In a crucial test case to build on the Closing Loopholes Act's bolstered rights for union delegates, the meat union is seeking to establish that its shop stewards are entitled to address inductions, post on company noticeboards and conduct member meetings in lunch rooms at a massive Teys abattoir near Brisbane.
The ETU says same-job, same-pay orders it is seeking at Chevron's Barrow Island LNG facility in WA could lift wages of labour hire workers by a mammoth $80,000 a year.
A former ATO director who claims sustained bullying and harassment forced her to move to the AEC has failed to establish it constitutes a dismissal, after she used the Public Service Act's voluntary transfer provisions.
The AWU has withdrawn its majority support application for Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo iron ore mines, after the company revealed it had 200 more workers than understood by the union, leaving it without a majority.
One of the country's leading employment barristers has been fined $20,000 and ordered to undertake counselling after being found to have s-xually touched a female solicitor at a firm's Christmas party.
The FWC has ruled that a law firm unfairly dismissed an underpaid paralegal working remotely from the Philippines, after it previously rejected the firm's claim that it had engaged her as a contractor.
McDonald's has failed to fend off a landmark supported bargaining authorisation compelling its SA franchisees to bargain with the SDA for a multi-deal on behalf of thousands of low-paid workers at across more than 50 restaurants.
A FWC full bench has made the first contested supported bargaining authorisation under Secure Jobs changes, roping in 10 disability support providers in Victoria to collectively negotiate a new agreement with their workforces.
CPSU Victoria has secured the first public sector multi-employer agreement under the Secure Jobs provisions, providing 3% annual increases over four years to 1800 workers in State arts and cultural institutions.
