NSW PSA members have voted to accept a 10% pay rise over three years plus a 1% super boost in what State Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says is "proof that a mature government" can negotiate a deal that's good for both taxpayers and workers.
Australians struggling with the cost of living crisis support taking action to address both their incomes and costs and don't swallow suggestions that a wage-price spiral is responsible for inflation, according to a new Australia Institute report released today.
The National Construction Industry Forum has agreed at today's meeting that it will develop within six months a reform blueprint to deliver "real, long-term change", including to the sector's culture, according to its chair, Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt.
Rebel unions "outraged" by the Albanese Government's decision to put the CFMEU's construction division into administration and the ACTU's support for it will consider setting up a rival peak group late this year.
The FWO has confirmed it is pursuing 42 investigations into potential Fair Work Act breaches in the building industry involving "most branches" of the CFMEU's construction and general division.
The Federal Court has expressed frustration while dealing with a consolidated SDA and RAFFWU-backed class action against the KFC and more than 80 franchisees, after employers sought to further delay its ability to tackle key questions.
An employer has won a rare costs order against an experienced paid agent after the FWC agreed that he should "never" have run a pregnancy discrimination case given there was no evidence the on-hire worker was ever dismissed.
The FWC has approved an Australia Post deal that locks in a 12.5% boost to pay and allowances over three years, while extending a 15% delivery allowance to casual posties, but the tribunal has had to insist the employer publish a HR manual alongside it that sets out the new rates.
The WA IRC has made interim orders removing the recently reappointed leader of the ANMF's West Australian branch, Mark Olson, paving the way for the union council member who launched the challenge to take over his post.
The FWC has taken the unusual step of allowing an employer's HR manager on behalf of workers to sign off on an agreement not backed by the CFMEU's construction division, after accepting evidence that employees were "reluctant" to put their names to the deal.
