The 2016 ruling that a new enterprise agreement covering Coles failed the Better Off Overall Test helped trigger a dramatic fall in enterprise bargaining, according to new research
A bid by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union to terminate a 2012 Woolworths agreement is on an ever-narrowing timeframe, with the FWC reserving on whether to grant production orders on the same day a ballot opened for a new deal.
ABCC deputy commissioner Cathy Cato, who acted as the watchdog's leader when long-serving head Nigel Hadgkiss left last year, has resigned to take up a senior state public sector job.
Class action law firm Adero is standing by its payment terms as Ai Group seeks an ACCC investigation into its requirement for casual workers to pay commissions of up to 350% on top of legal fees if their claims are successful.
As the mining union prepares to ramp-up its campaign for a "just transition" for workers whose future is disrupted by climate change, its leader has warned the Labor Party that to take power at the next election, it must win the Central Queensland seats that contain thousands of coal mining and power workers.
A large employer that argued that it needed an external lawyer because it recently made its HR director redundant has been permitted legal representation in an unfair dismissal case that the FWC found will involve complex jurisdictional argument.
The ACTU says the consumer price index is failing to accurately measure the rising cost of living for low to average income earners, as it continues to campaign for a "living wage" model for minimum wage-setting.
The FWC today faced a rare quandary as the TWU and lawyers for Foodora both argued in favour of giving a former delivery rider an opportunity to press his unfair dismissal case, despite the tribunal’s concerns that it would be futile in the face of the company's likely liquidation.
A court has rejected a BlueScope Steel bid to have the AWU joined as an accessory to legal proceedings in which three managerial employees are seeking compensation for the scrapping of annualised salaries under a 2015 rescue plan for the Port Kembla steelworks
