BHP says it is working with the FWC and the CFMMEU's mining and energy division on further workplace consultation to enable the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccination mandate at its Mt Arthur coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley.
In the absence of the Labor Opposition advancing any pre-election plans to fix the "broken" federal bargaining regime, union leaders and labour law academics have collaborated to push for multi-employer negotiations, drawing on UK and US policy proposals and local successes in supply chains.
The key lesson from last week's Mt Arthur ruling by a five-member FWC full bench is that employers that impose vaccination mandates not required by public health orders must comply with consultation obligations, according to the coal mining union's legal director.
A Federal Court judge says he is "very, very concerned" over conduct surrounding a survey of almost 1,700 Qantas ground crew who had their jobs outsourced.
Some 49% of employees feel they work in "inclusive" teams, but only 31% say their immediate manager hits that mark, according to a new Diversity Council report that says inclusion is critical to retaining employees as COVID-19-driven labour shortages develop.
The NSW Court of Appeal has today thrown out two challenges to inoculation mandates for certain categories of workers under COVID-19 public health orders.
An engineer has won more than $20,000 compensation after the FWC criticised his former employer for its "ham-fisted" attempt at performance management.
Australia Post will adhere to a new policy limiting paid pandemic leave to employees double-vaccinated against COVID-19, rejecting union arguments that this amounts to mandatory workplace inoculation.
Stevedore DP World Australia's national workplace vaccination mandate has sparked 30 unfair dismissal applications across four states, throwing up legal complications for the FWC.
McDonald's has been hit with a second Federal Court case over its alleged failure to provide paid rest breaks, with a RAFFWU-backed class action claiming thousands of past and present workers are potentially owed millions over the "systemic" issue.
