Employer groups and unions have expressed cautious support for a federal minister's push to make increased superannuation contributions a focus of resources sector enterprise bargaining, but say it could be difficult to achieve on the ground.
Bench quashes extension of time; FWA hearing on former state awards; UK considering whether to scrap right to request training; UK phasing out "default" retirement age; Court rules on "reasonable disciplinary action" question; and Ride to Work Day approaching fast.
SA to slash 3750 public service jobs; No abandonment of job, says court; FWA makes changes to equal pay timetable; Telstra agreement approved; and Fair Work adverse action provisions not reducing Victorian "employment activity" claims
A Fair Work Australia full bench will on Monday consider how it will from next year begin transitioning employers and employees on what were state awards but are now Division 2B awards into the modern award system.
Supervisors employed at five DP World ports will vote on whether they want to bargain for a new agreement after the maritime officers' union this week won orders for a majority support ballot, but in an unusual twist Fair Work Australia has ordered that they should have the option of voting "undecided".
A Fair Work Australia full bench has quashed an earlier ruling that a casual employee was not entitled to make an unfair dismissal claim because his period of continuous service was broken when he suffered an injury that prevented him from working.
The CPSU is set to take the next step in its pursuit of a single APS-wide agreement, with its governing council expected to tomorrow endorse a framework claim for a two-year deal providing 4% annual pay rises plus generous leave and superannuation - and with a mechanism to address pay inequities between agencies.
The ACCI has accepted an AMMA proposal to work more closely together to advocate "meaningful" IR change, with both arguing the major parties' status quo position ignores existing and emerging problems with the Fair Work Act.
Australia Post was obliged to dock four hours pay each time a pair of mail officers took unlawful industrial action by refusing to comply with a management decision to reduce staffing levels on a mail sorting machine, the Federal Magistrates Court has found in rejecting a union bid to prosecute the corporation.
