A new Treasury and RBA working paper has found that Australia's concentrated labour market played a substantial part in keeping pre-COVID-19 wages low, with its effects becoming magnified due to "declining firm entry and dynamism".
In considering the case of a worker sacked for failing to tell his employer about his licence suspension and then lying about it, a NSW IRC member has found that his length of service "'cuts both ways' – the longer an employee’s period of service, the more they can be expected to be aware of the conduct expected of them by their employer".
As the FWC seeks feedback on draft principles it will have to factor in when deciding whether deals are genuinely agreed, an early ACTU submission lists multiple ways employers should facilitate union involvement, along with a "rebuttable presumption" it is authentic where registered unions support approval.
A Jetstar maintenance supervisor who referred to colleagues as "dumb c-nts" and tried to destroy the credibility of a complaining subordinate by revealing he was overtly flatulent and openly rubbed his p-nis at work has failed to establish that his sacking involved double standards or unfairness.
More than 90% of Crown Resorts' 8400 casino workers in Melbourne and Perth casinos have won a 5% wage rise under a series of new one-year enterprise agreements approved recently by the FWC that also deliver a return to weekend penalty rates for Melbourne employees.
TPG Telecom says it used a legal documents designer and best-practice inclusivity guidelines to create an engaging, accessible post-merger deal with "amazing" conditions, but the CEPU's communications division says it delivers a pay cut and unfairly shifts the goalposts on penalty rates.
The Albanese Government has asked the ACCC and Treasury for advice on the effects of non-compete clauses in employment contracts and any action warranted in response.
An employer's failed bid to confirm whether UWU organisers can enter the independent living homes of people with disabilities illustrates the difficulty the FWC must sometimes face in grappling with the separation of powers, according to a leading labour law expert.
