A MEU prompt has spurred a host employer subject to same-job, same-pay orders to fulfil its statutory obligation to tell the FWC about a recently-engaged labour-supplier.
A pilots' union will weigh into a tussle over the Flying Kangaroo's alleged ditching of an A380 captain's exclusive parking arrangements near Sydney Airport, after the FWC rejected the airline's contention it cannot intervene as a "third party" in a member's agreement dispute.
The ETU's WA branch has secured the first agreement in the State covering a green energy facility in a transition hotspot, and says it proves that the shift to renewables does not have to cost workers their pay and conditions.
With a hearing of the WMWA's majority support determination application looming, BHP has agreed to start bargaining for an agreement to cover its Pilbara port operations.
Labour hire company Skilled has appealed against a Federal Court ruling upholding FWC deputy president and former Labor MP Terri Butler's refusal to stand aside from hearing a same-job, same-pay case due to apprehended bias, despite her calling such on-hire arrangements a "rort" in parliamentary debate.
The FWC has refused a bid for a three-month suspension of industrial action at a major aluminium smelter, finding that it would hinder bargaining, and that the AWU had already made significant concessions to ensure that the plant would remain operational.
Unions are urging NT public sector workers to vote down a 3% annual wage offer that complies with the Government's pay cap and reduces job security, after police voted up a record above-cap pay deal, raising questions about fairness.
The FSU is threatening to lodge a dispute with the FWC to challenge the ANZ's surprise announcement that it intends to axe of thousands of workers, giving the bank by the close of business to clarify its response to questions over alleged consultation failures.
The Federal Court has restrained the FWC from hearing an employer's challenge to an unfavourable interpretation of a LSL clause that is replicated in about 17 offshore agreements.
The FWC has found the ATO failed to respect the ASU's role as the representative of a legally blind worker called into a meeting to discuss a request the union made on his behalf for a 100% WFH flexibility arrangement, to avoid the need to take public transport.
