On-hire casual assistant train drivers placed at rail giant Pacific National are set for pay rises of more than $49,000 a year, plus higher penalty payments, under same-job, same-pay orders won by the RTBU that also provide the first "recurring extended exemption period" that permits the host to use labour hire at reduced rates of pay to meet a spike in demand for up to six months, during the grain harvesting season.
Shadow IR Minister Tim Wilson says he comes to the portfolio with "fresh thinking" and as a "sponge for new ideas", while he predicts AI will increasingly propel people to combine salaries, side hustles and shared equity schemes.
The Federal Court has today rejected BHP Coal's bid to stay the same-job, same-pay orders for its Bowen Basin mines, which had been due to take effect within days.
The FWC has refused to extend time for a Woolworths worker whose mental health suffered severely after her supervisor allegedly s-xually harassed and assaulted her at work, after which it dismissed her when she failed to scan and pay for toilet paper while grocery shopping.
The FWC is introducing reforms to tackle a blowout in general protections claims and the paid agents using them as a "business model", while it is also incorporating AI into major aspects of its work, according to its President, Adam Hatcher.
A FWC full bench is seeking submissions on any additional issues its review of award part-time provisions should consider, and will then consult on proposed research, while the tribunal has also begun a review of redundancy provisions in selected awards.
The FWC has found an employer unreasonably directed a worker to take a breath test without clearly explaining why, and then unfairly summarily dismissed her for refusing it.
The Road Transport Advisory Group has recommended that the FWC program key proposed gig food/beverage delivery, last-mile delivery and road transport contractual chain cases to run in parallel, after a consultation process failed to find consensus on priorities.
The Net Zero Economy Authority's jobs plan process is too "narrow and limited in scope", but Germany's best practice just transition model can provide lessons, academics have told a review.
