Employers and workers experienced in bargaining still misunderstand key concepts, and their knowledge gaps contribute to unrealistic expectations on both sides that constrain effective negotiations, new FWC-commissioned research has found.
The FWC has urged logistics company DHL to seek professional IR advice after granting the UWU nine PABOs, warning the company that taking adverse action against workers taking part in protected action carries "serious implications".
The Albanese Government has today lost a second Senate vote to force a vote on legislation clearing the way for appointment of an administrator to the CFMEU's construction branches.
The SDA and UWU are jointly seeking same-job, same-pay orders at distribution giant Metcash that could lift the pay of on-hire warehouse workers by up to $12,700.
The private operator of NSW's power transmission network has lodged an intractable bargaining application while seeking a further halt to ETU protected action that resumed today, following a three-week FWC-ordered suspension.
An on-hire underground mineworker placed at South32's Cannington silver, lead and zinc mine in Queensland is seeking same-job, same-pay orders to put him and his colleagues on the same footing as the resource giant's directly-engaged workers.
The FWC has reinstated a Virgin Australia flight attendant sacked for drinking a glass of prosecco within eight hours of starting a shift, rejecting the airline's further evidence that he previously breached its fatigue management policy by having s-x after requesting a shift change due to tiredness.
The Albanese Government has lost a Senate vote that would have set a deadline of tomorrow for voting on legislation clearing the way for appointment of an administrator to the CFMEU's construction branches in the wake of claims of widespread corruption.
The FWC fielded a record number of applications in the past financial year after an annual leap of more than 25%, President Adam Hatcher says in a new report.
The TWU says it will be "opening up the lion's den" as a Road Transport Advisory Group member when regulated worker provisions take effect later this month, with plans to apply for fairer standards for owner drivers and gig workers and to take on rideshare platforms.
