The independent review of the federal just transition authority's largely untested Energy Industry Jobs Plans is seeking submissions by early next month on ways that it might provide better support for displaced 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.
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 FWC has cleared the way for a project manager to pursue his unfair dismissal claim after finding his retention payments do not push him above the high-income threshold as they are not "earnings".
The Minns Government is establishing a just transition body to work with communities in coal-producing regions to "begin planning for a future beyond coal".
In a genuine redundancy ruling, the FWC has confirmed that it simply needs to consider whether employers have notified a retrenchment in writing, rather than whether they have provided notice in "the most optimum manner".
Drawing on limited legislative guidance and case law on instalment payments, the FWC has ordered an employer to split a $30,000 compensation payment over two months rather than the 12 it sought, finding the worker entitled to the "fruits" of his claim "in a timely manner".
The Federal Court has refused to knock out an ETU claim that an employer fraudulently withheld information from the FWC when seeking approval for a new deal, allegedly concealing that the bulk of those voting had been engaged solely to take part in the ballot.
The FWC has found that a company director fell below the high-income cap because he reduced his pay through "wage loans" when the business struggled and the loans amounted to debts rather than earnings, or payments that could not be determined in advance.
The FWC has found a top sales operator made redundant the day before her parental leave started was in fact unfairly dismissed, with her employer apparently transferring into her role its lowest performer "by a significant margin".
