Parliament has today passed with amendments the Albanese Government's legislation to create a pathway for employers to pay historical debts related to unpaid portable long service leave levies that responds to two Federal Court decisions.
A court has upheld a finding that an energy company must pay portable long service leave charges for its maintenance employees at a Victorian power plant, because they are performing work in the "construction industry".
The Federal Court has found that the limits to the FWC's dispute resolution powers mean that its ruling about an agreement's new long service leave clause only applies to the worker that first raised the issue, rather than all covered employees.
The MEU has sought High Court leave to intervene in the Coal LSL challenge to a finding that Orica's obligation to make contributions to the scheme on behalf of shotfirers ceased in 2022 when it sold a separate business providing services to underground mines.
Qantas customer service airport workers, head office and call centre staff have voted up a deal delivering "well above" the Flying Kangaroo's wage cap policy, securing at least 5% in the first year alone plus "vital" job security protections, according to the ASU.
New federal legislation will create a pathway for employers to pay historical debts related to unpaid portable long service leave levies, following two full Federal Court decisions that clarified the eligibility of employees in the black coal industry.
The Federal Government's long service leave scheme for the black coal industry has won special leave from the High Court to challenge a full Federal Court judgment that it says has significant implications for the LSL eligibility of shotfiring and explosive services workers.
The Federal Court has restrained the FWC from hearing an employer's challenge to an unfavourable interpretation of a LSL clause that is replicated in about 17 offshore agreements.
The Federal Government's black coal mining LSL body has lodged a High Court appeal to a full Federal Court judgment with significant implications for the eligibility of shotfiring and explosive services workers, while the CFMEU is celebrating the removal of "loopholes and cruel anomalies" in WA's construction industry portable LSL scheme.
