After declaring at the AWU's last biennial conference in 2011 that the union would seek to build its aluminium industry membership from 80% to 100%, density remains unchanged, but the union is making headway, according to national secretary Paul Howes.
FWC advertising jobs following restructure; NSW PSA gives in on wages cap, but fight to continue; NSW IRC seeks new members; John Holland WA appeal adjourned until September; and Public sector jobs shrinking, along with full-time employment.
The right to request provisions that the federal government has committed to expanding in its next tranche of Fair Work amendments are being used at fairly low levels and mainly by female employees of large businesses, according to a FWC report.
Qantas and the FAAA have reached agreement on a new enterprise deal that will increase the pay of international cabin crew by up to 14% over 3.5 years, after negotiations that began a month after the dramatic 2011 lockout and grounding.
The federal government will incorporate a new duty in award and agreement model consultation clauses for employers to genuinely consult employees before changing rosters or working hours, according to Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten.
Working from home can intensify rather than mitigate work-life conflict, particularly for those who "take work home", according to researchers from the University of South Australia, who are calling for stronger regulations to address the issue.
A Federal Court judge has granted an injunction to the Fair Work Building Inspectorate to stop a "community protest" picket at a sewage farm construction project, while criticising evidence obtained by an IR consultant as a potential breach of telecommunications laws.
DEEWR received some 25 applications for the two new FWC vice president jobs and is close to providing Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten with a shortlist, the department has told a Senate Estimates hearing.
A parliamentary inquiry that has likened fly-in, fly-out and drive-in, drive-out work arrangements to a "cancer" on regional centres has been accused of demonising labour mobility in the resource industry.
The approach to assessing reasons for adverse action taken by the High Court in Barclay could encourage employers to explain those reasons in a way that helps their case, according to University of Melbourne academics.
