Qantas will provide 10 days domestic and family violence leave and two extra weeks of parental leave to all of its 30,000 employees later this year, after it struck an enterprise deal with the ASU that guarantees the entitlements for more than 4,000 employees.
Crown Melbourne and United Voice are close to agreeing on a new deal for 4500 hospitality and gaming employees after the casino upped its offer to 3.75% a year for three years plus an annual 0.5% "recognition allowance", while the FWC today approved a Crown Perth agreement that provides a 7% raise.
The UFU's proposed High Court bid to overturn the CFA legislation is "misconceived and likely to fail", according to Employment Minister Michaelia Cash, who is confident the new law will survive any challenge.
An FWC presidential member has found that despite some "prevailing contemporary opinion to the contrary" it is "illogical" to review employees' rosters or individual circumstances when assessing whether an agreement passes the BOOT.
Responsibility for gender equity strategies should be partially devolved from centralised HR departments to line managers, and training to combat "unconscious bias" in selection processes should be mandated for supervisors and managers, according to a new report on barriers to women's career advancement in higher education.
The FWC terminated protected action at airports because suspension would have provided a "non-permanent conclusion" to the long-running bargaining dispute between the CPSU and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
Employees on above-agreement wages can be disciplined for discussing pay or asking colleagues if they have received an increase, under a new deal for oil and gas industry transport workers approved by the FWC yesterday.
A full Federal Court has reserved its decision on the SDA's attempt to overturn an Aldi enterprise deal, in a case likely to have ramifications for hundreds of existing agreements.
The Victorian Supreme Court has ordered the Country Fire Authority to produce communications with its minister and advice it received from the Andrews Government about its proposed new enterprise agreement.
Arrium steel workers in South Australia have accepted a 10% pay cut recommended by the firm's administrator, who says it will help secure a sale of the business.
