A multinational company bungled what could otherwise have been a fairly straightforward dismissal of a detention officer who slept on the job, the FWC finding that "blindsiding" her with photographic evidence at the second of two meetings denied the otherwise exemplary employee procedural fairness.
The FWC has given Arnott's biscuits the go-ahead to introduce urine testing of all employees for drug and alcohol use, while the food giant has agreed to trial a union proposal for workers to take immediate leave without pay if they record a positive from oral or breathalyser self-tests before a shift.
In a further postscript to the CFMEU's 2013 bans on concrete supplier Boral, a Federal court has ordered the union to pay 40% of the legal costs incurred by the ACCC over the competition watchdog's successful pursuit of secondary boycott penalties.
An FWC full bench has questioned why Aldi continued post-Peabody to issue invalid notices of representative rights by directing workers' bargaining questions to a "leader" rather than their employer, finding the "restricting" modification far from trivial.
The Fair Work Commission today reaffirmed its view that modest and regular minimum wage increases won't sabotage a robust employment landscape, representing this year's 3.5% hike as an "opportunity to improve relative living standards of the low-paid".
The Fair Work Commission has this morning granted award-reliant workers a 3.5% increase, lifting the national minimum wage by $24.30 a week or 64 cents an hour in this year's annual wage review ruling.
The Fair Work Commission has reserved its decision on whether Federal Workplace Minister Craig Laundy can intervene in the approval of a new enterprise agreement covering the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade, an attempt criticised by the UFU as an "unprecedented hijack" of the process.
With a hotly-contested ballot for the Finance Sector Union's leadership opening today, a candidate for national secretary has pledged to "finish the good work" started by ousted former secretary Fiona Jordan, run a leaner organisation and stop "mass member resignations".
The Victorian equal opportunity commission has sought to intervene in FWC proceedings today to consider approving the MFB enterprise agreement, while a senior member of the tribunal of the FWC has apologised to Workplace Minister Craig Laundy for failing to notify him of its ruling on his bid to refer the deal to a full bench
The Fair Work Commission will hand down the 2018 minimum wage review decision at 11am tomorrow, after the ACTU pushed for a substantial rise as a step towards its goal to lift the safety net to 60% of median earnings.
