The private operator of NSW's power transmission network has lodged an intractable bargaining application while seeking a further halt to ETU protected action that resumed today, following a three-week FWC-ordered suspension.
An on-hire underground mineworker placed at South32's Cannington silver, lead and zinc mine in Queensland is seeking same-job, same-pay orders to put him and his colleagues on the same footing as the resource giant's directly-engaged workers.
The FWC has reinstated a Virgin Australia flight attendant sacked for drinking a glass of prosecco within eight hours of starting a shift, rejecting the airline's further evidence that he previously breached its fatigue management policy by having s-x after requesting a shift change due to tiredness.
The Albanese Government has lost a Senate vote that would have set a deadline of tomorrow for voting on legislation clearing the way for appointment of an administrator to the CFMEU's construction branches in the wake of claims of widespread corruption.
The FWC fielded a record number of applications in the past financial year after an annual leap of more than 25%, President Adam Hatcher says in a new report.
The TWU says it will be "opening up the lion's den" as a Road Transport Advisory Group member when regulated worker provisions take effect later this month, with plans to apply for fairer standards for owner drivers and gig workers and to take on rideshare platforms.
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt is holding parallel negotiations with the Greens and the Opposition in a bid to muster support to pass legislation clearing the way to appoint an administrator to the CFMEU's construction division.
A FWC full bench has dismissed an employer's objections to extending a zombie agreement for a second time, because moving the covered employees onto the award might "disturb the basis" upon which bargaining for a replacement deal is proceeding.
The ASU has won a supported bargaining authorisation to bolster negotiations with the ACT Government for a multi-enterprise deal for social and community services workers employed by 17 funding-reliant organisations.
The HSU has removed Victorian No. 1 branch secretary Diana Asmar from its national executive until the FWC concludes an investigation into her conduct, but says she is refusing to stand aside from her branch leadership role.