Fair Work Australia has suspended the entry permits of two CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch officials for three months, after the Federal Court found they had breached the Fair Work Act's entry provisions and ordered them to pay penalties.
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In a landmark ruling, a Fair Work Australia full bench has found today that about 200,000 social and community services employees are receiving less pay than public sector workers performing similar duties and that the disparity is partly gender-driven, but has urged parties to agree on a remedy before further hearings in August.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has today ruled in favour of making an equal remuneration order to rectify a partially-gender-based disparity between the pay of social and community services workers and employees in state and local government, but wants to hear further submissions on the extent of changes to wage classifications.
The NSW IRC will become a "rubber stamp" if the NSW Government proceeds with plans to limit the tribunal's wage-setting power in the public sector, according to its President, Justice Roger Boland.
The TWU faces the prospect of a significant damages payout to Qantas, after the Federal Court ruled that wildcat industrial action it organised at four airports two years ago was unlawful.
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The issue of what constitutes a "premises" for right of entry purposes will be determined by a court, after Telstra failed in its bid to knock out a CEPU claim that its managers breached entry laws in denying it access to employees at their workstations.
Qantas licensed aircraft mechanical engineers have this morning called off industrial action for the next four weeks, including the strikes and bans planned for Monday and Tuesday, prompting the airline to withdraw its s418 application.
