The MUA says it has secured a new deal at Hutchison Ports that "slams the door on automation", while members at the Port of Melbourne's "robo-terminal" are in line for big pay rises after endorsing a VICT agreement that boosts consultation over AI.
The proposed amalgamation of the Australian Retailers Association and National Retail Association to form the Australian Retail Council will go to a ballot next month, after a FWC decision today.
Shifting workers from cut-price arrangements with internal and external labour suppliers will cost the Qantas group a total of $115 million in the current financial year, the airline has revealed in its full-year financial results.
An employer representative involved in negotiating a new ILO gig work convention says it might require a "significant" expansion of Australia's current regulatory regime, while imposing "more onerous" obligations on platforms using algorithmic management systems.
A worker who made unfounded bullying complaints against 11 alleged perpetrators, including a senior HR manager, two HR team members, a safety specialist and an in-house lawyer has been castigated by the FWC for putting his colleagues through an "ordeal" and advised to refrain from making any further "baseless" complaints.
The FWC has rejected outright a worker's claim that her employer's refusal to allow her to continue to work remotely and to work a second job amounted to bullying.
The Albanese Government's legislation to protect award penalty and overtime rates has passed both houses of parliament, after the Senate this morning endorsed it without further amendments.
In a decision illustrating the challenges of managing high-performing employees, a member of Woolworths' e-commerce team has failed to persuade the FWC that her manager and supervisor bullied her during a tense period sparked by receiving a lower annual rating than usual.
The SDA's Victorian branch has secured a 46% pay increase for labour-hire workers at a major Woolworths distribution centre, after they previously received a flat rate regardless of experience.
