The FWC is seeking submissions from the AMWU and a dairy company on whether allowing some workers to vote during the access period is a minor error it can forgive.
A court has fined a CFMMEU official almost $9000, but has attached little weight to "remedial" training he undertook after the ABCC charged him with preventing a concrete pour, saying it should not be necessary for someone in his role.
The FWC has found that unpredictable time in lieu should not be counted when determining whether a worker is excluded from making an unfair dismissal claim because their remuneration exceeds the statutory threshold.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says Labor's jobs summit will tackle the "rort" of tearing-up agreements to decimate wages, while tug boat operator Svitzer says unions have obtained a delay in its deal termination bid as they are banking on legislative change.
The CFMMEU's mining and energy division has again been frustrated in its bid to win independence from the amalgamated union after a full Federal Court today upheld a FWC finding that its application for a ballot of members failed on a threshold issue.
An employer must pay compensation to a "pro-choice" worker sacked for missing a COVID-19 vaccination deadline after the FWC found that, unlike a colleague, it failed to afford her a chance to take leave while awaiting the impending approval of the Novavax jab.
The RBA is expecting the near-8% year-end headline inflation spike to only ease to 6.25% in the middle of next year, while it is turning its guns on the ABS wage price index, which it perceives as too narrow.
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Ai Group head of national workplace relations policy Stephen Smith is moving on after more than 30 years with the employer group, while NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association general secretary Brett Holmes is retiring after two decades in the branch's top job.
The Albanese Government consulted with unions on its plan to abolish the ABCC before it held meetings with state and territory IR Ministers and the National Workplace Relations Consultative Council, according to information tabled in the Federal Parliament.
