A FWC full bench comprising the tribunal's three most senior members has issued a same-job, same-pay order sought by an individual on-hire mineworker placed at South32's Cannington silver, lead and zinc mine in Queensland who claimed it would lift his pay and that of hundreds of co-workers by 60%.
The FAAA says Qantas long haul cabin crew have overwhelmingly voted up a deal variation that will boost the pay of those employed by an in-house labour hire arm by up to 30%, and it is crediting the Albanese Government's same-job, same-pay reforms for a major breakthrough on their employment arrangements.
Fortescue's alleged excessive and intrusive surveillance of former employees it accuses of using its intellectual property in their start-up venture does not provide a basis for scrapping or varying search orders issued by a duty judge, a Federal Court judge has ruled today, while a judge in another case has reserved his decision on whether to keep evidence secret in an adverse action case brought by a Seven Network producer.
The FWC has terminated, at the request of CFMEU divisional leader Zach Smith, a Victorian construction deal signed-off by a company director convicted but later acquitted of a "gangland" murder.
The Australian Industry Group is urging the FWC to take a "cautious approach" to the TWU's employee-like and road transport minimum standards test cases and meaningfully engage with industry to avoid the "mistakes" of past road transport regulatory regimes and seeks to limit the involvement of the Road Transport Advisory Group.
Days before new Parliamentary behaviour codes are to take effect, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles' chief of staff Jo Tarnawsky is claiming she has been bullied and effectively pushed out of her job after complaining.
The Hawthorn AFL club has argued that retired star player Cyril Rioli and two other Indigenous players formerly employed by the club are barred from suing it for alleged racial discrimination through a combination of settlement deeds and time limitations.
A SDA application for same-job, same-pay orders for on-hire workers at Kmart's Queensland distribution centre looks set to lock-in a significant pay boost, with the retailer confirming it expects to reach a consent position shortly.
The NSW Supreme Court has ruled that a former chief executive's settlement of a dispute over the termination of his employment contract did not end his entitlement to a bonus triggered by the sale of the company.
The FWC has upheld a private drug and alcohol rehabilitation retreat's sacking of a night supervisor accused of recommending "magic mushrooms" to clients, in a consent arbitration rejecting her claims that it took adverse action because she exercised her workplace rights.
