A FWC full bench has granted the TWU an intractable bargaining declaration at a second Cleanaway site, in Wollongong, ahead of a hearing to consider a determination for the waste giant's Erskine Park site in April.
The FWC is seeking submissions by March 26 on a newly-released university study of work and care literature, commissioned as part of the 2023-24 modern awards review, that says the research base indicates that the very foundations of working time provisions in awards and employment standards need to change to aid workers with caring responsibilities.
The UFU has made a Federal Court bid to overturn a FWC full bench decision that found no terms had been agreed with Fire Rescue Victoria ahead of a landmark intractable bargaining declaration.
The FWC is seeking feedback on options to rein in "challenging paid agent conduct" including new laws to establish a registration system and make it clear the tribunal can consider representatives' "capacity" when granting permission, plus a code of conduct.
The FWC's general manager is conducting a "major investigation" into a Health Services Union branch in Victoria, which is continuing after the former Registered Organisations Commission launched it about two years ago.
An accused murderer has won extra time to pursue an unfair dismissal case against the ATO, claiming it constructively dismissed him when his wife used her power of attorney to tender his resignation while he was incarcerated and suspended from work.
The Albanese Government will pay super on federal-funded paid parental leave from July next year and require major employers tendering for government work to meet gender equality targets under a new strategy unveiled ahead of International Women's Day.
Justin Hemmes' Merivale has agreed to a $18 million settlement of an underpayments class action that Adero Law once valued at up to $150 million, with more than $8.6 million to go towards fees and commissions and the rest potentially split between about 14,000 group members.
The Albanese Government has made the first "seismic" IR changes since Work Choices almost two decades ago, according to seasoned IR lawyer John Payne, who has also outlined almost a score of top cases from the past year or so and hailed recent appointments to the Queensland IRC.
Qantas wants to pay "significantly reduced" compensation to about 1700 ground crew whose jobs it unlawfully outsourced at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Court has heard.
