In a major development in the SACS equal remuneration test case, the Federal Government has committed to providing $2 billion to deliver social and community services workers the Queensland pay rates unions have been seeking, but with a delayed start date and a six-year rather than a five-year phase-in.
Cleaners seeking industry-wide agreement might take industrial action; Shorten says MySuper bill means no more charging workers for Rolls Royce product; Abattoir owner told to hand over documents; and Victorian public sector industrial action hotting up.
Next year's review of the Fair Work Act should examine whether the legislation ensures that good faith bargaining occurs, Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans has said.
Failing to notify workers about their representational rights ahead of bargaining doesn't necessarily mean the resulting agreement can't be approved, a FWA full bench majority has found.
A tribunal has rejected a former bank employee's claim that WorkSafe Victoria discriminated against her when it decided against prosecuting her former employer for alleged bullying.
A Federal Court judge has ordered Ballarat Health Services to pay 24 mental health nurses more than $100,000 in unpaid allowances in what a HSU claims is a test case ruling that might mean the Victorian Government is liable for $1.5m in backpay for hundreds of their colleagues across the state.
Changes to 457 visa program take effect today; Extra day off for sunshine state workers next year; Digest available for steel industry bill; and Qantas stories updated to include transcripts.
A FWA full bench majority has reversed a ruling that would have required a resources company to recognise MUA official Will Tracey as a bargaining representative.
The Australian Nursing Federation has sought Fair Work Australia's assistance in its negotiations with the Victorian Government, after a leaked Cabinet document revealed it had adopted a strategy of delaying negotiations and planning for an arbitrated resolution once nurses had inevitably taken industrial action, while FWA has ruled that the union must provide seven days' notice of strikes.
