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Coles and Woolworths are set to have their underpayment bill increased with an announcement by class action firm Adero that it intends to amend the relevant statements of claim in the long-running store managers underpayment litigation to include a claim relating to a requirement to work on public holidays .   The announcement follows the recent penalty decision in Mining and Energy Union v OS MCAP Pty Ltd  (No 3) [2025] FCA 1372, wherein the Federal Court held that OS MCAP,

On 5 September 2025, the Federal Court delivered its long-awaited judgment on key preliminary questions of law in the long running Coles & Woolworths store managers underpayments litigation ( Fair Work Ombudsman v Woolworths Group Limited; Fair Work Ombudsman v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd; Baker v Woolworths Group Limited; Pabalan v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd  [2025] FCA 109). The proceedings relate to approximately 40,000 Coles and Woolworths store manager

Introduction With many Australian universities commencing bargaining this year and early next year, ‘workloads’ - and in particular...

As of June 2025, seven (7) Australian Universities have entered into Enforceable Undertakings with the Fair Work Ombudsman, following...

The Fair Work Act 2009  (Cth) ( FWA ) underwent significant changes in 2023 and 2024. While the headlines at the time went to “wage...