Friday feedback deadline on draft wage review timetable; Grace continues in IR portfolio; McGurk WA's new IR minister; FWC can now handle fixed-term contract disputes; Petrol interests back Loopholes wage theft criminalisation; and FWC's O'Neill takes on Defence pay sideline.
In the wake of the passage of the Closing Loopholes legislation, the Albanese Government is again seeking expressions of interest for vice president, deputy president, commissioner and expert panel member roles.
An employer has failed to win approval for a deal that introduces a "new entrant" category paying construction workers who become traffic controllers 6% below their award rate while denying them an industry allowance, with the FWC unmoved by its argument that they need more supervision.
The Federal Court has programmed a 10-day hearing in March next year to determine any compensation for the 1680 Qantas group employees the airline subjected to unlawful adverse action when it outsourced their jobs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Federal Court has today ordered BHP Coal to pay $120,000 in penalties and substantial compensation, including for hurt and humiliation, to two Workpac on-hire workers it ousted from its Bowen Basin coal mines in Central Queensland.
Applications for "same job, same pay" orders are available from today, along with stronger workplace delegates rights, after the Closing Loopholes Act received Royal Assent yesterday.
Container terminal operator DP World's refusal to bargain while MUA members take protected action has contributed to a FWC finding that it would not be in the public interest to suspend it for a 90-day "cooling off" period.
The FWC has held that it cannot deal with a worker's casual conversion dispute as the recent sale of the business she works for has restarted the clock on her requirement to complete 12 months' service with her current employer.
Virgin Australia has averted the risk of strikes disrupting flights over the holidays, with the FAAA and the TWU announcing this afternoon that they have reached a deal lifting pay by between 14% and 18% over three years, delivering safer rosters and improving "work-life balance".
A leading IR legal expert says Victoria's selection as host jurisdiction for a harmonised labour hire licensing scheme and National Labour Hire Regulator is a "fitting reflection" of its contribution in recent years, but the industry peak body has expressed disappointment and surprise.
