WAGES – MINERS – QUEENSLAND

BHP pay ruling leaves very wide grey zone

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 9-Jul-25

The Minerals Council of Australia has responded to the ‘same job, same pay’ ruling with regard to employees of BHP’s Operation Services division. The MCA says the the mining industry’s "worst fears" about the federal government’s industrial relations laws have been confirmed; it has also warned that there will continue to be "grey areas" regarding the application of the ‘same job, same pay’ laws. The Fair Work Commission’s former vice-president Graeme Watson says the wording of the legislation deliberately sets a low bar, and many more applications aimed at equalising rates of pay across worksites can be expected in response to this ruling.

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BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, OPERATION SERVICES, MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION

Labor taking sides in IR fight

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Original article by Joe Kelly
The Australian – Page: 4 : 7-Aug-24

The Mining & Energy Union recently filed an application with the Fair Work Commission to increase the wages of BHP’s labour hire workers at three coal mines in Queensland. The legal action may become a test case for the federal government’s ‘same job, same pay’ laws. Minerals Council of Australia CEO Tania Constable has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanase of intervening in the FWC case. He told the NSW Labor conference in late July that the government will send taxpayer-funded lawyers to "back the workers and the unions" in the MEU’s case. The MCA contends that the government has not intervened in any other major FWC cases under its industrial relations reforms.

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MINING AND ENERGY UNION, BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA