky.
In a significant decision on the meaning of "full rate of pay" under same-job, same-pay laws and the FWC's powers to arbitrate related disputes, a Commission full bench has found that a big mining company must count service prior to SJSP orders when determining on-hire workers' classifications.
The FWC has acceded to BHP's request for it to bring almost 140 of its BHP OS on-hire workers in-house, to reduce the workload involved with managing multiple enterprise agreements and address "the potential for disharmony in the workforce".
A worker has resigned from Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital following a FWC finding that her employer can continue with a disciplinary process, after police charged her over a protest at an Israeli restaurant and a doxxing organisation revealed her identity.
