The amendments made by the Secure Jobs, Better Pay and Closing Loopholes legislation to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) continue to impact employers, with the significance of those amendments becoming more apparent as they come before the Fair Work Commission (Commission) and the Federal Court for consideration.

This article looks at three recent developments in the area of industrial relations, including:

• The impact of single interest employer authorisations where that authorisation has been appealed by the employer Chemist Warehouse;
• New delegates rights terms in awards brought about by the Full Federal Court’s decision in CFMEU v AIG; and
• The ability of the Commission to unilaterally amend enterprise agreements at the approval stage, as seen in a recent decision involving ALDI.

Single Interest Employer Authorisations—Chemist Warehouse

The Commission decided not to grant Chemist Warehouse a stay of the single interest bargaining authorisation granted to cover six Chemist Warehouse franchisees across Adelaide in December 2025 despite the authorisation decision currently being the subject of an appeal by Chemist Warehouse.

On 2 December 2025, the Commission granted a single interest bargaining authorisation to the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees' Association (SDA) in respect of six Chemist Warehouse franchisee operators in South Australia and their employees within nominated classifications under the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020, over the objections of those...

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