The CFMMEU says that raids by the AFP on its Sydney offices and other premises today involve "investigations under the Fair Work Act and related matters".
Private sector pay rates excluding bonuses increased by 0.1% seasonally adjusted and 0.5% in original terms in the September quarter, according to the ABS.
The FWC has ruled that a company facing an unfair dismissal claim is a small business that is not a related entity to the company that "birthed" it and provided it a $356,000 loan.
The FWC has ordered compensation for an award-winning Ray White real estate salesperson sacked after "stirring the pot" over plans to pass on only a proportion of JobKeeper payments to commission-based employees.
After more than a fortnight without a locally-acquired coronavirus case, the City of Melbourne is seeking agreement from major employers to sign a "CEO pledge" committing to enticing 70% of their workforces back to the office once they are allowed to do so under government health policies.
RBA's modest wage growth hopes; Case to test employers' vaccination policies; Clerks award flexibilities extended until March; and Grace retains Palaszczuk Government's IR portfolio.
Multinational cosmetics company Lush has backpaid workers almost $4.5 million and entered into an enforceable undertaking with the FWO after the lack of an HR department and training, along with a moribund manual payroll system, led to widespread underpayments.
A full Federal Court has confirmed that 150 workers were entitled to be paid for the 20-minute bus ride to a major energy project's security gate at the end of each shift, after one of the judges rejected a request to recuse himself because he had acted for the employer during negotiations for the deal at the heart of the dispute.
