The TWU will investigate deploying multi-employer bargaining agreements across the aviation industry, as flight attendants launch action demanding an increase to minimum pay rates of up to 30 per cent.
New research suggests women continue to endure an unfair share of household work.
Mark Irving was admitted after suffering chest pains but is recovering and expected to resume work next week.
In a new industrial relations flashpoint, employers are pushing for gender pay rises of up to 31 per cent for thousands of health professionals to be phased in over six years.
The trouble-plagued government-owned $12bn hydro project will grind to a halt again next week.
The CFMEU national secretary has quit his national position, citing workload pressures and no longer wanting to carry responsibility for decisions made by union administrator Mark Irving.
Commission president Adam Hatcher has also questioned the restaurant sector for advocating a real wage cut for the low-paid.
Fifty per cent of public sector employers have a gender gap below 4.8 per cent.
Snowy Hydro 2.0 has been accused of turning the project into a workers’ jail.
In findings that might surprise the Coalition and industry groups that opposed the laws, a survey of more than 600 senior business decision-makers found just 4 per cent negativity.
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