The CPSU says its membership grew by 10% during APS-wide bargaining that is producing strong votes in favour of federal agencies' deals, while an academic says a "very difficult" task awaits any future government that seeks to wind it back.
The FWC no longer plans to deal with workers' right to disconnect during consultations in the work and care arm of its modern awards review, while it has tweaked its timetable and is inviting input by tomorrow afternoon on a survey that includes questions about working from home.
The FSU is backing the requests from 20 CBA workers seeking to extend the life of their zombie AWAs in the wake of a recent full bench finding that one of their colleagues would lose $17,000 in long service leave pay if she reverted to the bank's 2020 agreement.
The ABS has credited a rise in enterprise agreements as helping to take annual private sector rates of pay past inflation for the first time in nearly three years.
The TWU has offered Qantas a rare endorsement after the airline today announced former Toll chair and Asciano chief executive John Mullen as its next chair, describing the appointment as offering a "glimmer of hope" that the employer-employee relationship could be reset at the national carrier.
DEWR has told a Senate committee it will soon start consulting on a 2022 Labor election pledge to establish a scheme for portable employee entitlements for those in insecure work.
The ACTU is calling for a boost to casuals' loading, leave entitlements and roster stability, plus the scrapping of individual flexibility agreements, in a submission to the FWC's job security modern awards review, while the ASU and FAAA are seeking an overhaul of airline cabin crew and ground staff awards.
A HR manager who helped a sushi chain run illegal cashback and "dual rate" schemes affecting more than 100 workers has given key evidence establishing its chief executive's responsibility and knowing involvement in its "serious contraventions".
The TWU has called for Virgin Australia's owner to urgently conclude the negotiation of new enterprise agreements for pilots and cabin crew ahead of the imminent departure of chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus declared today that unions will continue to campaign on unfair pricing practices by major corporations, calling for gougers to be "named and shamed" by beefed-up regulators.
