The FWC has thrown out and labelled "lacking in integrity" the latest of a string of enterprise agreement applications sought by labour hire companies that "appear to be competing against each other on the basis of inferior terms and conditions".
The Fair Work Commission will engage an external "plain language expert" to redraft the Pharmacy Award before it is user-tested in a pilot as part of the tribunal's four-yearly review of modern awards.
PM says history the explanation for Saturday/Sunday rate differential; China FTA provides unfettered right to replace locals with cheaper temporary foreign labour, says report; and UK to share parental leave with working grandparents.
"Members only" collective agreements should be introduced and it should be left to employers to decide whether to provide the same wages and conditions to non-members, according to Sydney University's Ron McCallum.
The Fair Work Commission has hit back at Productivity Commission criticism, with its President, Iain Ross, saying that the PC's IR inquiry findings appear to reflect a "misunderstanding of [the] Commission's statutory role and functions".
A court has rebuked and ordered costs against a barrister who has already been subject to a personal costs order and "trenchant criticism" from several judges over her handling of an employee's general protections claim.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has upheld an appeal by the CFMEU's mining and energy division over workers' entitlement to wages and allowances during protected industrial action at a NSW coal mine in 2012.
Lawyers have told the Productivity Commission that its proposals to end tenure for new FWC appointees and to subject members to performance reviews would undermine the umpire's independence, while raising concern about a suggestion that only non-lawyers should determine matters in the proposed minimum standards division.
PC inquiry might "improve perceptions" of IR system, says IMF; ACT DPP offers no evidence against CFMEU official accused of blackmail; WGEA highlights CBA efforts to close gender pay gap; Surgeons apologise for toxic culture; Case against former TWU leader transferred to WA; FWC confirms timetable for minimum wage review; and Government must act on visa worker exploitation, says Labor.
A Victorian Police task force is undertaking a criminal investigation into the activities of former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson while at the union, the Heydon Royal Commission revealed today.
