A peak body for accountants has called on the federal government to improve the equity of super by retaining co-contributions for low earners and permitting all Australian workers to claim a tax deduction for personal contributions, but the assistant treasurer has reiterated the government's commitment to proceeding with its planned changes.
The Federal Court has quashed unconstitutional enterprise agreement clauses that require Victoria's Country Fire Authority to employ a specified number of additional firefighters and conduct recruitment courses, but has upheld a dispute resolution procedure that extends beyond matters in the deal and consultation provisions that give the UFU a dominant role.
The Productivity Commission has proposed ending government assistance to Australia's automotive manufacturing sector in 2020, opposed any supplementary "rescue package" for Toyota and component manufacturers, and called for a "smoother reduction" in assistance than the federal government has already outlined.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised the MUA for "repeatedly" breaching a personal commitment made by national secretary Paddy Crumlin that it would not encourage or organise productivity caps at Patrick's Port Botany or Fremantle terminals in exchange for "a considerable financial benefit in terms of back-pay".
Jetstar did not breach its enterprise agreement or the Fair Work Act when it imposed training costs of upwards of $37,000 each on a group of pilots, the Federal Court has ruled.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has highlighted the need for SPC parent company Coca-Cola Amatil to renegotiate work practices in the fruit producer's "pretty extraordinary" enterprise agreement to ensure the company's future.
The Fair Work Commission's minimum wage expert panel has called for submissions on whether its construction of its role in establishing and maintaining a safety net in last year's review was wrong.
As allegations of corruption continue to fly in the national construction industry, CFMEU Victorian construction branch secretary John Setka has emphatically denied he accepted $10,000 worth of supplies for his home from a Melbourne building supplier in the mid-1990s in return for "peace and quiet".
A FWC full bench has held that identifying a suitable job or position is a prerequisite to finding that a sacked employee should have been redeployed, and that reinstatement orders don't have to specify the role the worker will take up.
