Crown Melbourne and United Voice are close to agreeing on a new deal for 4500 hospitality and gaming employees after the casino upped its offer to 3.75% a year for three years plus an annual 0.5% "recognition allowance", while the FWC today approved a Crown Perth agreement that provides a 7% raise.
An FWO inquiry report released today has found that about a third of subclass 417 working holiday visa holders received no payment for some or all of the work they performed.
Government queries basis for multi-year minimum wage target; Industrial dispute data among potential casualties of ABS cuts; Ex union official named in Royal Commission wins Labor Senate seat; Respected NZ trade union leader dies at 52.
Employers are settling general protections claims for six-figure sums to avoid the risk of uncapped compensation if the cases go to court, newly-released FWC data has revealed.
The Greens and Labor have today combined to initiate an upper house inquiry into a "just transition" for workers displaced when coal-fired power stations close down to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while the Senate is also set to examine federal public sector bargaining and "corporate avoidance of industrial obligations".
An employer was not obliged to immediately notify an employee it was accessing her Facebook messages or posts during a disciplinary investigation, Victoria's Supreme Court has confirmed in a decision clarifying the manner in which information privacy principles apply to social media.
A worker who made derogatory comments about a supervisor on social media has won $28,000 compensation because he was never told his dismissal was partly based on a confidential report claiming his behaviour had a negative effect on his colleagues.
The FWC has banned hundreds of subcontractor workers at six Lend Lease projects in Queensland from taking unlawful industrial action in support of protected strikes by two dozen of the construction giant's direct employees.
A Toll subsidiary must reinstate two long-serving employees after the FWC found it wasn't fair to sack them over a safety incident it exaggerated and insufficiently investigated.
Responsibility for gender equity strategies should be partially devolved from centralised HR departments to line managers, and training to combat "unconscious bias" in selection processes should be mandated for supervisors and managers, according to a new report on barriers to women's career advancement in higher education.
