The FWC has declared the long-running Queensland Rail dispute resolved following a "substantial" and "intensive" undertaking, while strongly urging workers vote to accept seven in-principle deals rather than holding out for an intractable bargaining process.
In an indication that the Qantas group didn't abandon its hardline IR approach with the departure of Alan Joyce, its low-cost subsidiary is threatening to put a unilateral deal to its ASU-covered customer service workforce as it votes on industrial action to coincide with school holidays and the AFL and NRL finals series.
The ETU is accusing BHP managers of breaching organisers' entry rights at a meeting of members at Port Hedland today, and will challenge the company's actions in the Federal Court, while the company contends the organisers "loudly interrupted" a crib room and "became aggressive".
The FWC will today hear an ETU challenge to BHP's docking of the pay of sparkies on the power network serving its Pilbara iron ore mines and company town, after they participated in protected bans on mentoring, training and upskilling.
The Australian Higher Education Industrial Association says a landmark FWC finding that Macquarie University must treat a member of its teaching-only staff as a part-time employee rather than a casual is likely to necessitate a "re-prosecution" of workload clauses during "heavy duty" bargaining in the sector.
The FSU is pushing the Commonwealth Bank for agreement-enshrined limits on its ability to monitor workers and use the data, claiming outdated laws are otherwise giving employers "free rein" to monitor every keystroke or conversation and keep tabs on toilet breaks.
The AEU says the State's public school teachers, principals and support workers will walk out for 24 hours on August 19 if the Carroll Government fails to put forward an "acceptable" revised bargaining offer.
Mining giant Peabody has shelved plans for a third lockout of workers at its Wambo Coal Handling Preparation Plant after the MEU launched a legal challenge to the company's right to take the industrial action.
Long haul Qantas pilots are about to vote on whether to back protected action for the first time since the airline grounded its fleet and locked out workers in 2011, as they seek improvements to a rejected offer and the Flying Kangaroo prepares to roll out its crucial Project Sunrise non-stop flights.
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.
