In a development that might fuel debate over the links between union power and wage rises, substantially above-average pay increases secured in the heavily-unionised construction sector have pushed bargained private sector wage rises off their recent historic low.
Provisional award clause grants more flexibility to casuals; Wages growth stuck in slow lane, says RBA; HR manager not unfairly sacked for complaints to CEO: Court; Inequality on rise as technology advances, says IMF.
One year into a landmark agreement between Airtasker and Unions NSW to improve pay and conditions, the company's chief executive Tim Fung has told a Senate inquiry the platform's technology is not up to the task of ensuring adherence to minimum pay and licensing requirements.
An administration manager sacked for being a "lying thief" has been awarded compensation of more than $13,000 after the FWC found instead that she had likely been made a scapegoat for a business's alleged attempt to commit insurance fraud.
Industry super fund, Vision Super, has appointed a new chair to succeed former ASU branch secretary Brian Parkinson after the union withdrew its nomination of him.
Victorian CFMMEU leaders John Setka and Shaun Reardon have won access to affidavits police used to obtain warrants authorising telephone intercepts of their private conversations in 2015.
The ACTU will today call for new curbs on Australia's skilled migration program, so that it shifts from temporary and employer-sponsored visas towards permanent "independent migration".
Employees at the aviation ground-handling company Aerocare have overwhelmingly voted up a new enterprise agreement, despite two unions calling for a "no" vote.
