Fair Work Australia's minimum wage panel, in its first decision, has this morning increased modern award minimum weekly rates by $26 - just $1 short of the $27-a-week sought by the ACTU.
A priest with an offshoot of the Catholic Church was an employee of the aged care facility at which he worked and entitled to proceed with his claim for unfair dismissal, FWA has found.
The Coalition has this afternoon tabled advice - which it described as "independent and unambiguous" - from the Clerk of the Senate on FWA head Justice Geoffrey Giudice's request to reconsider the requirement that he appear before Estimates hearings.
Labour costs down 2.8% over 12 months: ABS; FWO welcomes union/employer variation bids; First Fair Work minimum wage ruling tomorrow; and New take home pay forms issued after FWA president amends rules.
The Coalition senator behind last year's Senate resolution requiring FWA head Justice Geoffrey Giudice to appear for questioning at Estimates is unmoved by his plea to reconsider, saying it was "water off a duck's back".
FWA President Justice Geoffrey Giudice in an extraordinary statement has called on the Senate to reconsider a resolution requiring him to appear at Estimates hearings, saying it threatens to undermine public confidence in the tribunal's impartiality.
The Ai Group will this week apply to Fair Work Australia to clarify modern award transitional arrangements, after the Fair Work Ombudsman today rejected the employer body's view that cost increases under the new award regime can be absorbed into over-award payments.
An employer that fears it will be "commercially crippled" if a competitor is allowed to operate under its enterprise agreement has failed in a challenge to the deal's approval, but FWA has left the door open for rivals to contest agreement approvals in some circumstances.
Kennedy and Roberts elected to NUW leadership roles; ABC childcare centres change hands; IR advisor left me in the lurch, says employer; Most believe Abbott will bring back Work Choices; and Super comes out of wages, not profits, says Treasury head.
A court has slammed a Queensland employer's "reprehensible" conduct and ordered it to pay a $11,000 penalty to the LHMU after it deliberately ignored the union's appointment as a bargaining agent and refused to consult it before making an agreement with its employees.
