Federal Government agencies have no "carve out" from the Fair Work Act's casual conversion obligations, the FWC has held, rejecting Services Australia's claim that it only has to offer permanency if it has a suitable "second vacancy" available at the same time.
The NSW Opposition has promised today that if it takes power at the March election, it will scrap the decade-old public sector wages cap and replace it with a productivity-based bargaining system.
In the wake of the RBA governor's warning about the risks of a wage-price spiral, new A-G's department data shows that bargained pay rises are flatlining at 2.7% a year in the private sector, rising at little more than half the 5.1% rate of headline consumer price inflation.
A workplace tribunal member has philosophised about the sun and moon in considering whether to extend time for an unfair dismissal claim filed three days late.
A UK tribunal has awarded a Christian factory-worker £22,000 ($39,000) in compensation, after finding on appeal that his dismissal for refusing to remove a crucifix necklace constituted indirect discrimination.
The RTBU says it will await the detail of a NSW Government offer to make "safety" changes to a new train fleet before deciding whether to call off industrial action, while nurses' and teachers' unions are accusing it of relying on its pay cap and legal action instead of listening.
The TWU has signed an agreement with Uber that commits the delivery and rideshare giant to supporting the Federal Government legislating for an independent body responsible for creating industry-wide standards.
The FWC is set to pull the shutters down on what academics hailed as its "bold" decision to give more than four million award-covered workers access to unpaid leave and twice as much annual leave on half-pay in response to pandemic uncertainties.
