The FWC has moved a step closer to curtailing the lowest pay classification in awards from January 1, inviting comment on draft determinations that ensure it is used only for a short period of induction and training.
The FWC has backed the Commonwealth Bank's sacking of an "insubordinate" worker who argued it could not discipline him for pummelling his manager with abusive text messages because he sent them outside of working hours.
A preliminary report to the Victorian Government foreshadows that there might be a need to expand the powers of the State's integrity agencies to deal with concerns such as those raised about the conduct of the CFMEU construction and general division's Victorian branch.
A UK IR tribunal has awarded a teacher £61,000 ($118,000) for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal, after her employer failed to make reasonable adjustments for symptoms of menopause and anxiety and then dismissed her for incapacity, but failed to consider suitable alternative roles.
The Albanese Government's Future Made in Australia legislation, currently before parliament, will require the public and private investment it attracts to benefit local workers by promoting safe, secure, well-paid jobs with good conditions.
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has sought to allay business fears about the effects Labor's changes to bargaining laws on WA's resources sector, suggesting that mining company HR departments are more concerned about labour shortages than enterprise negotiations.
Former leaders of the CFMEU construction and general division's Queensland branch have registered a public company to fund legal challenges on the same day the Albanese Government formally appointed an administrator.
Qantas has decided to support three FAAA same-job, same-pay claims for short-haul cabin crew and bring more workers in-house, while the union says the Albanese Government's IR reforms have also been "critical" in striking an in-principle deal variation for long-haul crew.
FWC president Adam Hatcher will convene a directions hearing next month into the Commission's own-initiative case to develop a "workable" award clause that removes impediments to working from home.
