The Turnbull Government is hedging on whether it will release the report on Fair Work Commission Vice President Michael Lawler now that he has resigned from the tribunal.
A newly-approved variation to fast food giant McDonald's enterprise agreement has secured gains for home delivery drivers, including their own classification, longer breaks and car insurance, according to SDA national secretary Gerard Dwyer.
An employer must compensate a bullied employee it forced to resign, after the FWC found he was unfairly dismissed for failing to comply with an unreasonable request to be examined by a company-nominated doctor.
Notices to employees that allegedly misrepresented union support for a proposed enterprise agreement that had the "potential to mislead" and could be characterised as "unfair" did not undermine the collective bargaining process, a FWC full bench has ruled.
Independent senators Glenn Lazarus and Jacqui Lambie have begun working on US-style laws to crack down on foreign-flagged ships engaged in the Australian coastal trade.
The FWC has upheld the dismissal of a child care centre worker who was accused of being no more than a "bystander" when a four-year-old went into anaphylactic shock after consuming a jam-drop biscuit that contained egg.
A long-serving GM Holden employee sacked for working on his investment property while dishonestly claiming workers' compensation has lost his entitlement to retraining and a redundancy payment of up to $180,000 when the company closes its manufacturing operations next year.
New academic analysis released today by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency says there is a strong connection between gender balance in the make-up of boards and the reduction of gender-based gaps in the pay of their employees.
Victorian state school teachers are pushing for a reduction in face-to-face teaching hours under a new enterprise agreement, along with caps on class size and greater job security.
The ASU is pushing a bargaining claim at Qantas that includes pay rises of 5% a year, in a challenge to the airline's policy of an 18-month pay freeze across its workforce.
