The Morrison Government faces more pressure to lift aged care wages and staffing, with coming protected industrial action in three states and calls from the Victorian and Queensland governments for Canberra to fund an increase in the sector's minimum wages in a landmark work value case.
An FWC member has rejected a recusal application from employees Virgin Australia dismissed for refusing to disclose their vaccination status, amid concerns that his frequent flyer membership made him biased.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra's former chief executive has launched a Federal Court action accusing the organisation and its chair of sacking her for commissioning an independent review that disclosed systemic s-xual harassment, bullying and racism.
The Morrison Government denies that it plans to revive Omnibus Bill changes to the Better Off Overall Test that would allow the FWC to approve substandard agreements if it wins next month's federal election.
IR Minister Michaelia Cash says that if the Morrison Coalition Government is returned at the May 21 election, it will double the maximum penalties for serious, deliberate and repeated breaches of the law covering workplace behaviour in the construction industry.
The Perth-based newspaper group controlled by billionaire Kerry Stokes has struck an in-principle agreement with three unions, ending an 11-week lockout.
A senior FWC member has sidelined himself from two unfair dismissal claims against Coopers Brewery after disclosing that he accepted donated beer for a 2014 fundraiser.
Labor has accused the Coalition of planning to revive changes to the Better Off Overall Test by re-introducing the remainder of its IR Omnibus legislation if it wins the May 21 Federal election.
The Coalition has today revealed a pre-election compromise position on its long-held push for "life-of-project" agreements, which would have a maximum term of six years, down on the eight-year regime jettisoned from its IR Omnibus Bill, but unions say it amounts to another Government strategy to cap pay rises.
In a case that illustrates sexual harassment problems at remote mine sites, the Commission has upheld BHP Billiton's sacking of a service technician after he groped and pursued two young female cleaners, prompting one to leave the "too unsafe to return" worksite.
