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More laws, bigger workload, no worries: FWC president

A performance statement by FWC president Adam Hatcher has hailed the tribunal's "successful implementation" of workplace law changes wrought by the Secure Jobs Act, which contributed to a 13% rise in the Commission's workload in the second half of last year.

Shield wharves from protracted disputes: DP World

DP World has told a Senate hearing into the remaining Loopholes measures that the stevedoring industry should be shielded from protracted bargaining conflicts, warning that multi-employer bargaining could cripple ports.

Compensation numbers don't stack up: FWC

A FWC presidential member has stayed payment of $10,000 to an unfairly sacked worker after going beyond an employer's appeal grounds to identify potential flaws in calculation of the compensation.

FWC douses firefighting IBD, urges further talks

The FWC has refused to grant Ventia an intractable bargaining declaration it sought after workers at outsourced Defence aviation firefighting operations in Queensland rejected its unilateral offer, in the tribunal's first contested IBD case determined by a single member.

FWC provides successful conduit between highly-charged parties

The FWC has played a key role in settling a fiery dispute between the ETU and a battery manufacturer, commending them for taking a "cooperative approach" in accepting the tribunal's recommended changes to a proposed deal.

FWC issues first RO enforceable undertaking

The first enforceable undertaking under the FWC's restored registered organisations powers provides for a union to further train its officers on the conduct of elections.


FWC timetables delegates' rights changes

Interested parties have until next Thursday to comment on a draft timetable to deliver on the Closing Loopholes legislative requirement that, from June 30, all awards contain a term setting out expanded rights for workplace union delegates.

Stop-start traffic control deal gets green light

The FWC has at the second time of asking approved a deal after receiving an undertaking that the employer will not hire anybody under a novel "new entrant" category paying construction workers who become traffic controllers 6% below their award rate at the same time as denying them an industry allowance.

No intention to intervene in DPW dispute: Burke

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has criticised stevedore DP World for "relying on ministerial intervention" to resolve its bargaining dispute with the MUA, saying he told the company today he has no intention to take such a step.