An FWC full bench has revoked a majority support determination that would have opened the door for the AWU to start negotiating a single agreement for gas plant operators scattered throughout Queensland Gas Corporation's vast Surat Basin project, after it found they are not an operationally- or geographically-distinct group.
The Federal Government should consider requiring APS agencies to report to the WGEA on their performance against gender equality targets, University of NSW researcher Sue Williamson told an IR academics' conference this month.
The FWC has found a union was not organising industrial action when it emailed members about how to manage proposed changes to staffing and workloads, but the Commission has warned it to "take care" with its advice in the future.
New university research presented at an IR academics conference in Canberra debunks the notion that reducing weekend penalty rates in the retail sector would mainly affect student workers who don't rely on the income to the same extent as other employees.
As United Voice awaits feedback on its equal pay claim for childcare workers and early childhood educators, members in about 30 long day centres will stop work at 3.20pm on International Women's Day to signify the time women "effectively start working for free" due to the nation's gender pay gap.
The Turnbull Government has confirmed it will make a submission to the Fair Work Commission on how to handle the transition to lower penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors.
The Federal Court has found the CFMEU and 10 of its officials engaged in unlawful industrial action when they coordinated mass strikes across multiple Kane Constructions sites in 2014, temporarily shutting down projects across Melbourne and Geelong.
The FWC has stymied a mining employer's strategy to win support for an enterprise agreement that cut wages and conditions for new employees by offering existing workers common law contracts that maintained their entitlements.
An FWC full bench has refused to overturn the termination of the agreement for the Loy Yang power station and coal mine, after it accepted that the company's commitment to extend employment protections to three years compensated for an error in the initial tribunal ruling.
