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.
Woolworths claims Friday's Federal Court underpayments ruling will cost it an extra $470 million before tax and "will require significant and widespread changes to accepted retail practice".
An employer that remunerated a live-in caretaker by providing him housing rather than wages must pay him him $108,000 in unpaid entitlements, following an appeal ruling affirming he had been engaged as a part-time employee.
Almost a year since the FWC inserted right to disconnect terms in awards and on the eve of the entitlement extending to small businesses, the FWC is indicating that the lack of any significant case law since its inception suggests it should delay a promised 12-month review and development of guidelines.
Adero Law is investigating potential underpayments at Super Retail Group stores as it sets its sights on a possible class action on behalf of current and former employees.
Labor maintains that its legislation to protect penalty and overtime rates, to be introduced to Parliament tomorrow, will block changes to awards that might make a single worker worse off.
With more than a third of young workers paid $15 an hour or less and almost half working unpaid overtime, loaded rates could provide a partial solution, according to new university research on the exploitation of young workers.
On-hire workers employed by BHP's in-house labour provider and its external suppliers have today won same-job, same-pay orders, after a FWC full bench rejected arguments that the service provider exemption and a "fair and reasonable" requirement stood in the way.
Academics say Menulog's abandoned bid for an on-demand delivery services award holds the clues to tensions and challenges likely to confront those attempting to establish the rules of the game for employee-like workers more broadly.
