Wage increases of about 3.5% a year are set to flow to some 40,000 workers in the retail sector under enterprise agreements negotiated between the SDA and large employers including Bunnings and Dan Murphy's, while fast-growing JB Hi-Fi could be among those in the union's sights in future bargaining rounds.
A pilot sacked by Jetstar after failing assessments at the end of his training period has been ordered by the Federal Magistrates Court to repay the airline $30,000 it spent on training costs, after it rejected his claim that flaws in the training system led to his failure.
In a move the ACTU has labelled a "political stunt", the VECCI has applied to vary 81 modern awards that prescribe minimum shift lengths for part-time and casual workers - including the modern retail award - to allow workers to agree to reduced hours.
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.
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