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Case reallocated despite recusal refusal

FWC member Bernie Riordan has dismissed a recusal bid, denying that he is biased towards tradespeople and against women, but will reallocate the case to preserve the tribunal's "scarce" resources.

"Normal" labour productivity regime has returned: PC

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.

AMWU hails "game-changing" multi-employer deal

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.


Unions, employers in tangle over flexibility

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.

Email access, "complex" health issues warrant extension: FWC

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.

FWC laments "like it or lump it" extra hours scenario

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.

Delegates' rights talks next month; & more

FWC consulting on delegates' rights; New paper on industrial manslaughter; and Uber, TWU to address NSW IR Society conference on "employee-like" powers.

Sacked Qantas workers face delay for compensation

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.