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Cabin crew next on runway for gender pay boost

A FAAA bid to overhaul flight attendants' modern award based on gender-based undervaluation and changes to the nature of their work over the past two decades is seeking to boost pay rates by up to 62%, to a level beyond what some are paid under their agreements.

Major transport, gig hearings in second half of 2026

FWC President Adam Hatcher has departed from RTAG advice in scheduling a truck driver's bid to vary the long distance road transport award ahead of hearings from the middle of next year to deal with four key TWU gig food/beverage delivery, last-mile delivery minimum standards and road transport contractual chain cases.

AiG says union objections to WFH proposal overblown

The Australian Industry Group says that its clerks award WFH proposal is "far less drastic than the unions appear to suggest", in its newly-published response to ASU and ACTU concerns that it might conflict with the new penalty rates legislation and the NES.

ASU makes final pre-arbitration push for SCHADS deal

FWC President Adam Hatcher has asked parties to the SCHADS award gender undervaluation case to consider participating in an ASU-proposed conference to resolve outstanding issues, saying that if it proceeds, he will give any consensus deal arising from it "significant weight".

Jail threats show campaign is working: ASU

The ASU will forge ahead with nationwide protests tomorrow despite the Australian Industry Group's accusations that it is engaging in unlawful retaliation and intimidation, ahead of a hearing of the SCHADS award gender undervaluation case on Monday.

February hearing for WFH test case

The FWC will hear the landmark working from home case in Sydney in February.

WFH test case hearing as early as December

The FWC might hear the landmark working from home case in early December, after FWC President Adam Hatcher today acceded to an AIG request for a short delay to provide time for submissions on jurisdictional issues unions have raised, related to the National Employment Standards and the recently-passed penalty rates protection legislation.

Hearing of "extensive" junior rates evidence set to begin

Ahead of a 17-day full bench hearing of the shop union's junior rates case from October 20, the FWC has published summaries of the "substantial" evidence, which show that the AiG is arguing that lower rates create an incentive to employ young people, and RAFFWU characterising junior wages as a form of "child labour exploitation".

FWC rejects ASU's retreaded SCHADS proposal

The FWC has resoundingly rejected the ASU's proposal to hear its SCHADS award work value case alongside the Commission's gender undervaluation review.

35% undervaluation rise under consent proposal

Dental therapists and assistants covered by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers award would have FWC-proposed pay increases of up to 35% phased in over three years from January 1, under a consent position reached between employers and unions in a major gender-based undervaluation case.

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