A five-member full bench of the Fair Work Commission has ruled that employers can validly give extra information to employees at the same time as providing them with a bargaining representation notice, as long as it doesn't form part of the notice.
The Federal Circuit Court has held that a bus company did not take unlawful adverse action against TWU members at a NSW yard, but was not convinced that the measures the union complained of weren't linked to the bargaining round in progress at the time.
The unions singled out for investigation by the Abbott Government's royal commission have started receiving "notices to produce" ahead of next week's preliminary hearing in Sydney.
A former university professor who unsuccessfully complained about the conduct of senior IR lawyers hired by his employer to oppose his unfair dismissal claim has failed to have the disciplinary decision revisited.
The Abbott Government says workers who are not low paid are cornering the lion’s share of rises from the annual minimum wage review, as it seeks to champion increases achieved through enterprise bargaining rather than adjustments to award rates.
The Federal Court has overturned a ruling by the Federal Circuit Court that paint manufacturer Wattyl did not breach its enterprise agreement when it directed employees to take annual leave during a production scale-down in 2012.
The ACTU has fired the first shot in the royal commission into union corruption, finance and governance by telling the inquiry chief Dyson Heydon that it wants a ban on selective leaking of evidence to the media before hearings.
Conservative state governments and employer groups have warned the Fair Work Commission that this year's increase in minimum wages needs to be modest to avoid hurting employment.
The Federal Court has held that the Fair Work Commission can't refuse to approve agreements because they would undermine collective bargaining, in the latest ruling on the John Holland deal covering just three workers.
