The FSU has called on Suncorp to revise a bargaining offer that it says would cut weekend penalties and give management control over whether to increase pay for the finance and insurance company's 17,000 strong workforce.
FWA has rejected an agreement for three Bakers Delight stores in Melbourne after finding submissions by employer representative Enterprise Initiatives about the deal's clauses were "inaccurate, misleading or contradictory".
The relationship between the minimum wage and enterprise bargaining, the compression of award relativities and the needs of the low paid are among the research proposals FWA is considering in the lead-up to next year's wage review.
Construction workers on the Pluto LNG project have won the right to resume previously suspended protected strike action, in a significant FWA full bench ruling that highlights the role of industrial action under IR laws based on enterprise bargaining.
Telstra workers to vote on deal; Appalling" childcare employer ordered to make maximum payout; Workers not hard to find, except in mining, says RBA; We won't change paid parental plans, says Abbott; and Home care workers not entitled to first aid allowance: FWA
LHMU wins scope order for single enterprise agreement; FWA rejects premature ballot application; Strikes stopped despite uncertainty over economic harm; and FWA grants ballot order, but puts unions on notice
The Federal Court has imposed fines totalling $67,500 on four unions and four organisers over attempts - including protests that led to property damage - to coerce subcontractors on a Victorian gas plant upgrade to sign union collective deals.
Rio Tinto's five-year non-union Pilbara agreement it made with just a handful of employees ahead of the Fair Work Act taking effect has survived a Federal Court challenge by the CFMEU (mining & energy division).
Breastfeeding breaks for public servants; Full bench adopts Glaxo public interest ruling; NSW rail dispute rolls on; and McInnes to contest harassment claim.
