In a surprising postscript to last year's boycott of Streets ice creams over job losses and roster changes at the company's western Sydney factory, the AMWU this week found itself back before the FWC supporting 15 workers wanting out after an oversubscribed redundancy round.
The RTBU says a new 4% annual package to be offered directly to rail workers by Sydney and NSW Trains is an "improvement" and a move "in the right direction", but it is yet to decide whether to support it.
APS Commissioner John Lloyd denies that a new public sector bargaining policy contains an added push towards individual flexibility arrangements, but the CPSU says its "explicit encouragement" along with the extension of a 2% pay rise cap undermines bargaining, wages and conditions.
The CFMEU has threatened legal action against a building company if it acts on the construction watchdog's warning not to display the Eureka flag, with the union alleging it breaches freedom of association.
Uber says legal distinctions between employees and independent contractors are discouraging it from offering training and "other perks and benefits" to drivers, while emphasising the company's intent to work with policymakers to provide "new models of social protection".
The Fair Work Ombudsman says its investigation into the bitter dispute at Glencore's Oaky North coal mine in Queensland includes the actions of management as well as union activity.
As IR practitioners continue to grapple with the challenges and opportunities posed by digital disruption, an academic has told this year's AIRAANZ conference of the limitations faced by online work platforms that are seeking to gain a foothold in creative industries.
The FWC has highlighted the additional credibility provided when employers test for drugs in accordance with the Australian Standard, in upholding a multinational mining company's sacking of a marijuana smoker who breached its zero tolerance policy.
The FWC has cleared the way for a veteran's advocate to bring a bullying claim against RSL Queensland and 14 of its directors, after establishing that his volunteer services for one of its 240 sub-branches was in fact work performed for the constitutionally-covered state organisation.
Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James says her officers will continue to apply the traditional legal tests of whether workers in the on-demand or "gig" economy are employees.
