The Federal Court has programmed a 10-day hearing in March next year to determine any compensation for the 1680 Qantas group employees the airline subjected to unlawful adverse action when it outsourced their jobs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Container terminal operator DP World's refusal to bargain while MUA members take protected action has contributed to a FWC finding that it would not be in the public interest to suspend it for a 90-day "cooling off" period.
The FWC has held that it cannot deal with a worker's casual conversion dispute as the recent sale of the business she works for has restarted the clock on her requirement to complete 12 months' service with her current employer.
The FAAA is accusing Virgin chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka of pitting staff against cabin crew as she and founder Richard Branson warn of dire consequences if the threat of industrial action continues over the holidays, with the FWC overseeing "urgent talks" this week.
The MUA says that progress has been made during the first two days of a scheduled six straight days of talks with container terminal operator DP World, in a bid to break deadlocked negotiations for a new enterprise agreement.
A teacher who smoked and lifted a cask of wine above his head to drink from its tap during a video meeting to discuss online learning during a COVID-19 lockdown has failed to overturn a decision to dock his pay for a year.
The CPSU is recommending the Albanese Government's "bolstered" final pay offer to its members, after winning an additional lump sum payment that brings the first year's 4% increase forward by 12 weeks.
Train drivers delivering iron ore to export ports from BHP's Pilbara mines will "pause" the protected bans due to start tomorrow as "a gesture of good faith" ahead of the company preparing to put a revised bargaining offer to a ballot.
The first round of protected industrial action by train drivers at BHP's Pilbara iron ore operations will kick off tomorrow with limited bans after talks yesterday failed to deliver a breakthrough.
