Hours after accusing the FWC of emboldening the RTBU and "serving no utility" in resolving NSW's long-running trains dispute, the State's Employment Relations Minister Damien Tudehope on Friday announced a breakthrough deal in which the tribunal will arbitrate on remaining sticking points.
The creator of a Hitler parody video mocking BP's bargaining process who has already won $200,000 in compensation will get another shot at recouping extra pay he would have earned but for a revoked planned promotion, after a full bench rejected a finding that he is pursuing it by "stealth".
The TWU has called on the administrators of Deliveroo Australia Pty Ltd to support the Federal Circuit Court delivering a judgment on whether a former food delivery driver was a casual employee or a contractor.
The Albanese Government had dropped contentious "cost neutrality" provisions from its Respect@Work Bill and will refer the matter to the Attorney-General's Department, which will conduct a review.
The Victorian Trades Hall Council has published a lengthy policy wish-list it wants implemented if the Andrews Labor Government is returned for a third term at tomorrow's State election, but the contest appears to have tightened since it released the manifesto last month.
The APS has achieved gender balance at senior leadership levels for the first time, although it still has a 6% gender pay gap, according to the latest annual update.
The Federal Court has upheld a FEG entitlements appeal because the "multi-factorial approach" applied when determining whether a worker is an employee has since been overruled by the High Court in Personnel Contracting and Jamsek.
More than 1,000 domestic cabin crew at Qantas have authorised protected action including 24-hour strikes and overtime bans in the lead-up to the busy pre-Christmas travel period, as their union resists the airline's push for longer rostered hours and to hold annual pay rises to 3% as inflation soars.
The FWC has held that TAFE NSW must offer permanency to three casuals in line with the Fair Work Act's conversion provisions but has refused a CPSU bid to cast the orders more widely to capture other casuals that meet the eligibility requirements.
