The FWC has declined to delay a vote on an SDA-endorsed deal at a Coles automated distribution centre, despite finding the supermarket giant breached good faith bargaining obligations by not providing the draft agreement to another union.
The FWC has found Sydney Trains does not have to fund devices used to treat employees' sleep apnoea, but has suggested a review of arrangements with the employer's external health assessors after workers diagnosed with the condition had to pay up to $4000 for the anti-snoring technology.
A full Federal Court has rejected a class action on behalf of University of Sydney doctoral students that argued recipients of Commonwealth-funded research scholarships are employees entitled to agreement-enshrined pay and conditions.
CBA employees earning less than $104,000 a year will receive a 13% rise over three years, including 5% in the first year, under an in-principle deal struck with the FSU.
Lawyers to oppose HR manager's reinstatement; "Apprehension of bias well-founded": Judge; Sham contracting case shelved; and Train drivers not "systematically overworked": Full court.
The High Court's refusal to grant special leave to appeal marks the end of the road for an employer's long-fought bid to strike out ETU allegations that it fraudulently concealed information from the FWC when seeking approval for a new deal.
As unions pursue an intractable bargaining bid for BHP's Port Hedland iron ore export operations, the FWC will today hear the company's application for bargaining orders against the ETU, alleging it failed to negotiate in good faith.
A bargaining dispute between the FSU and the Reserve Bank heads to the FWC today, as the union seeks to head off a second-round offer it believes will be unchanged from an original proposal voted down in July.
The FWC has ordered an employer to withdraw its offer of a "customer service continuity payment" for employees working through protected industrial action.
The TWU has pledged to fight FedEx like it did Qantas, after filing a Federal Court adverse action case accusing the logistics giant of cancelling the overtime of workers who took protected action and withdrawing approval to attend a delegates' conference.
