Labor has pledged to immediately increase the minimum wage for skilled overseas visa workers to $65,000 - a rise of almost 21% - if it wins the Federal election
The FWC has approved two Coles distribution centre deals after the retailer defended NUW claims that workers did not genuinely agree to them because it failed to tell them of plans to carry out redundancies and open new, automated facilities.
The AFP told two senior Coalition ministers that providing witness statements would "significantly assist" its investigation into media leaks about pending raids on the AWU in 2017.
One of Australia's largest employers has convinced the FWC that it should have access to external legal representation to defend its dismissal of a self-represented employee accused of stealing $400, because its in-house legal and HR personnel lack expertise in IR advocacy.
The private operator of Sydney's newest rail line has agreed to continue paying an RTBU delegate pending an expedited trial in July into allegations that it sacked him because he helped prepare for a majority support determination application, after the Federal Court today found serious questions to be tried.
The FWC has refused to grant the NUW a majority support determination at a distribution centre after holding that it must only count casuals who have recently worked shifts and declining to seek additional information to determine which casuals the company rostered-on.
The AWU claims to have arrested its membership losses, with a new back-office system recording a "modest" increase in numbers, but the ROC is growing impatient, accusing the union of lacking urgency and transparency in rectifying its reporting after it first raised issues about inaccurate data more than two-and-a-half years ago.
The Federal Court has frozen $450,000 of the assets of an Illawarra Indian restaurant operator while a cook pursues an underpayment claim of more than $200,000 plus penalties, amid allegations that it paid him for just a portion of his 12-hour shifts and demanded regular repayments.
James Cook University is fighting back against a Federal Circuit Court finding that it unlawfully sacked an academic who criticised prominent climate research, while the NTEU has welcomed a finding that the institution's code of conduct is "subordinate" to an intellectual freedom clause in its agreement.
FWC to assist Sydney Fast Ferry negotiations; Fine against CFMMEU Queensland leader; CBA facing up to $15m in backpayments, says FSU; and Federal Court to inquire into TWU election.
