Resources employer peak body AREEA has sought to "clarify" comments made about two companies involved in the FWC's review of protected action ballot agents, after one threatened to sue and the other took "umbrage".
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth is seeking feedback within 24 hours on her proposed determination for the TWU/ARTIO contractual chain application to fast-track fuel price relief for truck drivers and transport operators.
A senior FWC member has unflatteringly compared a past NSW government's successful application to avert rail strikes with the sparse evidence provided by the Crisafulli Government in last week's failed bid to suspend similar industrial action in Queensland.
A driver sacked in part for placing p-rnography in a staff area and complaining about the number of work-related WhatsApp groups has won more than $6000 compensation, after the FWC criticised the employer's "relaxed" attitude to the dismissal process.
The former executive manager of an "effectively insolvent" disability services provider sacked while on workers compensation has been awarded $20,000, after the FWC found an administrator reached an "uninformed view" her job could be performed by subordinates.
The TWU has lodged an "industry emergency application" in the FWC to fast-track relief for truck and passenger transport drivers dealing with Middle East war-related fuel price spikes, following the passage of laws allowing the tribunal to waive the wait time on contractual chain orders.
The Australia Institute is urging the FWC to increase award and minimum wages by 7.5% to 11.1%, to "undo the damage" to real wages inflicted since the COVID-19 pandemic, and to compensate for the forthcoming cost of living increases caused by the Middle East conflict.
A senior RBA employee appealing a failed backpay claim has also now had his bid for suppression of significant details of the FWC's decision rejected by a presidential member who observed that such applications should not be used to "qualify or recast" the tribunal's reasoning.
ACTU-backed protected action ballot agent Fair Vote has threatened to take resources employer peak body AREEA to court if it does not withdraw "baseless" accusations about data "security" and harvesting extra personal details of workers.
An employer that refused to engage in the FWC's consideration of an unfair dismissal case has been ordered to pay $40,000 to a supervisor sacked for letting employees use a shackled emergency exit with an A4 printed "no entry, no exit" sign affixed to it.
