Burger chain Grill'd is making its second attempt to win approval of a national agreement, while the SDA's application to terminate the nominally expired deal depriving workers of award entitlements remains unresolved.
The MEAA has rejected an ABC deal that would have provided a 3% interim pay rise while prohibiting employees from taking industrial action for six-months while they push for 5.5% pay rises each year and a guarantee that AI will not replace human workers.
A last-minute shift to direct employment for on-hire workers of one labour supplier at a major abattoir chain has failed to stymie the meat union's bid for same-job, same-pay orders.
The FWC has this week reserved its decision on the first dispute over a same-job, same-pay order, after the MEU challenged Workpac's plan to pay on-hire workers at a Queensland coal mine only two months of a 12-months bonus.
On-hire workers employed by BHP's in-house labour provider and its external suppliers have today won same-job, same-pay orders, after a FWC full bench rejected arguments that the service provider exemption and a "fair and reasonable" requirement stood in the way.
The NTEU says Monash University will be liable for millions of dollars in backpay after the Federal Court today found it is required to pay casual tutors for scheduled consultations with students that don't count as part of work "associated" with tutoring.
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.
A former Labor MP and current FWC deputy president has, after fending off another recusal application, dismissed claims it would be unfair, unreasonable or unconstitutional to grant same-job, same-pay orders lifting the pay of on-hire workers at a Whitehaven coal mine by up to $30,000 a year.
Burger chain Grill'd has failed to convince the FWC to approve its enterprise deal, after offering undertakings that would have left some workers $3.10 better off a week, up from 77 cents, while the SDA is seeking to terminate 15 of the company's agreements and is asking it to return to the bargaining table.
The QNMU says the Crisafulli Liberal Government has reneged on a commitment to maintain "nation-leading" wages and conditions for the State's nurses and midwives, with an offer that will leave two-thirds of them worse off in three years and hand the competitive edge to Victoria.
