A judge has refused to accept the CFMEU's claim that it can't admit to entry right breaches at a major project because "it does not know", pointing to the union's "cursory" efforts to scrutinise body-worn camera footage from its own officials.
RAFFWU is accusing Berkelouw and Harry Hartog bookstores in a Federal Court case of taking unlawful retaliatory adverse action against its members after they took protected industrial action while bargaining to replace a long-expired deal.
The FWO's alleged failure to meet the "high standard" expected of model litigants is not a factor to be weighed when deciding whether to impose costs orders, the Federal Court ruled today.
Crown Melbourne workers will strike on Valentine's Day to pressure the casino to make an improved wage offer, after the UWU accused the casino of stalling negotiations since employees resoundingly voted "no" to December's proposed deal.
The FWC has slammed the brakes on planned protected industrial action by train drivers negotiating a new deal with Aurizon, finding their notification of an "indefinite" period spent attaching campaign stickers too vague.
A public servant who claimed he should have received six weeks carer's leave to escort his frail father back to India for a specialist's appointment and physiotherapy has failed to convince a senior FWC member, who found no evidence to suggest he could not have been treated locally.
The FWC has upbraided an early learning facility for seeking to override a part-time employee's right to predictable hours that the employer found "commercially or operationally inconvenient".
An emergency care flight service has withdrawn objections to an ANMF protected action ballot of nurses and midwives, and the FWC has found no reason to block it, after the union inserted a caveat to protect patient safety.
A senior FWC member has backed a university's approach to consultations ahead of planned job cuts, while observing its unsustainable financial position makes redundancies "inevitable".
The FWC has refused to stay a single interest bargaining authorisation for six Chemist Warehouse franchisees while an appeal is underway, because it could "derail" negotiations for several months, when the permit only stands for a year.
