Bargaining for a new host agreement and negotiating contracts with labour-hire companies does not justify a "lengthy" delay for same-job, same-pay orders, the FWC has ruled.
A silk's report commissioned by Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth found no basis for allegations of "misbehaviour" by FWC President Adam Hatcher and Vice President Ingrid Asbury towards Commissioner Jennifer Hunt, according to Justice Hatcher, while the vice president is now seeking the commissioner's removal or suspension.
A sacked crane driver can proceed with his late dismissal challenge after the FWC found the blame lay squarely with his union for belatedly obtaining legal advice about which jurisdiction to file it in.
The Albanese Government should repeal the wage theft offence and focus on simplifying the workplace relations system, the Australian Industry Group has told a Senate inquiry, while ACCI says that the absence of prosecutions shows that the "crime wave" used to justify the legislation "was false and misleading".
The ETU has accused BHP of putting forward a "baseline" agreement for the Pilbara's South Flank and Area C mines in an attempt to undermine the same-job, same-pay framework before on-hire workers "can even use it".
Legislation introduced this morning by the Albanese Government promises to reduce the FWC's "unsustainable" workload, with key measures including a bypass of a full Federal Court ruling that has increased the tribunal's burden.
The Albanese Government has heard the FWC's cry for help as it prepares to introduce legislation tomorrow aimed at putting the brakes on, and in some instances reversing the tribunal's AI-fuelled workload.
FWC Commissioner Jennifer Hunt's complaint that surfaced on Linked-In yesterday isn't the first, with the Commission revealing this evening that it counselled her after she raised an issue about another member two years ago, while she has also raised a further matter in recent weeks.
Most disability, home care, social and community services workers will from October next year be covered by a "vastly different" award providing pay rises of up to 27%, following yesterday's decision by a FWC expert panel considering gender undervaluation in highly-feminised sectors.
UWU president Jo-anne Schofield's United for You team appears to have won the union's college-style election, but In a major upset, she looks to have lost her position.
