The FWC's expert panel has this morning approved a 5.2% ($40) rise to the national minimum wage, while workers covered by award rates will get an increase of at least 4.6%, after it took into account the effects of the sharp inflationary rise on low-paid workers and accepted the need for moderation.
A UK employment tribunal has found that an employer unfairly dismissed a nurse for using too much sick leave and discriminated against her by failing to make reasonable adjustments to accomodate her disabilities, which included migraine headaches.
The FWC full bench hearing the aged care work value case is seeking feedback on its provisional view that pay rates in awards covering the sector's workforce have not been properly fixed, calling also for submissions on background documents by July 22.
Former long-serving SDA national secretary Joe de Bruyn and HR Nicholls Society founding president John Stone are among those recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours.
Pilots at the REX airline group will tomorrow start voting on protected action amid rising tensions over the level of "catch-up" pay rises to be included in a new enterprise agreement.
The FWC has reinstated a teacher who delayed her COVID-19 vaccination so she could consult a heart specialist, but lost her job before she could do so.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has indicated that the Albanese Government will respond to the FWC's recent provisional decision favouring paid domestic violence leave by legislating for the entitlement, while he says Labor did not take detailed proposals for reform of the bargaining regime to the election due to the "complexity" of problems and his desire to have a department behind him to "work through all of that sensibly".
