BHP iron ore train drivers in the Pilbara have called off tomorrow's planned 24-hour strike, after reaching what the MEU says is an "industry-leading" in-principle enterprise deal that provides a guaranteed across-the-board 20% pay rise over four years and $40,000 in retention payments.
AWU members employed at Esso's Bass Strait operations have voted up an enterprise agreement that delivers pay rises of 22% after the FWC brokered a resolution to a decade-long dispute that went all the way to the High Court.
The FWC has rejected Australian Taekwondo's claims that chief executive and former Matildas player Heather Garriock turned down a new contract offer and instead held that it sacked her, opening the way for her to sue it for alleged adverse action.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has this morning introduced legislation to ensure that employers that flout right to disconnect "stop orders" cannot face criminal charges.
The FWC has taken a leading law firm to task over its protracted investigation of three TAFE employees accused of fraudulent, dishonest and corrupt behaviour, rejecting findings of misconduct that led to their dismissal and ordering their reinstatement.
Pilots flying for Qantas WA subsidiary Network Aviation today began the first of six rolling 24-hour stoppages, despite the airline saying it would push ahead with a s234 application for an intractable bargaining declaration.
DEWR secretary Natalie James has defended her department's working from home arrangements and explained why they are different from the newly-passed laws giving employees a right to disconnect out of ordinary hours.
The FSU has failed to extend the life of an agreement made at the dawn of the century while it pursues a majority support determination forcing AMP to the bargaining table.
The FWC has upheld Wage Inspectorate Victoria's dismissal of an employee – advised not to return to work unless the agency removed its leader and engaged in mediation – due to his incapacity to perform the inherent requirements of his job and his politically-biased tweets.
The judge credited with blowing the lid off the way compensation is assessed in workplace harassment and discrimination cases has retired after more than a quarter of a century on the bench.