SDA national secretary Joe de Bruyn says a new enterprise agreement that delivers 3.5% annual pay rises for 23,500 Kmart employees is "an extremely good outcome" in a difficult retail trading environment.
Terminal medical condition an exceptional circumstance, says FWA; BHP sues MUA for $7 million over tug crew wildcat strike; Manager labelled a sl-t resigned, says tribunal; FWA upholds Armaguard’s dismissal of employee who "dry fired" revolver; Nurses fail in bid for night shift exclusion; and NSW Police support staff seek to move to federal system.
Some 10,000 David Jones employees will receive a pay rise of 8.9% over three years – with the first 3.8% instalment backpaid to June 1 - after the retailer and the SDA made their first enterprise agreement since the 2006 deal expired in February 2008.
Breakthrough at BHP Coal; FWA modifies award review timetable; Ministerial council issues communiqué; and Fair Work Act “deserves a fair go”, says Coalition.
The Australian National University must compensate Canberra IR lawyer Bradley Beasley for a work-related psychological injury, after the AAT found the way it conducted a 2009 performance appraisal didn't constitute "reasonable administrative action".
FWA has published draft directions for the first stage of the modern award review, giving parties five weeks to file their applications to amend penalty rate and public holiday provisions, and providing a similar time period for responses.
Qantas and unions have agreed on a short-term enterprise deal that will provide 420 technical and salaried employees a 3% pay rise while new classification and pay structures are negotiated.
Fair Work Australia has rejected a waste management company's application to reduce three employees' redundancy pay to zero because serious financial problems meant it had no capacity to pay.
A Federal Court full court this year confirmed that the TWU didn't have to seek a majority support determination before asking members to take industrial action when JJ Richards refused to bargain, but the union has now won such a determination after the company again turned it away.
