The RBA is continuing to warn about the dangers of a wage-price spiral, saying the chances of it have declined, but could rise again if the FWC awards a "large" minimum rise this year or government employers ease or drop pay caps.
The Albanese Government has committed today to establishing an interim national agency from July 1 to manage the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, ahead of legislating a permanent body, after a long campaign by unions pushing for a "just transition".
NTEU members have voted to escalate industrial action, including another state-wide strike, if Victorian universities maintain their refusal to of union demands to replace most casual jobs with permanent positions.
An NDIS service provider must compensate a sacked disability worker held to have deliberately kneed an autistic client in the head and called him a "little c-nt", after the FWC found the employer failed to allow him to utilise an internal appeal channel, a process unknown to its in-house lawyer and HR manager.
Health unions have called for extra measures to ensure that on July 1 aged care employers pass on a full 15% work value pay rise, which is worth $11.3 billion over four years.
The SDA is gearing up to take further action against McDonald's fast food outlets after a settlement in which a franchisee coughed up $275,000 and confessed to waging a union-busting campaign and pressuring part-timers to become casuals, despite denying it in court documents.
New DEWR data shows bargained private sector wages have jumped to their highest level of growth in nine years but at half the rate of inflation, while public sector pay continues to be stymied by caps.
A former chef at a major catering company has appeared before FWC President Adam Hatcher seeking an equal remuneration order, in a case that could test workers' ability to seek retrospective redress from a pay equity expert panel once they have left an employer.
The Albanese Government's proposed model for national labour hire regulation exposes host employers and labour suppliers to criminal penalties if they "knowingly or recklessly" flout the scheme's rules.
Victoria's appeal court has upheld a ruling that an employer treated a manager unfavourably because of her s-x, when it ignored her repeated attempts to negotiate over-agreement pay rates, despite affording higher rates to male colleagues.
