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Extended notice would curb worker bargaining power: FWC

A FWC presidential member has taken a harder line on extending notice periods for protected action, rejecting Virgin Australia's bid to increase warnings of strikes and bans from three to seven days, because it would result in diminished worker bargaining power.


MUA maintaining pressure on DP World

Container terminal operator DP World says it is facing continuing protected action by MUA members until at least November 13, as the cost of the parties' bargaining impasse mounts.

Pragmatic approach to casuals paid off: AHA

The Australian Hotels Association has defended its "constructive" approach to negotiations with the Albanese Government on casuals provisions in the Loopholes Bill, after it won concessions that peak body ACCI and other employer organisations say should be rejected.

Fire dispute heading towards arbitration next year

The FWC looks set to arbitrate the bargaining deadlock at Fire Rescue Victoria next year, after it scheduled a hearing date next month to hear threshold issues arising from its first intractable bargaining declaration.

Loopholes Bill will not change casual work incidence: Expert

The Closing Loopholes Bill is unlikely to reduce reliance on long-term casual employment and will not expose employers to "unnecessary uncertainty", a leading IR law academic says, contradicting barrister Stuart Wood's recent advice to the BCA.

Government to "strike right balance" on casuals: AHA

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has committed to make significant changes in the way the Closing Loopholes Bill treats casual work, according to the Australian Hotels Association.


Suggestion of criminal behaviour "intimidatory": FWC

The FWC has castigated an employer for its "unconscionable" and "intimidatory" written notice suggesting that a casual duty manager committed theft and fraud when she failed to pay for a drink or offer an explanation for missing stock, while it has also lambasted its representative, Clubs NSW, for its "unprofessional" conduct in characterising her conduct as criminal.