The Albanese Government's third round of IR legislation appears set to be introduced in September as it wrestles with the detail of changes such as requiring "same, job same pay" and giving casuals more scope to become permanent employees.
A four-member FWC full bench has refused to extend the lives of two labour-hire company zombie agreements, finding that their loaded rates fail to compensate workers for award overtime pay entitlements.
Workers should fight for better pay and conditions rather than accept the "overhyped" employer-driven four-day working week, which often results in work intensification and employees losing conditions, according to an IR academic.
NTEU members have resolved to hit seven Victorian universities with industrial action targeting their open days, including one institution that failed to convince the FWC not to grant the union a protected action ballot order.
In a decision closely examining when a demotion amounts to a dismissal, the FWC has found that a legal centre sacked a practice manager when as a disciplinary measure it moved her to a social worker/counsellor position and shaved more than $16,000 from her pay.
The ACTU's national executive has swung its weight behind the Rugby League Players Association in its deadlocked bargaining dispute with the NRL, calling for the game's administrators to halt their "union-busting" and engage an independent mediator or go to the FWC.
Offshore Alliance unions will seek their members' authorisation for industrial action on Woodside's LNG platforms off the coast from Karratha in Western Australia's north-west.
IR Minister Tony Burke has hit back at claims that the Albanese Government is failing to conduct adequate consultations on its labour law amendments, while also using a speech to the Sydney Institute to address persistent "scare campaigns".
The TWU has called for employees of Virgin Australia to share the gains from the forthcoming initial public offering of shares in the revived airline, including through an annual share scheme worth $1000 a year.
