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Cabinet has signed off on Labor’s election commitment that a re-elected Albanese government back above-inflation pay rises for 2.9 million low-paid workers. Government submission to Fair Work by Friday. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

TWU leader Michael Kaine warns his members are prepared to “shut down Australian transport”, including airline flights, declaring the union must seize on Labor’s election win to pursue the “largest co-ordinated industrial campaign” in the sector’s history. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

More than 1000 workers on Australia’s biggest renewable energy project, the trouble plagued Snowy 2.0, will strike for 24 hours on Wednesday, bringing a halt to tunnelling work after rejecting a revised pay offer by contractor Webuild. theaustralian.com.au/nation/trouble…

Almost 60 per cent of employers report Labor’s right to disconnect laws have improved productivity and employee engagement, while more than one-third have seen a fall in employee stress and an improved work-life balance among staff. theaustralian.com.au/nation/bosses-…

The Snowy-shank Rejection: Snowy Hydro accused of turning the project into a jail, after telling striking workers they will effectively be confined to their rooms and face disciplinary action if they try to leave the site when they stop work for 24 hours. theaustralian.com.au/nation/its-not…

Federal Court judge Michael Lee has savaged Qantas for a “lack of candour” during the unlawful outsourcing case where it’s trying to limit the penalty to no more than $80m of a maximum $121m. Lee erupted over the way in which the airline had run its case. theaustralian.com.au/business/aviat…

Fair Work president Adam Hatcher questions employers about why they’re not taking more action to improve productivity through capital investment or work reorganisation, while quizzing the restaurant ­sector for advocating a real wage cut for the low-paid. theaustralian.com.au/nation/fair-wo…

CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith has quit, citing workload pressures and no longer wanting to carry responsibility for decisions made by union administrator Mark Irving. Sources said Smith was sick of being a “punching bag” for Irving’s decisions. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Australia’s biggest renewable energy project, the trouble-plagued Snowy Hydro 2.0, will grind to a halt again next week after workers voted for a second 24-hour strike in a bid to increase pressure on contractor Webuild. …eaustralian-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.theaus…

CFMEU administrator Mark Irving, KC, has been hospitalised after suffering chest pains but is recovering and expected to resume work next week. theaustralian.com.au/nation/cfmeu-a…

“I was impacted by the laws. I now have a stewardship over those laws and that sort of trajectory is not lost on me, and the responsibility that comes with it.” Amanda Rishworth on how her time as a young retail worker and union organiser shaped her. theaustralian.com.au/nation/from-sh…

The Fair Work Commission has granted an above inflation 3.5 per cent pay rise to 2.9 million low-paid workers from July 1, splitting the difference between union and employer claims.

Workers on Australia’s biggest renewable ­energy project, Snowy Hydro 2.0, have agreed to a two-week pause of their industrial action following the intervention of the Fair Work Commission. theaustralian.com.au/nation/unions-…

Bill Kelty has criticised Labor’s proposed tax on superannuation balances above $3m as “bad policy”, and called for major changes to the “flawed” tax system to benefit small business and younger ­workers, including fresh cuts to student debt. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

In a wide ranging interview, former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty says the union movement’s bargaining model that passes on gains to non-members for free is “unviable”. Backs unions striking deals where union services like training are only free to members. theaustralian.com.au/nation/bill-ke…

Confidential documents reveal employers are seeking the right to trade off overtime, penalty rates and breaks in exchange for allowing white-collar employees to work from home, a push unions warn will “drag workplace standards back decades”. The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/unions-…

The High Court has dismissed a legal challengeto the federal government’s takeover of the CFMEU’s construction division, in a win for Labor and a major defeat for the union’s sacked officials. theaustralian.com.au/nation/high-co…

A Melbourne street sweeper sacked by Darebin City Council after objecting to an Acknowledgement of Country being made at the start of a weekly toolbox meeting has won his ­unfair dismissal claim. theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigen…

Employers have blasted a Fair Work Ombudsman review into the definition of small business as “farcical and hopeless” after the workplace regulator refused to state an opinion about whether the current arrangements were appropriate. ACTU welcomes outcome. theaustralian.com.au/nation/bosses-…