FWC President Adam Hatcher has asked parties to the SCHADS award gender undervaluation case to consider participating in an ASU-proposed conference to resolve outstanding issues, saying that if it proceeds, he will give any consensus deal arising from it "significant weight".
The CFMEU has won same-job, same-pay orders that it expects will lift the pay of labour hire doggers, riggers, and crane operators performing shutdown maintenance at a WA gold mine by up to 125%.
The Federal Court has ordered related entities ECA Training Pty Ltd and NECA Training Pty Ltd to pay $30,000 in fines for blocking two ETU officials from entering its Sydney premises to talk to apprentices.
A university has failed to establish that a tutor's dismissal took effect when a lecturer removed him from a group chat, clearing the way for him to challenge his sacking, unlike a colleague also dropped from the forum, who has since lodged an appeal.
A FWC member has revealed the untold story of what happened to the vast majority of the almost 300 disputes over flexible work requests the tribunal received in the last financial year, after only a handful went to arbitration, while she also spelt out her proven template for resolution.
The implications of the Federal Court's retail underpayments decision are only starting to be understood, with employment law academic Andrew Stewart warning of the significent consequences of its redefinition of employer record-keeping obligations and findings on proving workers' agreement to vary award conditions.
A worker held a mistaken belief that he had a legal entitlement to a cooling-off period after he settled his unfair dismissal claim, a FWC full bench has ruled.
The Federal Court has approved a $174 million Victorian Government payout to settle 30 class actions on behalf of junior doctors, of which ASMOF will be reimbursed $175,000, following a finding that a health service "expressly and brazenly" instructed trainees to perform unpaid overtime.
The ASU will forge ahead with nationwide protests tomorrow despite the Australian Industry Group's accusations that it is engaging in unlawful retaliation and intimidation, ahead of a hearing of the SCHADS award gender undervaluation case on Monday.
The FSU says employers are now on notice that they must have genuine business grounds for refusing flexible work arrangements, after the FWC made orders to enable a Westpac employee to work from home to care for her children, finding "no question" her role can be "performed completely remotely".
