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SJSP bid aims to close $80,000 Gorgon pay gap

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.


AWU pulls Paraburdoo MSD but plans to resubmit

The AWU has withdrawn its majority support application for Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo iron ore mines, after the company revealed it had 200 more workers than understood by the union,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.


FWC puts supported bargaining on McDonald's menu

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.


Bus drivers claw back deductions for work bans

The FWC has more than halved the proportion a private operator of Newcastle's public bus network can dock from the pay of drivers who allow passengers to travel fare free during partial work bans.


High pay major factor in refusing IBD bid

The FWC has thrown out an intractable bargaining declaration bid for deputies at a NSW coal mine, demonstrating a reluctance to intervene in bargaining involving high income workers where arbitration would fundamentally alter an otherwise stable employment relationship.



Worker's counsel bowled-up secrecy bid "clincher": Judge

The Federal Court has today ordered an employee to pay indemnity costs, after he unreasonably refused his employer's "entirely reasonable and sensible" request for a "brief period of voluntary restraint", forcing it to obtain an order to suppress evidence in his general protections application.


Menulog case underlines gig regulation challenges: Study

Academics say Menulog's abandoned bid for an on-demand delivery services award holds the clues to tensions and challenges likely to confront those attempting to establish the rules of the game for employee-like workers more broadly.


FWC to hear "maximum term" employees' case

The FWC will arbitrate a dispute between a research institute and two former employees seeking redundancy payments, after they overcame an objection that only the NTEU is entitled to file the application following the expiry of their "maximum terms".


ACTU again calls for reform of "harsh" lockout laws

The ACTU has renewed its call to remove or curb employers' ability to lock out their workforces, after a multinational mining company extended to almost three weeks its freeze on mineworkers returning to the job at an Illawarra coal pit.


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