AGL has sought to increase pressure on unions over stalled bargaining at Victoria's Loy Yang power station and coal mine by applying for the Fair Work Commission to terminate the existing agreement.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn is considering a test case exploring whether food delivery companies in Victoria such as Foodora and Deliveroo are engaging in sham contracting by engaging riders who claim they are being paid below award rates.
Commonwealth-owned air navigation service provider Airservices Australia is headed for turbulence as it looks to cut at least 600 jobs from its 4500-strong workforce.
A senior ATO officer's dismissal for refusing to perform duties has been upheld by a FWC full bench, despite claims he lacked the capacity to do the work.
A new application has been made to terminate the enterprise agreement covering more than 77,000 Coles supermarket workers, in the latest twist to the landmark bargaining dispute.
The ETU has expressed outrage at an FWO enforceable undertaking requiring a company to donate $50,000 to a migrant community charity and overhaul its recruitment practices after workers from the Philippines were threatened with dismissal if they joined a union.
The CFMEU and five of its officials have been fined $132,000 for "disrespectful" right of entry contraventions at three construction sites in Adelaide in 2014.
The High Court has reserved its decision in the MUA's challenge to Federal government determinations seeking to exempt some offshore oil and gas crews from holding permanent or temporary work visas.
