The Fair Work Commission is set to wade into a long-running stoush between staff and management at the University of Newcastle.
For nearly two years now the uni and members of the National Tertiary Education Union have been at logger-heads as they attempt to hash out a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
The latest offer on Friday, which included a per cent pay increase was rejected by the Union which said it had already applied for Fair Work to intervene. University Vice-Chancellor Alex Zelinsky said in a staff-wide email sent yesterday that it had also sought help from the umpire.
The issues will be heard by the commission next Tuesday.