Svitzer's threatened national shutdown of 17 ports returns to Fair Work Commission noon Wednesday Fair Work Commission intervenes in Svitzer tug-of-war Newcastle Herald · Nov 15, 2022
Aged care workers are getting a 15 per cent pay rise – but is it enough? Aged care workers are set for a 15 per cent wage rise, but who gets it, and will it be enough to keep people in the industry? ABC News · Nov 8, 2022
Fair Work Commission president resigns Justice Iain Ross has resigned after more than a decade as president of the Fair Work Commission. AAP · Nov 7, 2022
Australia’s aged care workers win 15% pay rise and minister says it’s the ‘first step’ Fair Work Commission accepts that ‘feminised industries’ such as care work have been ‘historically undervalued’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022
Umpire delivers 15pct aged care wage rise Aged care workers have been awarded an interim 15 per cent pay rise by the Fair Work Commission, but unions say it is only the first step. AAP · Nov 4, 2022
Aged care workers to get 15 per cent pay rise after Fair Work Commission ruling Aged care workers will get a pay rise of at least 15 per cent, with the Fair Work Commission ruling it is "plainly justified". ABC News · Nov 4, 2022
Albanese hits back at business groups’ threats to run anti-industrial relations bill ad campaign Prime minister says the millions of dollars that would pay for the campaign could be used by companies to ‘pay workers better’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022
PM slams campaign against IR bill The prime minister has defended the multi-employer component of the workplace relations bill and raised questions about the companies gearing up to fight it. AAP · Nov 4, 2022
MEU accuses miner Peabody of trying to rip up EA before industrial relations laws change The MEU says international company Peabody is attempting to terminate an enterprise agreement to try and avoid new federal industrial relations laws. ABC News · Oct 28, 2022
Labor’s industrial relations bill: how will it change Australia’s workplaces? Albanese government says bill will promote wage growth and limit lengthy industrial action, but how will it do so? The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2022
What the federal government's new workplace laws will mean for you Labor says its new bill will help bring a long-overdue pay rise to lots of Australian workers, and particularly women. So what does the government actually want to do? ABC News · Oct 27, 2022
Labor's new workplace relations bill proposes new laws around work flexibility, targets gender pay gap Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will introduce Labor's Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill into Parliament, promising to "get wages moving". ABC News · Oct 26, 2022
The women's budget is headed in the right direction. But the policies still need work The Labor federal government promised it would make women central to its first budget. The Conversation · Oct 26, 2022
What does the budget mean for Medicare, medicines, aged care and First Nations health? Labor’s first health budget in almost a decade has few surprises – and that is a good thing. The Conversation · Oct 25, 2022
AAP · Oct 24, 2022 Qld coal miners plan action over pay deal Workers at four BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance coal mines in Queensland have voted to take industrial action over job security provisions in a fresh pay agreement.
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ABC News · Oct 18, 2022 Federal cabinet signs off on workplace bill aimed at boosting wages, despite business concerns it is 'half-cooked' Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke plans to introduce the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill into parliament next Thursday, following the government's first budget on Tuesday.
AAP · Oct 13, 2022 Wage negotiations 'could hurt customers' Proposed changes to multi-sector bargaining could stifle productivity and drive up prices for consumers unless designed with care.
AAP · Oct 4, 2022 WA university staff fight for ban on calls Staff at a West Australian university have become embroiled in an unusual industrial dispute over the right to not answer phone calls or emails.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2022 Renowned Melbourne bookstore in war of words with authors over ‘traumatic’ pay dispute Readings boss sends angry rebuke after more than 250 writers campaigned for better pay and conditions for booksellers
The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022 ‘Bully in a cheap suit’: Apple agrees to negotiate with Australian staff after union showdown Tech giant to come to the table after unions take fight over pay and conditions to Fair Work Commission
The Conversation · Sep 18, 2022 Despite high hopes, multi-employer bargaining is unlikely to 'get wages moving' One of the key measures announced to “get wages moving” in the wake of the federal government’s jobs summit was greater access to multi-employer agreements.
ABC News · Sep 18, 2022 Sydney news: Inquiry into alleged asbestos cover-up at Castle Hill High School MORNING BRIEFING: Teachers and parents from a north-west Sydney high school will appear before an asbestos parliamentary inquiry today — six years after the substance was found on the grounds.
AAP · Sep 17, 2022 Bid to block NSW rail union Opal action The NSW government has moved to stop the state's rail union from deactivating Opal card readers as part of its ongoing industrial action.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2022 NSW rail dispute: legal threats over union plan to turn off Opal card readers at train stations State transport department seeking legal advice over plans by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union to switch off electronic gates