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.
An unregistered union representing Sydney Airport workers has filed a majority support determination application to bring a contractor to the bargaining table, while negotiations are also underway with two other Kingsford Smith employers.
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In echoes of the last round of contested negotiations, the FSU is urging Reserve Bank employees to reject a unilateral offer that it warns will prompt a "brain drain" to more lucrative public and private sector roles.
A Victorian public schools deal sold by the AEU to Victorian members as a " win for teachers" has been voted down, with the union set to decide today on its "next steps" and the Government accusing the union of being out of touch with its membership.
Inpex is seeking FWC intervention to stop industrial action that it claims is threatening the national and NT economies, the LNG export industry and the health and safety of local gas customers.
Bargaining for a new host agreement and negotiating contracts with labour-hire companies does not justify a "lengthy" delay for same-job, same-pay orders, the FWC has ruled.
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.
Mining unions have asked Fortescue to begin bargaining for replacement deals for two barebones non-union agreements covering iron ore workers at four Pilbara sites.
The FWC has refused to stay same-job, same-pay orders pending an appeal in June, because it would deny new workers increased pay, after poultry processing company Bartter switched labour-hire providers shortly after the tribunal made orders.
