In the wake of NSW public sector nurses taking industrial action in pursuit of nurse-to-patient ratios, NSW Health says they "do not reflect modern rostering practises", even though they are used in the Labor states of Queensland and Victoria.
The FWC has again blocked Sydney Trains from compelling electrical workers to participate in a trial to reduce downtime during maintenance, with a full bench finding it would introduce risks inconsistent with its obligations under safety laws.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association says it is "100% committed" to supporting members who are campaigning for nurse-patient ratios, after the State IRC ordered it to not engage in industrial action.
A mining company has at the third attempt and in the face of union concerns about outsourcing convinced the FWC to scrap a 10-year-old deal that covers no workers.
The AMIEU is looking to kick-start negotiations for a new national agreement covering the Coles meat department through a petition showing that a majority of those workers want to bargain.
In the latest instalment in what stands as one of the Fair Work Act's pricklier provisions, a senior FWC member has refused CFMMEU efforts to intercede in his consideration of a non-union agreement.
RAFFWU petitions showing almost 100% of 2000 participating Coles workers want to bargain for its proposed deal have failed to convince the FWC to make a majority support determination, given it fell far short of the 103,600 who would be covered.
Qube Logistics must backpay two 3% increases held to be payable until it re-negotiated a rail deal, after a full Federal Court today upheld a finding that re-negotiation takes place when an agreement comes into force rather than when bargaining begins.
A full bench has overturned a decision that found casual Streets Ice Cream factory workers were not to be counted in calculating ratios for full time and other types of employment set when Unilever introduced a new "flexible permanent part-time" category.
