The nexus between low unemployment and rising wages is broken, with the "hydraulic pressure" of a tight labour market undermined by systemic "leaks" and "loopholes", according to workplace relations minister Tony Burke.
A major mining company should have paid untaken sick leave to 20 retrenched employees, the Federal Court has ruled, in a judgment closely examining how the Fair Work Act's high-income threshold applies to annualised salaries.
A FWC full bench that quashed a finding that Deliveroo had an employment relationship with delivery rider Diego Franco has sounded a clear call for a statutory response, while confirming the position of digital platform companies has been "strengthened immeasurably", according to a leading employment law and IR academic.
The Victorian Government's wage inspectorate has charged two Commonwealth Bank subsidiaries with allegedly failing to pay more than $70,000 in long service leave entitlements to 20 former employees and failing to comply with a notice to produce documents.
Qantas has secured new deals with freight pilots and unlicenced aircraft engineers but the threat of turmoil looms, with licensed engineers voting to stop work, ground crew considering it and the FAAA claiming domestic fight attendants are facing ultimatums.
Coopers Brewery workers look set to pocket increases exceeding 6% next year, after the FWC approved its new enterprise deal that pays CPI-based rises in 2023 and 2024, after a fixed increase this year.
Australia's biggest employer group says the forthcoming Jobs and Skills Summit must tackle the "unnecessarily technical and complex" agreement-making process, along with the better-off-overall test.
The Albanese Government has today released an issues paper for the forthcoming Jobs and Skills Summit that says the bargaining system should be a "key enabler" of both productivity growth and secure, well-paid work.
In a significant decision on the employment status of gig workers, a FWC full bench has quashed a ruling that Deliveroo delivery rider Diego Franco was an employee entitled to protection from unfair dismissal.
Private sector rates of pay increased by 2.7% annually in the June quarter, lifting off historic lows but failing to make much of a dent on surging inflation.
