RBA Governor Philip Lowe has delivered little comfort to workers looking for reassurance that wages will at least keep track with the recent spike in inflation, describing current hopes as colliding with a "substantial inertia" and future projections as facing "significant uncertainties".
Rio Tinto's HR practitioners are among the most confident within the company that it can tackle "deeply disturbing" levels of sexual harassment, bullying and racism, as an external report recommends it create an independent unit to better handle complaints.
The ABCC is relying on a broad reading of its powers in an investigation of whether alleged unlawful picketing occurred during a dispute last year involving the CFMMEU's MUA division on Fremantle's docks.
Employers have succeeded in winning a short delay to the introduction of a minimum wage guarantee in the horticulture award after a FWC bench accepted they needed time to revise their payroll systems and recruitment practices.
A Federal Court judge has accepted that the CFMMEU's offer to foot the bill for external training of its officials amounted to exhibiting enough contrition to keep a lid on penalties for entry breaches.
The FWC has thrown out an unfair dismissal case brought by a law student sacked from a full-time job as a legal assistant for failing to get a COVID-19 jab, finding she did not complete the required minimum employment term after taking time off to sit exams.
The Morrison Government is under fire for promising a bonus of up to $800 for aged care workers, while failing to support generalised wage increases in the sector through a work-value case in the FWC.
Patrick stevedores' application to terminate its enterprise agreement is set to be heard by the FWC next week, in a case with far-reaching implications for work arrangements on the waterfront.
Menulog appears to have suffered a self-inflicted wound in its quest to establish a gig economy beachhead within the existing IR framework, the FWC finding its workers fall under an award that pays more than the one it currently relies upon.
