Mining giant Peabody has asked the High Court to weigh in on the "critical question" of when redundancies can be considered genuine and the extent of FWC powers to determine how employers might avoid job losses.
A FWC senior member has thrown out the unfair dismissal case of a Sri Lankan worker paid $300 a month as she did not meet the minimum employment period, but will refer it to the general manager for advice or to notify the authorities.
The TWU says it will campaign for Aldi to sign a national road transport enterprise agreement and if necessary will use new Closing Loopholes provisions to force the retailer to the negotiating table.
The ACTU has withdrawn its request to intervene in a MEU "same job same, pay" test case aiming to lift the pay of Workpac labour hire mineworkers after the employers, host employer and Ai Group confirmed they do not oppose the application.
Victoria's Allan Labor Government intends to repeal its wage theft offence and shut its gig worker advisory service, following the passage of the federal Closing Loopholes legislation that covers the same field, according to papers for the State's 2024-25 Budget.
The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association is at the pointy end of a bid for an intractable bargaining declaration to break an alleged "impasse" in negotiations on behalf of Qantas engineers in Tamworth, with the Flying Kangaroo and the union due to report back to the FWC this morning.
Employers have succeeded in varying an award clause a FWC full bench agrees could produce the "absurd" result of workers receiving five times the prescribed minimum rates.
A FWC presidential member has taken exception to a HSU official's description of a clinical handover area as a meal room suitable for conducting meetings, dismissing it as a "self-serving label. . . border[ing] on dishonest".
The principal contractor on Australia's largest energy transmission project has been cleared to continue its pursuit of orders blocking the ETU's expansion into the renewable energy sector, as the union engages in alleged "guerrilla" tactics of disruption and delay.
