The FAAA says it is delighted with a new deal endorsed by more than 90% of voting Qantas international flight attendants, but the TWU has slammed it for perpetuating a two-tiered system that pays some cabin crew less than half the money for performing the same work.
A recommendation by a UK inquiry that labour hire workers gain rights similar to Australia's casual conversion clauses is unlikely to be effective, because such provisions have had a low take-up in the sector here, according to academic Anthony Forsyth
Unions are pushing for the NSW ALP at its conference this weekend to take a tougher line on the gig economy and on "wage theft" among major franchisees.
An FWC full bench has confirmed that the Australian Government Solicitor can "as a matter of right" represent all federal agencies, including commissions, in the tribunal, without having to seek permission.
The FWO's targeting of underpaying 7-Eleven franchisees has claimed two more scalps, with Brisbane store owners variously found to have misclassified employees and adopted a "systematic" scheme to avoid obligations.
While retreating from his much-hyped "call to arms" for workers to demand higher wages, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe today told a Sydney audience that a continuation of the current period of stagnation in wage growth would have an "insidious" impact on the economy.
A lower court has asked the Federal Court to distinguish between "jurisdiction" and "powers" after wrestling with the question in a case where a union accused an employer of breaching its enterprise agreement and the employer counter-claimed that the agreement was not genuinely agreed.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a worker for pressuring a colleague to join the AMWU after a "balanced and meticulous" external investigation found his actions amounted to bullying.
