PM says McBurney's AFL job "none of Setka's business"; Use of labour hire peaked pre-pandemic; and Greens senators seek consultant cuts, rise in APS numbers.
An ETU bid for a majority support determination covering team leaders at a major power station has fallen at the first hurdle, with the union failing to establish that they are "electricians" or in a role peculiar to the electrical industry.
The AiG is calling for the FWC to reject the ACTU's "misguided and inappropriate" draft "right to disconnect" award clause, and AREEA is recommending the final clause mirror the legislation, rather than expand it.
A judge has rejected suggestions that he "inferred misconduct" on the part of lawyers acting for a construction giant in an adverse action case that has moved on to weighing damages and compensation.
The FWC's first intractable bargaining workplace determination has maintained a Monday to Sunday ordinary hours pattern that waste company Cleanaway argued it needed to remain competitive, while it has ordered the employer to backpay its drivers 11% and provide prospective rises of a further 12% by September 2026.
After an email glitch caused a lengthy delay, the Federal Court has agreed to discontinue a class action launched on behalf of thousands of Programmed coal mineworkers allegedly misclassified as casuals until the High Court's Rossato ruling decimated the case.
The ACTU says the "right to disconnect" clause to be inserted into awards should provide "descriptive guidance" on how the entitlement would operate and the FWC should reject employers' proposed "minimalist" approach, ahead of consultations next week and the Commission releasing a draft provision next month.
Extending employers' duty of care to the disciplining and sacking of workers would not "frustrate" contractual certainty or disrupt businesses, lawyers for a charity's former consultant have told the High Court.
FWC President Adam Hatcher will conduct a directions hearing next Thursday to tackle two FAAA "same-job, same-pay" claims on behalf of Qantas labour hire cabin crew engaged via Maurice Alexander Management and one of the airline's many subsidiaries.
The taxpayer-funded FEG scheme has won court orders putting it in the box seat to claw back more than $600,000 in unpaid wages and entitlements handed out to the former employees of a liquidated company.
