The Federal Court has fined a company and its managing director $30,000 for signing seven employees up to individual flexibility agreements with unlawful terms and threatening with dismissal or loss of shifts employees who resisted. Meanwhile, the ACTU has predicted that a FWA research study will reveal widespread abuse of the individual deals.
The ALP and Greens in NSW have managed to delay the passage of the State Government's bill that gives it unprecedented power over public sector pay and conditions but the legislation still looks set to pass after the Government agreed to exempt for now NSW police.
