IR barristers appointed to Federal Circuit Court; FWC member retires after almost 15 years; Wage rises lower in industries hit by resources downturn, says RBA; New FAAA leadership seeking to secure role in new Qantas aircraft; Agreement delivers wage justice for nurses, says Victorian Government; and Supermarket self-service hindering employment growth, says report.
An employer has had its agreement rejected after failing to convince the Fair Work Commission that it made a "trifling" error in its bargaining rights notice when it mistakenly listed the tribunal's website as a source of information rather than the FWO.
The FWC has ordered abattoir operator Teys Australia to backpay thousands of dollars to meatworkers for incentive scheme underpayments during a long period of "confusion" and "uncertainty" about the operation of its enterprise agreement and an associated incentive payment system.
The leadership teams of the the domestic and international divisions of the flight attendants' union have been ousted in ballots declared today by the AEC.
Parliament reprimands Craig Thomson; Harper appointed to RBA board; University "manifesto" seeks streamlined agreements; ACT portable long service leave scheme extended; and FWBC warns of drug pressure on young construction workers.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has appointed Lyndall Dean, a lawyer with an employer background, as a deputy president of the Fair Work Commission.
One of the counsel assisting the Heydon Royal Commission, Sarah McNaughton SC, has been appointed Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, while the Government has also appointed three commissioners at the Human Rights Commission.
The FWC has ordered an employer to reinstate a sewer cleaner who left a message calling a colleague a "f---ing scab" for refusing to participate in industrial action, but it has declined to order restoration of his lost wages.
The Victorian branch of the ANMF will recommend at a statewide stopwork meeting this afternoon that 43,000 nurses and midwives from across the public health system accept an updated "comprehensive offer" from the Andrews State Government and employers.
The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) has criticised the Turnbull Government for failing to overturn the controversial "backpacker tax" from last year's Federal Budget, while the Greens and the ACTU have attacked the Budget's internship program.
