The FWC in reasons for issuing a temporary "national security" anti-strike order on the weekend, has rejected the CPSU's argument that the tribunal has no power to make interim orders and should have expedited a full hearing of the matter.
The FWC has acceded to an urgent CPSU request to delay until Thursday a hearing into whether to extend an interim ban on industrial action at international airports.
A FWC full bench has rejected an employer's bid to block protected industrial action, confirming that its invalid notice of employee representational rights didn't knock out a union's protected action ballot application.
The FWC has ordered Immigration and Border Force employees at international airports to return to work today after making an interim decision to suspend protected action.
A tribunal has rejected claims that the sacking of two striking bus drivers constituted discrimination on the basis of their union activity, finding the law doesn't extend to unprotected action.
The FWC has ordered a Catholic Education Office to reduce by about a third the amount it docked relief teachers participating in partial work bans across six SA schools.
The Fair Work Commission, in a decision published today, says it suspended the MUA's protected industrial action at Patrick container terminals to allow further private negotiations to be assisted by presidential member Anna Booth.
The Fair Work Commission has today imposed a 35-day cooling-off period at Patrick's container terminals in four cities, halting strikes scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
The FWC has refused to issue an entry permit to a CFMEU official who disrupted major Queensland construction projects this year when he visited them without authorisation.
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