The CFMMEU won't be proceeding with a potential High Court challenge to the ruling that it unlawfully dismissed two "whistleblower" officials, Andrew Quirk and Brian Miller, electing instead to pay out more than half a million dollars in compensation to them.
ANZ's plan to "force" workers to return to the office for half of the working week is "short-sighted", "antiquated" and "punitive", according to the Finance Sector Union, which is also urging members at the RBA to reject a second unilateral bargaining offer.
Shine Lawyers says the exclusion of thousands of SDA members from its McDonald's class action will "inform future interplay" between union and non-union representative proceedings, while a full court ruling has set a "powerful precedent" for using collective action to protect workers' rights.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will next week introduce amendments to the Closing Loopholes legislation after striking a third deal with employer and industry groups.
Woolworths Group breached good faith bargaining obligations by circulating a Big W deal struck with the SDA and the AWU before giving RAFFWU a chance to consider it, but the FWC has refused to delay the vote as it would not significantly alter the offer.
The FWC has extended time for a worker to lodge an adverse action case, finding that a delay in receiving workers compensation payments prevented him from seeing his psychologist for an acute stress disorder, which justified the 38-day delay.
The High Court has this afternoon declined to hear DEWR's challenge to a ruling that limits funds available to pay employee entitlements when a company goes under.
The CFMMEU's mining and energy division is in a robust financial position to resume operation as a standalone union for the first time in 31 years, after the Federal Court backed its demerger from next month.
The High Court has rejected BHP's bid to challenge a full Federal Court ruling clarifying when employees can reasonably refuse requests to work on public holidays.
The TWU has endorsed an in-principle deal for Virgin ground workers that will lift their pay by as much as 20% in the first year, but the airline's cabin crew are still considering industrial action as the FAAA maintains their offer is not enough off the back of "poverty rates".
