The FWC has rejected a proposed agreement that disadvantaged low-paid casuals because the workers who voted on it did not reflect those who would be worse off.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has confirmed he can investigate whether the scheme for administering the CFMEU construction and general division is being effectively implemented and will continue to monitor its compliance.
Under-fire HSU branch leader Diana Asmar has been ordered not to use union funds to cover the costs of defending FWC allegations that she received "cashbacks" and unwarranted reimbursements, while also being directed to provide undertakings not to initiate any further reprisals against three officials who maintain that the branch no longer operates effectively.
A lawyer's "significant omission" in failing to specify the deadline for a self-represented worker to lodge his unfair dismissal claim, despite sending the worker a costs agreement on that date, contributed to the delay and warranted a one-day extension, the FWC has found.
FWC-brokered improvements have secured Virgin Australia's narrow-body jet pilots' substantial support, on the second attempt, for a deal that delivers a 15% upfront base wage increase.
Qantas has agreed to top-up the pay of freight workers at subsidiary Australian Air Express by almost $7000 a year to achieve parity with their directly-engaged colleagues after the ASU raised the prospect of lodging a same-job same-pay claim.
The FWC has ruled that an intoxicated FIFO female mineworker rubbing up against and trying to hold hands with her male colleagues when commuting to her worksite amounted to harassment and s-xual harassment and warranted BHP dismissing her.
Cbus workers have voted up a deal setting "the gold standard" for AI protections in the finance sector and locking-in more flexible working from home arrangements, according to the FSU.
Some 30,000 Westpac employees have won a new entitlement under the bank's proposed new three-year enterprise agreement to five paid days of "family pathways leave" to support them through processes such as IVF and adoption, while those earning less than $102,000 will receive a 5% upfront increase in its first year.
A FWC presidential member has suggested policymakers give greater consideration to recognising the "industrial qualifications" of migrant workers after ruling an employer unfairly dismissed a factory hand when it made him redundant without consultation due to his unsuccessful attempts to obtain an Australian forklift licence.
