A FWC presidential member is letting BP lawyer-up as she considers a recusal bid by the self-represented creator of a Hitler parody video mocking the oil giant's bargaining, having rejected "serious allegations" against the worker's former employer's representatives while finding him more than capable of articulating his case.
More than 100,000 'zombie' agreements stretching back 30 years will be automatically axed in December if no application is made for an extension, employers have been reminded.
The ABCC might be gone, but its legacy continues, with the Federal Court fining the CFMMEU and six officials more than $300,000 for entry breaches on a highway upgrade in 2018.
A FWC bench will decide whether NSW rail employees receive an extra pay bump after long and fractious negotiations with the Perrottet Government ended with the approval of a new deal late on Friday.
A 63-year-old worker's summary "time theft" sacking has been upheld after the FWC ruled that his multinational employer's HR team lacked the firepower to argue its case against a union's experienced industrial advocate.
The ACTU is seeking that Labor ensure that its $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has union representatives on its board and that recipients are obliged to collectively bargain and meet labour standards.
While unions are seeking a 15% interim pay rise as soon as possible for aged care workers, a FWC full bench hearing is this morning gathering feedback on its provisional view that it should apply from June 30 and is asking why the Albanese Government wants to delay a third of it until the middle of next year.
Agreements filed in the FWC in the first fortnight of the year paid a 3.5% average rise, according to the tribunal's latest "real-time" data, while the Reserve Bank is continuing to warn against the risks of a wage-price spiral.
The ROC is probing whether a CFMMEU branch is complying with financial obligations following an investigation that prompted a Federal Court case against its leader, while the watchdog has decided not to pursue the National Retail Association over membership irregularities.
