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An FWC full bench has ordered a nurse intent on having her "day in court" to pay $5,000 in legal costs for pursuing an appeal with no reasonable prospects of success, despite threats she would take her own life if costs went against her.
The FWC is giving about 1300 employees at a Queensland residential aged care provider until Monday to let it know if they have a view on the QNU's bid to terminate their enterprise agreement, which is opposed by the AWU and United Voice.
The FWBC is reviewing its legal options after the Federal Court rejected its claims that a construction company discriminated against a subcontractor it dropped because it did not have a union agreement.
Victoria's Court of Appeal has awarded a chief information officer more than $477,000 because his employer failed to honour a verbal agreement about his entitlements.
An internal investigations unit will replace 7-Eleven's wage repayment panel, while biometric thumb-printing, CCTV and facial recognition will complement a centralised payroll system, as part of a new compliance deed between the retailer and the FWO.
The Fair Work Commission is proposing to remove "unusual" annual leave and annual leave loading entitlements together with penalties for late payment of wages transferred electronically as part of its four-yearly review into modern awards.
A worker sacked for sending "highly sensitive" information to her private email has provided a forum for the FWC to reaffirm that employers can bolster their unfair dismissal defence with evidence of misconduct unearthed after an employee's termination.
Protracted negotiations over oil and gas agreements in the Bass Strait have moved a step closer to arbitration following the Victorian Government's application to terminate bargaining in the face of looming strike action.
The FWC has found that an employer was justified in seeking to protect its reputation by sacking a "dishonest" employee who told a client she had sent an important document when no trace of the email could ever be found.
Lawyers for CFMEU construction and general division Victorian branch leaders John Setka and Shaun Reardon have asked the Victorian Supreme Court to quash blackmail charges brought against them over the Boral dispute.
