Employer can "effectively represent itself"; It's peculiar: Bench overrules refusal of name change; Employer pays for hitting snooze on investigation; Dating a no-no on employer phone, says FWC; and Hairdresser's evidence doesn't cut it.
The Fair Work Commissioner has issued an order to halt "a campaign of covert industrial action" by wharfies that could cause Patrick Stevedores "significant disruption and financial imposts".
The FWC has granted the Commonwealth Bank legal representation to help it defend a bullying claim, after the employee who lodged the complaint didn't raise any opposition.
In one of the last wages and entitlements cases pursued by the FWBC, a building subcontractor that used a labour-hire company to distance itself from it employment obligations has been fined $145,000 and ordered to backpay $150,000 to more than a dozen workers.
The AWU's Victorian branch received up to $25,000 a year from a Spotless Group subsidiary under a memorandum of understanding that meant cleaners were not paid penalty rates, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The ACTU’s Congress has today called for women to receive an extra 2% employer superannuation contribution to make up for their lower retirement balances in comparison to men.
The FWC has declined to make an order against a radiology company found to have bullied an employee, saying its recent "careful attention to procedural fairness" made it unlikely its conduct would continue.
ResMed's request for a member of a Fair Work Commission full bench to stand aside from hearing its challenge to a majority support determination has been deferred pending the result of a Federal Court appeal.
The ACTU has released polling for six marginal federal seats that shows three-quarters of voters believe the Abbott Government is not doing enough on employment security and job creation.
A tribunal has granted a start-up recruitment company permission to put forward women-only candidates for placement in senior management and executive roles.
