A proposed agreement struck with three maintenance workers prior to securing a major mining contract is back on the table after an FWC full bench overturned its rejection, finding its terms only required workers to perform preparatory duties in connection with the project to be covered by it.
The Federal Court has refused to issue CFMEU organiser Drew MacDonald a certificate protecting him from self-incrimination in proceedings brought by the ABCC over alleged unprotected action.
The FWC has upheld the sacking of a university employee who allegedly fabricated a medical certificate by inserting a "curious" phrase from another certificate to prove she was unfit for work.
The FWC has dismissed an anti-bullying claim brought by the chair of an Aboriginal land council because his recent failure to win re-election meant he was no longer a worker.
The AWU has failed in a bid to have the Federal Court summarily dismiss an FWO action claiming it took adverse action against two of its members who refused to take industrial action during bargaining with Orica.
A worker directed to take unpaid leave for mental health treatment has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected after falling "marginally" short of the FWC's jurisdictional prerequisite of a minimum six months' continuous service.
An FWC full bench majority has thrown out a a company's challenge to a decision requiring it to reinstate an injured worker to his previous role and ensure he receives "work hardening".
A full Federal Court has described as "astounding" a CFMEU argument that it should not be held liable for organisers' unauthorised entries to building sites because the alleged contraventions should be viewed as an exercise of "power", rather than of a "right" defined by the Fair Work Act.
In a case that has already forced two managers last year to pay almost $50,000 in profits to their former employer, a full Federal Court has found on appeal that their new employer must also hand over more than $6.2 million in profits earned under their business plan.
