The Ai Group has hinted at a potential "consensus" in a FWC-initiated case with economy-wide implications to consider inserting WFH provisions in the clerks award, while expressing concern that it would be "unfair" to require submissions ahead of results of a survey on the issue, with the tribunal now persuaded to ditch the deadline and hold a conference.
Private sector bargained pay rises of 4% and public sector spikes of 5.4% have combined to produce the highest average annualised wage increases in almost 30 years, according to new DEWR data.
In a significant breakthrough for a NTEU excessive workloads case, a FWC full bench has found a university could have breached its agreement by allocating tasks to academics they could not reasonably complete within full-time hours, but it is questioning what, if any, relief would be available.
A tribunal has ruled that a signed "letter of appointment" did not authorise an employer to deduct payments related to a relocation allowance from his wages.
The number of workers covered by agreements has risen by 36.5% over the past three years, according to the latest triennial FWC general manager's report, while applications to deal with bargaining disputes rose 73.5% over the same period.
The FWC has closely examined the nature of "control" in remote workplaces as a pointer to a worker's employment status, ultimately finding an Australian-based manager for a US-registered charity an employee capable of pursuing an adverse action case.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed in tonight's Budget speech that if the Albanese Government is returned for a second term, it will prohibit non-compete clauses for workers on incomes below $175,000 a year, from 2027.
Slater & Gordon says it "continues to believe" following a forensic investigation that its former interim CPO was not responsible for sending a "malicious" email containing employees' purported salary details and performance scores.
The ASU has lodged a single interest multi-employer bargaining authorisation to force eight Melbourne metropolitan councils to negotiate for a deal covering 7000 local government workers, or up to 10,000 if petitions at a further three councils succeed.
A tribunal has rejected a bid by the NSW Department of Education to block SafeWork from cross-examining a witness and from relying on previously redacted evidence on the basis of public interest immunity.
