A FWC full bench has quashed the approval of a company's CEPU-lodged agreement, found to have been voted up by two workers before it was used to cover AMWU members in a process "entirely lacking in authenticity and moral authority".
The FWC has held a worker's dismissal for allegedly assaulting a patient to be unfair, finding the employer's evidence inadequate and his response to a challenging situation "appropriate, reasonable, and proportionate".
The TWU has filed same-job, same-pay applications for award-covered on-hire airport ground crew performing work for Qantas Freight, as part of its continuing campaign to dismantle the airline's two-tier workforce.
A bill preventing workers at Commonwealth sites from losing access to portable leave schemes has passed the NSW Parliament, following the passage of legislation in South Australia that extended its scheme to community service workers.
A soon-to-be-published "really simple" voluntary code that protects penitent small businesses from criminal liability under imminent Closing Loopholes intentional wage theft provisions, will also serve as a blueprint for all employers to keep their noses clean, according to Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth.
Migrant women are experiencing workplace s-xual harassment at an alarming rate and are afraid to report for fear of jeopardising their visas, according to new Unions NSW research.
Australian professional sport's unique bargaining model that operates outside the IR system is getting "harder and harder" to sustain, a leading expert has warned, raising questions as to whether protected strikes will form part of the next major round of negotiations.
Workers are set to vote on the first multi-employer supported bargaining agreement covering more than 60 employers and 12,000 employees in the early childhood education and care sector, while about 16,000 Goodstart Early Learning workers have overwhelmingly voted up a new deal putting them in line for an 11% boost over three years.
Queensland's new Crisafulli Government is pausing the use of the former Labor administration's best practice pay and conditions procurement guidelines for new state-funded construction projects to "boost productivity" and will introduce legislation to reestablish a local Productivity Commission by the end of this year, and require it to review the state's building industry.
FWC President Adam Hatcher has asked the Road Transport Advisory Group for advice on progressing Menulog's claim for a gig economy delivery award and prioritising it around TWU bids for minimum standards and contract chain orders, while the tribunal's Road Transport Industry Panel is holding a conference on consultations.
