The Australian Federation of Employers and Industries is calling on the FWC to dismiss the Independent Education Union's equal pay claim on behalf of early childhood teachers, drawing on an expert report to attack its use of primary school teachers and engineers as comparators.
The construction watchdog has written to a parliamentary committee to "clarify" the time at which senior managers became aware the agency had incorrect advice on its website, an issue that led to the resignation of former ABCC chief, Nigel Hadgkiss.
After late last year rejecting by an 87% majority a deal that failed to embed a guaranteed right to arbitration, some 98% of participating teachers and support workers in NSW and ACT Catholic schools have voted in favour of a revised deal that includes it.
A one-time star employee's anti-bullying application has been rejected despite acknowledgment of his "devastation" at being placed on successive performance improvement plans he believed resulted from unfair interpretations of his position description.
FWC rejects Laundy bid to refer MFB deal to full bench; DPP set to dump case against AWU's Blewitt; Decision pending on whether to inquire into allegations against APSC chief; and FWC should have more union-background appointees, says Labor.
The Turnbull Government has introduced legislation granting employers a one-off, 12-month amnesty for historical underpayment of the superannuation guarantee.
Coles has signed memorandums of understanding with the TWU covering transport workers in the retailer's supply chain and workers in the on-demand or gig economy.
The Federal police are yet to concluded the investigation of who leaked news of their raids to the media, AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin told a Senate estimates hearing today.
The Federal Court, in re-determining part of a decision awarding $150,000 in underpayments to an ex-employee, has held that she is entitled to a year's accident make-up pay as it kept accruing after her employment ended, but says her superannuation accrual ended with her job.
