The FWC has refused to express a view on whether an NRMA-owned cruise operator should be able to withhold JobKeeper payments for a fortnight in which it provided more than $1500 in back pay due under a newly-approved deal.
Qantas and the TWU will hold private talks on a contentious plan to outsource ground-handling work at the national carrier, before reporting back to the Fair Work Commission next week.
The FWC has held that DP World was not entitled to deduct pay from Port Botany workers who refused to work on a ship due to safety concerns, while finding it should provide half pay to those stood down after it received prohibition notices.
A long-serving pilot thought to have spent more than $13,500 contesting his redundancy has been awarded compensation of one week's pay, after the FWC held it was not genuine due to a lack of consultation.
The TWU will today file a dispute application in the Fair Work Commission over the Qantas plan to outsource its ground crew operations, which are performed by a 2500-strong workforce
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The Morrison Government has won approval for the extension of the JobKeeper wage subsidy for six months, after making last-minute amendments of its own.
The FWC has taken the initiative of releasing a draft award schedule addressing working-from-home arrangements, describing it as conversation-starter that recognises the need to adapt to COVID-19 realities.
The designated buyer of Virgin Australia has agreed to a union call for a workers' advisory council, although the new body will fold up at the end of the year.
