In the wake of Friday's decision to pay an interim 15% rise to some aged care workers, FWC president Iain Ross has underlined that in work value cases seeking to establish gender-based occupational segregation, extensive evidence is required.
The Albanese Government will today table its foreshadowed amendments to the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill, as it seeks to provide "more comfort" to key Independent Senator David Pocock on proposed multi-employer bargaining reforms.
The FWC has found that a worker sacked by the Ubuntu Church for obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination is an employee, clearing the way for her to pursue an unfair dismissal claim.
Days after the BCA told a Senate hearing into the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill that businesses must not be forced to participate in multi-employer bargaining unless the majority of their employees support it, the Albanese Government has announced an amendment to address that concern, along with further changes to the BOOT.
After almost 11 years as FWC president, Iain Ross has resigned, saying that with new federal IR legislation looming, it will give his successor the chance to be "fully involved" in implementing the resulting changes.
The FWC's agreement wage statistics show the latest fortnightly snapshot of deals paid 3.6% a year, the highest in the short life of the series, which has today increased its claims to "real-time" status.
A tram driver whose failure to disclose his stroke "strikes at the heart of the employment relationship" has failed to establish that his employer unfairly sacked him, despite one of the employer's doctors breaching confidentiality requirements to set the record straight.
The ACTU has told a Senate inquiry into the Albanese Government's Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill that it will make it even harder for workers to take protected action, while the BCA says multi-employer bargaining should be restricted to low-paid sectors.
The aged care case full bench has late this afternoon accepted the work value grounds for lifting pay for "direct care" workers in the sector, awarding them an interim 15% rise.
After losing more than 20% of its members in the past five years and 60%-plus over two decades, the Finance Sector Union has restructured to reduce its full-time elected positions from seven to three, ensure gender equality across its elected roles and improve representation by creating dedicated places on its new national congress for First Nations and LGBTQIA+ people and those with a disability.
