The TWU says a Toll Transport bid to amend the Road Transport and Distribution Award to "clarify" afternoon and night shift penalty provisions is a "shocking move" prompted by the union's allegations that it has been underpaying workers at one of its sites.
The FWC has refused to terminate the agreement of an employer that led the AWU to believe it would negotiate a replacement deal while moving in the background to bin it, finding it had not been prompted by an organiser calling its bargaining representative a sad "tosser" who lacked any humanity.
Assumptions in a pre-election MBA-commissioned report warning that abolishing the ABCC could deliver a $47.5 billion hit to the economy were based on a survey of 49 people who largely lacked experience of industrial action, according to an academic's scathing analysis.
A review conducted by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has found poor HR practices and people management have contributed to s-xual harassment and assault and bullying in NSW parliamentary workplaces and that cultural, policy and legislative barriers are preventing reporting of incidents.
The FWC's Vice President Adam Hatcher has told IR practitioners ahead of the jobs summit that calls for enterprise bargaining's revival are ignoring the context of the move to 121 simple modern awards and the "low hanging fruit" having been picked in the early days of decentralisation, while he has also sought to rebut "outdated" perceptions about the Commission's handling of agreements.
The agreement-termination bid cited by IR minister Tony Burke as a "rort" that could cut pay by 40%, which has been pushed back to December, returned to the FWC yesterday as it chaired talks between the parties to seek to break their bargaining deadlock.
In an emphatic rejection of the Coalition taking a "Team Australia" approach to the Albanese Labor Government's upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit, shadow workplace relations minister Michaelia Cash says it will be a "PR exercise" that pays lip service to consulting with business and employers.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has initiated legal action against the University of Melbourne, alleging it coerced and took adverse action against two casual academics to stop them claiming payment for work they performed.
