Social and community services workers employed by Mission Australia will receive one week of additional annual leave after each five years of service under a new enterprise agreement approved by Fair Work Australia yesterday.
FWA full bench upholds approval of UNSW agreement; Victorian unions seek support through paid media advertisements; CFMEU looks to UK sham contracting decision; and FWA extends Qantas long-haul pilots' protected action authorisation.
The Productivity Commission, in its disability care report released today, has recommended the Government expand the Fair Work Act's "right to request" provisions to allow parents of significantly disabled children over the age of 18 to apply for flexible working arrangements.
A delivery truck driver who unzipped his trousers and moved to urinate in toilets being serviced by a female cleaner showed an unacceptable disregard for another person, but his dismissal was harsh and unreasonable, Fair Work Australia has found.
Pressure on Defence talks as employees vote up strike ballot; Tribunal knocks back Queensland Government bid for legal representation; Court halves fine for CFMEU official; and Agreement fails BOOT due to annual leave shortfall.
The Productivity Commission, in its report on aged care, has resisted a call by the nursing union for mandatory staff to resident ratios, but has recommended a new pricing mechanism to provide "fair and competitive" wages for workers in the sector.
IMF backs lifting super contribution to 12%; Labour costs on way up, says Reserve; Victoria calls for ACCC to investigate union role in alleged secondary boycotts; Greens won't return ETU donation; Abetz calls for Fair Work Act review to be brought forward; and Employee protection built into Tasmanian forest restructuring agreement.
A trucking company might have had grounds for summarily dismissing a driver if it had had blood alcohol content testing equipment on site, but it failed procedural fairness requirements when it sacked him based on its observations of his condition, Fair Work Australia has found.
