In an important decision holding that a largely unpaid advisor was a tech start-up's employee rather than an independent contractor, the FWC has relied on the in-principle acceptance of his "far from comprehensive" proposal and the way in which the contract was performed.
Shell Australia has after failing in its bid to suspend protected action on its Prelude floating LNG platform decided to delay major maintenance work on the northern WA facility for almost a year.
A multinational company's lament about competing against "market disrupters" who treat workers as independent contractors has failed to distract the FWC from finding its proposed agreement failed the BOOT.
The ACTU has called for major changes to Australia's macroeconomic settings, which include requiring the Reserve Bank to work with other agencies on a "more balanced vision" of targeting both full employment and inflation.
The Greens will push to enshrine presumptions in the Fair Work Act that all workers are entitled to the same pay and conditions as employees and all work will be continuing unless there are sound operational business reasons against it, party leader Adam Bandt says.
The Fair Work Ombudsman says its record $532 million recovery of unpaid wages and entitlements in the last financial year was dominated by large corporates whose woes in part were caused by "complacency" or "high-risk workplace relations strategies".
The Albanese Government has told the FWC it backs a minimum pay rise for the 365,000 aged care workers because their work value "is significantly higher than modern awards currently reflect" and "gender-based assumptions" have undervalued their labour.
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.
