A law firm has filed a s-x discrimination and s-xual harassment class action in the Federal Court today against Fortescue, alleging that workers over the past 20 years have experienced s-xual discrimination and assault, and when they complained, the company retaliated.
Victoria's Allan Government has introduced legislation to create a fair jobs code for local government and to extend Commonwealth flexible working arrangements, pay secrecy, and fixed term and casual employment provisions to public sector workers.
Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth has made revised regulations to enable state and territory laws dealing with workplace s-xual harassment-related non-disclosure agreements to operate alongside the Fair Work Act, ahead of its response to the AHRC's Speaking from Experience report and a legislative review.
The FWC is seeking feedback by next Wednesday on a set of amendments to the tribunal's rules to accommodate applications and notices introduced by the Closing Loopholes legislation, while also fixing minor errors and boosting clarity.
An unregistered union representing Sydney Airport workers has filed a majority support determination application to bring a contractor to the bargaining table, while negotiations are also underway with two other Kingsford Smith employers.
The income and compensation caps for unfair dismissal claims are set to increase next Wednesday, along with filing fees for a range of other applications, while payday super will also take effect.
Diversity Council Australia has attributed a 10% membership fall in part to "negative global sentiment" about its guiding ethos, leading to its first financial deficit in more than a decade.
An unfairly sacked concreter has been denied reinstatement or compensation, after the FWC accepted that his threats of violence scared his colleagues and their spouses.
Unions have failed to convince FWC President Adam Hatcher that last year's legislation "protecting" penalty rates and overtime is "fatal" to employer cases seeking to vary the clerks and banking awards, with the joined matters referred to a full bench.
West Australian unions are calling for the Federal Government to urgently fund infrastructure to support "industry attraction programs" in the south-western town of Collie, as coal mine and power station closures loom, and workers risk losing their jobs before new industries are established.
