Retail association supports union push on domestic violence leave; ANZ staff share bonus shelved; Businesses scramble to overhaul standard contracts ahead of law change; Wilson to lead global HR body; ABS cuts jobs as axe looms over data.
After twice voting down proposed agreements, Qantas short-haul cabin crew have accepted a new deal containing "discussion clauses" that sets a timetable for the union and airline to report back on talks about contentious issues surrounding flexibility, workloads and transfers to international work.
Workers at strategic navy shipbuilder ASC Pty Ltd have endorsed taking legally-protected industrial action in coming weeks, with the aim of winning exemption from the Turnbull Government's broader bargaining policy.
The Fair Work Commission has issued a three week stop order preventing workers at a South Australian logistics provider from engaging in unlawful industrial action in support of a worker it allegedly sacked for taking too much time off work after a cancer diagnosis.
Together Queensland has failed to bring forward the closing dates of protected action ballots at hospitals across the state after the State IRC found it failed to make a convincing case for a shorter timeframe.
Queensland's nursing union is attempting to terminate an "all-in" agreement covering about 1300 employees at an aged care chain so they revert to modern awards while it negotiates a replacement deal, but the AWU is opposing the move, claiming its members would be worse off.
Most or all Australia's coal-fired power stations are destined for closure, according to the general president of the CFMEU's mining and energy division, Tony Maher.
New Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching has hailed her former boss at the HSU's Victoria No 1 branch, Diana Asmar, as "inspirational", while thanking other state union leaders for their support.
A garbage truck driver sacked for urinating in a CBD laneway during his shift has won his job back after the Fair Work Commission found he paid too high a price for his misconduct.
