Unions seeking an equal remuneration order for SACS workers today proposed Fair Work Australia adopt a six-month timetable for dealing with the matter, including a request that a full bench sit and conduct "views" around the country.
The resources sector fears an outbreak of entry-related bargaining claims unless Fair Work Australia's full bench quashes a decision allowing unions and employers to circumvent the Fair Work Act's right of entry protocols.
In an important case on restructuring, Xstrata subsidiary Ulan Coal Mines has today told a full bench of FWA that there was "indisputable" evidence it had a labour surplus at its NSW underground operation when it dismissed 10 mineworkers last year, and that an earlier finding that the redundancies weren't genuine was wrong.
Virgin Blue subsidiary V Australia is using the IFA provision in the cabin crew modern award to roster flight attendants for longer than the 18-hour limit on extended shifts, in a move the FAAA is considering prosecuting as a potential award breach.
Employers, unions and the Federal Government today each urged a Fair Work Australia full bench to overturn a single member's decision that significantly limits the scope for individual flexibility arrangements, while the full bench cautioned employers against putting deals to a vote and then later challenging them.
Slow mail not employee's fault; Conciliator gave wrong advice on time limits; Ignorance and poor English excuse lateness; and FWO's "unreasonable" nine-day response
A HR services company that purported to make redundant a female manager who was returning from maternity leave should have redeployed her and retrenched another employee, a senior FWA member has ruled in rejecting the employer's bid to have her unfair dismissal bid thrown out.
