In the wake of the AMWU seeking a good faith bargaining order against high-tech manufacturer Cochlear, the company has lodged its own application, arguing that the union's repudiation of agreed bargaining protocols is a breach of good faith bargaining obligations.
A Fair Work Australia full bench has overturned an earlier ruling that employees of a business about to be sold were entitled to a redundancy payout under their enterprise agreement, holding that the Fair Work Act's transfer of business provisions prevailed.
The full bench hearing the first s266 workplace determination case today reserved its decision, after hearing from Qantas and the ALAEA on their consent deal.
Qantas and the Licensed Aircraft Engineers will take to this afternoon's Fair Work Australia directions hearing in Sydney a consent agreement that delivers 3% wage rises and ensures job security for existing engineers, but without blocking any future plans by the airline to move aircraft maintenance offshore.
The ABCC has urged the Federal Court to reject the terms of a settlement that would suspend individual fines of up to $8500 faced by more than 1300 workers who unlawfully walked off the job at Woodside's massive Pluto project in Western Australia last year over changes to their accommodation.
A coal mining agreement containing a controversial "opt-out" clause that the CFMEU (mining & energy division) challenged in the Federal Court is a step closer to approval, but not yet over the line.
Court orders BHP Coal to hand over documents; MUA members back at POAGS ahead of conciliation on Monday; and Surprise Victorian public sector job cuts.
The AMWU has today sought, after years of what it claims are fruitless negotiations, that FWA make a bargaining order to force high-tech manufacturer Cochlear to hold regular meetings, respond comprehensively to the union's claim and provide paid one-hour exchanges between the union and employees.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is in line for a $115,000 pay rise, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott $82,000 and backbenchers $45,000 - but not until parliament passes legislation preventing the increases flowing through to retired politicians' superannuation.
