The Coalition has reversed its stance on working from home in the federal public sector, while also shifting its position on slashing the APS workforce by 41,000, saying it will now be achieved over five years by natural attrition and hiring freezes, but the CPSU is warning this will still have a "devastating" effect on services.
The ASU has welcomed an Albanese Government commitment "to support pay increases and better career pathways" for community and disability workers if re-elected, with Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt pledging funding for a workforce project to update the SCHADS Award.
Workers should not refuse to resolve bullying at a workplace level just because they have an anti-bullying case underway, the FWC has found in dismissing a chief executive's claim against her husband during divorce proceedings, finding only a single instance of unreasonable conduct.
The Catholic Church's IR advisory body is urging the FWC's wage panel to order a 4.5% increase in the federal minimum wage, but says a rise of almost three times that would be required to lift single workers out of poverty, while a range of employer groups are seeking rises of about 2.5%.
The FAAA and the TWU have confirmed they will push for a Virgin Australia employee share program if the airline goes ahead with plans to re-list on the ASX in June.
A 9.2% increase to the national minimum wage and award wages would restore low-paid workers' buying power to pre-pandemic trends without significantly affecting inflation, according to research finding no consistent link between minimum wage rises and inflation since 1990.
The FWC has found a top sales operator made redundant the day before her parental leave started was in fact unfairly dismissed, with her employer apparently transferring into her role its lowest performer "by a significant margin".
The Opposition has vowed that it will not roll back the Albanese Government's same-job, same-pay laws, as new research from the Labor-aligned McKell Institute indicated it could contribute up to $2.556 billion per year to the economy and boost wages by nearly $1 billion a year, significantly exceeding DEWR estimates.
Confirming its approach to striking while arbitration is underway, the NSW IRC has threatened to stop proceedings involving the State's psychiatrists if they go ahead with planned industrial action, in defiance of the tribunal's orders.
After four months of industrial action, Maurice Blackburn employees have won an 11% wage increase over three years - and a bigger 12.5% rise for those on five-figure incomes - along with six days of reproductive leave and the ability to cash out unused health and wellbeing leave.
