The FWC has temporarily restrained a union from taking industrial action after accepting it was not genuinely seeking an agreement when a delegate made the "somewhat unusual" suggestion that the company shift its workers to a labour supply or contracting arrangement managed by him.
Academic rebuts "misleading" claims on job insecurity; Hair and beauty employers seek penalty rate cut; Clubs employers seek to merge award with hospitality; and FWC issues statement on Coles case.
As University of Western Australia employees prepare to vote on a new deal providing pay rises of 4.6% over four years plus two $1100 top-ups to base rates, the NTEU is calling for other universities in the state to use it as a model.
An employer that took away most of a pregnant cashier's rostered shifts after $300 in shortfalls has been ordered to compensate her after the FWC ruled that the resultant 75% reduction in her pay amounted to a repudiation of her employment contract.
The FWC today gave a strong signal that it is anxious to bring to a head Coles employee Penny Vickers' bid to terminate the supermarket giant's enterprise agreement, acknowledging criticism that the case had dragged on before granting the night-fill worker an extension to supply supporting documents.
The Independent Education Union is urging NSW and ACT Catholic school teachers to endorse rolling stop-work action after it negotiated a "pretty good" agreement that nevertheless contained no guaranteed access to arbitration.
The FAAA says it is delighted with a new deal endorsed by more than 90% of voting Qantas international flight attendants, but the TWU has slammed it for perpetuating a two-tiered system that pays some cabin crew less than half the money for performing the same work.
A recommendation by a UK inquiry that labour hire workers gain rights similar to Australia's casual conversion clauses is unlikely to be effective, because such provisions have had a low take-up in the sector here, according to academic Anthony Forsyth
Unions are pushing for the NSW ALP at its conference this weekend to take a tougher line on the gig economy and on "wage theft" among major franchisees.
