The number of enterprise agreements terminated by the FWC has accelerated dramatically in recent years, particularly for relatively small union-negotiated deals in the construction and manufacturing sectors, according to the Department of Employment.
FWC President Iain Ross has asked a full bench to review abandonment of employment clauses in six modern awards after a recent ruling that employers must take the "additional step" of ending the employment relationship when a worker walks off the job.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has vowed to make legislative changes in response to the Fair Work Commission rejecting proposed enterprise agreements on technical grounds.
The Australian Federal Police has been ordered to pay the majority of the CFMEU's legal costs for its challenge to the 2015 AFP raid on the offices of the union's construction and general division in Canberra.
The AMMA has formally asked Employment Minister Michaelia Cash to restore "common sense" to agreement-making after an FWC full bench accepted the MUA's argument that defects in bargaining notices meant it had to quash the approval of two non-union deals.
The CFMEU's mining and energy division has pledged to appeal a "shocking" FWC full bench decision that it claims would slash redundancy benefits for coal mining employees.
The FWC has accepted an employer's argument that the "paramount" importance it placed on OHS justified its sacking of a long-serving employee with an "unblemished history" who recorded more than twice the workplace blood alcohol limit after drinking four glasses of red wine the previous evening.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared that energy will be the "defining debate" of the coming Federal parliament, rather than further promised IR changes and other new legislation.
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