Treasury secretary John Fraser has told a Senate Estimates hearing the department expected to see wages lift in "the next few years", despite the most recent Wage Price Index reflecting the lowest annual growth in its 20-year history.
The Federal Court has tossed out a challenge to an FWC full bench decision, describing confidence in the administration of justice as a "significant factor" in finding Energy Australia's case an abuse of process.
The Fair Work Commission says its failure to meet timeliness targets for agreement approvals is partly due to the delay in passage of the Turnbull Government's legislation that would enable it to overlook minor or technical flaws in proposed deals.
Unions and the Federal ALP have blasted raids by the AFP on AWU offices in Sydney and Melbourne, which appear to be related to donations a decade ago to activist organisation GetUp.
An FWC full bench has refused to grant Coles nightfill worker Penny Vickers access to additional rosters or let her provide updated analysis about the proportion of employees paid less under the 2011 deal than the award.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has told a Senate Estimates committee that she had no obligation to disclose the resignation of ABCC deputy commissioner and in-house counsel Anthony Southall QC and that she only became aware yesterday of his reasons for departing.
The Federal Court at a directions hearings on Friday will deal with multimillion dollar bids by Qube Logistics and Patrick Stevedores to sue the MUA and officials for damages as a result of bans earlier this year on loading and unloading containers at Port Botany.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered Glencore subsididary Oaky Creek Coal to stop conducting surveillance of locked-out employees of its Oaky North underground coal mine in Queensland.
In a decision that could redefine representation before the FWC, a full bench has found that a law firm's "substantial" preparation of Woolworths' defence in an unfair dismissal case required permission even though it didn't appear as the company's advocate.
The NUW is pushing a claim for annual pay rises of around 6%, more full-time positions and enhanced redundancy entitlements at four Woolworths distribution centres employing about 2000 workers.
