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Uni workload cap not a "soft" limit: Bench

In a significant breakthrough for a NTEU excessive workloads case, a FWC full bench has found a university could have breached its agreement by allocating tasks to academics they could not reasonably complete within full-time hours, but it is questioning what, if any, relief would be available.


FWC triennial report confirms agreements rebound

The number of workers covered by agreements has risen by 36.5% over the past three years, according to the latest triennial FWC general manager's report, while applications to deal with bargaining disputes rose 73.5% over the same period.


Melbourne council workers chase multi-employer deal

The ASU has lodged a single interest multi-employer bargaining authorisation to force eight Melbourne metropolitan councils to negotiate for a deal covering 7000 local government workers, or up to 10,000 if petitions at a further three councils succeed.


Secrecy would foster worker-manager exchanges: Employer

The FWC has rebuffed an employer's bid to suppress the identities of employees cited in a manager's witness statement for an intractable bargaining case, after highlighting that they had not sought that their conversations or names be kept secret.



Right to request flex work overrides agreement terms

The FWC has upheld a worker's flexible work request after his employer ended an informal 13-year arrangement, in a decision reaffirming the precedence of the NES, even when it is inconsistent with the terms of an enterprise agreement.



7% above-award rates fail to offset lower penalty rates

A FWC presidential member has clarified the Commission's "global" approach to the BOOT and warned that agreements that pay only slightly above-award will attract greater scrutiny, in rejecting a West Australian coffee chain's proposed agreement.


NSW to introduce gig legislation today

Platform companies, gig workers and unions will be able to apply to the NSW IRC for determinations on conditions and pay for the first time under legislation to be introduced by the Minns Government today, but Uber is calling for "further scrutiny".


Casuals headcount sinks offshore deal

In a significant use of the Fair Work Act's new casual definition, a FWC presidential member has refused to approve a multinational company's offshore deal after finding the vote "mathematically unsafe".


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