The Fair Work Commission has ruled today the contentious decision to cut Sunday penalty rates will be phased-in over four financial years in the retail and pharmacy sectors and over three financial years in hospitality and fast food.
The stakes are rising in a privatisation stoush between Sydney's public bus drivers and the NSW Government, with the State Transit Authority set to withdraw an "industry allowance" of almost $50 a week on the basis that drivers breached a dispute settlement clause in their award when they took industrial action.
The Fair Work Commission will bring down the 2017 minimum wage review at 11am tomorrow in a ruling that is expected to fall well short of the ambitious claim pushed by the ACTU under new secretary Sally McManus.
WorkSafe Victoria is "considering its options" after expressing disappointment at Friday's full Federal Court finding that a CFMEU official needed to have a federal entry permit to assist a health and safety representative when invited onto a Victorian construction site.
A full Federal Court has found a CFMEU official called onto a Victorian construction site to assist a health and safety representative is not protected by the state's OHS laws and should have had a federal entry permit.
An FWC full bench has found the tribunal lacked the power to settle a rostering dispute between the CFMEU and an underground coal mine because the enterprise agreement called for both parties to concur on how the matter should proceed.
Former CFMEU mining and energy division national secretary John Maitland has been sentenced to six years' jail for his part in a multi-million dollar rip-off of NSW taxpayers.
While the FWC is hopeful its New Approaches program has helped reset lengthy and acrimonious negotiations between offshore oil and gas operator MMA Offshore and the MUA, AMMA concedes the industry still faces substantial challenges when it comes to the "process" of finalising new agreements.
Rail freight operator Aurizon is to cut more than 300 jobs in central and north Queensland, with Rockhampton workers to bear the brunt of the impact as the city's historic maintenance workshops are shuttered.
