The ACTU has been brought in to mediate a heated waterfront demarcation dispute between the CFMMEU's MUA maritime division and the AMOU over coverage of workers at Melbourne's Webb Dock "robo-terminal".
An FWC full bench has split over when an agreement is "made" and whether bargaining can continue or must re-start if the tribunal refuses to approve it.
The push to criminalise so-called "wage theft" by employers might be a less effective deterrent than an increased number of civil prosecutions, according to a new academic paper.
Fashion designer Alex Perry failed to give a long-serving patternmaker/sample machinist sufficient time to lift his performance when allegedly sacking him one work day after formally notifying him of concerns, the CFMMEU will argue in conference before the FWC next week.
An ASX-listed company says it expects its former chief executive to hit it with a compensation claim of more than $500,000 if he proves it sacked him for lodging an ASIC complaint and accusing staff of financial impropriety, but the employer maintains it ousted him over performance issues.
Annual growth in private sector rates of pay has continued its incremental rise over the past two years to outstrip falling cost of living figures, according to ABS WPI data released today.
The ACTU will use the results of a large online survey showing more than 60% of female respondents have experienced workplace sexual harassment to push its case for the FWC to be given the power to resolve related disputes.
The FWC has ruled that more than 100 Sydney bus drivers who called in sick on the same day last week were engaged in "covert industrial action" which must be "unequivocally condemned".
