A full Federal Court has cleared the way for the FWC to decide Esso's bid to terminate a 2011 deal covering Bass Strait offshore oil and gas workers, after the Victorian Government failed to persuade it that an FWC full bench wrongly quashed an earlier ruling to halt industrial action.
Growth in private sector rates of pay excluding bonuses has edged up to 2.3% a year, the fastest annual rise in four years, according to ABS data released today.
Professional and academic staff have again voted down a non-union deal derided as a "dud" by the NTEU, raising the prospect of further industrial action.
The Commonwealth DPP believed it had prima facie evidence to lay criminal charges over the leaking of information about the 2017 AFP raids on the offices of the AWU, a Senate estimates hearing was told today.
Unions in seeking to "change the rules" should consider whether to challenge the bipartisan anti-industrial action consensus by insisting a Labor Government remove the system of protected action ballots, an IR academics conference has heard.
The FWC has approved a Melbourne fire brigade agreement after it accepted undertakings that override terms that hindered workers going part-time and allowed their union to block flexible working arrangements, while a challenge is still on foot to an earlier finding that discriminatory deals can still get up.
The Australian Federal Police believes it gathered enough evidence to lay charges over media leaks about raids on the offices of the AWU in 2017, a Senate Estimates hearings has heard today.
The CEPU has launched a full-frontal attack on electrical contractors' efforts to secure a multi-enterprise agreement, claiming employers in other industries might use their actions as a "blueprint" to use the Fair Work Act to their advantage before the federal election.
A ROC media advisor tipped off a senior employee of Employment Minister Michaelia Cash about the 2017 police raids on the AWU after he accepted a job in her ministerial office, the Federal Court has heard today.
