Labour productivity in the private sector increased by 1.3% last calendar year, according to the Productivity Commission, which says it has returned to a "normal" pattern across the economy after a surge during the pandemic.
The AMWU says workers will vote next week on an air-conditioning industry multi-employer deal that will lift pay by 26% over four years and require employers to draw from a pool of covered workers before engaging labour hire or additional casuals.
The ACTU has doubled down on "roster justice" recommendations that include a 28-day notification entitlement in its reply to the work and care stream of the modern awards review, while employers seek a "unilateral right" to make short-notice changes in some circumstances.
A managing director dealing with complex health issues and the side effects of medication has won more time to challenge her claimed unlawful sacking, while the FWC also found the dismissal did not take effect until it landed in the personal email account she designated, not her business inbox.
The FWC has expressed dismay at a large aged care employer's "shift bidding" system in which it offers part-time workers extra hours only at ordinary pay, recommending instead that each employee get a chance to cap how many such shifts they are prepared to work without receiving overtime rates.
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Former Qantas ground crew seeking compensation for their unlawful sacking in 2020 will have to wait at least two more months after parties presented the trial judge with competing views about the cohort's continuing employment prospects.
The FWC's minimum wage panel should award an increase of no more than 2% in this year's annual wage review, according to peak employer group ACCI, partly to correct "errors" in the Commission's analysis in its last two rulings.